Lorde, Megan Thee Stallion, Beck, Dua Lipa, Pavement, Massive Attack, and Gorillaz are among the artists set to play Primavera Sound when it returns in 2022. The festival, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, will be held over two weekends next year — June 2nd and June 4th, and June …
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“You’re No Good” (Bob Dylan, 1962) From his oft-overlooked folkie debut, a prophetic blast of rockabilly. Even in this early stage, hustling to make his name in the folk scene, Dylan’s got rock & roll in his bones. “Going, Going, Gone” (Planet Waves, 1974) One of his last great studio …
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Black Pumas, Leon Bridges, and more have contributed to a new compilation, Truth to Power, which will benefit the Texas-based initiative, the Truth to Power Project. The compilation is set to arrive on Record Store Day, June 12th. The compilation was curated by Eastwood Music Group, and accompanying the announcement …
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One day in 1992, Angélique Kidjo walked into a magazine editor’s office and found herself being introduced over the phone to one of her all-time favorite artists. “Someone said, ‘Mrs. Kidjo, Mr. Brown wants to talk to you,’” she recalls. In stunned disbelief, she replied, “Yeah, and I’m Mother Teresa.” …
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Laurie Anderson performed a pair of songs off her trailblazing 1982 album Big Science for the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. For the 20-minute set from New York’s Canal Street Communications, Anderson delivered “Let x=x” and her classic “O, Superman,” with the musician accompanied on keyboards by …
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UPDATE (5/19): Foo Fighters, Post Malone and Miley Cyrus are set to headline Lollapalooza this summer. The lineup also features Tyler, the Creator, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, Marshmello, Brockhampton, Journey, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Limp Bizkit, Modest Mouse, Kaytranada, Polo G, Jack Harlow, Steve Aoki, Brittany Howard, Jimmy …
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The Neil Diamond musical A Beautiful Noise will finally arrive on Broadway this fall, Deadline reports. The show will begin previews Nov. 2 at the Broadhurst Theatre, with opening night scheduled for Dec. 4. Producers Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio noted that the show’s premiere nearly coincides with the 50th …
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Alice Cooper has announced his return to the live stage with a headlining tour in September and October 2021. The tour, which kicks off September 17th in Atlantic City, will feature Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley as a special guest beginning with the September 18th show in Gilford, New Hampshire. Frehley …
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame officially announced its 2021 inductees on Wednesday morning, revealing that Carole King, Foo Fighters, the Go-Go’s, Tina Turner, and Todd Rundgren are among this year’s class. The latter two musicians are long overdue — although Turner was inducted as half of Ike & …
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Rodney Crowell will drop a new album called Triage via his own RC1 label and Thirty Tigers on July 23rd. The first single, “Something Has to Change,” is out now. An urgent mid-tempo tune with particularly pointed lyrics, “Something Has to Change” addresses inequality and discord, conditions that influenced the …
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