Music

Randy Newman stopped by the latest remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he performed “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)” from his 1974 album Good Old Boys. “This is a song I wrote back in the Pleistocene era,” Newman joked. “But it’s become relevant again.” Watch Newman’s performance below.

The 2021 Oscars were originally scheduled to air on February 28, but today (June 15), it was announced that the next Academy Awards ceremony has been postponed until April 25, The Los Angeles Times reports. The news comes after multiple film eligibility rules changed for the 2021 ceremony, including the rule that films must screen

Taylor Swift has issued a statement advocating for the removal of statues depicting racist figures in her native state of Tennessee. “As a Tennessean, it makes me sick that there are monuments standing in our state that celebrate racist historical figures who did evil things,” she wrote. “Edward Carmack and Nathan Bedford Forrest were DESPICABLE

After being arrested last month for felony domestic violence, the case against Faith Evans has been dropped, TMZ reports. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office claimed the case was dropped after Evans’ husband, producer Stevie J, declined to testify against Evans. Police previously claimed that when they arrived to Evans and Stevie J’s home,

Beyoncé has shared an open letter on her website to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron. She’s seeking swift justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency room technician who was killed in her home by Louisville police. The letter comes three months after Taylor’s death, and Beyoncé offers three specific calls to action: to bring criminal

Bettye LaVette has recorded a new version of “Strange Fruit,” the Abel Meeropol song that was made famous by Billie Holiday. Her rendition appears on her forthcoming album Blackbirds, which arrives August 28. Take a listen to it below. Blackbirds will mark LaVette’s second album for Verve, and follows 2018’s Things Have Changed, on which

T-Pain has shared a new song called “Get Up.” The artist released the single in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. “Get Up” was co-produced by T-pain, LevyGrey, and 11VN, and it opens with an excerpt from a Malcolm X speech. Proceeds from the single’s streaming revenues and merchandise will go to Crime Survivors

Christine and the Queens’ Héloïse Letissier appeared on last night’s (June 12) episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Letissier performed her song “I Disappear in Your Arms,” from this year’s La vita nuova EP. Her performance was shot in an empty venue; watch that below. La vita nuova EP followed Christine and the

Rico Nasty has shared a new track called “Dirty.” The song appears on the soundtrack to season four of Issa Rae’s HBO series Insecure. Give it a listen below. Insecure: Music From the HBO Original Series season four soundtrack is out now via Rae’s Raedio label, Atlantic, and HBO. In addition to Rico Nasty, the

As the fog lifts over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, we’re greeted by the first couple of beats that will guide us into the arms of The Side Deal’s new lyric video for “I Can See Clearly Now.” A cover of Johnny Nash’s song of the same name, this video doesn’t take its

Last month, Neil Young finally announced the release date for his long-awaited Homegrown LP, which he recorded across 1974 and 1975. The announcement was accompanied by “Try.” Now, Young has shared a second track from the album ahead of its June 19 release. Listen to “Vacancy” below. Earlier this year, Young released “Shut It Down

Power Trip have released Live in Seattle 05​.​28​.​2018, a new live album that was recorded during the Texas metal group’s 2018 tour with Sheer Mag. It’s out now on streaming services and Bandcamp; all purchases made on Bandcamp will go towards “offsetting the financial impact of the numerous Power Trip tours and live appearances cancelled

Small Business Live is a new livestreamed music festival to benefit various Black, minority, and woman-owned businesses across the United States. The lineup features 2 Chainz, Brittany Howard, Brandi Carlile, T-Pain, Leon Bridges, and Nathaniel Rateliff, among others. It’s set to take place Saturday, June 20, from 4—10 p.m. Eastern. In addition to streaming on TikTok,

The Flaming Lips were the musical guests on last night’s remote episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Most of the time, when multiple band members do a remote performance at the same time, they’re all on different screens, like when Wilco recently debuted their new song via a multi-cam performance on Colbert. That’s

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2020 has been officially canceled by Riverside County health officials, The Los Angeless Times reports. The festival, which was originally scheduled to take place in Indio, California from April 10-12 and April 17-19, 2020, was postponed until October due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the festival has been

Arguably as passionate and spirit-filled as any of the lyrics are, the vocal harmony we find in the new single “Strength (Song of Solomon Chapter 9)” by Standard of Praise is undoubtedly one of the song’s most alluring features. Right from the jump in “Strength (Song of Solomon Chapter 9),” Standard of Praise make a