If you haven’t spent a couple of your quarantined days marathoningTiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, it’s high time you add the Netflix documentary to your list of things to do for another weekend of staying in and flattening the curve. Tiger King dives deep into the world of independently …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Arlissa, 'Healing'
On “Healing,” a new single from U.K. singer Arlissa, orchestral strings introduce waves of pop production and R&B vocal stylings that crash together, resulting in an invigorating anthem.An unpretentious guitar part adds a human touch, and the programmed snaps feel like fresh rain on dry skin. “I thought I needed …
Read More »Watch Questlove Spin Four Hours of Sweet Self-Isolation Slow Jams
Questlove spent his Sunday night spinning a marathon DJ set dubbed “QuestLoversRock,” which offered “the finest in slow jams, slow wine and slow grind” to keep people entertained during their self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The set was livestreamed on YouTube and Instagram, and it’s now available in its entirety …
Read More »Watch Charlie Puth Perform 'Together at Home' Live Concert
Charlie Puth is the latest musician to broadcast one of Global Citizen’s Together at Home concerts, following John Legend and Coldplay’s Chris Martin. The musician put on a 30-minute concert via Instagram Live from his home piano, performing songs like “One Call Away,” “Some Type of Love” and “Attention.” Puth …
Read More »Chris Martin Performs Coldplay Songs, Covers David Bowie on Instagram Live
Chris Martin performed Coldplay tracks, covered David Bowie and answered fans’ questions on Instagram Live on Monday. The broadcast is the first installment of Together, at Home,in which artists perform virtually on the platform in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. “Maybe 9/11 was the last time I felt like …
Read More »Flashback: Roy Haynes Journeys From Free Jazz to Bebop at the White House
By 1982, Roy Haynes had been playing drums professionally for close to 40 years. That December, during a concert at the White House with pianist Chick Corea and bassist Miroslav Vitous, he showed that he was still operating on the cutting edge of jazz. Instead of playing it safe and …
Read More »R. Kelly Faces Additional Charges From Two New Victims in Brooklyn Case
UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus epidemic, R. Kelly‘s Brooklyn trial has been postponed from July 7th to September 27th, Reuters reports. The singer, who has asked to be released from behind bars in Chicago amid COVID-19 concerns in prisons, will also face federal charges in Chicago in October. Four months …
Read More »'Dance Monkey' Singer Tones and I Parses Fame in 'Can't Be Happy All the Time'
Fresh off the success of her hit single “Dance Monkey,” Australian artist Tones and I released two new songs on Thursday. “Bad Child” and “Can’t Be Happy All the Time” mark her first releases since 2019’s The Kids Are Coming EP. “I’ve always wanted to write a song in someone …
Read More »Peter Jackson's Beatles Documentary Gets a Release Date
Peter Jackson‘s eagerly awaited The Beatles: Get Back, a new documentary on the band during its final year, will be released in theaters by Disney on September 4. Culled from 55 hours of footage shot in early 1969, as the Beatles were recording what would become Let It Be, the …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Cyn, 'Drinks'
Cyn has the perfect solution for getting over a pissed off boyfriend: getting some drinks. She details this on the insanely catchy “Drinks,” the lead single off thePromising Young Woman soundtrack. Cyn leads off “Drinks” with the hook: a talk-sung refrain delivered with deliciously dramatic flippancy. “He got mad/So I …
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