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5 of the Greatest Storytelling Songs in Country Music History
ATHENS, GA. – FEBRUARY 6: Singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt performs at The Last Resort on February 6, 1973 in Athens, Georgia. (Photo by Tom Hill/Getty Images) The best storytelling songs in country music don’t sacrifice character development or plot twists just for a catchy chorus. The post 5 of the Greatest Storytelling Songs in Country…
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Bob Dylan Band Debuts Yet Another Surprise Guitarist In Cincinnati
Bob Dylan is still having guitarist issues. This past Friday, July 10, another new guitarist joined his live setup. Memphis-based rhythm & blues guitarist and vocalist J. Jad Tariq performed with Dylan’s band in Cincinnati, Ohio at PNC Pavilion. The post Bob Dylan Band Debuts Yet Another Surprise Guitarist In Cincinnati appeared first on Stereogum.
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later
American Songwriter has published a light-hearted feature revisiting three one-hit wonders from the 1990s whose melodies, the writer argues, have endured long after their initial release. The piece frames the decade as an eclectic musical era spanning rock, pop, electronic, rap, metal and alternative, and picks out three dance and pop tracks the author says…
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Ariana Grande pulls out ‘American Horror Story’ for Eternal Sunshine tour
Calling it quits. The post Ariana Grande pulls out ‘American Horror Story’ for Eternal Sunshine tour first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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New LS Lowry exhibition aims to demolish ‘naive and uncultured’ myth
A new exhibition, LS Lowry: the Theatre of Life, opening on 24 October, sets out to challenge the enduring perception that the Manchester painter was “naive and uncultured”. Co-curator Anthony Spira, director of MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, argues that Lowry has long been misinterpreted and reduced to a caricature as merely an industrial painter,…
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How Kevin Bacon’s career was changed by a show he never made: “It really did change”
It changed what he wanted to do. The post How Kevin Bacon’s career was changed by a show he never made: “It really did change” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Remember When R.E.M. Teamed up With a Hip-Hop Legend in 1991?
1991: Singer Michael Stipe of American rock band R.E.M. performing live. (Photo by BSR Agency/Gentle Look via Getty Images) R.E.M. took aim at the airwaves on “Radio Song” in 1991. And they received from help from a rap firebrand to do it. The post Remember When R.E.M. Teamed up With a Hip-Hop Legend in 1991?…
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Taylor Swift paid “over $160,000” to obtain NYC Permit for MSG Wedding, says mayor Zohran Mamdani
Swift and her now-husband Travis Kelce have been criticised for shutting down several streets around their wedding venue The post Taylor Swift paid “over $160,000” to obtain NYC Permit for MSG Wedding, says mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared first on NME.
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s Apple TV Crime Thriller Officially Debuts in 3 Days
Anya Taylor-Joy returns to television this week with an Apple TV crime thriller about a con artist. Get all the details.
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“If we’re stuck with stories about Satan, it’ll mean that people will never understand us”: How Iron Maiden pushed metal to its most colossal, then pushed a bit further, to make Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
The song was the centrepiece of Iron Maiden’s Eddfest set