Weeks after announcing a joint summer tour, Mary J. Blige and Nas teamed for a new collaborative single, “Thriving.” With its melismatic vocal hooks, the track showcases Blige’s soulful voice throughout as she reflects on overcoming challenges. “Look what I did — I made history/They don’t know what to do …
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Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall follows the forces that connect us all in the new video for her song, “Little Red Thread.” Directed by SZOP, the clip finds Tunstall performing the buzzy stomper in a red room while an array of people suddenly find themselves following trails created by a piece …
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Midland held court at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Sunday night, delivering a headlining set full of hits like “Drinkin’ Problem” and “Burn Out,” new songs off their upcoming second album and a slew of bar-band covers. That the gig also fell on Cinco de Mayo only made it that much …
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President Donald Trump always touts how much he loves winners. But there is growing proof that a lot of that love may be unrequited. The manager of the Boston Red Sox, Alex Cora, announced that he will not attend a White House celebration of the 2018 World Series Championship this …
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Country singer Sam Outlaw has released an unconventional new project that combines songs with surreal vignettes. Dubbed Hat Acts, the EP opens with the sounds of a country bar and a woman in search of a smoking partner. That sets up the first of three songs: “Cigarette” is a weeper …
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Ariana Grande performed a glitzy “7 Rings” at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday. The Thank U, Next single — cleverly interpolated with “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music — has spent the last 14 weeks on the charts. Similar to her performance last year at the …
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Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds has dropped a new single, “Black Star Dancing,” ahead of a new EP. The EP, also titled Black Star Dancing, will be released June 14 digitally and on 12″ vinyl. “Black Star Dancing” is Gallagher’s first new music since 2017’s Who Built The Moon?. The …
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Update: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told reporters on Wednesday that the committee has agreed to hear testimony from Special Counsel Mueller sometime in May, although a specific date has yet to be set. Original text below. *** During a press conference prior to last month’s release of …
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In what world would stunning Charlize Theron and schlubby Seth Rogen hook up? The loaded-with-laughs Long Shot offers a comically absurd and sweetly touching answer to that rude question. Theron plays Charlotte Field, the Secretary of State who has her eye on the White House. The “dumb fuck” President of …
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This time around, punk rock is reborn in Dublin, Ireland; an American experimental institution comes to a striking end; and two archival releases affirm, again, that there is still astonishing music out there from the Sixties and Seventies that has never been heard before — and great stories to go …
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