Black Thought: My Life in 20 Songs
Black Thought

The Roots’ longtime MC digs back nearly 30 years to detail the behind-the-scenes stories behind the group’s most indelible songs and deep cuts beloved by hardcore...

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Monday, 10 January 2022
The Best Speakers for Kids
Buying Guide

Play music, audiobooks, and more for your children with one of these WIRED-tested...

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Monday, 10 January 2022
Man Arrested After Making Bomb Threat at Doja Cat Concert
Doja Cat

“A fan wanted to advance in line so he exercised very poor judgment,” Indianapolis police deputy chief says of incident that resulted in crowd briefly being...

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Sunday, 09 January 2022
Me and the Monkee: A Final Visit With Michael Nesmith
long reads

As one ‘Rolling Stone’ writer got to know Nesmith over the past decade, the Reluctant Monkee surprised him again and again. By the very end of his life, the man who was legendarily disgruntled over the Monkees’ prefab ways had come to love the band as much as...

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Sunday, 09 January 2022
Woodstock Impresario Michael Lang Dead at 77
Michael Lang

Concert promoter behind 1969’s massively influential music festival succumbs to non-Hodgkin’s...

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Sunday, 09 January 2022
Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-Winning Lyricist of ‘The Way We Were,’ Dead at 93
ASCAP

Music industry giant also co-wrote “The Windmills of Your Mind” with her husband Alan, with whom she formed a Grammy Song of the Year-winning...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
Sinead O’Connor Reveals Her 17-Year-Old Son Has Died After Going Missing
Music

“My beautiful son, Nevi’im Nesta Ali Shane O’Connor, the very light of my life, decided to end his earthly struggle today and is now with God,” singer...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
‘You Got to Keep Movin’.’ Despite Two Deaths, Kool & the Gang Live On
Chaka Khan

The group has lost two founding members — Ronald Bell and Dennis Thomas — in 15 months. But Robert “Kool” Bell, who co-founded the band more than 55 years ago, remains eternally...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
Jack White Previews Upcoming Tour With ‘Taking Me Back’ Rehearsal Video
Jack White

Supply Chain Issues Tour kicks off April 8, the same day Fear of the Dawn – the first of White’s two 2022 albums – is...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
Omicron Is Muddying Up Wilco, DMB Shows in Cancun. Good Luck Getting Refunds
Dave Matthew Band

“The festival promoter … is solely responsible for and determines all ticketing policies, including pricing and availability of refunds or credits,” band says after some fans demand refunds for upcoming multi-day...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
Calvin Simon, Parliament-Funkadelic Co-Founder, Dead at 79
Funkadelic

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee appeared on classic songs like “Give Up the Funk,” “Flash Light,” and more before leaving group in...

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Saturday, 08 January 2022
Argentine Electronic Music Pioneer Flavio Etcheto Dead at 52
Gustavo Cerati

The prolific musician was a close collaborator of Gustavo Cerati and Daniel...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
SZA’s Music Video For ‘I Hate U’ Features LaKeith Stanfield Going Through It
Music

Don’t worry, the singer says the clip is only “Part...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
The Weeknd Accepts His New Fate With a Dancefloor Ritual in ‘Sacrifice’ Music Video
Music

Clip arrives the same day as the pop star’s latest album, Dawn...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
Wilco Play ‘California Stars’ With a Crazy Group of Guests, From Japanese Breakfast to Jason Isbell
ACL

‘Austin City Limits’ performance also includes Margo Price, Rosanne Cash, Lenny Kaye, Sheila E., and celebrates Wilco’s induction into the ACL Hall of...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
Who Let the Dogs In? Covid-Sniffing Canines Are Helping Keep Metallica, Eric Church on the Road
Covid dogs

Some tours are using specially trained dogs to detect the virus before a show needs to be canceled. The dogs are even adapting to...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
A Bunch of Deadheads Are Now ‘Stranded’ in Mexico after Dead & Co. Fest Cancel
Dead and Company

“The show should’ve been canceled days ago. I’m not surprised they canceled, just that they did it so late,” One ticket holder currently in Cancun...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
John Legend Cashes In With Songwriting Catalog Sale to BMG, KKR
bmg

Acquisition covers the musician’s output from 2004 through early 2021, including hits like “All of Me,” “Ordinary People” and...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
Nas Ruled the World. Decades Later, He’s Looking for More to Conquer
hip-hop

‘Magic,’ his surprise-released project from the last week of 2021, is a gracious gift to the listeners who have stayed with...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
Five Things We Learned from the Weeknd’s ‘Dawn FM’
Music

Major guest stars, cinematic consistency, and an elite lineup of producers impress on the Weeknd’s latest...

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Friday, 07 January 2022
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