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Jack White appeared on Saturday Night Live last night (October 10). He stepped in as a short-notice replacement on Friday after Morgan Wallen, who had previously been booked for this weekend, violated the production’s COVID-19 safety protocols. White performed a version of the White Stripes’ “Ball and Biscuit” interpolated with Blind Willie Johnson’s “Jesus Is
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FKA twigs sat down for a virtual chat on the Grammy Museum’s Programs at Home series with moderator Scott Goldman. At the beginning of the interview, twigs revealed that she’s made an entirely new album during the months of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I ended up, in actual fact, making a whole album in quarantine,” she
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Between quarantines and a socially transformative culture that moves at a pace unlike any other in the history of mankind, there’s nothing predictable about 2020 or the entertainment it’s produced thus far – that said, enter Warbler BC, whose debut album One might be one of the only records I’ve listened to lately to properly develop the
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Today (October 9), would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday. To celebrate, Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon has recruited a number of artists to cover his father’s songs. Among the participants is Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, who sat in his bed to play “Jealous Guy” on acoustic guitar. Watch below and scroll down to see
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St. Vincent has announced a new MasterClass series. Annie Clark’s class with focus on creativity and songwriting. Throughout her 16-video series, she will teach viewers how to write original songs, record at home, perform live, collaborate with artists, and more. Find out more here, and watch the trailer for St. Vincent’s MasterClass below. “All you
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Fresh off the release of her new single “Don’t Stop,” Megan Thee Stallion has launched the Don’t Stop Scholarship Fund. Meg (in partnership with Amazon Music’s Rap Rotation) will award two $10,000 to female students of color who are pursuing an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in any field. Check out the poster below and
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Memphis rapper BlocBoy JB has announced his major label debut. It’s called FatBoy, and it arrives Friday (October 9) via Universal. The 17-track LP features Yo Gotti, G Herbo, Tay Keith, Trippie Redd, and NLE Choppa. It features BlocBoy’s previously-released single “Swervin.” Check out FatBoy’s tracklist and album art below. In 2018, BlocBoy released his
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Billie Eilish is performing a livestream concert on Saturday, October 24. The event—titled WHERE DO WE GO? THE LIVESTREAM—will stream at the artist’s website. Eilish will be performing from Los Angeles. Check out the announcement below. Eilish had just begun her tour in support of her Grammy-winning debut WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO
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Jazz singer and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant has been awarded a fellowship with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She is the only musician in this year’s group of “genius grant” recipients. She joins several other scientists, writers, and scholars among the 2020 honorees, who will each receive $625,000 to use over five
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With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Róisín Murphy, 21 Savage and Metro Boomin, Bartees Strange, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Shamir, and
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Megan Thee Stallion delivered a politically charged performance on the season premiere Saturday Night Live last night (October 3). Check it out below. Performing on a set that boldly displayed the text “PROTECT BLACK WOMEN,” Meg ran through her track “Savage” before setting her sights on Daniel Cameron, the attorney general of Kentucky and special
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Travis Scott appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Thursday night (October 1). He sat down for an interview with Jimmy Kimmel about his new McDonald’s collaboration, and then gave a remote performance of “FRANCHISE.” Young Thug and M.I.A. also participated. Watch below. “FRANCHISE” came after the release of “The Plan,” which Travis Scott made for with
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