To kick off this year’s socially distanced Billboard Music Awards, host Kelly Clarkson performed “Higher Love” with a cappella group Pentatonix and legendary drummer Sheila E. inside an empty Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Originally a hit for Steve Winwood in 1986, “Higher Love” has gained new attention over the past …
Read More »Stevie Wonder Releases First New Music in 15 Years
Stevie Wonder has kept a relatively low profile over the last decade, but that quiet period — which follows a health scare — seems to be ending. On Tuesday, the 70-year-old legend announced the release of two new songs, his first in 15 years. In equally startling news, Wonder said …
Read More »Winter Is Coming. Concert Venues Are Terrified
Todd Mayo says it was like finding buried treasure when he started The Caverns. Mayo was spelunking, excavating a cave on a plot of land he’d purchased — when he realized that the scenic space in Pelham, Tennessee could be an impressive outdoor music venue. Since its founding in 2018, …
Read More »Youth Organizers: Mariam Beshir of Gorham Anti-Racism Development
Since May 2020, youth organizers across the country have been mobilizing against police brutality and working for systemic change in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder. Some of them had organized for social justice before, but many of them took to the streets for the first time and without an …
Read More »H.E.R., Jimmy Fallon Compete in Guitar Solo Battle on 'Tonight Show'
H.E.R. competed against host Jimmy Fallon in a “Guitar Solo Battle” – which, if anything, was more of a showcase of the musician’s impressive solo-playing skills – on Thursday night’s The Tonight Show. Calling in over video feed, H.E.R. was tasked with performing three of the most iconic guitar solos …
Read More »Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus to Perform Save Our Stages Virtual Fest Benefit
Foo Fighters, Miley Cyrus, Brittany Howard, the Roots, Marshmello and Demi Lovato are among the artists set to play the Save Our Stages Festival (#SOSFEST), a three-day, virtual event taking place October 16th through 18th. Hosted by Reggie Watts, the event will livestream on the National Independent Venue Association’s (NIVA) …
Read More »Amanda Shires Tried to Watch the Highwomen's 'Fallon' Performance — But Local TV Had Other Plans
Country supergroup the Highwomen performed their song “Crowded Table” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday, October 6th. The socially distanced performance found Maren Morris, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Amanda Shires recording their vocals from their respective homes/studios, although the group’s harmonies remained as tight and stunning as …
Read More »One Neat Trick that Could Save America from Vote-Counting Chaos
WASHINGTON — Picture this: It’s the day after the election. Hordes of lawyers, journalists, and campaign operatives descend on Philadelphia and Harrisburg in the all-important battleground state of Pennsylvania. There, they spend days closely monitoring a dragged-out vote-counting process and preparing legal challenges to the final election result. In this …
Read More »Led Zeppelin to Reissue Japanese Version of 'Immigrant Song' Single for 50th Anniversary of 'III'
Led Zeppelin will reissue the Japanese version of the “Immigrant Song” single to mark the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin III. The single will arrive on January 15th, 2021, but will be available to preorder starting Thursday, October 8th, at 10 a.m. ET via the Zeppelin website. “Immigrant Song” was …
Read More »Trump's Positive Covid-19 Test Is a Public Health 'Nightmare'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump‘s positive test for Covid-19 has triggered a public-health crisis at the highest levels of American government and set the stage for a vast contact tracing effort to understand how the president and First Lady Melania Trump got infected and to whom they might have spread …
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