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JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE – Official Trailer Out Now

Magnolia Pictures will release JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE in NY theaters on October 6, 2023 – Expanding to LA & Additional Markets on October 13, 2023 Directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O’BoyleExecutive Produced by Greg Sarris, Parri Smith, Josh Braun, Ben Braun and Terry Press Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOANBAEZIAMANOISE is a raw and intimate portrait …

A Lament For A City, An Enduring Love Of Its Center, by Steve Stav

When Seattle’s music and arts festival, Bumbershoot, rolls around every Labor Day weekend… I feel bittersweet pangs of poignancy. As I now write of it from 2,400 miles away, I’ve realized that my fuzzy-warm memories have even more to do with the festival’s site – the Seattle Center. The magic, the always-pleasant atmosphere of that …

HYBE x GEFFEN RECORDS ANNOUNCE CONTESTANTS FOR UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL GIRL GROUP: FIRST TIME MAJOR U.S. RECORD LABEL & K-POP ENTERTAINMENT LEADER UNITE TO DEVELOP GLOBAL GIRL GROUP

  TWENTY CONTESTANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AT AUGUST 28th PRESS EVENT  NETFLIX DOCUSERIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 AUDITION PROGRAM  “THE DEBUT: DREAM ACADEMY” SET TO PREMIERE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 8AM U.S. PDT ON YOUTUBE AND ABEMA (JAPAN) [August 28, 2023 – Santa Monica]—Today, music industry powerhouses HYBE and Geffen Records revealed the 20 contestants from around the …

Ez Mil shares deluxe LP ‘DU4LI7Y: REDUX’ & “Realest” ft. Eminem lyric video + track “Podium” out now

Photo credit: Jayar Tolentino MULTIFACETED FILIPINO-AMERICAN MUSICIAN EZ MIL SHARES THE DELUXE VERSION OF SECOND LP DU4LI7Y DU4LI7Y: REDUX OUT NOW LISTEN TO THE LP HERE & SHARES TRACK “PODIUM” LISTEN HERE “REALEST” FEATURING EMINEM LYRIC VIDEO IS OUT NOW LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE PLUS, EZ MIL SIGNS TO EMINEM & DR. DRE’S SHADY RECORDS/AFTERMATH ENTERTAINMENT/INTERSCOPE RECORDS LEARN MORE …

Ariana Delawari is an Afghan-American musician, activist and filmmaker whose new solo album, I Will Remember, is out now

Ariana Delawari is an Afghan-American musician, activist and filmmaker. Her new solo album, I Will Remember, is out today on Manimal Vinyl / Virgin Music. She spoke with NPR’s Ailsa Chang about the record and has also shared a new music video for the album’s title track. Her film We Came Home (2013) documents her family, her travels to and from Afghanistan over …

Breaking News: East Portland’s Premier Music Festival, Pickathon, is bringing Hydrogen Generator to Power Stages, First Time Ever!

Happy Valley, Oregon – Wednesday, July 26, 2023 – A music festival globally renowned for its environmental sustainability practices, Pickathon announces a huge step towards the future of a truly Zero Emissions festival. Partnering with Toyota Racing Development (TRD USA) and the Pacific Northwest Toyota Dealers Association (PNTDA), Pickathon 2023 will be the first ever music festival to use a Hydrogen …

Tina Turner, Singer, Dancer, Force of Nature Capable of Redefining Middle Age, Dead at 83, by Steve Stav

You have to be of a certain age – to be able to remember the year 1984 very clearly – to begin to understand the impact of Tina Turner’s famous “comeback.” To understand that her resurrection was multi-layered; to comprehend how important that was to countless women. Yes, there was the incredible music… but the …

Pussy Riot, Thunderpussy, Skating Polly and Zella Day cross-pollinate Belltown Bloom Music Festival at Seattle’s Crocodile, by Holly Homan

All Photos by Holly Homan. On the evening of May 5 I had the honor of finally seeing the infamous Pussy Riot. For those of you not in the know, Pussy Riot is fronted by Nadya Tolokonnikov who was imprisoned in 2012 for two years in Russia for openly criticizing the Putin regime. She is …

Pearl Jam Announce August/September 2023 U.S. Tour Dates

SEATTLE – Pearl Jam will hit the road in August and September performing nine shows across St. Paul, Chicago, Indianapolis, Fort Worth and Austin. Special guests Inhaler will open the Chicago, Indianapolis and Austin shows. Support for the St. Paul and Fort Worth dates will be announced in the coming weeks. A special ticket pre-sale for all tour dates begins …

“Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?“- aja monet understands, listen “for sonia” Sanchez

Surrealist blues poet and cultural worker aja monet has released another moving single from her forthcoming album when the poems do what they do, slated for release June 9 via drink sum wtr, a new imprint of Secretly Canadian. “for sonia” is a love poem for the legendary poet Sonia Sanchez and the inspiration behind …

Surrealist blues poet and community organizer aja monet announces debut album, shares heavy “castaway” video

Surrealist blues poet and community organizer aja monet has announced her debut album when the poems do what they do is set for release June 9th via drink sum wtr, a new Secretly Canadian imprint. As previewed by the recently released piece “the devil you know,” and the newly shared “castaway,” the album’s thematic origins center around Black resistance, love, and the inexhaustible quest …

