Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ songs: What to listen to next
For better or worse, “The Life of a Showgirl,” Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, is unlike anything the megastar has done before. On the 12-track…
Taylor Swift gets ‘Father Figure’ props from George Michael estate
On the eve of the release of her 12th album, Taylor Swift received a thank-you note from George Michael’s estate for including his work in…
Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is immaculate damage control
After the mess, the mop-up.That’s one way to understand Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on which music’s biggest star offers up…
Hayley Williams: Morgan Wallen is song’s ‘racist country singer’
Hayley Williams is happy to confirm that Morgan Wallen is the “racist country singer” she is referring to in her song “Ego Death at a…
How ‘woke’ went from an expression in Black culture to a conservative criticism
The expression “stay woke” started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the last decade it has been used by some Republicans — and…
Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco share that they are now married
Actor, singer and businesswoman Selena Gomez and music producer Benny Blanco were married Saturday in California, according to posts the couple shared on Instagram.Gomez shared…
Prep talk: Calabasas’ Elie Samouhi plays national anthem on guitar
Calabasas High senior Elie Samouhi, who considers himself a music producer, performer and writer of songs, got to do his own two-minute concert in front…
PBS doc explores the many lives of ‘Omara: Cuba’s Legendary Diva’
For many, Omara Portuondo is best known for her participation in the Buena Vista Social Club; but the nonagenarian has lived many lives before and…
Barred from Eurovision, Russia holds its own rival song contest | Newsfeed
NewsFeedBarred from Eurovision, Russia held its own rival song contest called ‘Intervision’ featuring singers from 23 countries. Moscow presented the event as a showcase of…
Songwriter and musician Sonny Curtis of the Crickets dies at 88
Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the…
Review: At the Forum, Nine Inch Nails conjure rage and dread. Be afraid, Americans
What a piquant moment for Nine Inch Nails to be back on the road playing their version of David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans.” At…
Maruja talk about their exhilarating debut album, ‘Pain to Power’
Maruja’s music isn’t merely following the times; it’s a reflection of them.The rock band, whose debut album “Pain to Power” was released Friday, has carved…
Mötley Crüe starts over on new album ‘From the Beginning’
In the beginning, it was 1981 and bassist Nikki Sixx left London, the glam metal band he’d formed in Hollywood three years earlier, to start…
Terry Reid, singer who turned down Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, dies at 75
Terry Reid, the bombastic British singer who famously passed on fronting both Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, has died. He was 75.Reid’s representatives confirmed his…
Rome after Sublime: A California soul all his own
Rome Ramirez wasn’t built in a day. He was once a guitar-strumming, teenage Sublime fan in a Mexican American household in Fremont, Calif. At 18,…
Jeremy Allen White on becoming Bruce Springsteen in ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’
TELLURIDE, Colo. — Jeremy Allen White asked all the questions any normal human being would ask when offered the chance to play Bruce Springsteen in “Springsteen:…
Sabrina Carpenter is still dealing with it on ‘Man’s Best Friend’
Pop superstardom, it turns out, did absolutely nothing to improve Sabrina Carpenter’s love life.That’s the thrust of the singer’s shrewd and tangy “Man’s Best Friend,”…
Review: Africa meets Bach by way of Angélique Kidjo and Yo-Yo Ma
The heart and soul of suites by Bach and Handel are often found in the slow, central sarabande, said to be a dance of Spanish…
‘Weird Al’ makes a ‘bigger and weirder’ return to Kia Forum
A decade ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic launched his 12th concert tour, which covered 200 shows over two years. Somewhere along the line, the pop world’s…
Tei Shi lets loose in new LP, ‘Make believe I make believe’
Last fall, indie pop auteur Tei Shi immersed herself in the British Columbia backwoods during a creative retreat — an experience that helped her reclaim…