"I'm not going to have any stories if I don't go out there and explore and do things." Gravitas Ventures has revealed an official trailer for an indie documentary film titled American Mileage, made by filmmaker Tim Hardiman. As far as we can tell, this hasn't played at any festivals since being finished, but it will be out to watch on VOD at the end of May coming up soon this summer. UK internet sensation Cam Cole (follow him @mrcamcole) takes his one-man rock show across the Atlantic for his very first US tour. Traveling solo in a shabby Rv, Cam ventures the American South to explore the roots of the music that shaped him. Cam not only discovers the roots of his influences, but also finds that America isn’t quite what he expected it be. Along the way he performs with Delta Blues icons Bobby Rush, Jimmy "Duck" Holmes,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Keith Richards takes on the Velvet Underground’s classic “I’m Waiting for the Man” for an upcoming tribute album dedicated to the music of Lou Reed.
Arriving a day before what would have been Reed’s 82nd birthday, Richards also shared a new video of studio footage from the recording of his rendition, which puts his trademark Rolling Stones riffage on the Velvet Underground & Nico track.
“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal!” Richards said in a statement. “Something important to American music and to All Music! I miss him and his dog.
Arriving a day before what would have been Reed’s 82nd birthday, Richards also shared a new video of studio footage from the recording of his rendition, which puts his trademark Rolling Stones riffage on the Velvet Underground & Nico track.
“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal!” Richards said in a statement. “Something important to American music and to All Music! I miss him and his dog.
- 3/1/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Light in the Attic Records has announced a new Lou Reed tribute album. Titled The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, it’s out on April 20th, but Keith Richards’ cover of “I’m Waiting for the Man” is out today in celebration of Reed’s birthday, which falls on March 2nd.
In addition to Richards, The Power of the Heart also features contributions from Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rosanne Cash, and Lucinda Williams, among others. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
The Power of the Heart will be available on silver nugget vinyl exclusively for this year’s Record Store Day in addition to CD and digital platforms. All physical formats will include photos of Reed taken by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, as well as liner notes penned by the album’s producer, Reed’s close collaborator Bill Bentley.
In addition to Richards, The Power of the Heart also features contributions from Angel Olsen, The Afghan Whigs, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rosanne Cash, and Lucinda Williams, among others. See the artwork and full tracklist below.
The Power of the Heart will be available on silver nugget vinyl exclusively for this year’s Record Store Day in addition to CD and digital platforms. All physical formats will include photos of Reed taken by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, as well as liner notes penned by the album’s producer, Reed’s close collaborator Bill Bentley.
- 3/1/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Paul McCartney credits much of his love of music to Little Richard. The American singer’s eccentric vocals extended to the U.K., inspiring a young McCartney to become a rock star. Richard knows McCartney learned a lot from him, so he felt snubbed by the former Beatle at a vital career moment.
Paul McCartney didn’t mention Little Richard when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award Little Richard | Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Paul McCartney has won many awards, including Grammys, American Music Awards, an Oscar, and an Emmy. He has also been awarded several prestigious honors, such as the Kennedy Center Honors and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spot. In 1990, McCartney was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammys, a ceremony that Little Richard attended.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Richard recalled feeling snubbed at that moment because he’s never been given one, and here...
Paul McCartney didn’t mention Little Richard when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award Little Richard | Andy Lyons/Getty Images
Paul McCartney has won many awards, including Grammys, American Music Awards, an Oscar, and an Emmy. He has also been awarded several prestigious honors, such as the Kennedy Center Honors and a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame spot. In 1990, McCartney was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Grammys, a ceremony that Little Richard attended.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Richard recalled feeling snubbed at that moment because he’s never been given one, and here...
- 4/28/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Far removed from music-industry cities like Los Angeles and Nashville, the seeds of American music were sown in Mississippi soil, where the pioneers of blues, country, and rock ‘n’ roll followed dusty roads through forests and flatlands to perform for locals.
Today, visitors from across the U.S. and abroad follow the Mississippi Blues Trail and Country Music Trail into the same communities to learn about the land that birthed Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, and Jimmie Rodgers and experience the roots of contemporary American music culture.
Before you...
Today, visitors from across the U.S. and abroad follow the Mississippi Blues Trail and Country Music Trail into the same communities to learn about the land that birthed Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, and Jimmie Rodgers and experience the roots of contemporary American music culture.
Before you...
- 8/1/2022
- by Jim Beaugez
- Rollingstone.com
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“Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” a three-part HBO documentary series offering a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama, arrives on HBO Max on August 4, coinciding with the former commander in chief’s 60th birthday.
