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Julian Lennon, now 59 years old, never sang this song for the public until last week, when he released this video, along with this statement. He's accompanied by Nuno Bettencourt,…

Russia's unprovoked assault on Ukraine has brought about many unexpected changes. This one is minor, but it made news in the music media: It prompted Pink Floyd to record its…

Joe Biden ad-libbed nine words in his speech in Poland and pundits all weighed in, for or against. I'm only following the story by headlines, but it sounds like Joe…

As the Ukraine War grinds into its second month, this seems like a fitting commentary on Vladimir Putin's predicament. Bono wrote the song, which appeared on the band's 2000 LP…

You know how musicians can avoid being sued for copyright infringement? Ask the copyright holders for permission. That's what Ukrainian punk band Бетон, transliterated as Beton ("concrete" in Ukrainian), did…

One voice, the adage goes, makes more noise than 1,000 voices that remain silent. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor of Russian state TV's Channel One, staged a one-woman protest by interrupting…

As Americans face rising gas prices with their usual calm equanimity, a couple of slapdicks in the Middle East have decided they're going to leverage their oil supply to issue…

Everybody from pundits to peons is showing love for Voldomyr Zelenskyy, but nobody has put it better than Bon Scott and AC/DC did way back in 1976. Though it all…

A song for Ukraine, which Putin thought would crumble, lay down and die. Not so far. There have been nearly 200 covers of this song, in more than a dozen…

As might be expected, the Russian war on Ukraine has produced lots of refugees -- more than 1 million so far, according to the United Nations, about 2% of the…

Here's a symptom of climate change you don't hear about much in the States: destructive hurricane-force winter winds of more than 120 mph. There's plenty of video to prove it.…

H/t puck. I don't have to be asked twice to play the Clash. Mick Jones didn't write this song on 1982's "Combat Rock" about emigration*, but it's not quite clear…