For most of his career, George Strait has never needed elaborate speeches to explain what matters to him. The cowboy hat, the quiet smile and the songs have usually been enough. But on December 4, 2021, during his Strait to Vegas show at T-Mobile Arena, the King of Country allowed thousands of fans to witness…
For Paul McCartney fans, a new album is already an event. But this week, the celebration surrounding The Boys of Dungeon Lane has taken an especially colorful turn. McCartney’s official channels have launched a special “Trivia Tuesday” competition offering one lucky fan the chance to win what can fairly be called the ultimate collector’s bundle:…
For more than sixty years, Barbra Streisand has seemed almost inseparable from motion — another recording, another film, another creative idea, another cause she felt compelled to speak about. At 84, however, a deeply emotional story circulating online is presenting a quieter picture of the entertainment legend. The account claims that her only son, Jason…
At 84, Barbra Streisand could easily allow six decades of music, film and awards to speak for her. But a dramatic story circulating online imagines the legendary performer doing the opposite: confronting Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, pulling her music and collaborations from Amazon over what the story describes as his political alignment with Donald Trump,…
By the end of 1966, Barbra Streisand was already living a life that seemed almost impossibly large for someone only 24 years old. Broadway audiences had fallen in love with her as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, her records had established her as one of America’s most distinctive new voices, and her first television special,…
Bonnie Raitt was supposedly there to do what she has done for more than five decades: walk onto a stage with a guitar, sing a song and leave people feeling something. But according to a dramatic story now circulating online, an appearance described as taking place at a World Energy Forum became something very different….
For Bonnie Raitt, the road to becoming one of America’s most respected musicians was never built around chasing trophies. It began with a guitar, a fascination with the blues and the determination of a young California woman who entered a musical world where female guitarists were still too often treated as exceptions. More than five…
After years of hoping to bring Bonnie Raitt to its stage, the Levitt Pavilion in Westport, Connecticut finally got its wish on August 9, 2026 — and the result was the kind of summer evening that reminded everyone why some artists become more meaningful with time. The annual gala concert sold out quickly, filling the…
For Rolling Stones fans, the Mick Taylor years remain almost sacred territory. Between 1969 and 1974, the young blues guitarist helped shape a period that produced some of the band’s most celebrated music, bringing a fluid, melodic style that sounded dramatically different from Keith Richards’ raw, rhythm-driven attack. Yet decades after Taylor walked away from…
For more than six decades, the Rolling Stones have carried America inside their music. Long before stadiums, private jets and worldwide fame, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were English teenagers fascinated by American blues, rhythm and blues and the rock ’n’ roll records arriving from across the Atlantic. America was never simply another market for…