Fresh off her Grammy sweep, Billie Eilish stopped by the 92nd Academy Awards on Sunday for a sulky cover of the Beatles’ “Yesterday.” The pop star performed the Paul McCartney-penned track during the In Memoriam segment. After Steven Spielberg introduced the singer-songwriter, Eilish sang the 1965 classic with her brother-collaborator …
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This week, the internet has gifted us with a delightful new stress reliever in the form of “Dinosaurs in Love,” a stirring new viral hit by a “nearly 4-year-old” singer-songwriter named Fenn. “Dinosaurs eating people/Dinosaurs in love,” Fenn croons over an emotional piano line, provided by her father, musician Tom …
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Almost 57 years later, James Herndon can still remember the first time he appeared on TV. On June 9th, 1963, the singer-pianist made his television debut on Chicago’s Jubilee Showcase as a member of influential gospel group the Caravans. Many artists of that era can say the same thing: The …
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Three years to the day after the death of George Michael, the singer’s sister Melanie Panayiotou has died. The siblings’ older sister, Yioda, found Melanie on Wednesday, the evening of Christmas Day, and notified the London ambulance service. Melanie, a hairdresser and makeup artist who shared the responsibilities for Michael’s …
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White racists have long used bombing as a tactic, but they also dropped explosives onto black people from the air. You may have learned this recently from a popular television show. I doubt sincerely that you learned it in a high school history class. The kerosene bombing of “Negro Wall …
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While defending himself and President Donald Trump against accusations that they are both white supremacists, Senior White House Adviser Stephen Miller said, “Donald Trump is the anti-racist president.” Miller, a guest on Fox Business on Friday night, blamed the Democratic party for his tarnished reputation, saying they “traffic in lies, …
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It’s been a comfortable year for the major record companies – but alarm bells may be starting to ring in the distance. Rolling Stone first reported in October that streaming revenue growth is slowing down this year at the world’s biggest music rights company, Universal Music Group. Now, further number …
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Major League Baseball has removed marijuana from its list of “drugs of abuse” and announced that it will begin testing players for opioids after the league and the MLB Player’s Association agreed on new changes to the Joint Drug Program on Thursday. As ESPN noted, marijuana offenses could often lead …
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Vampire Weekend enlisted a children’s choir to help them mash up their song, “Harmony Hall,” with the Vince Guaraldi Trio’s holiday staple “Christmas Time Is Here” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Wednesday. The performance opened with the choir singing the refrain from “Christmas Time Is Here,” ending …
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The honest truth, Booker T. Jones tells Rolling Stone, is that he never intended to write a book. Two weeks before his 75th birthday, Jones — keyboardist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and, most famously, leader of foundational Stax Records house band Booker T. and the MG’s — is slowly getting used …
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