Rosanne Cash has won the 2021 Edward MacDowell Medal, though the prize ceremony in her honor won’t take place until August 8th, 2021 due to the coronavirus. Named after the composer Edward MacDowell, the MacDowell Medal honors artists who have made significant contributions to American culture. Previous winners include Georgia …
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For years, Future’s music has been about chasing highs. In Nayvadius Wilburn’s world, the addictions may change, but everything else stays the same. Sometimes the drugs are the work of Big Pharma: Comethazine, Codeine, Xanax, Percocet, Adderall. Other times the substance is universal: conquering heartbreak, purging childhood scars, escaping poverty. …
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UPDATE (5/18): Travis McCready’s Monday night concert at TempleLive in Fort Smith, Arkansas, will stream live on Goldstar.com. Tickets are $12; the show begins at 8 p.m. CT. McCready’s concert is being billed as the “first live indoor concert since the COVID-19 shutdown.” **** UPDATE: Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson approved …
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has ordered a music venue not to go ahead with a planned concert this week in what would be America’s first show since stay-at-home guidelines began for most of the country two months ago. The state Department of Health issued a cease-and-desist against TempleLive in Fort …
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Kentucky singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman joinsRolling Stone on our latest installment of In My Room, where artists perform from their homes in quarantine. This week, we’re highlighting up-and-coming artists such as Goodman, a recent signee to Verve Forecast whose upcoming album, Old Time Feeling, was co-produced by My Morning Jacket frontman …
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Post Malone quietly relaunched his lifestyle brand, Shaboink, on Monday, introducing a partnership with Direct Relief toprovide personal protective equipment to doctors and nurses on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the partnership, Shaboink will donate 40,000 N95 masks to be distributed to frontline medical workers …
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Steve Van Zandt first met Little Richard when the guitarist was on the oldies circuit as a young backing musician for the Dovells in 1973. Van Zandt would eventually take on a nickname, Little Steven, that was at least in part a tribute to one of his greatest rock & …
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Since the pandemic began, every record labels’ marketing team has been throwing around the same buzzword phrase: “getting creative.” Traditional album marketing tactics like touring — which is essential for developing artists who need to build up a new audience and strengthen relationships with their existing fanbase — have gone …
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Damien Chazelle (Whiplash,La La Land, First Man) made his television debut on Friday with The Eddy, a contemporary Parisian jazz drama series that just dropped its first full season on Netflix. The show also released its soundtrack, which features a jazzy title track and theme for the show sung by …
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Saturday Night Live‘s third at-home episode will air May 9th and serve as the finale for the show’s 45th season. SNL announced the episode in a tweet alongside a clip of bloopers and outtakes from production on the last two at-home episodes: There’s Kate McKinnon watching her green screen collapse, …
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