Norah Jones announced a summer North American tour that launches June 18th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and wraps with her debut dates in Alaska: July 31st in Juneau and August 2nd in Anchorage. The trek, which follows a brief run of April dates in Australia and New Zealand, also includes a …
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Following the release of their surprise folk-pop project Better Oblivion Community Center this week, Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers staged a three-song performance on Saturday’s CBS This Morning. Oberst, Bridgers and their band played a charming mini-concert of melodic tracks from their self-titled album including “Dylan Thomas,” “Didn’t Know What …
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed flights into New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, Newark’s Liberty International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport on Friday due to a lack of air traffic controllers, CNBC reports. Air traffic controllers have been working without pay due to the lengthy government shutdown. The FAA issued …
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Frank Zappa‘s seminal live double album Zappa in New York will celebrate its 40th anniversary with an extensive reissue that includes over three hours of previously unreleased performances. The five-disc set will arrive March 29th via Zappa Records and Universal Music. The original set was recorded during Zappa’s four-night run …
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Puerto Rican reggaeton star Ozuna confirmed in a press statement on Wednesday that he had fallen victim to a blackmail scheme, involving an explicit video filmed of the singer when he was 16 years old. “Our attorney confirmed yesterday that urban artist Ozuna was extorted through an intimate video filmed …
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Brothers Osborne made their debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, performing the smoldering “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You).” The song appears on the CMA-winning duo’s 2018 album Port Saint Joe. Like much of their work — and on Port Saint Joe in particular — “I Don’t …
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Loretta Lynn will be presented with a special honor at the 2019 Nashville Songwriter Awards, set for September 17th at the Ryman Auditorium. The event is hosted by Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). Country Music Hall of Fame member Lynn, who will also be celebrated by peers and artists she …
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Fifty-seven-year-old screenwriter and West Wing creatorAaron Sorkin is telling the Democratic party to “stop acting like young people” and grow up while also lauding the fact that young people are being elected. “I really like the new crop of young people who were just elected to Congress. They now need …
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Now that RCA has dropped R&B singer R. Kelly, who has faced decades of allegations of sexual misconduct, the activists who have petitioned the labels to drop him are calling it a victory. In the summer of 2017, around the time that Buzzfeed News reported that the R&B singer was …
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Bluegrass titan and longtime Grand Ole Opry member Del McCoury, who turns 80 years old next month, will be celebrated with a special Opry tribute featuring fellow musicians Sam Bush, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart and the Travelin’ McCourys. Set for February 13th, the Wednesday night event, dubbed “Grand …
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