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A music scholar has discovered which baseball film inspired John Lennon’s “Grow Old With Me,” solving the decades-old mystery about the origin of one of the singer’s final songs prior to his 1980 murder. The opening lyric in “Grow Old With Me” quotes Robert Browning’s 1864 poem “Rabbi ben Ezra“: …

JoJo has been tapped to sing the official campaign trail anthem for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris. “The Change” is part of the pair’s Get Out the Vote effort. Acclaimed songwriter and frequent Oscar nominee Diane Warren penned the song, which is a swelling, …

As part of our newly updated survey of the500 Greatest Albums of All Time, we’re publishing a series of pieces on the making and impact of key records from the list. Talking Heads‘ Remain in Light came in at number 39. When Talking Heads entered Nassau’s Compass Point Studios in …

Six became a magic number for Camilo on Tuesday morning, when the Latin Recording Academy released its annual list of Latin Grammys nominees. For the first time ever, the Colombian singer-songwriter became a Latin Grammy-nominated artist, and in six categories: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Pop …

It’s difficult enough to connect with another human being in the time of Covid, but that didn’t stop Courtney Marie Andrews from taking things a step further — by traveling from her home in Nashville to an isolated cottage on the island of Nantucket, where a reliable wireless signal to …

Zayn has shared a new single, “Better,” the first track from his upcoming album. Although the former One Direction member has not revealed many details on his third LP, it will be “his most personal project to date,” he says. “Better” comes with a short video directed by Ryan Hope, …

By 1987, Prince was as much an authority on love and sex as the era’s foremost expert, Dr. Ruth, so it’s curious that he composed two songs titled “Love and Sex” around that time and never officially released either. The first, a horny, synthy rave-up, finally came out three years …

Michael Sheen discovers a magical toaster in Kelly Lee Owens‘ hilarious new video for “Corner of My Sky,” a track that features John Cale. Directed by Owens’ collaborator Kasper Häggström, the video features Sheen in his kitchen, inserting a piece of bread into the toaster. He suddenly realizes that the …

Stevie Nicks penned a tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg hours after the death of the Supreme Court Justice and feminist icon at the age of 87. “She was a political rock star,” the singer wrote on social media. “She was my hero. She fought for me, and all women. I …

T he Weeknd promises he hasn’t baked any bread during quarantine,unlike every other bored millennial on Instagram. “I’m a horrible cook,” he says, laughing off the very idea, on a Zoom call from a desk in a tastefully decorated, exceptionally long room in his home on Los Angeles’ west side. …