Arts and Entertainment

WXPN in Philadelphia has been doing its Funky Friday for more than 30 years now, long enough that I automatically associate Fridays with soul and funk. One band I never…

The pandemic has killed off Dover's Firefly music festival, but this year The Woodlands found a replacement: Phish's four-day Mondegreen festival. There's a big difference, though. Where Firefly hosted dozens…

OK, so the election isn't being held today and a lot can change in (checks watch) 82 days. But right now the Harris/Walz ticket looks poised to crush a certain…

If whoever programmed "My Heart Will Go On" for the Trump rally is looking for more troll bait, might I suggest this as a theme song? It dates from 2006,…

The Staple Singers' first No. 1 hit, and the song they're best remembered for, didn't really have much to do with the group. Mavis Staples is the only one who…

As El Som noted in today's Open Thread, the musical highlight of Trump's sparsely attended Montana rally was the syrupy tear-jerker "My Heart Will Go On" by Céline Dion –…

Trends in popular music evolve rather slowly in modern times, which makes it harder to tell when they shift. Eleven years ago, for instance, this tune was all the rage,…

Some of the rock bands that formed in the '60s are still performing live – some are on their third or fourth farewell tour. But bands formed in the '70s…

These hot, sticky days call for tropical drinks with tiny umbrellas in them, and no tropical drink with a tiny umbrella is more popular than the piña colada – nobody…

JD Vance, the Ted Cruz of the North, did not write in his memoir that he once had sexual congress with a latex glove wedged between his couch cushions. But…

I've kept up my vaccinations, so I'm immune to Olympic fever, but as a part-time resident of Paris I've been following organizers' quixotic quest to have athletes swim in the…