On a Thursday in May, a 77-year-old man, whom I’ll call L., answered the phone. L. said he lived at the end of a long driveway in the woods of Wisconsin. The voice on the other end of the call belonged to Adam Kruggel, a complete stranger whose home was …
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Nothing has come close to “The Box.” Roddy Ricch‘s squeaky, sticky surprise hit dominated the first half of 2020, topping the list of the biggest songs in the U.S. from January through June by a hefty margin. After it reached Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart …
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My husband and I have gone a lot of drives since moving to New Jersey last year — to small seaside towns, to rolling farmlands, through the notorious Meadowlands and their belching sulfuric funk. Those drives have taken on new significance as more and more New Jersey citizens don masks …
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Alanis Morissette has released “Reckoning,” the latest single from her upcoming album Such Pretty Forks in the Road. The LP will be released on July 31st. While many of the Forks singles have dabbled in melancholia and mixed blessings, “Reckoning” takes an explicitly darker tone. Morissette sings about “predators and prey” over …
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A whole host of musicians, artists and celebrities from Chicago have gathered together for a special fundraising music video for their city. Performing “Sweet Home Chicago,” the all-star group of more than 100 people includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Keegan-Michael Key, Jim Belushi, Jeff Perry, Twista, Rhymefest, Jessie Mueller, Andre De Shields, …
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has canceled plans for a live induction ceremony this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will instead honor the class of 2020 with an HBO special on Saturday, November 7th. The honorees this year are Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, …
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Not far from where songwriter Emily Warren lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, there’s a dive bar with a weekly disco night. “It’s kind of a shit show,” she says. She had been attending regularly and invited collaborators Ian Kirkpatrick and Caroline Ailin to join her. It was early 2019, and …
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Pharrell Williams will executive produce and appear in an unscripted Netflix series about his efforts to build “one of the world’s most inspiring gospel choirs” in his hometown of Hampton Roads, Virginia. Voices of Fire will premiere on the streaming service later in 2020, Williams announced Sunday at the virtual …
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The last of Ayanna Pressley’s hair fell out in the middle of December, on the day before the Massachusetts Congresswoman and the rest of the House voted on President Trump’s articles of impeachment. Losing her crown of Senegalese twists — the hairstyle that Pressley, 46, had been wearing as her …
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Neil Young has released a special “Porch Episode” of his ongoing Fireside Sessions acoustic concert series. This one spotlights the politically charged songs he’s written over the years, including a new rendition of 2006’s “Lookin’ for a Leader” that shreds Donald Trump. Head to the New Young Archives to check …
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