After a week on The Tonight Show, Miley Cyrus ventured to Los Angeles to help James Corden avoid traffic with “Carpool Karaoke” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show. With Corden controlling the car radio, Cyrus and the late-night host sang her hits like “We Can’t Stop,” “The Climb,” “Party in the …
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In March 1973, an item appeared in the Random Notes section of Rolling Stone about John Hammond of Columbia Records. The veteran A&R man had suffered a heart attack while checking out a concert by a new act he’d just signed. “He attributed it to a heavy work schedule and …
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Motormouthed rapper Open Mike Eagle has gotten raves for albums that explore the comedy of neurosis. His new one, easily his headiest, is a concept LP built around Chicago’s Robert Taylor Homes, a famously mismanaged housing project destroyed 10 years ago. Eagle impressionistically inserts himself into events real and imagined. …
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After an eight-year hiatus, the Jesus Lizard will reunite for a short run of U.S. dates this December. It will be their first shows since 2009. The six-date trek kicks off on December 8th and will hit major cities on the East and West Coasts, beginning with a headlining set …
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In the wake of Sunday night’s mass shooting at an outdoor country music festival in Las Vegas, singer-songwriter and gun control advocate Rosanne Cash has penned a powerful op-ed piece in the New York Times in which she encourages fellow country and Americana artists to stand up to the political …
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LL Cool J, who was recently named the first hip-hop honoree at the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors, told Ellen DeGeneresthat he’s pleased President Trump is skipping the 2017 ceremony. “It would have been a distraction and more about who’s standing next to whom and less about the actual art form …
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“I got a question for you: are there any motherfuckers out there in the audience? Is there anybody here who runs their own shit?” asked Kesha during her set-opening performance of “Woman” at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium Wednesday night. And with that fierce declaration of agency, the Nashville native set about …
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Jackson Browne honored his late friend and collaborator Gregg Allman with a cover of the Allman Brothers Band‘s “Melissa” during the first night of the Laid Back Festival in Holmdel, New Jersey Thursday. Allman founded the traveling festival in 2015. Browne delivered a faithful interpretation of the beloved Eat a …
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Tim Heidecker, the comedian turned musician, joined violinist Andrew Bird for a Facebook Live broadcast of the latter’s Live From the Great Room series, where they discussed the relationship between music and comedy. They also discussed Heidecker’s history in music, since he released his debut album, In Glendale, last year. …
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Yoko Ono pressured a Polish beverage company into changing the name of its new drink, “John Lemon,” with the singer-artist’s legal team alleging that the product infringed upon her late husband, John Lennon‘s, trademark. Mr Lemonade Alternative Drinks agreed to change the name to “On Lemon” after Ono wrote to …
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