“All my life I’ve known Jesus/But that connection never came,” sings Vince Gill at the top of his new song “When My Amy Prays.” A hushed, vulnerable ballad that deals in doubt and the strength that comes with love, “When My Amy Prays” is the latest release from Gill’s upcoming …
Read More »'Dark Crystal' Returns: Watch Gelflings Fight to Save Thra in New Trailer
Three intrepid Gelflings set out to save their home planet Thra from the evil Skeksis in the stunning new trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a new prequel series to Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s 1982 fantasy classic, The Dark Crystal. The 10-episode run will premiere August 30th …
Read More »Megadeth to Reissue Three Albums, Including Rare Led Zeppelin Cover
Thrash metal band Megadeth will be reissuing three of their late-era albums this summer. The Grammy-winning group, who have been recording for 36 years, will be re-releasing three records from later in their career in July: United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009) and TH1RT3EN (2011). United Abominations and Endgame will include full remasters …
Read More »The Trump Administration Is Cooking Stats to Keep the Sick Sick and the Poor Poor
President Trump and his administration are masters of spinning information to sell an agenda to the public. But while bending opinion may be as easy as spouting a few false claims, it takes more than hollow bluster to subvert federal regulations in order to oppress the disadvantaged to a degree …
Read More »See Anderson .Paak Perform Three Songs on 'CBS This Morning'
While in the midst of his Best Teef In The Game Tour, Anderson .Paak stopped by CBS This Morning‘s Saturday Sessions for a three-song performance. .Paak and his band shared a funk-tinged trio of tracks including “Make It Better” and “King James” from his 2019 LP Ventura. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BdGD1Ap7eY The drummer …
Read More »Hear Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan Cover the Beach Boys' 'In My Room'
Fiona Apple shared her cover of The Beach Boys’ “In My Room,” featuring Jakob Dylan. The breezy California pop record is featured on the soundtrack to Echo in the Canyon, a new documentary on the birth of the California Sound. Apple and Dylan also contributed a second duet to the soundtrack, …
Read More »How Nashville Singer Jenny Tolman Created a Country Music WonkaLand
Welcome to Jennyville. Population: …It’s complicated. On a spring morning in Nashville, though, it’s four: the town’s titular Jenny Tolman, producer Dave Brainard, Tolman’s publicist and me. We’re seated in Brainard and Tolman’s home studio, discussing the origins of Tolman’s forthcoming album There Goes the Neighborhood, and its fascinating, funny …
Read More »'Aladdin': Will Smith Is the Live-Action Movie's Best Special Effect
Did Aladdin just get woke? Looks like it. It’s an inspired choice to cast Guy Ritchie’s live-action version of Disney’s 1992 animated hit with persons of color. That’s Will Smith as the Genie, embodying the character Robin Williams brought to hilarious vocal life in 1992 and doing the role proud. …
Read More »A Friend With Benefits: The Power of the Fourth Wall in 'Fleabag' Season 2
This post contains spoilers for all of Fleabag Season Two, now available on Amazon Prime Video. When the first season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge‘s Fleabag debuted back in 2016, it seemed to fit into a long tradition of TV shows where characters break the fourth wall and address the audience directly. …
Read More »Patti Smith Channels French Poet Antonin Artaud on Peyote
On May 31st, Patti Smith will appear on Peyote Dance,an album with the experimental musicians of the Soundwalk Collective. The New York-based group are known for making new art out of “found sounds” – everything from antenna effects to old classical recordings.The new album will include “Ivry,” a new song …
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