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Liz Wood
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The Case for Opera
In a piece on a new production of Mozart’s “Abduction from the Seraglio,” the New York Times makes a case for this old art form’s role as an agent of change in our tumultuous cultural reality: For centuries, opera has been a…
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Suicide’s Alan Vega Passes On
Alan Vega of Suicide passed away this weekend, leaving us bereft of yet another irreplaceable figure in music. Henry Rollins announced the news on his website, sharing a statement from the Vega family mourning Vega’s loss: Alan’s life is a lesson of what it…
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Vinyl Only, Please
That vinyl has experienced a resurgence is a much exhausted topic, with LPs selling at large lifestyle stores and cutesy budget turntables available from any number of the same. But most labels who release albums on vinyl also release them…
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Official Marvin Gaye Documentary Announced
An official documentary about Marvin Gaye is finally in the works, and has been approved by the late singer’s family. The film will be titled What’s Going On, Marvin? and will center around the making of the seminal album. The artist’s children released a…
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This Week in Posivibes: Songs for Survival
In addition to his song “Spiritual,” which deals with the issue of police brutality, Jay Z has released a playlist of songs to get us through the crushing violence lately exposed by social media. “Songs for Survival” includes music by Beyoncé, Curtis Mayfield, James Brown,…
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Chaka Khan Seeks Treatment
Now that Prince’s death has officially been linked to opiate use—an accidental overdose of Fentanyl, the be specific—some artists are heeding the icon’s death as a warning to get their own opiate use in check. Chaka Khan, who counted Prince as a friend,…
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Artists Respond to the Violence
The violence of the past days has left the nation in a state of shock, and citizens are reacting with the full range of human responses to crisis. Many artists can be counted among those who demand we respond as a country to the violence against black…
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Axl Rose Wins at Being Demanding
While promoting his new show Roadies, Cameron Crowe was asked to recount the most ridiculous tour story he’d ever heard. Of course the story had to do with a crazy demand made by Axl Rose: There was a guy that worked…
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Girl Power Never Gets Old
In case anyone has missed it, this lip sync video advocating for gender equality as a part of the United Nations’s Global Goals #WhatIReallyWant campaign is just amazing. Read more about the initiative via Billboard and watch the video after the jump.
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This Week in Posivibes: Blood Orange
Freetown Sound, Dev Hynes’s third album under the moniker Blood Orange, is garnering praise for both its sound and its substantial examination of racial identity. Pitchfork writes, “Freetown resonates with everyone sagging under the weight of systemic oppression.” Consequence of Sound’s review celebrated…
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The Music of Ghostbusters
In honor of this summer’s reboot of the classic, Stereogum has published a review of the music behind the movies. Rest assured, no one is excited about Fall Out Boy playing on the new heading track.
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Rest in Peace, Scotty Moore
Elvis Presley’s lead guitarist passed away this week in Nashville at the age of 84, and in tribute the Guardian has published a piece discussing how the musician shaped Elvis’s country-blues rockabilly sound so evident in songs like “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Blue…