Singer-songwriter John Prine Dead at 73
Folk music legend John Prine died today at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Prine’s family confirmed that he died of complications from COVID-19. Prine’s wife and manager Fiona had …
R. Kelly Won’t Be Getting Out of Jail Because of Coronavirus
R. Kelly’s request for release on bail due to the coronavirus pandemic has been denied. “While I am sympathetic to the defendant’s understandable anxiety about COVID-19, he has not established …
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Remembering Bill Withers’s Singular Voice
I spent most of my 20s toiling away in supermarkets and minor chain department stores, making just enough money to get to the next week in one piece. (My heart …
Charli XCX, DIY Queen, Will Make and Release a Full Album in Quarantine
Call it her King Lear: Charli XCX will release a full album made during this period of social distancing, she announced on Monday in a Zoom meeting for 1,000 fans. …
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Everything You Missed From the ACM Presents: Our Country Special
Even with the Academy of Country Music Awards pushed back to September due to the coronavirus pandemic, the show went on Sunday night, with dozens of stars performing on CBS’s …
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Rita Wilson Spits Flames With Naughty by Nature in ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ Remix
In aggressively 2020 news, beloved actress and singer Rita Wilson and hip-hop trio Naughty by Nature teamed up to officially release a joint remix of “Hip Hop Hooray,” the group’s …
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Shania Twain and Her Horse Duet on ACM Presents: Our Country
The Academy of Country Music Awards, originally scheduled for this weekend, may have been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, but on Sunday night, CBS still managed to bring over …
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Duffy Recounts Being Drugged and Sexually Assaulted During Four-Week Abduction
At the end of February, pop star Duffy revealed on social media that her absence from public life, after finding success with her 2008 hit “Mercy,” was at least in …
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Bad Bunny Laments the Quarantine Life With New Song ‘En Casita’
The best music is music that captures a fundamental truth about the human experience, and the fundamental truth of Bad Bunny’s new surprise track is that, unless you’re already quarantined …
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Jay-Z and Meek Mill Donate Over 100,000 Coronavirus Masks to Prisons
More than a year after launching their very own prison-reform alliance, Jay-Z and Meek Mill have donated more than 100,000 surgical masks to prisons and jails across the country to …
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