Directed by Emmy-winner Peter Kunhardt, “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” will premiere on HBO on August 3, before hitting the streaming service. HBO described the documentary as detailing the “personal and political journey of President Obama as the country grapples with its racial history.” The documentary shares a cohesive portrait of America under its first Black president, beginning with Obama’s childhood. The series takes viewers inside his perspective of being the son of...
“Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union,” a three-part HBO documentary series offering a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama, arrives on HBO Max on August 4, coinciding with the former commander in chief’s 60th birthday.
Directed by Emmy-winner Peter Kunhardt, “Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union” will premiere on HBO on August 3, before hitting the streaming service. HBO described the documentary as detailing the “personal and political journey of President Obama as the country grapples with its racial history.” The documentary shares a cohesive portrait of America under its first Black president, beginning with Obama’s childhood. The series takes viewers inside his perspective of being the son of...
- 8/3/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
Damn right, he’s got his own doc. Buddy Guy, the blues legend whose 1991 “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” firmly established him as part of the form’s upper firmament after decades of work, is the subject of a two-hour “American Masters” documentary premiering this week.
It’s a big week for Guy beyond the documentary: He turns 85 on July 30. In August, he’ll be back on the road for a national tour that takes him into April 2022. That represents a chance to see living history that encompasses, in one figure, membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (he was inducted in 2005 by Eric Clapton and B.B. King), celebration by the Kennedy Center Honors (President Obama helped do the honors in 2012), a National Medal of the Arts (bestowed by Prsident Bush in 2003), a Grammy lifetime achievement award (2016) and many more. But as he tells Variety in this Q&a,...
It’s a big week for Guy beyond the documentary: He turns 85 on July 30. In August, he’ll be back on the road for a national tour that takes him into April 2022. That represents a chance to see living history that encompasses, in one figure, membership in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (he was inducted in 2005 by Eric Clapton and B.B. King), celebration by the Kennedy Center Honors (President Obama helped do the honors in 2012), a National Medal of the Arts (bestowed by Prsident Bush in 2003), a Grammy lifetime achievement award (2016) and many more. But as he tells Variety in this Q&a,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
For 50 years, Pastor T.L. Barrett has delivered his sermons and gospel songs to his congregation in Chicago, but his musical impact has spread much farther. A sample of Barrett’s 1976 song “Father Stretch My Hands” laid the foundation for Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo tracks of the same name. The transcendent “Like a Ship” has featured in commercials, TV shows and the Oscar-nominated, Obamas-produced documentary Crip Camp, and most recently covered by Leon Bridges. His “Nobody Knows” has been sampled nearly 10 times in the past decade alone, including...
- 6/22/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
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Music keeps this world going round, and as such, this year's Grammy Awards included some of the fiercest competition in years! On Sunday, musicians like Megan Thee Stallion, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes fame, Dua Lipa, and more came together to celebrate one of the most fascinating years in music. Some have earned epic nominations, like Beyoncé racking up nine nods and being crowned the most-nominated artist of the year, or Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swift earning six nominations each. Others are there to pull out on the stops onstage and show us the best of their best with their performances.
At 9 years old, Blue Ivy Carter became the second youngest Grammy winner for her contributions to mom Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl" video. It seems Beyoncé might be the key to winning Grammys, as Megan Thee Stallion also took home one for best rap performance...
Music keeps this world going round, and as such, this year's Grammy Awards included some of the fiercest competition in years! On Sunday, musicians like Megan Thee Stallion, Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes fame, Dua Lipa, and more came together to celebrate one of the most fascinating years in music. Some have earned epic nominations, like Beyoncé racking up nine nods and being crowned the most-nominated artist of the year, or Roddy Ricch and Taylor Swift earning six nominations each. Others are there to pull out on the stops onstage and show us the best of their best with their performances.
At 9 years old, Blue Ivy Carter became the second youngest Grammy winner for her contributions to mom Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl" video. It seems Beyoncé might be the key to winning Grammys, as Megan Thee Stallion also took home one for best rap performance...
- 3/15/2021
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Awards in the Americana and country music categories were handed out during the 63rd Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon with John Prine winning a pair of posthumous Grammys for his song “I Remember Everything.” Written with Pat McLaughlin, “I Remember Everything” was named Best American Roots Songs and Best American Roots Performance. It is the final song that Prine recorded before his death in April from complications related to Covid-19.
“The music community in Nashville and beyond, your love and encouragement has meant the world to us this past year,...
“The music community in Nashville and beyond, your love and encouragement has meant the world to us this past year,...
- 3/14/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday hosted its virtual premiere on Wednesday night, with appearances from U.S. Representatives Maxine Waters and Bobby Rush and director Lee Daniels.
