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11 notable songs about the Vietnam War
War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War during the countercultural movements of the 1960s and ’70s. The songs released in that time — and in the…
Music Review: Willie Nelson is ageless singing Rodney Crowell songs on ‘Oh What A Beautiful World’
It’s fun to hear Willie Nelson sing such words as “ninja,” “fishmonger” and “absinthe,” which are among the many pleasures found in the songbook of influential country songwriter Rodney Crowell.
“Oh What A Beautiful World” is Nelson’s…
Keri Hilson’s ‘We Need to Talk’ marks her return to music after a 15-year absence
NEW YORK (AP) — The last time Keri Hilson put out an album, Barack Obama was in the second year of his first term as U.S. president, the iPad was released and Instagram was brand new.
“On some days, I’m like that was just a blink away. But…
Katy Perry gears up for sci-fi inspired world tour
Katy Perry has been busy. In the past year, she's released an album, campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris and flew to space. As she heads to Mexico City to kick off a world tour on Wednesday, the pop superstar has no intention of…
Davido’s ‘5ive’ welcomes the Afrobeats megastar into an era of change and growth
NEW YORK (AP) — Afrobeats may be the hot sound of the moment, but Davido remembers a very recent past when music from Africa wasn’t embraced globally, amid a perception the continent was one of only destitute poverty and primitive lands.
“I…
Movie Review: Michael B. Jordan has double duty in Ryan Coogler’s pulsating, vein-bursting ‘Sinners’
It’s gotta be something in the water. How else to explain the plethora of A-list twins on Hollywood screens lately?
In the last few months alone, we’ve had Robert Pattinson, Theo James and the great Robert De Niro playing opposite each…
The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page revisit a unique 25-year-old live set
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000. It featured songs from a two-night stand with The Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page. But fans hoping to hear “Hard to Handle” or “She Talks to…
Ahead of spaceflight, Katy Perry is reading Carl Sagan and channeling her ‘feminine divine’
Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars. The pop icon will join Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, journalist Gayle King and three other women on an all-female spaceflight Monday. Perry spoke with…
Mariah Carey on new music, Rihanna, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and her lost grunge album
NEW YORK (AP) — It may be hard to conceive of now, but there was once a lull in Mariah Carey’s superstar career. In 2001, her film “Glitter” was a commercial flop; the album that followed, 2002’s introspective “Charmbracelet,” was met with…
The 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards are coming up. Here’s who’s nominated and how to watch
NEW YORK (AP) — Excuse me, you look like you might want to see the next generation of country music acts clean up at the 2025 Academy of Country Music Awards.
Fans of the genre have long committed Ella Langley and Riley Green's throwback…
Music Review: On Bon Iver’s ‘SABLE, fABLE,’ love inspires a chilly, robotic R&B patchwork
On Bon Iver's “SABLE, fABLE,” Justin Vernon sings about his fear of change. And then he strives to embrace it.
The album is the first in six years from Vernon’s project, an epilogue to the reluctant pop star’s three-song EP “SABLE,”…
Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels
MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a band of a dozen camouflage-clad…
Musical theater’s beloved show ‘The Last Five Years’ finally makes it to Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Jonas was only 9 and portraying a teacup on Broadway when he first heard about a buzzy new musical playing way downtown.
“All my adult castmates were talking about how great the show was and how amazing the music was,”…
Bruce Springsteen to release 7 albums of unreleased songs, ‘Tracks ll: The Lost Albums’
NEW YORK (AP) —
Bruce Springsteen knows what Bruce Springsteen fans want. And that's more Bruce Springsteen.
The Boss will release seven new studio albums, titled “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” on June 27. It will contain material written…
Broadway welcomes ‘Real Women Have Curves: The Musical,’ which lets the Latino community see itself
The immigrant experience takes center stage on Broadway this spring as “Real Women Have Curves: The Musical” explores Latino culture in America with a predominantly Latino cast playing characters not usually portrayed on the biggest stages.…
