Happy birthday to Linda Ronstadt’s New Wave album Mad Love, released 40 years ago, in March 1980. It’s the weirdest oddity in her catalog, with three Elvis Costello covers. Mad Love is forgotten by time, written out of her official history. Not even Linda has a kind word for this …
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The Trump Department of Justice has asked Congress to craft legislation allowing chief judges to indefinitely hold people without trial and suspend other constitutionally protected rights during the coronavirus and other emergencies, according to a report by Politico’s Betsy Woodruff Swan. While the asks from the Department of Justice will …
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Barnburners from Nashville native Gabe Lee and songwriter Gretchen Peters sidle up next to introspective ballads from Brandy Clark and Brian Dunne in this week’s list of songs to stream now. Rumer, “The Song Remembers When” British singer Rumer takes a stroll through the Hugh Prestwood song catalog on her …
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JoJo is stuck in quarantine like the rest of us, and to encourage everyone to stay inside and practice good common sense, she’s shared a video of her singing a new version of her signature song “Leave (Get Out)”: a corona-themed ditty titled “Chill (Stay in).” Performed a cappella at …
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Alice Cooper was making his way across Germany last week, headlining a tour that also featured Cheap Trick, when he learned that the country was prohibiting gatherings of more than 1,000 people due to coronavirus worries. The tour was canceled, and he and his crew immediately had to navigate their …
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UPDATE: Organizers of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival canceled the 2020 fest Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic, a month after initially postponing this year’s festival until the fall. “It takes something truly momentous to interrupt a 50-year New Orleans tradition as special at the Festival, but we …
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Ben Gibbard announced that he will livestream performances from his home studio every day for the next few weeks in the wake of the coronavirus. Beginning Tuesday, Ben Gibbard: Live From Home will go live at 4 p.m. PST via YouTube and Facebook. “I know you are all freaked out …
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Paul Klimson, a veteran audio engineer who’s worked with artists like Justin Timberlake, the Roots, and Eric Clapton, was putting together a docket of upcoming shows across multiple venues last week. Then, suddenly, they were all axed in one go. A “text came through that wiped out $11,000 in gigs …
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The Jonas Brothers canceled their upcoming Las Vegas residency Friday, a day after the Nevada governor issued a declaration of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. The band’s eight-date residency at the Park MGM – their first-ever Vegas residency – was set to begin April 1st, but will be canceled …
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Director Jamie Thraves had only been out of art school for a few years when he was approached to direct the video for Radiohead‘s “Just,” a single off their 1995 album, The Bends. Thraves got the gig through his new job at Oil Factory Productions, a video company run by …
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