The film stars Andra Day as Holiday, the 1940s jazz singer who is targeted for a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics after she refuses to stop singing her song “Strange Fruit,” which protests the lynching of Black Americans.
“I did not know that Billie Holiday kicked off the civil rights movement as we know it to be, that her song ‘Strange Fruit,’ about ...
The film stars Andra Day as Holiday, the 1940s jazz singer who is targeted for a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics after she refuses to stop singing her song “Strange Fruit,” which protests the lynching of Black Americans.
“I did not know that Billie Holiday kicked off the civil rights movement as we know it to be, that her song ‘Strange Fruit,’ about ...
- 2/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday hosted its virtual premiere on Wednesday night, with appearances from U.S. Representatives Maxine Waters and Bobby Rush and director Lee Daniels.
The film stars Andra Day as Holiday, the 1940s jazz singer who is targeted for a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics after she refuses to stop singing her song “Strange Fruit,” which protests the lynching of Black Americans.
“I did not know that Billie Holiday kicked off the civil rights movement as we know it to be, that her song ‘Strange Fruit,’ about ...
The film stars Andra Day as Holiday, the 1940s jazz singer who is targeted for a sting operation by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics after she refuses to stop singing her song “Strange Fruit,” which protests the lynching of Black Americans.
“I did not know that Billie Holiday kicked off the civil rights movement as we know it to be, that her song ‘Strange Fruit,’ about ...
- 2/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ahead of its Hulu release on Feb. 26, the virtual premiere of “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” espoused the film’s mission to authenticate Holiday’s real-life story.
“As part of Black History Month, it is important to correct Black history,” ABC News anchor Linsey Davis said during the film’s introduction. “This is a story we need to get right and the filmmakers and cast do just that.”
Reps. Maxine Waters and Bobby Rush followed Davis with remarks about Holiday’s cultural, political and social impact. Lee Daniels’ film highlights the government’s targeting of Holiday, played by Andra Day, and presents the jazz icon as a trailblazer.
“Many people have heard about her elegance, her music and her incredible talent, but many do not really know the kind of life Billie Holiday lived that was rooted in perseverance and courage,” Waters said.
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
“As part of Black History Month, it is important to correct Black history,” ABC News anchor Linsey Davis said during the film’s introduction. “This is a story we need to get right and the filmmakers and cast do just that.”
Reps. Maxine Waters and Bobby Rush followed Davis with remarks about Holiday’s cultural, political and social impact. Lee Daniels’ film highlights the government’s targeting of Holiday, played by Andra Day, and presents the jazz icon as a trailblazer.
“Many people have heard about her elegance, her music and her incredible talent, but many do not really know the kind of life Billie Holiday lived that was rooted in perseverance and courage,” Waters said.
“The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
- 2/25/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Wamg is giving away Fandango Codes for Judas & The Black Messiah to see the film in theaters.
Brought By Warner Bros Pictures, Judas And The Black Messiah. From Producers Ryan Coogler And Charles D. King And Director Shaka King. You Can Kill A Revolutionary, But You Can’T Kill The Revolution.
See It In Theaters And Streaming Exclusively On HBO Max On February 12th.
Add you name and email address in our comments section below for a chance to win to see the film in theatres.
No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents only. The codes are not redeemable until Friday February 12th.
Rated R.
(L-r) Darrell Britt-gibson as Bobby Rush, Daniel Kaluuya as Chairman Fred Hampton and Lakeith Stanfield as Bill O’Neal in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Judas And The Black Messiah,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party...
Brought By Warner Bros Pictures, Judas And The Black Messiah. From Producers Ryan Coogler And Charles D. King And Director Shaka King. You Can Kill A Revolutionary, But You Can’T Kill The Revolution.
See It In Theaters And Streaming Exclusively On HBO Max On February 12th.
Add you name and email address in our comments section below for a chance to win to see the film in theatres.
No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents only. The codes are not redeemable until Friday February 12th.
Rated R.
(L-r) Darrell Britt-gibson as Bobby Rush, Daniel Kaluuya as Chairman Fred Hampton and Lakeith Stanfield as Bill O’Neal in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Judas And The Black Messiah,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
FBI informant William O’Neal (Lakeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party...
- 2/9/2021
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
So, How Was Your 2020? is a series in which our favorite entertainers answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their year. We’ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.
Anita “Lady A” White had a complex 2020. Beyond her quarantine, the Seattle Blues singer has spent much of the latter half of her year fighting over the rights to the “Lady A” stage name she’s used for nearly 30 years. As protests surfaced across the country over racial injustice highlighted by the police killing of George Floyd,...
