St. Vincent Brings the Sounds of the ’70s Home on a Mellower, Emotionally Richer ‘Daddy’s Home’: Album Review

Chris Willman Music WriterIt might be premature to proclaim Allison Russell’s solo debut the album of the year — some of her collaborators and boosters have their records that may merit being in the running, of thousands forthcoming — but “Outside Child” sure has the inside track.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt is no small understatement to say that David Bowie was at a creative crossroads in 1970 — one that was baffling, possibly even to himself.He began the year essentially as a folksinger coming off of his elaborate first hit, “Space Oddity,” releasing a fey love song to his wife-to-be, Angela (“The Prettiest Star”) before making a drastic pivot into the cerebral proto-heavy metal of “The Man Who Sold the World” album; then closed it out with an odd, hippie-inflected

A.D. Amorosi Posthumous albums, especially ones that were all-or-mostly completed before the artist’s death, are nearly always bittersweet, providing a look not only at what was lost but also what might have been.

Florida is scheduled to kickoff the Southeastern Conference’s game of the week slate on CBS on Sept. 15.The network announced on Wednesday several kickoff times and dates for the upcoming college football season.Air Force at Navy will be its first game of the season on Sept.

Roger Hawkins was a drummer with the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, who played on hits including Aretha Franklin’s (1942–2018) “Respect.”Hawkins began playing with the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section – also known as the Swampers – in the 1960s. As session musicians, their names weren’t well known, and they often weren’t even credited on the records they played for, but their sound became influential and was heard on many Top 40 hits.

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three rape charges that were brought against him in June 2020.Charlaine F. Olmedo, a judge at the Los Angeles County Superior Court, heard the testimonies of Masterson’s three accusers at a preliminary hearing on Friday (May 21).

Travis Baker‘s daughter Alabama made new claims about her relationship with her mother, Shanna Moakler, during her Friday, May 21, Instagram Live. The 15-year-old addressed her fans during the Live session, and alleged that she hasn’t seen her mom, 46, in more than half a year. “If you guys support [Shanna], you can’t — you’re saying, ‘Don’t disrespect the person who gave you life,’ but the woman that gave me life isn’t in my life,” the teen said, per Daily Mail.

Chris Willman Music WriterBlake Shelton doesn’t seem particularly gaunt at any given time, but weightlessness may be the term that best applies to “Body Language,” his first all-new album in four years.

Age Don’t Mean a Thing and 2017’s critically acclaimed, tongue-in-cheek Goin’ Platinum, seems far from ready to slow down.His latest collection of songs, Sharecropper’s Son (★★★★☆), is steeped in blues and soul tradition, bringing a whole lifetime of performance and love of southern musical tradition to bear on an album that brilliantly showcases all of Finley’s strengths.Sharecropper’s Son is autobiographical in nature, inspired by the musician’s upbringing in the rural Jim Crow South.

Chris Willman Music WriterChances are that, on the first or second listen, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, “Sour,” will remind you of Billie Eilish’s own freshman effort from a little over two years ago. It’s not so much that, at 18, Rodrigo is still young enough to count a 19-year-old as an influence — although you do get the distinct impression at times that she’s taken a few lessons from Eilish to go along with the many, many pieces of homework she’s taken home from Taylor Swift.

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This mother-daughter feud doesn’t show any signs of resolving any time soon.

Kourtney Kardashian may be caught up in all kinds of drama with Travis Barker’s ex Shanna Moakler, but that hasn’t stopped her from stepping up for his kids.