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Read More »Guns N' Roses Release New Song 'Absurd'
UPDATE (8/6): Guns N’ Roses have released the official audio version of “Absurd,” following their live debut of the reworked “Silkworms” song at Boston’s Fenway Park on August 3rd. *** Guns N’ Roses performed at Boston’s Fenway Park on Tuesday, and during their set they delivered a reworking of a …
Read More »The New Wave of Viral Drummers: 4 to Watch
Rock drummers used to become legends by pounding out epic arena solos. These days, players are just as likely to become famous by uploading covers of beloved songs to YouTube or Instagram, which can rack up huge numbers. When it comes to going viral, flair, originality, and a grabby conceptual …
Read More »Liars' Angus Andrew Breaks Down Each Spacey, Trippy Track on 'The Apple Drop'
If a band’s discography is like a universe, Liars‘ Angus Andrew is traveling through a wormhole on The Apple Drop, out Friday. “[Working on this record] let me re-imagine the whole trajectory of what Liars has been,” he tells Rolling Stone. “I’ve really made a point with each record to …
Read More »Barack Obama Scales Back 60th Birthday Party Plans Due to Delta Fears
Former present Barack Obama will scale back his 60th birthday party, which was expected to be a largely attended event on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend, due to concerns about Covid-19, The New York Times reports. “Due to the new spread of the Delta variant over the past week, the President …
Read More »How Cultural Institutions Can Conserve Our Cultural Heritage Through Innovative Technology
As an art conservator, I had some thrilling moments: discovering a previously unknown portrait of Charles Darwin; working with Turner’s transcendent sketchbooks; holding the very microscope scientist Robert Hooke had peered through to coin the term “cell.” I also consult contemporary artists on the preservation of their work — for …
Read More »Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire to End Las Vegas Residency
Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn began their semi-regular run of Las Vegas shows back in 2015 at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. After nearly seven years of performances, their “Reba, Brooks & Dunn: Together in Vegas” residency will close this December. Billed as the “longest-running country residency in Las …
Read More »Hailey Whitters and Ernest Cover 'Islands in the Stream' for New Duets EP
Hailey Whitters and Ernest are joining forces for a smooth new project. Working under the moniker Countrypolitan, the country singer-songwriters recorded seven duets for an upcoming EP. The duo preview the collaboration with a sterling cover of “Islands in the Stream,” the iconic 1983 Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers duet. …
Read More »What Now? A Guide to What's Happening Next at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
It’s not even halfway through the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but the storylines coming out of Japan have been shocking. Every morning, Americans wake up to another surprise victory — or a missed podium. While gold medals were expected for Carissa Moore in surfing and USA in 3×3 women’s basketball, …
Read More »Bad Bunny and Tommy Torres on the Team-Up No One Saw Coming
Bad Bunny knows how to take people off-guard. His career has felt like a non-stop parade of unexpected releases, projects, and sonic experiments — but teaming up with Tommy Torres, a 49-year-old singer-songwriter and balladeer from Puerto Rico, and co-producing and co-writing El Playlist de Anoche, an album full of …
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