Anita “Lady A” White had a complex 2020. Beyond her quarantine, the Seattle Blues singer has spent much of the latter half of her year fighting over the rights to the “Lady A” stage name she’s used for nearly 30 years. As protests surfaced across the country over racial injustice highlighted by the police killing of George Floyd,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Ingrid Andress and Miranda Lambert lead all country music artists at the 2021 Grammy Awards with three nominations each. Andress earned nominations in the Best Country Album and Best Country Song categories, as well as an all-genre nomination for Best New Artist. Lambert’s three noms include Country Album, Country Song, and Best Country Solo Performance.
Andress, a Colorado-raised songwriter, garners her country nominations on the strength of her debut single “More Hearts Than Mine” and her subsequent debut album, Lady Like. In May, the LP became the highest streamed country debut album by a woman.
Andress, a Colorado-raised songwriter, garners her country nominations on the strength of her debut single “More Hearts Than Mine” and her subsequent debut album, Lady Like. In May, the LP became the highest streamed country debut album by a woman.
- 11/24/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
John Mayall has dropped a 1967 recording of “Curly” with fellow Bluesbreakers Peter Green and John McVie.
Recorded for the BBC Sessions on February 3rd, the track also features drummer Aynsley Dunbar. The instrumental clocks in at two minutes, with Green performing a blazing solo. Green — who died at age 73 in July — would leave the band with John McVie that summer to form Fleetwood Mac.
“Curly” is included on Mayall’s upcoming massive box set The First Generation: 1966-1974, out January 29th, 2021. The 35-disc collection features newly remastered versions of the Decca & Polydor albums,...
Recorded for the BBC Sessions on February 3rd, the track also features drummer Aynsley Dunbar. The instrumental clocks in at two minutes, with Green performing a blazing solo. Green — who died at age 73 in July — would leave the band with John McVie that summer to form Fleetwood Mac.
“Curly” is included on Mayall’s upcoming massive box set The First Generation: 1966-1974, out January 29th, 2021. The 35-disc collection features newly remastered versions of the Decca & Polydor albums,...
- 11/20/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News is apologizing for an infographic that aired on Special Report with Bret Baier on Friday that showed historic stock market reactions to racial unrest sparked by the assault or killing of African American men.
The graphic showed market gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case, and the deaths of Michael Brown and George Floyd.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s Special Report to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest should have never aired on television without full context. We apologize for the insensitivity of the image and take this issue seriously.”
Baier also tweeted the network’s apology.
On Friday, Baier had turned to Fox Business correspondent Susan Li for a segment on the economy and stock market. She first gave a report on jobs and individual stocks, before turning to the topic of the graphic.
The graphic showed market gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King case, and the deaths of Michael Brown and George Floyd.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s Special Report to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest should have never aired on television without full context. We apologize for the insensitivity of the image and take this issue seriously.”
Baier also tweeted the network’s apology.
On Friday, Baier had turned to Fox Business correspondent Susan Li for a segment on the economy and stock market. She first gave a report on jobs and individual stocks, before turning to the topic of the graphic.
- 6/6/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News Channel on Saturday apologized after the display of an on-screen chart showing stock-market gains in the wake of infamous killings of Black men generated sharp criticism, acknowledging that the graphic should not have aired without more context.
The illustration was used Friday on a broadcast of “Special Report with Bret Baier,” the cable-news outlet’s regular 6 p.m. program. During a segment examining recent stock-market performance, Fox News used a chart that showed how the S&p 500, a widely-used barometer of financial health, had made gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.; after the police shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014; after the acquittal of police officers who beat Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1991; and after recent death in police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s ‘Special Report’ to illustrate market reactions to...
The illustration was used Friday on a broadcast of “Special Report with Bret Baier,” the cable-news outlet’s regular 6 p.m. program. During a segment examining recent stock-market performance, Fox News used a chart that showed how the S&p 500, a widely-used barometer of financial health, had made gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968.; after the police shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in 2014; after the acquittal of police officers who beat Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1991; and after recent death in police custody of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
“The infographic used on Fox News Channel’s ‘Special Report’ to illustrate market reactions to...
- 6/6/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
As George Floyd’s family laid his body to rest at his funeral and protests across the nation called out for racial justice, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) singlehandedly blocked the passage of a bill that would finally declare lynching a federal crime.
Senator @RandPaul on Anti-Lynching Legislation and his amendment to it: "This bill would cheapen the meaning of lynching by defining it so broadly as to include a minor bruise or abrasion."
Full video here: https://t.co/CYA1gABWAk pic.twitter.com/VSaxRPffsQ
— Cspan (@cspan) June 4, 2020
In a floor speech,...
