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How Adam Levine Took Control of His Career After Manager’s Tragic Death

BY CHAUNCE HAYDEN It’s easy to forget that Maroon 5 launched around the turn of the millennium, in part because the band is having its best year yet in 2018, between the one-two punch of singles “What Lovers Do” featuring SZA and “Girls Like You” with Cardi B, and an invitation to perform at the

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MEL B

Back in the ’90s, when the Spice Girls were hot, Melanie Brown, aka Mel B, was known around the world as Scary Spice. But Brown’s life became truly scary a couple of decades later, when, as a mother of three daughters trapped in an allegedly abusive marriage to second husband Stephen Belafonte, she attempted suicide.Before

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Kurt Cobain

declares white men can’t rap in unearthed recording… Kurt Cobain made no apologies for his hot take on white-washed rap. In a recently unearthed 1991 radio interview with University of Western Ontario student Robert Lorusso, the grunge icon detailed his struggle to embrace what he considered to be a “misogynist” genre. “I’m really not that

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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD KEEPS 60s COUNTERCULTURE IN ITS SIGHTS

You might hear Chris Robinson sing about the cryptic ramblings of a Tarot character or a “sweet sister” who “rolls her own.” But you probably won’t witness Robinson, who rose to fame fronting the Black Crowes, spewing political commentary. At least not on stage. “I keep being positive, I keep thinking there’s a sour-faced, hate-filled,

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THIS GUY WENT FROM HOMELESS TO TOP OF THE MUSIC CHARTS AT 66

Five years ago, Queens native Doug Seegers was a homeless country musician busking on the streets of Nashville. That’s when a Swedish documentary crew filmed him singing his rueful song “Going Down to the River” and booked him a recording session at Johnny Cash’s old studio. Now Seegers, 66, is one of Scandinavia’s biggest stars:

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A Brief History of Willie Nelson & Frank Sinatra’s Bromance

On September 14th, Willie Nelson will release My Way, an album-length tribute to Frank Sinatra. While the concept of a Sinatra tribute LP isn’t new, Nelson’s approach is: He finds new, inventive ways to phrase songs like “Summer Wind” and “My Way,” both in his vocal melodies and with his famous gut-stringed acoustic, Trigger. “I

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