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Damon Albarn has announced he will perform music from his new project The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows on a livestream as part of Boiler Room’s ongoing “Streaming From Isolation” series. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the Blur and Gorillaz frontman was set to take this new project on tour with “orchestral instrumentation,
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Independent filmmaker Lynn Shelton has died, as Variety reports. The influential film and television director, who helmed films like Humpday and Sword of Trust in addition to episodes of Little Fires Everywhere, GLOW, Mad Men, and more, passed away from a blood disorder. She was 54 years old. After getting her start in the industry
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Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared a new concert film, Playing the Piano for the Isolated. It features Hidejiro Honjoh, a renowned musician known for his mastery of the three-stringed shamisen, a traditional Japanese instrument. The concert, originally recorded in Tokyo in April, features the composer and Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder performing songs from throughout his career,
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Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock; Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Astrophysicist and civilian TOPGUN instructor Charlie Blackwood took Maverick’s breath away and theirs was a love story for the ages…or at least the 1980s, since McGillis says she was not asked to be in the sequel. McGillis had just been nominated for a Golden Globe for Witness when she starred in Top Gun, after
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The 2020 edition of J. Cole’s North Carolina Dreamville Festival has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The festival posted the announcement on Twitter, Instagram, and on the event’s official website. “Dear Dreamville Family,” the statement begins, “After much deliberation and careful monitoring of the current situation, we have decided to cancel Dreamville
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Prince and the Revolution’s 1985 concert film Live was uploaded to YouTube today. The stream raised money for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. And then, the film’s oft-bootlegged soundtrack got its first-ever official release. It’s available on all streaming services now. Listen and watch the film below. Live captured Prince and the
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Gayngs, the electronic neo-soul collective led by Justin Vernon, has re-emerged after an extended hiatus. They shared a new song called “Appeayl 2 U” from a recently relaunched Twitter account. Take a listen below. The band released their only studio album Relayted in 2010. The original lineup featured Har Mar Superstar, the Rosebuds’ Ivan Howard,
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