Senator @RandPaul on Anti-Lynching Legislation and his amendment to it: "This bill would cheapen the meaning of lynching by defining it so broadly as to include a minor bruise or abrasion."
Full video here: https://t.co/CYA1gABWAk pic.twitter.com/VSaxRPffsQ
— Cspan (@cspan) June 4, 2020
In a floor speech,...
- 6/5/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
This year marks five years since B.B. King’s death, but the thrill of King’s music will live on during two ambitious nights: February 16th and 17th, 2020, at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York.
The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King will be an an all-star concert featuring Anthony Hamilton, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville, Jamey Johnson, Jimmie Vaughan, John Scofield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Little Steven, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Southside Johnny, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi,...
The Thrill Is Gone: A Tribute to B.B. King will be an an all-star concert featuring Anthony Hamilton, Bob Margolin, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville, Jamey Johnson, Jimmie Vaughan, John Scofield, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Little Steven, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Southside Johnny, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Less than a week before Comcast and Department of Justice lawyers will face off against Byron Allen in the Supreme Court in the Entertainment Studios boss’ $20 billion discrimination lawsuit against the NBCUniverisal owner, a prominent member of Congress now wants the telecommunications giant brought down to size.
“Comcast has enjoyed the largesse – as has the cable industry, in general – of the AfricanAmerican and other minority communities and has reached such prominence that it now disregard these communities with a cold, callous corporate insensitivity that is stultifying, arrogant, harmful, and intensely painful,” writes Rep. Bobby Rush in a letter last night to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts that Deadline has obtained.
“Simply put, it is my belief that the Comcast Corporation needs to be broken up,” declares the long serving Illinois Democratic Congressman, who sits on the influential Energy and Commerce committee and chairs its consumer protection subcommittee.
Similar to statements...
“Comcast has enjoyed the largesse – as has the cable industry, in general – of the AfricanAmerican and other minority communities and has reached such prominence that it now disregard these communities with a cold, callous corporate insensitivity that is stultifying, arrogant, harmful, and intensely painful,” writes Rep. Bobby Rush in a letter last night to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts that Deadline has obtained.
“Simply put, it is my belief that the Comcast Corporation needs to be broken up,” declares the long serving Illinois Democratic Congressman, who sits on the influential Energy and Commerce committee and chairs its consumer protection subcommittee.
Similar to statements...
- 11/8/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Bobby Rush has a way with words. At 85, the blues singer writes about the world in a rural American vernacular that has all but disappeared. “If you have a chicken and you’re feeding him, if you take away its food like corn, they squawk,” the “Chicken Heads” singer recently told Rolling Stone, speaking about the imagery used in his brand new song “Good Stuff.” “When you feed [a hog], you say you’re ‘sloppin’ a hog’…If you put the trough up on his noise and snatch it away from him,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker, Jade Bird and Dylan LeBlanc are among the initial wave of artists confirmed to perform in Nashville during the 2019 AmericanaFest. The annual celebration of roots and roots-related music takes place September 10th to 15th and includes the Americana Honors and Awards on September 11th.
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
In its 20th year, AmericanaFest will spread out across Music City venues like 3rd & Lindsley, Mercy Lounge and the Station Inn with performances from a diverse group of artists both established and emerging. Among those are Americana Awards nominee Yola, blues rockers Marcus King...
- 5/30/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suited up for a second day in the D.C. hot seat, repeating apologies to a U.S. House of Representatives committee for the company’s missteps in letting consulting firm Cambridge Analytica improperly secure a massive trove of user data.
“It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent [Facebook’s] tools from being used for harm,” Zuckerberg said at the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”
“It’s gonna take some time to work through all of the changes we need to make, but I’m committed to getting this right,” Zuckerberg added. He also told the House committee that his own personal info was included in the data set that wound up on Cambridge Analytica’s servers.
Zuckerberg’s opening...
“It’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent [Facebook’s] tools from being used for harm,” Zuckerberg said at the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.”
“It’s gonna take some time to work through all of the changes we need to make, but I’m committed to getting this right,” Zuckerberg added. He also told the House committee that his own personal info was included in the data set that wound up on Cambridge Analytica’s servers.
Zuckerberg’s opening...
- 4/11/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
A rambling, unpretentious music documentary made in the spirit of Alan Lomax and Les Blank, Daniel Cross' I Am the Blues tags along through Mississippi and Louisiana as aged performers swap songs and recollections with each other. Bobby Rush is the closest thing to a household name here, though connoisseurs will be just as happy to see Lazy Lester, Barbara Lynn, and others, many still in fine voice. It's not the kind of production that begs widespread arthouse play. But as the doc tours the country in theatrical bookings, it will be warmly welcomed by lovers of music that hasn't...
