On Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden outlined a stimulus plan that included, among other things, increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Later the same night, Blake Shelton’s auspiciously titled new song “Minimum Wage” was released to the public — not surprisingly, it doesn’t attempt to unpack the vital …
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Hometown Rising, a country music and bourbon festival in Louisville, Kentucky, has announced its 2020 lineup. Set for September 12th and 13th, the second-annual gathering includes live music performances mixed with bourbon tastings and experiences. Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton will headline this year’s Hometown Rising, with Dierks Bentley and …
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“RealLife Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. Nobody’s Baby, “Life of a Thousand Girls” (Bandcamp). “All the ingredients to an American classic, the Teenage Death Song,” says this San Francisco foursome of itself. “Noboby’s Baby formed around the idea of …
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“I’m only here because Seth Meyers was booked,” Blake Shelton told a laughing Jimmy Fallon last night, seconds before the country singer bit into a caramel-covered onion. Let’s back up a bit. With a new album, Texoma Shore, arriving this Friday, Shelton has been in full court press mode, filling …
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