Every week, The Boot highlights recent favorites from country, Americana, folk and everything in between. In every list, you’ll find picks from our contributing team that we think you’ll love. Keep reading to check out the latest installment of The Boot’s Weekly Picks. Aybil “American Body” Aybil unpacks centuries of racial persecution against Black Americans on this haunting
There are hit Broadway musicals, and then there’s Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. The hip hop take on America’s founding has become a global sensation, and was shared with even more people thanks to the filmed performance on Disney+. Hamilton is still running on the Great White Way, and current cast member Nik Walker is super psyched
Bonnie Raitt has announced her first new album in six years. Just Like That…, the follow-up to 2016’s Dig in Deep, is slated for release on April 22 via Redwing. Today, Raitt has previewed the record with a new single called ‘Made Up Mind’, which you can check out below. Raitt recorded her new album
Bronny James isn’t just following in his father’s footsteps on the basketball court … he’s also inherited pops business acumen — the high school phenom just landed a deal with PSD underwear, and will release a signature collection later this year. LeBron James‘ oldest son — who has ambitions of playing in the NBA one
If you’re fired up about book challenges and want to do one actionable thing about it that requires little more than a few minutes of time, this one’s for you. One of the several possible ways to fight book challenges is being tuned into your local school and library boards. School boards tend to be
A list of organizations providing support as war breaks out with Russia. By Grant Rindner February 24, 2022 A person holds a sign that reads “Stop War Help Ukraine” during a “Stand With Ukraine” rally at the Russian Mission on February 24, 2022 in New York City. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images The Russian military invasion of
Play video content TMZ.com Sharon Osbourne wouldn’t go back to CBS if they unloaded a Brinks truck in front of her house … because the bad blood is still boiling. Sharon and Ozzy were at Erewhon market in L.A. Thursday, and our photog asked the question lots of folks want to know … Whoopi Goldberg’s
As you may recall, The Sexton Single Malt became an official partner of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” last year, and this year we’re getting a “Walking Dead”-branded whiskey! In collaboration with AMC Networks and “The Walking Dead,” The Sexton® Single Malt has unveiled an exclusive, co-branded bottle to commemorate the final season of the show. “Featuring a
Although Bill Monroe deserves the “Father of Bluegrass” moniker for popularizing a new interpretation of very old folk sounds, one game-changing bandleader does not a genre make. Bluegrass doesn’t become its own thing apart from country music over time without other ground-setting pickers following Monroe’s lead. That first wave of Monroe devotees included his former
Benjamin Tod’s Lost Dog Street Band was born out of freedom: the idea that an artist with a guitar can go anywhere, at anytime, and earn a living singing their songs. When the Tennessee songwriter was just 13, Tod began playing music for tips on the sidewalks of Nashville. It was an education in resourcefulness,
Wall Street Journal reporter Erich Schwartzel’s book, Red Carpet: Hollywood, China and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, warns in its prologue: “China’s pressure on Hollywood and its own entertainment industry have the potential to challenge the American film industry as the chief narrator of the twenty-first century.” The book overall looks at the history
The Weeknd’s ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez posted a surprise Instagram in support of The Weeknd’s rumored new girlfriend Simi Khadra and her twin sister Haze Khadra this afternoon, signaling she has no issue with Simi’s new relationship. “Since 2013 💙,” Gomez wrote, posing alongside the twins. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able
Be prepared for the unbelievable on the second round of semi-finals on TBS’s Go-Big Show. There will be heights and dirt bikes and other feats of physical and adrenalizing extremes. TV Fanatic is pleased to present to you two of the most mind-blowing acts on tonight’s docket. There’s something about fire and the Go-Big Show.
