“There’s a crooked leader on a crooked stage, but he seems to think he’s standing tall,” Amos Lee sings in “Crooked,” the latest song released from his upcoming new album My New Moon. A rhythmic, at times haunting, shuffle with well-placed swells of strings, “Crooked” highlights the folk songwriting of …
Read More »Inside the Catholic Church's Latest Scandal
On Sunday, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former Vatican ambassador to the United States, called for the resignation of Pope Francis in an 11-page statement published by several conservative Catholic media outlets. In the 7,000-plus word screed, Viganò claimed Pope Francis knew since 2013 that American Cardinal Theodore McCarrick “was …
Read More »Cardi B Makes Surprise Return to Stage During Migos' New York Show
Cardi B made a surprise return to the stage Saturday night during Migos’ set at New York’s Madison Square Garden, the rapper’s first performance since the birthday of her daughter Kulture in early July. https://thisforall.net/CardiBTeam/status/1033543623256809472 At the first of four Madison Square Garden shows for Drake and Migos’ Aubrey and …
Read More »Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Ed King Dead at 68
Ed King, the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist who joined the band in 1972 to give the Southern rock group its iconic three-guitar sound, died Wednesday in Nashville. He was 68. A cause of death was not specified, though King had been battling lung cancer and had recently been hospitalized for the …
Read More »Steven Tyler Sends Trump Cease-and-Desist Letter For Playing Aerosmith
Aerosmith‘s Steven Tyler has again sent President Trump a cease-and-desist letter for using the band’s music without permission at a political rally. In 2015, the singer’s legal team warned the then-Republican presidential candidate over his use of “Dream On” on the campaign trail. Three years later, a Trump rally Tuesday …
Read More »Aaron Hernandez Wrote Three Suicide Notes, According to New Book
Prior to Aaron Hernandez‘s suicide in 2017, the former New England Patriots tight end who was convicted of murder penned three suicide notes, CNN reports. Hernandez’s final attorney, Jose Baez, included excerpts from the letters in his new book, Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez,which …
Read More »Lucinda Williams Plots 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road' Anniversary Tour
Lucinda Williams will mark the 20th anniversary of her Grammy-winning LP Car Wheels on a Gravel Road with a 10-city tour this fall. Launching November 2nd in Collingswood, New Jersey, the trek includes a two-night stand at the Paradise in Boston, with stops in New York, Chicago and Toronto, Ontario. …
Read More »Flashback: Aretha Franklin Sings a Transcendent 'Bridge Over Troubled Water” In 1971
Without any doubt, Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest live performers in history. It’s impossible to pinpoint her peak moment on a stage, but many fans point to her stand at the Fillmore East in March 1971 that was captured on the LPAretha Live at Fillmore West as one …
Read More »Scotty McCreery Announces Headlining Seasons Change Tour
The world has gotten to see a whole new side of Scotty McCreery in 2018, and now the former American Idol winner will round off the year with a fresh U.S. tour in support of his latest LP, Seasons Change, with support from Jimmie Allen and Heather Morgan. Far from …
Read More »Clive Davis Mourns Aretha Franklin: 'Truly One of a Kind'
Famed record executive Clive Davis paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, calling her “truly one of a kind” and “more than the Queen of Soul.” Franklin died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76. “I’m absolutely devastated by Aretha’s passing,” Davis wrote on Twitter. “She was truly one of …
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