If there was ever any doubt that Lizzo was always an amazing singer that’s been put to rest with a YouTube video of her 23-year-old self performing Adele‘s “Someone Like You.” Taken from the singer’s old YouTube channel, the clip showcases an impassioned Lizzo playing piano and singing the tune …
Read More »Watch Claypool Lennon Delirium's Surreal, Animated 'Little Fishes' Video
The Claypool Lennon Delirium conjure a demented fish-human showdown in their psychedelic “Little Fishes” video. Animator Micah Buzan uses the song’s intro lyrics as a springboard, particularly Les Claypool‘s visions of men “gobbling” up mercury-heavy fish and the pollutant settling “in their soft and supple brains.” Using those elements — …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen's Jersey Hometown Plans Career-Spanning Exhibit
One of the highlights of Bruce Springsteen‘s hit Broadway show was the singer talking about his love of his hometown of Freehold, New Jersey. While he spent his early years singing about wanting to leave home, “Now I live ten minutes away from where I grew up,” he said. Now, …
Read More »The First Time: Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt reflects on his early days as a musician, the first time he met and performed with Bruce Springsteen and portraying his beloved character Silvio Dante on the Sopranos in the latest installment of “The First Time.” Van Zandt traces the first time he played guitar to 1963, …
Read More »How Apple Music is Striking a Blow for Artist Independence – by Betting Big on This French Rap Duo
Thanks to Taylor Swift, the world is talking about recorded music “masters” – and the perils facing artists who give them away to record companies. If you’re not up to speed, Swift has been left in a situation where the recorded music rights to her first six albums are owned …
Read More »Max Wright, 'Alf' Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75
Max Wright, the actor who portrayed the father on the Eighties sitcom Alf, has died. He was 75. On Wednesday, Wright’s son Ben confirmed his death to the Hollywood Reporter. TMZ first reported the death, adding that Wright died at his home in Hermosa Beach, California following a long battle …
Read More »Prince's Unearthed 'Originals': Collaborators Look Back on the Hits He Passed Along
“Prince was like nobody I had ever worked with before,” says one of his longtime recording engineers, Peggy McCreary. “He never explained anything to me. You never knew who a song was for until somebody got called in to sing on it.” McCreary, whose credits also include monolithic albums like …
Read More »Bill Maher to Dems: 'Get Out Of Woke-ville, Go Where The Votes Are'
Likely to the annoyance of many on the left, Bill Maher volunteered to coach-up the 2020 Democratic presidential field during his New Rules segment on HBO’s Real Timeon Friday night. Maher has argued for some time now that Democrats in general are much too apt to argue amongst themselves and …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Sets Out for Wide Open Territory on 'Western Stars'
There have been times throughout Bruce Springsteen’s career when California has called. He named a song for the state after his parents moved there in 1971, and he’d return to it, in life and writing, repeatedly, chasing his dreams like Steinbeck’s Tom Joad.Western Stars (out June 14th) is the latest …
Read More »Stop Applauding Fox News When They Sometimes Come Close to Telling the Truth
On Friday, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace made news by merely stating the obvious while giving his take on an interview with Attorney General Bill Barr that aired on the same network. The part that stood out to most was when Wallace said, “What really comes across to me most …
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