Marc Cohn promotes gun reform in his moving “Work to Do” video, the title track from his new collaborative album with the gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama. Directed by his daughter Emily, the clip features several people writing inspirational messages on Post-its as the folk artist sings with …
Read More »Missy Elliott, Stevie Nicks, Vampire Weekend to Headline Governors Ball
Missy Elliott, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Flume, and Stevie Nicks are among the top artists set to perform at Governors Ball 2020, taking place June 5th through 7th at Randall’s Island Park in New York. The 10th iteration of the festival will also feature Solange, Miley Cyrus, Ellie Goulding, H.E.R., …
Read More »Lee Ann Womack on Recording in Brooklyn and the State of Women in Country
“Doesn’t the sun ever shine here?” cracks Lee Ann Womack, spiking the last word with her bright Texas twang. She’s been in Brooklyn for the better part of a December week, the skies a mostly unremitting gray, and with a storm now on the way. “It’s so gloomy! But it’s …
Read More »Watch Justin Bieber Turn a Fancy Restaurant Into a Club in 'Yummy' Video
Justin Bieber has shared the food-filled official video for his new single “Yummy.” In the Bardia Zeinali-directed video for the R&B track, which is a love letter to his sweetheart, Bieber enjoys Cheetos, Jell-O molds and lobster at a restaurant with an array of eccentric, lavish guests, before becoming a …
Read More »Syd Mead, Designer for 'Blade Runner,' 'Alien,' 'Star Trek,' Dead at 86
Syd Mead — the artist and designer who helped build the worlds of films like Blade Runner, Alien, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture —died Monday, Variety reports. He was 86. Mead reportedly died from complications from lymphoma in Pasadena, California. A post on Mead’s Facebook page confirmed the death, …
Read More »Yellowcard 'Torn' But 'Proceeding' With Juice WRLD 'Lucid Dreams' Lawsuit
Despite the death of Juice WRLD on December 8th, punk band Yellowcard still plan to proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit over the rapper’s hit “Lucid Dreams.” In the $15 million lawsuit filed in October, Yellowcard accused Juice WLRD’s Sting-sampling single of using the melody of the band’s 2006 song …
Read More »Watch U2 Debut New Song 'Ahimsa' at 2019 Tour Finale in Mumbai
U2 wrapped up their Joshua Tree 2019 tour with their first-ever show in India at Mumai’s D.Y. Patil Stadium on Sunday evening. It was largely a standard Joshua Tree show until the encore section when Indian musical icon A. R. Rahman and his daughters joined the band to perform “Ahimsa”, …
Read More »Why Country Music Wanted Everyone to Get Along in the 2010s
This summer, Luke Combs released a country-rocker called “Let’s Just Be Friends.” Featured on The Angry Birds Movie 2 soundtrack, the song begins with a political parable set-up that’ll scan as familiar to anyone who’s listened to country radio over the past few years. You’re from one side of the …
Read More »Prophets of Rage Rappers Acknowledge Rage Against the Machine Reunion
Following the news of Rage Against the Machine‘s impending reunion, Prophets of Rage rappers Chuck D and B-Real turned to social media to acknowledge Rage’s return and reflect on their time in the offshoot supergroup. Chuck D tweeted of his Prophets of Rage tenure, “It was about doing something greater …
Read More »Yellowcard Sue Juice WRLD for Copyright Infringement Over 'Lucid Dreams'
Yellowcard has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Juice WRLD, claiming the rapper’s hit “Lucid Dreams” copies their 2006 song “Holly Wood Died.” The suit alleges that Juice WRLD and his producers knowingly copied “Holly Wood Died,” and that “Lucid Dreams” “directly misappropriates quantitative and qualitatively important portions of [‘Holly …
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