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Dolly Parton’s performance of ‘Bury Me Beneath The Willow’ makes Stephen Colbert cry watch
Dolly Parton has reduced Stephen Colbert to tears with an impromptu performance of bluegrass standard ‘Bury Me Beneath The Willow’. The country legend, who was a guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert this week, was discussing her new book Songteller and upcoming Christmas album before she launched into song. READ MORE: The Big Read – Dolly Parton: “I take care of business” In the clip, Colbert begins to cry while Parton sings small passages from the classic. “I better hush before you cry yourself to death and you can’t finish the show,” Parton says at one point. Advertisement Colbert...
Dorian Electra, Memelord And Gender Destroyer, Will Fuck The World
By Eli Enis Where to begin? There’s the unexpected collaborations: My Agenda, the second album from experimental pop maximalist Dorian Electra, features disco legends the Village People owning the hook of a song describing gay frogs. They share space with the viral superstar Rebecca Black, who croons about converting fuckboys into simps. Then there’s the sound: a dizzying hodge-podge of dubstep thumps, black metal shrieks, and baroque keys, with surprisingly radio-ready lyrics satirizing far-right ideologies culled from the web’s darkest corners with an enigmatic blend of earnestness and absurdist humor. And, of course, there’s the artist themself. The 28-year-old...
The Vamps Channeled Elton John And Boxing Sweat For Cherry Blossom
Past the fuzzy guitar and pounding drums of The Vamps’s lightheaded love ode “Married in Vegas” lies a secret weapon: a dialed-up piano part that marks the chorus as a secondary hook. Its music-hall glee is reminiscent of Elton John, and the colorful line is just a taste of the patchwork at play on the British group’s eclectic new Cherry Blossom album. “This is a body of work that we’ve never really done in this way before,” guitarist James McVey told MTV News on a recent call with the full band. “Effectively, half of it’s being produced by the...
Little Mix Return From ‘Holiday’ To Host The 2020 MTV EMA
Consider the “Holiday” over, because Little Mix are back in business as your hostesses for the 2020 MTV European Music Awards. They will also bring a special performance of “Sweet Melody” off their forthcoming album, Confetti. The British pop group — Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Leigh-Anne Peacock — shared the news on Tuesday (October 20) with an animated superhero-style clip on their Instagram. “The world needs joy and music,” a thematic jingle sings, as a rendering of Peacock grasps a magical microphone, which lets off a pink blast into an electrified EMA logo. “Who’s gonna bring the fun? Little...
Omer Fedi Is The Guitar-Pop Prodigy Behind 24kGoldn And Machine Gun Kelly
By Ethan Shanfeld Behind today’s top hits is a 20-year-old guitar prodigy from Tel Aviv named Omer Fedi. The multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter has topped the Billboard charts and worked with pop royalty from Lil Nas X to Machine Gun Kelly. But just over four years ago, Fedi moved to Los Angeles with no connections to the industry, at a time he could barely speak English, with one singular goal: “I wanna make my friends the biggest artists in the world,” he tells MTV News, casually pacing around his Bel Air home. Fedi started playing drums before he could...
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard share raw files for new single ‘Automation’
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have shared raw audio stems and video footage for their new single ‘Automation’, inviting fans to create their own remix and music video. The raw files are hosted on the band’s website via a torrent magnet link, with the video and audio links including the band’s own version of the track alongside its individual components. The band’s version of ‘Automation’ has not been released on streaming services. In a post announcing the release, the band tipped their hat to Grimes for the idea – a reference to the singer sharing the stems and...
Steve Perry refutes story he started crying when Eddie Van Halen got guacamole on his jacket
Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has clarified his side of a long-circulated story that re-emerged following the death of Eddie Van Halen earlier this month. As the story goes, while Van Halen and Journey were on tour together in 1978, the legendary guitarist got so frustrated with bandmate David Lee Roth he threw a bowl of guacamole at him. That guac missed Roth, however, and instead hit Perry, covering his favourite satin jacket. Apparently, the incident upset Perry so much he began to cry. Getting a lot of people wondering if this is actually true. VH’s manager told the...
Patti Smith appears on ‘WTF with Marc Maron’
Patti Smith is the latest high-profile guest to appear on the ‘WTF with Marc Maron’ podcast, in support of the paperback release of her 2019 book The Year of the Monkey. As Maron is at pains to mention, the interview was Smith’s first ever Zoom call. She reflected on her arrival to New York in the 1960s, particularly her stint living at the Chelsea Hotel. “At any given moment, Janis Joplin, the Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix – all these people would walk in and the only thing that separated us was that they had bigger rooms or more money...
Courtney Barnett, Amyl and The Sniffers announced for new compilation ‘Hands Off!’
Courtney Barnett, Amyl and The Sniffers, Kathleen Hanna, Palehound, KO Newborn and more will feature on a new cassette compilation titled ‘Hands Off!’. The compilation was created in response to the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the now-defunct label, Burger Records. READ MORE: The sexism scandal at Burger Records proves that indie music culture needs to be detoxified ‘Hands Off!’ is curated and produced by Miss Alex White of White Mystery, May McDonough of Psychedelic Cherry, LG from Thelma and the Sleaze, and Charlie Kaplan of Tapehead City. Find the full list of participating artists below. Advertisement In...Recent Posts
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