Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president on Monday during a Biden campaign livestream, where the two appeared via split-screen. “We need you in the White House,” Sanders told the former vice president, adding, “I will do all that I can to see that that happens, …
Read More »Sturgill Simpson Says He's Tested Positive for COVID-19
Sturgill Simpson says he’s tested positive for COVID-19. In a lengthy Instagram post, the Sound and Fury artist writes that he received the diagnosis on Friday, after nearly a month of not exhibiting symptoms. That wasn’t the case in early March, however. Three days after playing Charleston, South Carolina, on …
Read More »How John Anderson Battled Hearing Loss, Found Healing on Invigorating New Album 'Years'
John Anderson was struggling with the issue that is every musician’s nightmare: in the midst of a serious illness that had forced him off the road, his hearing disappeared. Singing and playing his guitar, the way the “Seminole Wind” singer had been doing as a profession for more than 40 …
Read More »Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Heading to All Streaming Services on 4/20
After years of Apple Music exclusivity, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic will finally head to all streaming services this April 20th — or the unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20. Following Dr. Dre’s $3 billion dollar partnership with Apple, the rapper/producer’s 1992 landmark G-funk LP resided only on Beats Music and then Apple …
Read More »'In My Room' With Waxahatchee
Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield performed songs from her excellent new album, Saint Cloud, in the latest installment of Rolling Stone’s “In My Room,” an IGTV series in which musicians perform from their home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sitting at a keyboard in a wooden room, Crutchfield launched into “Fire,” a track …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen to Appear on E Street Radio
Shortly after posting his complete 2009 Hyde Park Concert to aid isolated fans in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Bruce Springsteen will appear on SiriusXM’s E Street Radio.From His Home to Yours will premiere on Wednesday, April 8th at 10 a.m. ET. Springsteen will be DJing music he’s been …
Read More »That Thing He Did: Hear a Podcast Tribute to Adam Schlesinger
Adam Schlesinger, who died at age 52 last week from complications of Covid-19, was taken from his family, friends, and fans way too soon. But no one could accuse him of not doing the best to use all the time he had, from his bands Fountains of Wayne and Ivy …
Read More »Justin Timberlake, Anderson .Paak Party at Anna Kendrick's House in 'Don't Slack' Video
Justin Timberlake and Anderson .Paak — and their respective characters in Trolls: World Tour —cheer up a housebound Anna Kendrick in the new video for “Don’t Slack.” Although the video itself was filmed in February, it parallels our current quarantined and self-isolated situation, with a sullen Kendrick (who also voices …
Read More »Hear Lindsay Lohan Reclaim Herself on New Single 'Back to Me'
After some teasing on social media, Lindsay Lohan has released a new single, “Back to Me,” via Republic Records. The song, produced by Mark Ralph and written by Ralph alongside Alma and Chiara Hunter, is her first new music of the year. On the pulsating pop track, Lohan confronts the …
Read More »Rosanne Cash, Shovels & Rope Anchor Nashville Coronavirus Telethon
Rosanne Cash, John Oates, Keb’ Mo’, Soccer Mommy, and Shovels & Rope are among a diverse group of artists banding together for a new online telethon to raise money for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. The “People Supporting Artists Telethon” will air live from Nashville on Saturday, April 11th, at …
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