- 7/16/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I Am The Blues screens Friday, July 7th through Tuesday July 11th at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). The movie starts each evening at 8:00pm. I Am the Blues takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. The film visits blues musicians rooted in the genre’s heyday, many in their 80s, still living in the American deep south and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Rl Boyce, Lc Ulmer, Lil’ Buck Sinegal and their friends awaken the blues in all of us. The critics love I Am The Blues: T’Cha Dunlevy at The Montreal Gazette said: “I was quietly blown away by Daniel Cross...
- 7/5/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
Read More: Film Acquisitions Rundown: Sony Picks Up Tom Hanks’ ‘Greyhound,’ Lionsgate Acquires ‘Rally Car’ and More
– The Weinstein Company will...
– HBO has acquired the U.S. TV rights to “David Bowie: The Last Five Years,” directed and produced by Francis Whately. The film spotlights two critically acclaimed albums and the stage musical “Lazarus,” offering new insights into Bowie’s extraordinary creativity during the final five years of his life.
Featuring a wealth of rarely seen Bowie interviews, archival footage, audio from the recording sessions for “The Next Day” and “Blackstar,” and unprecedented access to Bowie’s closest friends and artistic collaborators, the film is a tribute to one of the greatest rock icons of all time.
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- 2/17/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Blues musician Bobby Rush appears in the documentary I Am the Blues, which screened at SXSW earlier this month. Bobby Rush On Blues Rush has been recording blues music since the early 1950s, and, more than 60 years later, he’s still recording and touring. At 82, Rush is as passionate about his music as ever, […]
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- 3/30/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2014 Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday February 8. Winners will be updated as they're announced during the telecast and pre-telecast. Record Of The Year “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli Xcx “Chandelier,” Sia **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor Album Of The Year **Winner** “Morning Phase,” Beck “Beyoncé,” Beyoncé “X,” Ed Sheeran “In The Lonely Hour,” Sam Smith “Girl,” Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year “All About That Bass,” Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) “Chandelier,” Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) “Shake It Off,” Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) “Take Me To Church,” Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier) Best New Artist Iggy Azalea Bastille Brandy Clark...
- 2/8/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
The documentary Take Me To The River opens nationwide on September 12. Martin Shore's film celebrates the history of incredible Memphis music, following the creative process of multiple generations of musicians as they come together to create a historic new album. The doc stars Terrence Howard, William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Frayser Boy, The North Mississippi All-Stars and many more.Take Me to the River is a feature documentary celebrating the inter-generational and inter-racial musical influence of Memphis in the face of pervasive discrimination and segregation.The film brings multiple generations of award-winning Memphis and Mississippi Delta musicians together, following them through the creative process of recording a historic new album, to re-imagine the...
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- 8/19/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Al Green, Box Tops, Carl Perkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Bobby Womack, Booker T. & The MGs. These soul artists created a body of work that to this day stands with distinction, so what better way to honor them than to team up some of those musicians with.....hip hop artists? That's the central premise of the upcoming documentary "Take Me To The River," that finds director Martin Shore chronicling the making of an album featuring veteran artists like Mavis Staples, Bobby Rush and Otis Clay, teaming with folks like Snoop Dogg, Lil' P-Nut and Yo Gotti. Uh...okay. "Take Me To The River" opens on September 12th, and if you need a little push to see it, the doc scored an Audience Award at SXSW this spring. Watch below. [EW]...
- 8/15/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Detroit has Motown, but the Mississippi delta is where it all began. The gospel, folk, soul and R&B music that developed there evolved into modern pop and became the soundtrack for multiple generations of Americans; and the city of Memphis became this cultural oasis for all sorts of musical experiments and breakthroughs, exemplified by the heyday of Stax Records. In Take Me To the River, filmmaker Martin Shore paired old-school legends with current hip-hop artists for an album and a documentary about the timeless language of music that speaks across all generations and races.
“Outside, on the streets of Memphis,...
“Outside, on the streets of Memphis,...
- 8/14/2014
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Many years before Dan Aykroyd co-starred in James Brown biopic “Get on Up,” the former “SNL” funnyman helped the Godfather of Soul get a killer deal on a Mercedes rental car. Aykroyd guested on Friday's “Late Night Starring Jimmy Fallon,” where he performed Brown's “I'll Go Crazy” with Bobby Rush. After the man behind Elwood Blues threw down some soul, he shared a story about Brown that the Chadwick Boseman-starring film probably won't cover. See video: Whoopi Goldberg and Jimmy Fallon Flip Lips and Give Each Other Ridiculous Accents Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Brown once found themselves at the same Budget Rent a.
