Like a frog being boiled slowly, Nashville never responded to the increasing crassness of Lower Broadway’s bar industrial complex until it was too late. Now Music City is stuck with Kid Rock showing his ass to the world. Or at least a cartoon caricature of a woman’s derriere. The image …
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Margo Price performed her song “All American Made” on GMA Day on Monday, injecting a bit of serious personal and political introspection into the typically lighthearted program. “All American Made,” the title track of the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter’s second full-length album with Third Man Records, is a stark acoustic number in …
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The infamous “pee tape” that allegedly captured R. Kelly urinating on an underage female and the singer’s subsequent child pornography trial form the center of the next episodes of the explosive Lifetime docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, with those who knew the 14-year-old in the sex tape speaking out in these …
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Ten years ago, Def Leppard teamed up with a teenage Taylor Swift for an episode of CMT’s Crossroads. With the band set for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in March (Swift will be eligible in 2031, if you’re keeping track), Elliott recently looked back on his …
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On Saturday, December 15th, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo got a text with some exciting news: The band’s manager, who happened to be in the audience at Saturday Night Live that day — “total coincidence,” Cuomo says — had learned that the show was preparing to air an entire sketch about …
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While at BBC Radio 1, Alessia Cara debuted a powerful piano cover of Ariana Grande‘s Sweetener single “Breathin.” Cara released her sophomore album The Pains of Growing in November. Grande’s original version was a much bigger pop production, while Cara’s take on the single strips it down to its emotional core and tale …
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Jethro Tull, which toured in celebration of their 50th anniversary in 2018, will continue to celebrate the half-century landmark by extending that trek into 2019. Frontman Ian Anderson explained in a statement “We continue to present the 50th Anniversary concerts in many countries and regions not visited in 2018, and …
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Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O’Brien was arrested Monday for burglary and assaulting a police officer after a fire broke out at his home in Florida, reports NBC’s West Palm Beach affiliate, WPTV. O’Brien allegedly forced himself into a home Monday evening and pushed one of the two people in the …
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30 years later, 1988 still stands as rap’s greatest year. The lyrical molotovs of Nation of Millions and Straight Outta Compton, the post-modern (and pre-lawsuit) free-for-all of sampling, the national spotlight of a new show called Yo! MTV Raps and much more. To celebrate 30 years, Rolling Stone’s Best of …
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Nominees for the 61st Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, with Maren Morris, Kacey Musgraves and Brandi Carlile each earning three nominations within the genre-specific country and Americana categories. Morris earned Best Country Group/Duo and Best Country Song nods for “Dear Hate,” her topical collaboration with Vince Gill, as …
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