Megan Thee Stallion is out with a brand-new single on the heels of her blockbuster NC-17 “WAP” collaboration with Cardi B. The new track, “Don’t Stop,” features Megan’s trademark lyrics espousing sexual empowerment — “Don’t stop, work that cat” — over a screeching beat by Buddah Bless, with a guest …
Read More »Adrianne Lenker Sings of Warm Summer Nights on 'Dragon Eyes'
Big Thief‘s Adrianne Lenker has shared “Dragon Eyes,” the latest offering from her upcoming double solo LP, Songs and Instrumentals. Accompanied by a visual of trees at dusk, the track features Lenker’s vocals over sparse acoustic guitar. “Freezing at the edge of the bed/Chewing a cigarette and repeating shadows of …
Read More »Brittany Howard Delivers Prickly Blues 'Baby' on 'Corden'
Brittany Howard performed her solo track “Baby” on The Late Late Show With James Corden Tuesday, September 29th. The musician and her backing band recorded the performance in an otherwise empty theater, with Howard guiding the reflective blues tune as it swung between its prickly lead guitar riff and rousing …
Read More »Jewel Previews 'Pieces of You' Reissue With Unreleased 'You Were Meant for Me' Demo
Jewel has shared a previously unreleased demo of her 1996 hit “You Were Meant for Me,” set to appear on the 25th-anniversary edition of Pieces of You, out November 20th. The demo (understandably) boasts a much rawer feel than the final product, with the woodwinds and soft drums stripped away …
Read More »Yungblud Announces 'The Weird Time of Life' Digital Tour
Yungblud will embark on a “global digital tour” this fall, the artist announced on Monday. With coronavirus restrictions on live music still in place in many parts of the world, Yungblud (a.k.a. Dominic Harrison) will kick off a 16-date virtual tour, presented by Moment House, on November 16th in London. …
Read More »Glenn Close to Play Roy Cohn in All-Star 'Angels in America' Benefit
Glenn Close will portray closeted gay lawyer Roy Cohn in an all-star digital performance of Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America, benefiting the Foundation for AIDS Research’s (amFAR) Covid-19 relief fund. Other cast members for the livestream benefit include Laura Linney, Patti LuPone, S. Epatha Merkerson, Brian Tyree …
Read More »'RS Interview: Special Edition': Margaret Atwood
Last fall, Margaret Atwood published The Testaments, a sequel to her 1985 bestseller, The Handmaid’s Tale, which for decades has served as a cautionary tale about how easily a once-democratic and thriving country such as the United States can slip into authoritarian rule. Since the success of the Emmy-winning Hulu …
Read More »Vince Gill Exits the Time Jumpers, Western Swing Band Sets New Live Shows
After more than a half-year hiatus because of the ongoing pandemic, the Time Jumpers will resume their Monday-night residency at Nashville club 3rd and Lindsley on October 5th. But the Western swing band will do so without Vince Gill. A member of the group since 2010, the multi-Grammy winner and …
Read More »Former QAnon Followers Explain What Drew Them In — And Got Them Out
Jitarth Jadeja is a hirsute man in his early thirties, charming and jovial, speaking with equal effusiveness about economics and his baby niece. He’s an atheist, pro-choice and pro-drug decriminalization, who supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary. He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would be deeply …
Read More »Robin Pecknold's Season of Rebirth
In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic tore through New York City at terrifying speed, Robin Pecknold stayed home in his rented one-bedroom apartment in Greenwich Village. “I wasn’t being creative at all,” says the Fleet Foxes singer-songwriter, 34. “There were some dark weeks where I would end …
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