[ad_1] The Justice Department plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against concert promoter Live Nation, people familiar with the investigation confirmed Tuesday. The specific allegations remain unclear, and the timing of a lawsuit is uncertain. The Justice Department declined to comment. But performers, politicians, scholars, rival promoters and other ticket sellers have argued that Live … Read more
[ad_1] Girl in Red’s new album is downright cheerful, and if that doesn’t sound quite on brand, you’re not paying attention. As the title track, “Doing It Again Baby,” unravels from an upbeat, synthy groove into a banjo-forward breakdown, those less in the know might ask: What happened to the homemade bedroom pop that launched … Read more
[ad_1] “Islander” is a tale steeped in Scottish folklore, but it’s less about traditional myths than the myths we tell ourselves. A gentle two-hander, it’s held together by a mystic strangeness and mystery that, artfully, is never fully revealed. Some of that magic is owed to the live vocal looping (recording a sound and playing … Read more
[ad_1] Sourdough is a fickle beast. Feed the starter just right and you’ll wind up with a remarkable product, airy and delicately tangy. Botch the process slightly and you’re left with a dull, depressing dough. At the Little Grand, a “pizza bar” tucked into a small alley off H Street NE, every pie is built … Read more
[ad_1] The DMV has a few big musical celebrations every year: Broccoli City for hip-hop fans, Project Glow for ravers, Annapolis Baygrass for aging hippies. But for the region’s indie crowd — and, increasingly, its pop lovers — there is no greater weekend than that of All Things Go, now in its 10th iteration, at … Read more
[ad_1] Abba’s “Dancing Queen” and Gene Autry’s “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” are among the 25 songs inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry this year. The latest inductees bring the list of titles in the registry to 650. In all, the library’s collection contains more than 4 million items. Song choices for the … Read more
[ad_1] Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the “Rust” armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for her role in the fatal shooting of the film’s cinematographer, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Monday by a New Mexico district court judge. A jury had convicted Gutierrez-Reed in March in the 2021 death of Halyna Hutchins — the first trial … Read more
[ad_1] “Unknown Soldier,” a compelling, still-new musical that had the rotten luck to premiere at Playwrights Horizons in New York in March of 2020, is less a war story than a romantic mystery spanning almost a century. If “rotten luck” sounds like a cavalier way of referring to a historic mass-casualty upheaval, that’s in keeping … Read more
[ad_1] You may know Nicholas Galitzine from the romantic comedy “Red, White and Royal Blue,” in which he plays a (handsome) British prince who struggles to reconcile his royal duties with newfound feelings for the son of the American president. Or maybe you recognize him as the (attractive) two-timing football player in the raunchy high … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish artist born to a privileged Jewish family in Warsaw. She married a handsome lawyer whom she rescued from prison during the Russian Revolution, and they both fled west, ultimately settling in Paris. There, Lempicka parlayed her formidable skills as a painter into a successful career … Read more