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Jun 25, 2019

The song of the summer, “Old Town Road,” is as 2019 as it gets: It’s a bop, but it’s a hit that rose to popularity thanks to online platforms and that calls into question all conventional wisdom about race and country music. This showdown also comes amid a years-long discussion about the lack of women allowed...


Jun 17, 2019

Elton John burst onto the music scene in 1970 with his self-titled album, dominated the charts in the 1970s and ‘80s, gave us enduring songs like “Tiny Dancer” and “Your Song,” survived a classic rock ‘n’ roll rock-bottom, and became an icon. It’s a journey beautifully rendered in the new...


Jun 10, 2019

It was the 1980s, and John DeLorean was livin’ large: a supermodel wife, two children, and a swanky New York City apartment he’d bought from pal Johnny Carson. DeLorean’s lifelong dream was coming true, too, as his passion project, a gulf winged sports car, was about to be released. It was a car that would become...