The Chicks have revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming albumGaslighter, set for release later this month. The tracklist was made available on Wednesday via Apple Music, showing the 12 song titles as well as their songwriting credits. All three Chicks co-wrote most of the album’s tracks, along with producer Jack …
Read More »Dave Chappelle Recruited Erykah Badu, Questlove for July 4th Show
Dave Chappelle hosted a socially distanced music and comedy event over the July 4th weekend in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The lineup featured Erykah Badu, the Roots’ Questlove, Common, Talib Kweli, Michelle Wolf, Tiffany Haddish, Michael Che, Jon Hamm and Chappelle himself. Citybeat detailed the show on Friday, …
Read More »Useful Idiots: Professor Adolph Reed on Identity Politics
In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Adolph Reed, political science professor from the University of Pennsylvania. Before getting into the details later, at the top of the show our hosts allude to Matt’s recent Substack piece. “I sort of got …
Read More »Rush's Geddy Lee: My 10 Favorite Bassists
“Back in my day, nobody chose to be the bass player,” Geddy Lee says. “You were always a guitarist, and somebody said, ‘Well, we need a bass player,’ so they had a vote and you became the bass player.” With a laugh, the legendary Rush bassist adds, “That’s how I …
Read More »Watch Joe Walsh, Roy Orbison III Perform 'Rocky Mountain Way'
Joe Walsh may be currently unable to tour with the Eagles this summer, but he’s found himself a new bandmate: 4-year-old Roy Orbison III, grandson of the late Roy Orbison. In the video above, Walsh performs with the child during a recent visit to Roy Orbison Jr.’s home in Nashville. …
Read More »The Edge on U2's New SiriusXM Channel, Band's Future Plans
U2‘s SiriusXM channel U2 X-Radio will go live on Wednesday, July 1st at 3:00 pm ET with an extensive programming slate that includes unheard offerings from the band’s vast music vault and new shows hosted by Bono and The Edge. The Edge’s show, Close to the Edge, will feature the …
Read More »DaBaby Channels George Floyd for Powerful 'Rockstar' Performance at BET Awards
DaBaby paid tribute to George Floyd and channeled the nationwide protests against police brutality in response to his death with his hit “Rockstar” at the 2020 BET Awards. The song first landed at Number One on RS Top 100 Songs chart in May. DaBaby launched his performance on the ground, …
Read More »'The First Time': Paul Scheer
Comedian Paul Scheer recalls the nerve-y process of auditioning for Black Monday with Don Cheadle, the time he made a shockingly dangerous Xbox commercial and more on the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s The First Time. Ahead of the Season Two premiere of Black Monday, June 28th on Showtime, Scheer …
Read More »'I'll Be Gone in the Dark': A Golden State Killer Docuseries That Highlights Survivors
Retired detective Paul Holes has never read his friend Michelle McNamara’s New York Times-bestselling book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, about the hunt for the Golden State Killer — despite factoring heavily into its contents. First, he was too busy tracking down the man he and McNamara had teamed …
Read More »Stonewall Inn, Struggling Due to COVID-19, Launches Fundraiser to Save LGBTQ Landmark
Severely impacted by COVID-19, New York’s Stonewall Inn — the historic LGBTQ landmark and site of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 — has launched a fundraiser with the hopes of reopening post-pandemic. The new GoFundMe ties together a pair of Stonewall-associated fundraisers — one to provide funds to the bar’s …
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