Marty Stuart‘s Late Night Jam returns to Nashville this summer for the 17th year, bringing a hand-picked lineup of songwriters, square dancers and comedians to the Ryman Auditorium. As usual, the event will take place during the annual CMA Music Festival, kicking off at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 6th, …
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“I guess we’re in the forgiveness business,” John Prine told his duet partner Brandi Carlile on stage last night at his sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Celebrating the release ofThe Tree of Forgiveness, his first album in 13 years, that particular John Prine-ism perhaps best …
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Sandra Bullock develops a scheme to rob the annual Metropolitan Museum gala with an all-female criminal crew in the new trailer for Ocean’s 8. The latest teaser reveals little about the film’s plot, but shows off Bullock’s gang – Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina and Rihanna. They concoct …
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It’s heading into the evening and it’s just been announced that if we continue on the current pace, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will still be testifying before the Senate after midnight. I’d hoped to post complete notes from the whole session, but I’m going to have to give up and …
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Dashboard Confessional released an uplifting black-and-white video for their folky new love song “Heart Beat Here.” The clip intersperses footage of an affectionate couple cuddling and holding hands with shots of Dashboard Confessional performing in front of a jubilant, iPhone-swaying crowd Between these heart-warming scenes, the camera cuts to lead …
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Cardi B, Invasion of PrivacyThe newly minted hip-hop superstar “puts on her bloody shoes and dances the blues” on her debut, writes Rob Sheffield. “Invasion of Privacy is lavishly emotional, intimately personal and wildly funny. … [It]flaunts so many different aspects of Cardi’s game, it comes on like a greatest-hits …
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Two years after the release of the Grammy-nominated LP Ripcord, Keith Urban is set to unveil Graffiti U, a 13-track collection that has already spawned three buzzy songs: “Parallel Line,” “Coming Home,” with Julia Michaels, and the #MeToo movement-inspired “Female,” which Urban debuted in performance at the CMA Awards last …
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When Bradley Cooper went to Desert Trip in October of 2016, he didn’t view the festival as a casting opportunity for his upcoming Lady Gaga–starring directorial debutA Star Is Born. But then Neil Young took the stage and Cooper’s eyes wandered over to his guitarist, Lukas Nelson. Not only was …
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Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite know something about the darkness that underlies the deepest of blues. Standing side by side on a small stage in Los Angeles in March, the duo ease into the haunted twang of a song called “No Mercy in This Land,” with Harper on electric bottleneck …
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On a recent Thursday afternoon, Scott Rogowsky perches in a makeup chair, staring intently at the MacBook on his lap with 30 minutes to go until showtime. Two paper towels are tucked into his collar and a silver styling clip pins back his hair. Come 3 p.m., his suit jacket …
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