Songwriter LoRen Examines Racial Bias And Black Maternal Health In New Video For “Black Women”

Credit: Nairobi Jones LoRen is excited to present the music video for her new single “Black Women,” an examination that the Pittsburgh-based singer-songwriter hopes will further dismantle the “strong Black woman narrative” but rather embrace their humanity and the variety of emotions they possess. A stunning visual that amplifies the soul-stirring message of the song, “Black …

THE MIRACULOUS LOVE KIDS PRESENT “I WON’T BACK DOWN” FEATURING BLAKE SHELTON, JOE WALSH, TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT & MATT SORUM

FEBRUARY 28, 2023 (ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN) – The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, continues to resonate and claim new victims. At the end of 2022, the group banned women from working in local and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs). No one can say how much worse the oppression against women and girls in …

Madonna’s Plastic Surgery Criticism Long Time Coming: Decades of Following, Not Leading & Subpar Music, by Marc Ang

When Madonna tweeted half jokingly about the swelling on her face subsiding, one could acutely feel the sting she felt to even have to respond back in that way. Of course, such viral and widespread criticism has an effect on a person’s psyche and she’s still at the end of the day, a human.  But …

KAE TEMPEST ANNOUNCES ‘NICE IDEA’ EP & DROPS TITLE TRACK “NICE IDEA” TODAY ALONGSIDE OFFICIAL VIDEO

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 – British musician, author, and poet Kae Tempest kicks off 2023 with the announcement of a 4-track EP release entitled Nice Idea, in support of Record Store Day. Produced by Dan Carey, the EP tracks were written and recorded over a five-day period, during a brief gap in Kae’s extensive 2022 touring schedule. LISTEN …

Intervention Attempts For Britney Remind Us of The 2000s, But It’s A New World Now Around Conservatorships, by Marc Ang

Interview with Today’s Esquire’s Celebrity Lawyer Aron Solomon With Britney Spears dominating the news again, just hours ago, the “Baby One More Time” hitmaker and her husband Sam Aghzari shut down rumors that she needed help and an intervention, a narrative outlets like TMZ and some “fans” on the Internet have been spreading. Britney stated, …

Sunny War To Release “Anarchist Gospel” February 3rd – ALBUM FEATURES JIM JAMES OF MY MORNING JACKET, ALLISON RUSSELL, DAVID RAWLINGS, JACK LAWRENCE OF THE RACONTEURS, MICAH NELSON, AND MORE -“New Day” Single Out Now

Photo By Joshua Black Wilkins Sunny War will release her New West Records debut Anarchist Gospel on February 3rd, 2023. The 14-song set was produced by Andrija Tokic (Alabama Shakes, Hurray for the Riff Raff) and features appearances by Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Allison Russell, David Rawlings, Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs, Micah Nelson, John …

The Dark Night at the No-Kill Shelter When I Discovered Salem’s Pot and Shinki Chen, by Mark Erickson

What follows is another powerful chapter in my ongoing musical journey. While volunteering my regular Monday evening shift at the local no-kill animal shelter for dogs and cats, C.A.R.E. (Community Animal Rescue Effort), YouTube played two excellent songs in succession which had never previously been heard by my ears and I must tell you about …

THE SAMMY DAVIS JR. ESTATE CELEBRATES SAMMY’S 97th BIRTHDAY: ANNOUNCES GRAVESITE’S PUBLIC OPENING IN 2023

Los Angeles, CA (December 16, 2022) – On Thursday, December 8th, 2022, the Estate of one of the most influential and legendary American entertainers of all-time—Sammy Davis Jr.—orchestrated an homage in honor of his 97th birthday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, by hosting a very special and intimate private ceremony.  The commemoration began at 1:30pm, and the proceedings …

CHICAGO PHENOM KB MIKE UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE & MUSIC VIDEO “CHIRAQ”

NEW YORK, NY (December 05, 2022) – Speaking straight from the heart and delivering a must-hear statement, buzzing Chicago phenom KB Mike writes an open letter to his city with a new single and music video entitled “Chiraq” today via Republic Records. Listen to “Chiraq”: HEREWatch the “Chiraq” video: HERE On the track, emotionally charged piano and strings set the scene as KB Mike promises, “I’ll paint you a picture.” He proceeds …

Fantastic Negrito Unveils Reimagined Acoustic Version of “Oh Betty,” A Courageous, Romantic Tale From His Family Tree

“I don’t know if people realize this, but the hood has lots of comedians. And this one guy walked up to me and he was like, ‘What ship is you the captain of?’ I still think about this to this day.” – Fantastic Negrito In celebration of his fourth GRAMMY nomination for his song “Oh Betty” in …

Chicago’s Leif Erikson Statue is Emblematic of Wider Controversies in American Ethnic History, by Mark Erickson

Photo by Paul R. Burley – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94250424 Five centuries before Columbus made his journey to the New World, a party of Viking explorers led by Leif Eiriksson set sail from Greenland westward to the North American continent on a voyage of discovery. After the successful journey, word traveled back via …