Two weeks ago, the singer-songwriter Victoria Monét made a trip to Disneyland with her friend and longtime collaborator Ariana Grande. “We go often, and there are always fans,” Monét says. “But this particular time, she was [like] Michael Jackson. Security was like, ‘no pictures please, thank you,’ and a fan …
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“I’ve always been a write-what-you-know kind of guy,” Bob Mould says on what he describes as a rainy San Francisco morning. “So this time, I was trying to consciously create a little bit of a different world to work in.” He ended up changing his world in two ways. On …
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In 2017, Cassadee Pope made the tough decision to part ways with the label that had been her home since she won Season 3 of The Voice. Republic Records, in conjunction with Big Machine, had released the former Hey Monday singer’s solo debut Frame by Frame in 2013, but, other …
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You go around the world in roots and melodrama on these three albums, all from experienced specialists in forensic romanticism and all at new peaks in their searching. Murray A. Lightburn, Hear Me Out (Dangerbird) With his plaintive, swooning voice and the luxuriant sweep of his records with the Canadian …
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Patty Griffin offers a stark view of life in a “fading little town” with “Where I Come From,” the latest track from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming self-titled album, due March 8th. Driven by acoustic guitars and Griffin’s achingly expressive vocal, the tune’s lyrics detail a picturesque town that’s beset with unemployment …
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Earlier this week, David Gilmour announced plans to auction off 120 of his most famous guitars to benefit his charitable foundation. He’s holding back virtually nothing, including the Stratocaster he used to write “Wish You Were Here” and the Ovation six-string he’s played on for almost every live performance of …
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Maroon 5 will not appear at a customary news conference to promote their performance at the Super Bowl halftime show, the National Football League said in a statement on Twitter. Fellow performers Travis Scott and Big Boi will reportedly not participate either. “Maroon 5 has been working hard on a …
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Neil Young has pulled out some stunningly-rare tunes on his solo acoustic theater tour since it began just one week ago, including “Ambulance Blues,” “The Last Trip to Tulsa,” “Broken Arrow” and “Razor Love.” But last night at the State Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he brought things to a whole …
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Sammy Hagar & The Circle – the singer’s supergroup with fellow former Van Halen band mate and bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and Hagar’s longtime guitarist Vic Johnson – have unveiled the lyric video for “Trust Fund Baby,” the first single off the band’s upcoming LP Space Between. As …
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If anyone told you this time last year that Ariana Grande would drop a song that simultaneously samplesThe Sound of Music and jacks Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag,” would you have believed it? We’ve come a long way from the bubblegum-R&B of her early years. “7 Rings” is a sexy, …
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