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The Japanese guitarist, composer, and inventor Ryo Kawasaki has died, his daughter confirmed on Facebook. He was 73. Between pioneering the jazz fusion field in the 1960s and ’70s and issuing house music singles in the ’80s and ’90s, Kawasaki helped develop the earliest waves of guitar-synth technology alongside Korg and Roland. He also developed
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If you’ve found yourself re-watching reruns of your favorite shows or if you’re just aimlessly scrolling through different streaming platforms looking for something (anything!) to add to your queue to no avail—then let YouTube come to your rescue.  The online video-sharing and streaming platform is offering users dozens of movies that you can stream for free
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Philadelphia’s serenader and prolific recording artist, Hughie Mac, turns back time with is song choices, but keeps the energy high in the delightful Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Pt. 3. There’s a reason these songs are timeless and Mac’s adoration for the songs that defined American music for the past 100 years is one
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The Bachelor‘s new show The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart premiered on Monday and fans already think they’ve met this season’s villain. Mere minutes into the series, people on social media began to suspect that Trevor Holmes is Jed Wyatt 2.0. For one, the 29-year-old is an aspiring country pop singer, as was Jed. Secondly, the star chose
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The nation’s third largest exhibitor, Cinemark, said Monday it’s selling $250 million worth of debt securities – senior secured notes – and will use the net proceeds of the proposed offering for general corporate purposes, including further increasing its liquidity. Chains are in a massive cash crunch as movie theaters remain closed since mid-March due
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George Stephanopoulos has tested positive for Coronavirus. The Good Morning America anchor shared the health update on the morning show on Monday, April 13. Stephanopoulos’ wife, Ali Wentworth, previously tested positive for Coronavirus. “I’m one of those cases that are basically asymptomatic,” Stephanopoulos told Robin Roberts and Michael Strahan on Monday. “I’ve never had a fever, never had
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Pure X—the trio of Nate Grace, Jesse Jenkins V, and Austin Youngblood—has announced their first new album in six years. The band’s self-titled fourth album arrives May 1 via Fire Talk, with a physical release to follow on July 3. The announcement comes with two new songs, “Middle America” and “Fantasy.” Check those out below.
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A Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip has announced three upcoming albums. In a video posted on his Instagram account on April 10 (also his 50th birthday), Q-Tip sat playing a bass riff as text appeared announcing three titles: Algorhythms, Riot Diaries, and The Last Zulu. Q-Tip also wrote: “Thank u god willing I will get with
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John Prine died on April 7 of COVID-19 complications. He was 73. Tributes have been pouring in from the music world in the days following his passing. Today, Roger Waters of Pink Floyd shared a cover of “Paradise” from Prine’s debut self-titled album. “Miss you, brother.” Watch it happen below. Following Prine’s death, countless genre-spanning
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Sturgill Simspon has tested positive for COVID-19, as the singer revealed via a post to his Instagram account earlier today. Simpson said he first sought medical attention on March 13, when he began to experience “chest pains, fever, and pre-stroke blood pressure levels,” but was unable to be tested for coronavirus until April 6. He
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Travis Nelsen, longtime drummer in Austin indie rock group Okkervil River, has died. Okkervil River announced the news in a statement on their Instagram account on April 9. “Travis Nelsen, Okkervil River’s drummer from 2003-2010, passed away on Tuesday,” the band wrote. “He was a radiant, hilarious, charismatic, generous, passionate human being with a heart
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