- 7/19/2014
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Abramorama and Social Capital Films have jointly acquired U.S. theatrical rights to SXSW award-winning documentary Take Me To The River, tracking the influence of Memphis and Mississippi Delta blues on the American social and political landscape through the recording of a historic new album. Terrence Howard narrates and Martin Shore directs the film which features musicians William Bell, Snoop Dogg, Mavis Staples, Otis Clay, Lil P-Nut, Charlie Musselwhite, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Yo Gotti, Bobby Rush, Academy Award winner Frayser Boy and The North Mississippi All-Stars. Pic will bow theatrically September 12. Take Me To The River premiered at SXSW this […]...
- 7/16/2014
- Deadline
Which music stars went home with awards at the 2014 Grammy Awards? Find out with this full winners list.
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
Winners in each category are bolded.
Record of the Year
"Get Lucky" -- Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
"Radioactive" -- Imagine Dragons
"Royals" -- Lorde
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Bruno Mars
"Blurred Lines" -- Robin Thick feat. T.I. and Pharrell
Album of the year
"The Blessed Unrest" -- Sara Bareilles
"Random Access Memories" -- Daft Punk
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D City" -- Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist" -- Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
"Red" -- Taylor Swift
Song of the year
"Just Give Me a Reason" -- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (Pink feat. Nate Ruess)
"Locked Out of Heaven" -- Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)
"Roar" -- Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)
"Royals...
- 1/26/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Jackson, Miss. -- Five-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy will headline a new Jackson festival in 2013.
The Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival will be held Sept. 20-21 on the grounds of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. It was announced Thursday by the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau.
In addition to Guy, other performers include Bobby Rush, Denise Lasalle, Urban Mystic, Mint Condition, Dorothy Moore and Vasti Jackson.
Jackson Cvb president Wanda Wilson says organizers will use the agriculture museum's rustic flavor and buildings to recreate juke joints and a front porch for performances.
Wilson says a percentage of festival proceeds will benefit the Mississippi Blues Commission to help with its Benevolent Fund, to aid blues musicians living in poverty.
The Jackson Rhythm & Blues Festival will be held Sept. 20-21 on the grounds of the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. It was announced Thursday by the Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau.
In addition to Guy, other performers include Bobby Rush, Denise Lasalle, Urban Mystic, Mint Condition, Dorothy Moore and Vasti Jackson.
Jackson Cvb president Wanda Wilson says organizers will use the agriculture museum's rustic flavor and buildings to recreate juke joints and a front porch for performances.
Wilson says a percentage of festival proceeds will benefit the Mississippi Blues Commission to help with its Benevolent Fund, to aid blues musicians living in poverty.
- 12/7/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant is heading to Mississippi to headline a festival in the historic Delta blues town he recorded a song about in 1999.
Plant recorded "Walking Into Clarksdale" with former Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page and has visited the town numerous times. The rock star is returning to Clarksdale this weekend to headline the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival's 25th anniversary celebration with his new roots-music band, the Sensational Space Shifters.
On Saturday, Plant will take the stage with Grammy-winning vocalist Patty Griffin, West African virtuoso musician Juldeh Camara, guitarists Justin Adams and Bill Fuller, keyboardist John Baggott and drummer Dave Smith.
The performance is being hailed "one of the single biggest things to happen to Clarksdale," said resident and Cat Head music store owner Roger Stolle.
"Robert Plant can do anything in the world he wants to do but chooses to come here and pay homage...
Plant recorded "Walking Into Clarksdale" with former Zeppelin bandmate Jimmy Page and has visited the town numerous times. The rock star is returning to Clarksdale this weekend to headline the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival's 25th anniversary celebration with his new roots-music band, the Sensational Space Shifters.
On Saturday, Plant will take the stage with Grammy-winning vocalist Patty Griffin, West African virtuoso musician Juldeh Camara, guitarists Justin Adams and Bill Fuller, keyboardist John Baggott and drummer Dave Smith.
The performance is being hailed "one of the single biggest things to happen to Clarksdale," said resident and Cat Head music store owner Roger Stolle.
"Robert Plant can do anything in the world he wants to do but chooses to come here and pay homage...
- 8/9/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
MTV News looks back at the Florida teen's killing and the month that followed.
By Gil Kaufman
Trayvon Martin
Photo: AP
It's been more than a month since 17-year-old high school student Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by self-appointed neighborhood-watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, on February 26.
Since the case burst onto the national consciousness over the past month, there have been protests, unending questions about the facts in the incident, a national debate about the wearing of hoodies and plenty of reaction from the hip-hop community about what other issues may be beneath the surface of the shooting.
