The Biden administration announced Friday that it intends to “repeal or replace” a Trump-era rule change that gave permission to build roads, log and make other developments in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. Under Trump, the U.S. saw the largest reduction of protected public lands in its history. The Tongass, which …
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WASHINGTON —In the last week of May, Senate Democrats arrived at a cavernous room in the Hart office building and settled in for a presentation from Marc Elias, one of the leading election lawyers for the Democratic Party. Elias had spent the last year locked in legal combat with Donald …
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Songs and Music From She’s the One, and his estate is celebrating with the release of a reimagined version of the LP they’re calling Angel Dream (Songs and Music from the Motion Picture She’s the …
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Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen virtually staged the television debut of their new single “Like I Used To” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show. Performing together from Los Angeles’ Zebulon, the two singers and their backing band delivered their recently released track, the result of a year-long collaboration. “Even though we …
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Lil Baby and Lil Durk‘s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes rises to Number One on the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart, seeing more Pre-Adds during the week leading up to its June 4th release than any other album on the platform. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album …
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How come some people in the entertainment industry are one-hit wonders, while others have careers that last for decades? A lot of it comes down to talent, timing and mindset. When I first started out in the business in my teens, I somehow believed that once you got that big …
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A new study finds that teens are at increasing risk for severe Covid cases, and that among those recently hospitalized for Covid, nearly a third entered intensive care and five percent were placed on a ventilator. “I am deeply concerned by the numbers of hospitalized adolescents and saddened to see …
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Nelly Furtado is marking the 15th anniversary of her hit album Loose with a digital reissue featuring a selection of rare remixes and bonus tracks. The set is out Friday, June 4th. Released in 2006, Loose marked Furtado’s third album, following her 2000 breakout debut Whoa, Nelly! (featuring the hit …
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Sierra Ferrell mixes country, folk, bluegrass and a hefty dose of jazz on her debut album Long Time Coming. The West Virginia native, who has turned heads with her captivating live performances and nomad-like backstory, will release the LP via Rounder Records on August 20th. The album news arrives with …
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Andra Day, Mavis Staples, and Wynton Marsalis have been tapped to perform at the 2021 Newport Jazz festival, which will take place July 30th through August 1st at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. The lineup also features Khruangbin, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Yola, Cory Wong, Makaya …
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