Lauren Alaina made her first appearance onLate Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday night, performing her current single “Ladies in the ’90s.” The song, penned by Alaina with Jesse Frasure and Amy Wadge, is the singer’s first new music to follow her 2017 albumRoad Less Traveled. In a square-shouldered dress …
Read More »When Nazis Took Over Madison Square Garden
At 5:57 p.m. Monday night, roughly 20 people carrying cameras, projection equipment and stacks of informational flyers hustled through the bitter cold down Eighth Avenue from West 33rd Street in Manhattan. They stopped directly across the street from the west side of Madison Square Garden, and a few minutes later …
Read More »Jussie Smollett's Lawyers Deny Reports That Actor Orchestrated Attack
After Chicago police arrested and released two men involved in the alleged attack on Jussie Smollett, the Empire actor’s lawyers fired back at reports that his client orchestrated the attack. “As a victim of a hate crime who has cooperated with the police investigation, Jussie Smollett is angered and devastated …
Read More »Chris Stapleton on Creating New Signature Fender Amp, Singing for Dolly Parton
By his own admission, Chris Stapleton may not be the most technical of guitar players, but the Grammy-winning musician has cultivated a sound that is all his own. Stapleton credits his unmistakable tone in part to a potent combo: his guitar of choice, a Fender Jazzmaster, and a vintage 1962 …
Read More »Go Weird or Go Home: Why 'Doom Patrol' Beats 'Umbrella Academy' at the Superhero Game
It was when half the Doom Patrol traveled through a flatulent donkey to another dimension that I realized a line had been crossed. Probably in a good way. We’re nearly seven years into the modern TV superhero-drama boom, which began with the CW’s Arrow. In those early days, when Oliver …
Read More »High-Res Music Service Qobuz Launches in the U.S.
High-resolution music service Qobuz will make its much-anticipated American debut on Thursday, the company confirmed toRolling Stone.Qobuz — pronounced “co buzz,” and currently available in Europe, the U.K. and Ireland — offers both downloads and music-streaming subscriptions at CD quality and high-res quality, and its unique hybrid service will be …
Read More »Watch John Oliver Talk Trump, Brexit Chaos on 'Colbert'
John Oliver delivered a double-shot of depressing takes about the looming possibilities of both a second term for President Donald Trump and a “no deal” Brexit on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. After a friendly discussion about the Last Week Tonight host’s slowly-atrophying features, Oliver and Colbert turned …
Read More »When the Blues Brothers Played the Super Bowl, and Other Halftime Disasters
What were the Blues Brothers (with Jim Belushi) doing headlining the Super Bowl‘s halftime show in 1997 — while most of the actual soul and R&B singers they imitated were alive and well? (James Brown was there — as a “special guest.”) Why in the world was E.T. hanging out …
Read More »For Lauren Alaina, Volunteering Is The Opening Act
Country music sensation Lauren Alaina keeps herself busy. This year’s ACM New Female Vocalist of the Year juggles life on the road, performing in multiple cities each week, and she still finds the time to make a positive difference in the community. With a little help from her biggest fans …
Read More »Women in Country Music: 'Today' Casts National Spotlight on Ongoing Issue
Some of the major nominees at Sunday night’s 61st annual Grammy Awards are women working in the genre of country music, from Kacey Musgraves to Margo Price. But those artists still aren’t gaining traction at country radio, an ongoing issue that NBC’s Today Show addressed in its “Sunday Spotlight” segment. …
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