"There is a general understanding from society that the law will work when it is supposed to and, when the facts support one understanding of a crime, that the law will do what it is supposed to do to make sure everyone is vindicated in the way they should be,...
By Gil Kaufman
Trayvon Martin
Photo: AP
It's been more than a month since 17-year-old high school student Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by self-appointed neighborhood-watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, on February 26.
Since the case burst onto the national consciousness over the past month, there have been protests, unending questions about the facts in the incident, a national debate about the wearing of hoodies and plenty of reaction from the hip-hop community about what other issues may be beneath the surface of the shooting.
"There is a general understanding from society that the law will work when it is supposed to and, when the facts support one understanding of a crime, that the law will do what it is supposed to do to make sure everyone is vindicated in the way they should be,...
- 3/30/2012
- MTV Music News
'People are starting to identify this culture of people by their clothing ... and that's simply not fair,' Bun B says on 'RapFix Live.'
By Rob Markman, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway
Trayvon Martin
Photo: AP
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the outraged public has latched on to a few symbolic items. When he was shot, young Trayvon was wearing a hooded sweatshirt on his way home from a store where he bought iced tea and a bag of Skittles. It was the hoodie that gunman George Zimmerman told police made the 17-year-old appear suspicious and in support of Martin, demonstrators have donned hoodies as a show of solidarity.
Others have even gone as far to suggest that the hood that Martin was wearing in some ways contributed to his death. During a televised Fox News broadcast, veteran journalist Geraldo Rivera...
By Rob Markman, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway
Trayvon Martin
Photo: AP
In the aftermath of the tragic shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the outraged public has latched on to a few symbolic items. When he was shot, young Trayvon was wearing a hooded sweatshirt on his way home from a store where he bought iced tea and a bag of Skittles. It was the hoodie that gunman George Zimmerman told police made the 17-year-old appear suspicious and in support of Martin, demonstrators have donned hoodies as a show of solidarity.
Others have even gone as far to suggest that the hood that Martin was wearing in some ways contributed to his death. During a televised Fox News broadcast, veteran journalist Geraldo Rivera...
- 3/30/2012
- MTV Music News
"I'm smack in the middle of all of this, and it's hard to imagine legislation right now that we would know how to implement, or know what to do with," says Mitchell Baker, chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation.
From Silicon Valley to Washington, privacy is a hot-button issue in the digital age: The more data we give to giants like Facebook and Google, the more advertisers have access to our personal lives, and the more public concern grows.
What to do with all this data is a question that has plagued privacy advocates and stumped government officials. But solutions are coming from companies like Mozilla: Its Firefox browser boasts 400 million users, and has become a powerful leveraging tool. Recently, Mozilla launched "Do Not Track," a tool that gives consumers some control over how much data they're willing to share with third parities; other browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft's...
From Silicon Valley to Washington, privacy is a hot-button issue in the digital age: The more data we give to giants like Facebook and Google, the more advertisers have access to our personal lives, and the more public concern grows.
What to do with all this data is a question that has plagued privacy advocates and stumped government officials. But solutions are coming from companies like Mozilla: Its Firefox browser boasts 400 million users, and has become a powerful leveraging tool. Recently, Mozilla launched "Do Not Track," a tool that gives consumers some control over how much data they're willing to share with third parities; other browsers such as Google Chrome and Microsoft's...
- 6/13/2011
- by Austin Carr
- Fast Company
Grammy-winning singer Albertina Walker, known as the Queen of Gospel, has lost her battle with emphysema. She was 81. Walker passed away of respiratory failure in at Rml Specialty Hospital in Chicago, Illinios on Friday morning, October 8.
The music icon began singing in the choir of West Point Baptist church at the age of four. She was urged to sing professionally by gospel great Mahalia Jackson, who later became her mentor. Walker eventually launched her career at 22, when she formed her own gospel group, the Caravans, and became a fixture at Chicago's Gospel Festival as a solo performer and with the group.
U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush called Walker's a voice for the civil rights movement in a tribute to the star. He tells the Associated Press her music was "a healing balm to those who struggled for justice."...
The music icon began singing in the choir of West Point Baptist church at the age of four. She was urged to sing professionally by gospel great Mahalia Jackson, who later became her mentor. Walker eventually launched her career at 22, when she formed her own gospel group, the Caravans, and became a fixture at Chicago's Gospel Festival as a solo performer and with the group.
U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush called Walker's a voice for the civil rights movement in a tribute to the star. He tells the Associated Press her music was "a healing balm to those who struggled for justice."...
- 10/9/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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