Daniel Johnston, a singer-songwriter and visual artist whose childlike, haunted songs brought him acclaim as one of Americaâs most gifted outsider voices, was found dead Wednesday morning at his home in Waller, Texas, outside Houston. He was 58.
The producers of Woodstock 50, the troubled anniversary festival, have secured a last-minute deal to put on their show â or at least a version of it â in Maryland, after months of legal and permit battles in upstate New York that had left the event in grave doubt.
The producers of Woodstock 50, the troubled anniversary festival, have secured a last-minute deal to put on their show â or at least a version of it â in Maryland, after months of legal and permit battles in upstate New York that had left the event in grave doubt.
Two big new albums come out, and as they race to No. 1, each garners an almost equal number of streams. Which one triumphs? This week, T-shirts, faux campaign signs and an energy drink may have mattered as much as the music.
Bobby Hall, the rapper known as Logic, already went to No. 1 once this year, with his debut novel, âSupermarket,â topping The New York Timesâ paperback trade fiction list. Now he has a chart-topping album as well, as âConfessions of a Dangerous Mindâ becomes Logicâs third No. 1 at Billboard.
Woodstock 50, the planned 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival, has survived another day, with a victory in a New York court Wednesday. But the festival still faces steep hurdles to proceed as intended in August.
It was supposed to be the golden anniversary of the most famous rock concert in history, the event that crystallized in mud the free-love 1960s and the drawing power of a new generation of music stars.
It was supposed to be the golden anniversary of the most famous rock concert in history, the event that crystallized in mud the free-love 1960s and the drawing power of a new generation of music stars.
With its latest EP, âMap of the Soul: Persona,â Korean pop group BTS has matched a chart feat last reached by another foreign-born boy band: the Beatles.
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