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Western Reserve by Howard Simon is a thoughtful record from an artist with some recent background worth mentioning because of how his songwriting has evolved into more uplifting stories and themes with more characters. The view and concept of one of the songs involved an assignment given to Simon by Shawn Colvin at a guitar
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Dua Lipa was the musical guest on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She performed “Don’t Start Now.” The night before, she also appeared on the show, sitting down for an interview where she discussed her new album Future Nostalgia. (That episode featured musical guest James Blake.) Check it out below.
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Simonetta Lein, Supermodel and one of the top Celebrity/Fashion Influencers in the world appeared last weekend at one of the top influential holiday celebrations for 2019 in NYC. The SohoJohnny’s Holiday Soirée took place in the heart of the West Village in New York City at the exotic, Middle Eastern, “Casa La Femme.” The 7
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Yeasayer are calling it quits, the band’s Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton announced today (December 19). “We have decided that Yeasayer has reached its end,” they wrote. “It is a decision that has not been made lightly or swiftly, but the three of us agree that it is the right one at
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INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/griffinholtby/ It is little wonder, given how much Griffin Holtby has already experienced of life, that the young singer/songwriter brings such palpable passion to his single “Overgrown”. The potent imagery underlying the song title is well chosen and Holtby’s writing, its melody first composed during his high school years and later fleshed out with
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Taylor Swift and the cast of the new Cats movie were on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Accompanied by the Roots, they performed “Memory” on classroom instruments. Watch below. Last month, Taylor Swift released her new Cats song “Beautiful Ghosts.” The track, co-written with Andrew Lloyd Webber, is up for
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Caroline Polachek has shared an A.G. Cook remix of her Pang track “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.” Check it out below. Far from their first collaboration, the PC Music co-founder helped Polachek produce Pang’s “Hey Big Eyes,” and the two shared writing credits on “Tears” from Charli XCX’s Pop 2. Polachek also added background
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Julia Holter has scored the movie Never Rarely Sometimes Always, as Film Music Reporter notes. The film, directed and written by Eliza Hittman, premieres at Sundance on January 24, followed by a wide release on March 13 (via Focus Features). According to Sundance’s synopsis, Never Rarely Sometimes Always follows a teenager named Autumn who heads
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On the last frame of Anastasia’s video to the explosive debut single “Evaporate” are the words “you are not alone.” The words are dedicated to “everyone that has suffered from an eating disorder.” Anastasia, born in Russia is now NYC-based and garnered a degree from Berklee School of Music. Her rich, powerful vocals are the
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How would you classify your music? Song-driven Celtic soul & roots Americana Who are some of your top 5 musical influences?  Darrell Scott, Marcus Hummon, Hothouse Flowers,  Waterboys,  Blue Nile What do you want fans to take from your music? I want them to connect something in their own lives with a lyric or a
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Kanye West’s opera Mary is heading to New York City. The show will take place December 22 at Lincoln Center‘s David Geffen Hall and will feature the Sunday Service collective; the announcement features a bible verse from Matthew 1:20. Mary was first performed earlier this month on the water at Miami Marine Stadium during Art
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PUSHA-T has a hand in a new ramen and cocktail bar called Kitsuen. The Washington, D.C. restaurant, whose name means “smoke” or “smoking” in Japanese, is set to open on New Year’s Eve. Along with PUSHA-T, the team behind Kitsuen includes his business partner Terrion Jones, Wayne Johnson, Tony Perry NBA players Jerian and Jerami
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Dolly Parton performs onstage during the 53rd annual CMA Awards. (John Shearer/Getty) In today’s edition of ‘x said gay rights!’, a Ku Klux Klan statue in an American state may be replaced by singer and LGBT+ icon Dolly Parton. Gay, and we cannot stress this enough, honestly, we really can’t, rights! Since 1978, the Tennessee
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Complex, in partnership with Spotify, will release a podcast about the life of Tekashi 6ix9ine. Titled Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story, the eight-episode series will follow Daniel Hernandez’s transformation from high school dropout working at a Brooklyn deli to polarizing viral rapper to a witness to a federal racketeering and firearms case. It’s narrated by
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The shortlists for the 92nd Academy Awards nominees is in. In the Best Original Song category, the shortlisted potential nominees include Thom Yorke’s “Daily Battles” from Motherless Brooklyn, Beyoncé’s “Spirit” from The Lion King, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo’s “Letter to My Godfather,” from The Black Godfather, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Never Too Late”
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Chance the Rapper has canceled The Big Tour—the run of dates in 2020 that he previously postponed following the birth of his second daughter. “I know it sucks and its been a lot of back and forth with reschedules and rerouting, but it’s for the best,” he wrote. “I’m gonna take this time to be
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John Frusciante is back in the Red Hot Chili Peppers for the first time in a decade. The band announced the news on Instagram, saying that Josh Klinghoffer is out of the band after 10 years and Frusciante is back in. “Josh is a beautiful musician who we respect and love,” the band’s statement reads.
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Atmosphere have surprise released a new album called Whenever (via Rhymesayers). It’s the Minnesota rap group’s follow-up to last year’s Mi Vida Local. Give Whenever a listen below. Plus, check out the new music video for “Lovely” (featuring Nikki Jean). Atmosphere head out on a North American tour in January. The first show is in
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Kamaiyah has shared a new track, “Still I Am. It’s produced by CT Beats and arrives with a music video directed by Damien Sandavol. Watch the easy-going visual, filmed in Oakland, below. “Still I Am” follows Kamaiyah’s song with Quavo and Tyga (“Windows”) and the Michael McDonald-sampling “Back to Basics.” According to a press release,
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