Jennifer Hudson made a surprise appearance at the Pulitzer Prize awards ceremony in New York City to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin. The singer offered a rousing version of “Amazing Grace” at annual Pulitzer Prize luncheon at Columbia University’s Low Memorial Library, which honored the 103rd class of Pulitzer winners. …
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Portland electronic outfit Chromatics unveiled a new cover of Hole‘s “Petals,” which appears on the soundtrack for the new Netflix film, The Perfection. Chromatics deftly turn the sprawling Celebrity Skin closer into a concise yet atmospheric tune. Over a blend of gauzy synths and guitars that alternately prickle and carom …
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The key to Cate Le Bon’s dazzling new album, Reward, is a chair. Not just any chair — a strikingly minimalist piece in dark-stained oak, which she built herself after finishing a yearlong course on furniture design. “It’s not comfortable, and it’s not particularly beautiful,” says the Welsh musician, 36. …
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With Oasis not likely reuniting anytime soon, singer, guitarist and Gallagher brothers superfan Sadler Vaden did the next best thing: performed the famously fractured band’s songs himself. On Wednesday night at East Nashville club the Basement East, Vaden, guitar player for Jason Isbell’s the 400 Unit, recruited fellow Oasis fans …
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Speaking from his home in Toronto, Snow is still baffled that his reggae-hip-hop merger “Informer” topped charts and moved millions of copies over 25 years ago. “That’s a jailsong,” he says, still sounding surprised. “It’s not, ‘Baby, I love you.’ I wrote that song in jailabout informers. But people didn’t …
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As far as musical excavators go, few are as unflinching as Rhiannon Giddens. Through her work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and a growing body of solo material, the 42-year-old multi-instrumentalist has mined the darkest recesses of the American subconscious to give voice to the used, abused and oppressed. But …
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DJ Khaled provided a star-studded set for his Saturday Night Live debut as he joined host Paul Ruddon the Season 44 finale. Khaled appeared clad in a sweatshirt with Nipsey Hussle emblazoned on the front while he blistered through a medley of songs from his new album Father of Asahd, …
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Jarvis Cocker has always been one of rock’s greatest wry wits, from his days in Pulp slinging Brit-pop bangers about the British class system to more recent solo joints like his 2009 tune “I Never Said I Was Deep,” a bit of Bowie-esque bloat that felt a little like Ziggy …
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Ahead of a two-night run in Los Angeles at the Orpheum Theatre that begins tonight, Tedeschi Trucks Band stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform multiple songs on the show’s outdoor stage. During a short set, the 12-piece soul-rock outfit, led by the husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Derek Trucks and …
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Britney Spears‘ manager Larry Rudolph said the pop star may never perform live again in a new interview with TMZ. “As the person who guides her career — based on the information I and all of the professionals who work with her are being told on a need-to-know basis — …
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