“Music’s biggest night” carried on mostly business as usual on Sunday, but prior to the Grammys ceremony, was overshadowed by weeks-long behind-the-scenes tension. Last Thursday, a dramatic news story broke …
Houghton Festival has revealed the full line-up for its 2020 edition, which takes place at Houghton Hall in Norfolk across August 6 to 9 this summer Following the disappointment last …
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Back in 2008, Rush delighted one of their all-time biggest fanboys, Stephen Colbert, by stopping by The Colbert Report for their first American television interview in decades. It is … …
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“Music’s biggest night” is this Sunday, but it’s already been overshadowed by behind-the-scenes tension. Last Thursday, a dramatic news story broke revealing that Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan, newly in …
Tanya Tucker was a teen star in the thoroughly adult world of country music in the 1970s, schooled in singing with feeling and grit by her father Beau, who also …
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David Olney, a singer-songwriter who’s been prevalent in the folk and Americana music communities since the 1970s, died on Saturday evening during his set at Florida’s 30A Songwriters Festival. He …
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After nearly a decade of static, fans of the indie-rock group Bright Eyes have reason to rejoice. The Omaha-based band, fronted by widely revered singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, are back in …
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Over the last year or so, through chance or subconscious ambition or some cosmic provenance, I’ve gotten to speak with a number of people who knew and worked with Mac …
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This essay originally ran in November 2017 around the release of Lady Bird. We’re running it again today in light of Dave Matthews Band’s controversial exclusion in the 2020 Rock …
The path to Selena Gomez’s third album has been beset on all sides by hardships. Gomez has fought a battle with lupus that led to intensive therapy, kidney transplant surgery, …
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