Christina Aguilera has unveiled her spooky contribution to The Addams Family film, her new song, “Haunted Heart.” It follows the release of soundtrack song, “My Family,” featuring Migos, Snoop Dogg and Karol G. On the fittingly haunting, dramatic track, Aguilera astutely addresses how you can’t control falling in love, likening …
Read More »Samantha Bee Praises Greta Thunberg for Shaming Climate Change Deniers
Samantha Bee gave a shoutout to 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg onFull Frontal Wednesday night, telling her audience that she was grateful that the teenager gave her “nightmares” about the planet dying. “The only thing scarier than a 16-year-old girl is a 16-year-old girl with an agenda who knows how …
Read More »Sheryl Crow on Why She Won't Make Another Album
Sheryl Crow’s latest album, Threads, will be her last. The singer first teased the possibility of retiring from making albums in an interview last year, saying she wants to focus on releasing individual tracks instead. Now that the album is out, Crow says she’s at peace with her decision. “I …
Read More »YouTube Music's Star Accelerator Names 14 New Artists
YouTube Music announced the addition of 14 new artists on Tuesday — including young stars Kenny Beats, Rema, Baby Rose, and Guapdad 4000 — to Foundry, its three-year-old global development program for independent artists. Foundry began in 2016 as a way for YouTube to teach emerging artists how to best …
Read More »See Dee White's Endearing 'Crazy Man' Video
Dee White offers a story of love’s redemption in his new video for “Crazy Man,” out today. The song appears on the Alabama native’s debut album Southern Gentleman. In the recording, White sweetly croons as he embodies the role of a man who’s faced some demons and was able to …
Read More »Hiss Golden Messenger's 'Terms of Surrender' is a Sweet Record About Love, Family and Fighting Through Darkness
A California hardcore kid who moved to North Carolina about 20 years ago to pursue a rootsier strain of self-discovering earnestness, country-soul singer-songwriter MC Taylor is the kind of nice guy you want to root for. How nice? His sixth LP as the leader of Hiss Golden Messenger opens with …
Read More »Gang Starr Enlist J. Cole for First New Song in 16 Years
Seminal hip-hop duo Gang Starr return with new song “Family and Loyalty” featuring J. Cole. The track is the group’s first new music in 16 years and features the late Guru, who died in 2010. “This record means so much to me,” DJ Premier said in a statement. ” It’s …
Read More »How Big Agriculture Is Preventing Farmers From Combating the Climate Crisis
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Farmers in Iowa have relied on the same weather pattern for generations. Rain in the spring, heat with a little rain mixed in to sustain the …
Read More »Will Tencent's Hunger to Own the Music Business Stop at Universal and Spotify?
Tencent Music Entertainment, the biggest music-streaming company in China, is in trouble. Ever since the company struck a sub-licensing deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) in November 2014 — the first of its kind — it has enjoyed a privileged relationship with the world’s biggest music-rights companies. That privileged relationship …
Read More »Chris Rock Details New Book 'My First Black Boyfriend'
Chris Rock is publishing a new essay collection, My First Black Boyfriend, The New York Times reports. The book is expected to arrive fall 2020, via publishing house Celadon. Rock’s book will focus on the Emmy-winning comedian’s experiences with race and relationships, with stories dating back to when he first began …
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