“At each stage in his remarkable career, he’s been the first. He’s been somebody who’s walked through that door before everybody else has. That’s given people behind him enormous confidence. And he’s done it with grace.” Those are the words President Obama uses to describe the writer-producer-arranger-composer Quincy Jones near …
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Kiss are kissing the road goodbye once again, but not before embarking on one more tour. The rockers announced their final trek after a 45-year career during their appearance on NBC’s America’s Got Talent on Wednesday. The group performed their hit “Detroit Rock City” to launch AGT‘s season finale episode …
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The city of Pittsburgh gathered on Tuesday, September 11, to remember Mac Miller at the place he shined a national light on, Frick Park. The 26-year-old rapper died Friday, September 7, at his Los Angeles home of an apparent overdose. Four days later, thousands of people gathered to pay their …
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Lauryn Hill‘s solo debut — and as yet, sole album —The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was a critical sensation shortly after its release 20 years ago today. A passionate heartbreak record played with a seamless blend of hip-hop, rock and soul, it was showered with awards and accolades: The first …
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Just days after Crazy Rich Asians opened at Number One, Warner Bros. confirmed plans to begin work on developing a follow-up film, according to The New York Times. Crazy Rich Asians was based on a novel by Kevin Kwan; before the film version hit theaters, Deadline reports that the rights …
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Music fandom among males is a specialty of author Nick Hornby (see: the vinyl nerds, on page and screen, of High Fidelity), and the British writer continues his probe into the pathology of rock obsession with Juliet, Naked. The fan in question is Duncan (Chris O’Dowd), an academic who teaches …
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Meg Remy is walking through Manchester, England, when she spots a beer garden full of revelers. This gets the Chicago-raised, Toronto-based musician, who records as U.S. Girls, thinking about their apparent apathy toward the sorry state of the world. “How would you even begin to explain to the beer garden …
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