Like a bad, politically-themed episode of VH1’s Where Are They Now?former special prosecutor Ken Starr is back on Fox News talking about impeachment. But this time, he’s against it? “For the sake of the country, fulminate, but don’t go forward with impeachment. It’s so bad for the country,” he told …
Read More »'NSync Should Tour Without Justin Timberlake
The Backstreet Boys did it. One Direction did it. Fifth Harmony did it. Spice Girls have done it a couple times, and will do it again this year. Pop’s bestselling groups have toured — and even released music — without a key member. Judging by the response to ’N Sync’s …
Read More »Oregon State University to Host First Phish Academic Conference
For Phish aficionados interested in the neuroscience of the jam or Talmudic interpretations of the band’s improvisational technique, Oregon State University will host the first Phish Studies academic conference at its Corvallis, Oregon campus May 17th through 19th. The conference will feature over 50 presentations, as well as special events …
Read More »Watch 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Stars Join Lizzo in New 'Juice' Video
Lizzo previously dropped a video for her single “Juice” in January, but the singer has now shared a second clip for the track. In this new video Lizzo is joined by several stars of RuPaul’s Drag Race, who spend their time onscreen eating fruit. The drag queens include Soju, A’keria …
Read More »Trump Really Wasn't Happy That Fox News Hosted a Bernie Sanders Town Hall
On Monday night, Fox News hosted a town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. It may not have gone the way the network was expecting. Sanders was generally well received by the studio audience, which even cheered when host Bret Baier asked them if they supported Medicare-for-All, the all-inclusive …
Read More »Watch Paul Simon Perform Bayou Blowout 'That Was Your Mother' on 'Colbert'
Paul Simon delivered an ecstatic performance of his Cajun-inspiredGraceland classic “That Was Your Mother” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The performance found Simon teaming up with Late Show house band, Jon Batiste and Stay Human, with Batiste — a Louisiana native — stepping out from behind his …
Read More »The Major Record Companies Have a Big Gender Problem – But There are Positive Signs for the Future
There are 13 frontline major record label groups operating in the United States, including Nashville outposts. One of those labels, Sony’s Epic Records, is run by a woman – Sylvia Rhone. One of them, Warner’s Atlantic Records, is co-run by a woman – Julie Greenwald. All of the rest, literally …
Read More »The First Time: Lizzo
Lizzo has never been shy about standing up for herself. In the second grade, her math teacher called her mom in because “Melissa” was trying to teach the class herself. “I was this little girl, and I was like giving it to the teacher like, ‘You need to teach us …
Read More »Maggie Rogers on Learning to Love 'Tim McGraw'
Maggie Rogers has included cover songs in her set since she was 17, from the Miracles’ “The Tracks of My Tears” to Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon.” “We’ve been doing more covers because they’ve been a way to stay creative during soundcheck,” Rogers, who is currently on tour in support of …
Read More »Hear Steve Earle's New Guy Clark Covers for Record Store Day
Following the March release of his Guy Clark tribute album Guy,Steve Earle has returned to the deep well of Clark songs to record a couple more. To celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday, April 13th, Earle is releasing an exclusive 7-inch with his covers of “El Coyote” and “Don’t Let …
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