Two years after JonBenét Ramsey‘s brother Burke Ramsey filed a $750 million defamation lawsuit against CBS over the network’s docuseries The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey, the two sides have reached “an amicable resolution of their differences.” The docuseries pushed the theory that Burke killed his younger sister in the infamous, …
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D’Angelo officially released his meditative new song, “Unshaken,” which appears on the soundtrack of Rockstar video game Red Dead Redemption 2. The track, now available on streaming services, marks the soul singer’s first release since his third LP, 2014’s Black Messiah. The vocalist explores his lower register throughout, crooning bleak …
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The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has denied Steven Avery’s December 17th motion requesting to use new “rapid DNA identification” testing on “suspected human skeletal remains” that were recovered but never identified during the original investigation into Teresa Halbach’s 2005 murder. Avery’s attorney, Kathleen Zellner, isn’t discouraged, however; she tells Rolling …
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Jailed Russian national Maria Butina has reached a deal with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate a prohibition on undeclared foreign agents, ABC and the Daily Beast report. In a version of the plea document to be filed with the court, Butina reportedly will …
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Richard Hell is known for many things — his short-lived stint in Television, his success with the Voidoids,his long career as a downtown poet. But maybe best of all, he’s known as the handsome lothario of the 1970s NYC punk scene. Yet when cultural historian Carlo McCormick asked Hell about …
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The newest chapter of Bruce Springsteen‘s ongoing live download series spotlights a show he played at The Roxy in West Hollywood, California on October 18th, 1975. Born To Run had come out a little less than two months before the show and the hype around the album was reaching a …
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Here lies Taylor Swift‘s reputation — or at least the final nail in the coffin of herReputation era. Since its release last November, Swift’s sixth album has kept a deserved hold on the pop narrative of the last year, but on Friday, the album and its singles were all suspiciously …
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The brutality of the international drug trade was front and center this week at the trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, with one witness testifying in chillingly calm tones about dozens of gangland murders.The only catch? El Chapo wasn’t the murderer in question. In a riveting back and forth with …
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Spiritualized will embark on a 2019 North American tour next spring in support of their latest album, And Nothing Hurt. The band will get things underway March 22nd with a set at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. The tour will then criss-cross the United States over the next …
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Makaya McCraven’s set at New York’s (Le) Poisson Rouge on Sunday touched on a universe of musical styles. Driving funk, hypnotic reggae, loping odd-time vamps, hectic Afrobeat-esque workouts and more all found their way into the mix as the Chicago drummer and his 11-piece all-star band — featuring a roll …
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