COURTESY OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES The first image of Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer has been released by Universal Pictures. “Oppenheimer” marks the first collaboration between Universal and director Christopher Nolan, and is set for a July 21, 2023, theatrical release. Known as the “father of the atomic bomb,” Oppenheimer was head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and helmed
Fifty-three years ago today, on Feb. 24, 1969, Johnny Cash recorded his At San Quentin album. The 10-song project, which was released on June 4, 1969, was recorded live at the San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. Cash first performed at San Quentin State Prison on Jan. 1, 1959. The country icon had been arrested several times,
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Sean Penn is in the thick of the Russian invasion of Ukraine … and he’s filming a documentary the Ukrainians say will tell the world the truth about what’s going down. Sean popped up Thursday in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, after the Russians invaded … and Ukraine’s government says Penn is there to capture
Alice Glass uses her solo debut as a means of exorcising trauma. That much is evident even if you haven’t followed her story since she left the electronic punk duo Crystal Castles in 2014; three years later, the Canadian artist born Margaret Osborn issued a statement detailing prolonged sexual, physical, and mental abuse at the
A couple of days ago I wrote an article here at Mysterious Universe on the matter of the late author Mac Tonnies and his theories on what he termed the Cryptoterrestrials. As I said in the previous article about the mysterious beings: “If you don’t know them, it basically like this: that the UFO phenomenon
The next “The Walking Dead” spinoff series from AMC is an anthology titled “Tales of the Walking Dead,” and we’ve learned this week that Olivia Munn (The Predator) has signed on. Variety reports that Olivia Munn has joined the cast alongside Danny Ramirez (The Falcon & The Winter Soldier), Loan Chabanol (Fading Gigolo), Embeth Davidtz
Priyanka Chopra‘s finally speaking out about that awkward encounter with Rosie O’Donnell, — and a subsequent apology — and it’s clear she’s offended Rosie couldn’t even say her name. ICYMI … Rosie posted a video talking about running into Priyanka and Nick Jonas at Nobu in Malibu, where she embarrassingly claimed she knew Priyanka’s father,
Experimental indie duo Lucius have teamed up with two of Americana’s biggest names for their latest record. Produced by Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile, their fourth studio album Second Nature is due out on April 8. “White Lies,” the band’s latest single from the project, gives fans a stark, emotive preview of what’s to come. Members Jess Wolfe and Holly
Director Christopher Nolan and actor Cillian Murphy go way back, with the former having first cast the latter as Dr. Jonathan Crane, a.k.a. The Scarecrow, in 2005’s Batman Begins. However, the upcoming Oppenheimer finally sees Murphy getting to do something he’s never done in a Nolan-helmed movie before: play the lead role. Murphy is starring
Australian art-pop artist Montaigne, who represented her home country at the Eurovision Song Contest last year, has teamed up with David Byrne for a new track called ‘Always Be You’. The single comes paired with a video from directors Nick Ward and Jacinthe Lau. Watch and listen below. Speaking about the collaboration in a press
Let’s set the scene: you walk into a used bookstore that is covered in piles of books on every surface. You spend a leisurely hour browsing through, carefully shifting stacks and flipping through pages to see which books will be coming home with you. You select a few books you’ve heard good things about, and
A recent addition to the cast of the hit Hulu series Only Murders in the Building, Cara Delevingne isn’t allowed to reveal much about her character. We only know a name—Alice—and a job description: She’s described as a “sophisticated art world insider who becomes enmeshed in the mystery.” But what the British model and actress
The rapper unveiled his theoretically forthcoming album at Miami’s LoanDepot Park. By Grant Rindner February 23, 2022 Kanye attends the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week.Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Last night, hearing Kanye West’s upcoming Donda 2 didn’t require a $200 device—all you needed was an internet connection
Before this bouncing little boy with piercing blue eyes was shooting looks into the lens’ of big-name Hollywood productions, he was just another cute little kid with a bright future growing up in Germany before growing up stateside in Maryland. If you need some more help taking a guess at the strapping young man in
Thirty years ago today (Feb. 24), Vince Gill left Los Angeles with two more trophies to add to his fast-growing collection. It was on that day in 1992 that the singer won twice at the 35th annual Grammy Awards, for Best Country Song and Best Male Country Vocal Performance, for his tune “I Still Believe in