TJ Osborne was just settling into his seat on a recent flight to Milwaukee with his brother John when a fan recognized the duo and asked for a picture. “Are you guys famous or something?” a woman seated nearby asked TJ. “Maybe in some circles we are,” he replied, offering …
Read More »Lenny Kravitz Talks Overcoming Dry Spell for New Album 'Raise Vibration'
After wrapping up his world tour three years ago, Lenny Kravitz found himself in a place he’d never been — the dreaded land of uncertainty. “I really wasn’t sure where I was going musically,” he tells Rolling Stone. “After doing this for 30 years, I wasn’t feeling it. I’d never …
Read More »#Beychella: Beyonce Schools Festivalgoers in Her Triumphant Return
“Thank you for letting me be the first black woman to headline Coachella,” said Beyoncé on Saturday night. “Ain’t that ’bout a bitch?” An unprecedented move in the luxe festival’s 19-year history, one-third of this year’s lineup is comprised of female artists – and at the helm of this progress …
Read More »'Zama' Review: Lucrecia Martel's Imperialism Takedown Is a Masterpiece
A man in a uniform is standing on the beach, staring at the sea. Natives trudge along the shore behind him. His profile makes him look like a statue, the sort of noble “Hail the conquering hero!” sculpture you’d see in national galleries. His name is Don Diego de Zama …
Read More »Hear Jerry Garcia Perform Rare 'Deep Elem Blues' From New Garcia Box Set
Those well-versed in Grateful Dead history know that the band, in the early days of their Northern California life, first went by the Warlocks, but that wasn’t actually the beginning of their story. Before becoming the leader of one of the most iconic groups of all time, Jerry Garcia was …
Read More »See Kacey Musgraves, Ruston Kelly Sing Johnny Cash Poem
Forever Words, the new collection of Johnny Cash writings assembled by his son John Carter Cash, is all about juxtapositions — both with the Man in Black’s younger and older selves, and with the other artists who set his poems to music. But there may be no more poignant pairing …
Read More »'Blockers': Meet the Woman Behind the Female 'Superbad'
Kay Cannon is ticking off names, one finger at a time. “There’s Amy Heckerling,” she says, mentioning the Fast Times at Ridgemont High director, “and Tamra Davis … Nora Ephron did at least one … and the two women behind theBridget Jones‘ movies, I can’t remember their names.” After some …
Read More »Watch Ed Sheeran, Josh Homme Talk Elton John Tribute Album 'Revamp'
Ed Sheeran, Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and more discuss Elton John‘s legacy and his impact on today’s music in a trailer for Revamp, the all-star tribute album that was released today. “I’ve listened to Elton John from before I could remember listening to Elton …
Read More »Hear Old Crow Medicine Show's Persistent New Song 'Whirlwind'
Life in a touring string band is a balance of uncertainty, excitement and commitment. No one knows the insides of the curves on that road better than Ketch Secor, the frontman and main songwriter of Old Crow Medicine Show. On “Whirlwind” – the latest song premiered from Volunteer, the group’s …
Read More »Flashback: Bill and Ted Battle the Grim Reaper by Playing 'Battleship'
The Bill & Ted fan community haven’t had it easy over the past couple of decades. The only real content they’ve gotten to chew on since Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey left theaters in 1991 was the short-lived cartoon series Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures and a disastrous live-action Fox …
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