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Foo Fighters, Jimmy Buffett, New Kids on the Block to Headline Fenway Sessions Livestream
Foo Fighters, Jimmy Buffett, New Kids on the Block, Jefferson Starship are among the band who will play the Fenway Sessions, which will benefit the Red Sox Fund and Live Nation’s Crew Nation charity which provides assistance to touring and venue staff. The event will take place this Wednesday, July 22 at 7:05 pm EST. It will be hosted by Will Dailey. Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl have popped up at a number of these streaming benefit events in recent months. The band recently celebrated their 25th anniversary earlier this month, and Grohl reflected on his memories of how he went from Nirvana’s “fifth drummer” to a star in his own right. He has appeared with Paul McCartney on the Preservation Jazz Hall’s livestream last month, surprised a New York City-area nurse with a tender version of “Ever...
The 50 Best Songs of 2020 (So Far)
Great songs have a freedom that albums don’t because great songs only have to pull off their trick once. It’s like how a great SNL sketch can be a terrible movie or why Vine was an underrated miracle of online comedy. Sometimes an artist can get a lot more done in miniature. When people say that no one listens to albums anymore, they’re obviously mistaken, but they mean that no one listens to certain kinds of albums anymore. They won’t wait to get to the good part, and an industry that’s been padding out their wares for decades has had to adapt to a new reality where the customer is always dope. From Hailey Whitters to Hayley Williams, from King Von to Christine and the Queens, here’s a supercut of just the good parts: The songs that have challenged and delighted and comforted us through a...
