The other day, after visiting the Camp Fire near Paradise, California, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke figured out who was to blame for the worst wildfire in California history, which has burned more than 105,000 acres, destroyed 12,600 homes, and killed at least 81 people (as of Wednesday morning, there are …
Read More »See Danielle Bradbery, Thomas Rhett's Bittersweet 'Goodbye Summer' Video
Danielle Bradbery and Thomas Rhett head to the sandy beaches of Florida’s 30A in the new video for “Goodbye Summer,” which Bradbery originally recorded solo for her album I Don’t Believe We’ve Met. Filmed in and around Rosemary Beach, Florida, by director Shaun Silva, the clip follows the story in …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: J Balvin's 'Reggaeton'
The day after he won Best Urban Album at the Latin Grammys, J Balvin released what might be his fiercest single of the year: “Reggaeton,” on which he honors many of the artists from reggaeton’s first wave of crossover over a decade ago. It helps that Balvin now works regularly …
Read More »See Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Shannon Talk 'Little Drummer Girl,' Filming at Acropolis
Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Shannon, stars of AMC‘s latest John le Carré adaptation The Little Drummer Girl, talked about the six-hour miniseries, director Park Chan-wook and the still-ongoing Middle East crisis in this exclusive video interview with Rolling Stone. The Little Drummer Girl marks the first U.S. television directorial debut …
Read More »Karen O, Danger Mouse Team for New LP, Release First Song 'Lux Prima'
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and producer Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton have shared a new song titled “Lux Prima,” the first offering from their upcoming collaborative album together. Danger Mouse said of the nine-minute first single, which surrounds Karen O’s atmospheric track with a lengthy synth-laden intro and spacey …
Read More »See Kane Brown's Soulful 'Good as You' on 'Kimmel'
A presenter on Wednesday night’s CMA Awards telecast in Nashville, Kane Brown was seemingly in two places at once when he performed a couple of songs from his new LP Experiment on Jimmy Kimmel Live! the same night. With the soul-baring, romantic ballad, “Good as You,” Brown fully engaged the …
Read More »Rosanne Cash to Receive 'John Lennon Award' for Gun Violence Activism
Rosanne Cash has been named the recipient of the “John Lennon Real Love Award,” an honor she will accept at the 38th Annual John Lennon Tribute concert November 30th in New York City. Cash will perform several of her favorite Lennon and Beatles classics during the concert, which will also …
Read More »The Glands' 'I Can See My House From Here' Is a Wonderful Tribute to an Indie-Rock Genius
When Athens, Georgia singer-guitarist Ross Shapiro passed away in 2016 at 53, indie-rock fans and peers mourned a uniquely talented artist who didn’t record much but really made it count when his did. As frontman for the Glands, Shapiro helmed two LPs, 1997’s promising Double Thriller and its fantastic 2000 …
Read More »Luke Combs' 'She Got the Best of Me' Is First Four-Week Country Number One of 2018
Just a little over two years ago, Luke Combs‘ debut single “Hurricane” was getting its first wide push to country radio from Sony Music Nashville’s promotion department. That single, and every one he’s released since, have climbed to Number One on Billboard‘s terrestrial radio-monitoring Country Airplay chart, making him one …
Read More »See Pete Davidson Apologize to Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw on 'SNL'
Pete Davidson formally apologized to Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, one week after Davidson drew criticism for comparing the then-Texas Republican congressional candidate and military veteran to a “hitman from a porno movie.” Following the outcry over Davidson’s comments, Crenshaw said that the …
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