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 …
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 …
Image Source – Pexels Starting a career in the music industry can be such an exciting and rewarding journey, but it’s fair to say that it can definitely be challenging too. Thankfully, there are many different avenues that you can pursue to get involved in the music industry. This guide contains some of the best …
Portland-based hip-hop band Five Fingers of Funk is pleased to share their new single and video “Kill Sound.” The song is the latest single to be released from the band’s forthcoming Portland Say It Again out May 5 on Kill Rock Stars (pre-order). “Kill Sound” follows pre-release singles “My Mom’s Prius” and “We Were Big In The Nineties.“ The video debuted today at Rap Station and is on all digital streaming …
(April 2, 2023 – Los Angeles, CA) – During her stellar performance at 2023’s Dreamville Festival, the empress of modern-day R&B, Summer Walker (LVRN/Interscope Records), announced that her forthcoming effort CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP will drop May 19th. CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFEEP is the sequel to Summer’s 2019 release, CLEAR, which served as a four-track offering and a prelude …
He was a favorite “ice breaker,” or conversation starter, of mine during my career as a music journalist. Invoke this composer’s name, and I’d get a foot in the door. Thomas Dolby once told me the story that I’d long wanted to hear – how the two met, and ultimately collaborated. Peter Murphy recalled playing …
TWENTY years ago this month imperialistic America started the War in Iraq. After failing to obtain authorization for war from the UN Security Council, #43 resorted to a PR move by declaring the (illegal) impending invasion a “Coalition of the Willing.” Twas just black information, i.e., lies. In this case of specious multilateralism, only Great …
Two new live dates just announced APRIL 16TH – 7:30PM @ BAR LUBITSCH IN LA APRIL 19TH – 7PM @ PALI WINE CO IN SAN DIEGO Dallas McLaughlin is a writer, performer, comedian, and humorist from Southern California. Well, originally Ohio, but he only lived there till he was three years old so just forget it, …
Social historian and the coolest guy in the 21st Century, Pat Thomas, just tweeted: “60 years ago this week – the Beatles debut LP is unleashed into the world (at least in the U.K.); so fresh, visceral, original, vibrant – still exciting to hear it today – it topped the British album charts for 30 …
I didn’t fill out an NCAA March Madness bracket this year. Nor was I planning to watch any of the games. A mild illness changed my plans on the latter, when yesterday my brain was too impaired for anything but mindlessly watching most of three games as the first tournament weekend concluded. My first impression …
“Stop making sense“ is about to be remastered and re-issued. In this trailer, David Byrne goes to the dry cleaner to pick up his big suit.
Photo by Jose Francisco Morales on Unsplash Baseball is one of the oldest sports in North America, and its popularity is only increasing with time. Many people love the strategic gameplay and the fast-paced action. But how did baseball become such a phenomenon? In this blog post, we will take a retrospective look at the …
Photo by alexandre saraiva carniato Biking is an activity that has been around for centuries. It provides a great way to explore the outdoors, stay fit, and enjoy the fresh air. However, with so many different types of bikes available, it can be a challenge to find the perfect one that matches your lifestyle and …
Org Music is once again thrilled to be celebrating with participating record stores for the next Record Store Day on April 22. But this year the beloved label that cares as much about music as you do is bringing out a long-underground mystery in subversive Soviet punk history: In 1989, the Ukrainian band Vopli Vidopliassova, …
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 …
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 …
California has received a late-season load of snow in recent days, including blizzards in unlikely places such as Los Angeles County. This has meant ideal conditions for snowshoeing, an activity that I and my partner took up a couple of years ago as a low-risk release from pandemic-induced cabin fever. During a break in the …
New York, NY, February 27, 2023—Iconic Events will release THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY on April 13th as a Special Event, leading into limited theatrical engagements starting on Friday, April 14th. The revealing and compelling documentary, with never-before-seen footage, moved audiences at its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last June, garnering both …
Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suárez Places 12th in Thursday Night’s Daytona Duels Starts 24th in Sunday’s Daytona 500 CONCORD, N.C. – A Mexican driver would love nothing more than to win The Great American Race. That’s Daniel Suárez’s quest this week as he embarks on DAYTONA Speedweeks Presented by AdventHealth in preparation for the 65th annual …
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, …
Last Saturday, I took my daughter to see the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. It was my first live sports event in three years, reflecting my caution regarding COVID and even the run-of-the-mill bugs that I had previously accepted as part of normal life. I missed Stephen Curry, and I missed the excitement that comes …
News stories come and go, and most of the time only the negative aspects get documented. Subsequently after a horrific news story, people move on quickly, forgetting about the victims’ aftermath. As one of the journalists that helped expose our government-funded torture labs to experiment on beagles (link: PETA Maintains Pressure on NIH To Stop Funding …
KAUAI, Hawaii – Larry Rivera, a legendary fixture of Kauai, Hawaii whose career spanned over seven decades and who worked alongside Elvis Presley in ‘Blue Hawaii’ has passed away at the age of 92. Also known as “Mr. Coco Palms,” Rivera was a key fixture of Kauai’s entertainment culture where he started his career in the 50s and performed at …
Eight artists perform songs about women, by women, for everyone. (Portland, Ore.) – Eight Oregon singer-songwriters, backed by a great band, comprise a dynamic and joyful new show, She’s Speaking-LIVE, hitting the road in March to commemorate Women’s History Month. “She’s Speaking-LIVE celebrates women’s artistry; the power of women’s voices and stories,” said co-founder …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Hull Famed pro hockey player Bobby Hull died today. I really never knew much about him (& learned almost all of it today on Wikipedia). But for a Minnesota kid like me (from the days before Wayne Gretzky) his name was legendary, and on par with Bobby Orr and Fran Tarkenton. But like all legend-heroes, he …
NEW SHOW WILL FEATURE CURATED VIDEOS FROM WEEK’S TOP-TRENDING SONGS ON TIKTOK, ALONG WITH INTERSTITIALS FROM VIRAL CREATORS NEW YORK, NY (January 5, 2023) – Vevo, the world’s leading music video network, today announced its partnership with TikTok to create and program Trending on TikTok, a new weekly Vevo show rounding up the music videos of the top …
There is nothing that pairs with New Year’s Eve as well as Champagne (or Prosecco, or Cava). Champagne is an excellent choice to celebrate one door closing and another door opening, but there are a lot of ways to step up your bubbly game – or celebrate with a unique cocktail that is perfect for …
Independent Music Publisher and Son of Legendary Mills Music Publisher Jack Mills’ Catalog Included “Cara Mia”, “Hands Up, “My Melody of Love”& the World’s Most Beloved Party Song LOS ANGELES, CA, (FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2022) – Stanley Mills, former National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), Harry Fox Agency board member for 30 years and music publisher of the world’s most …
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 …