The Irish bluesman delivers an unforgettable collection of music, emotion and hard-earned wisdom on his album released through Tribeca Records. There are singers who perform the blues, and then there are artists who make you believe every word they sing. Paddy Smith belongs to that rare second group. With his album Could Have Found Grace,
In October, Toro y Moi premiered the supposedly one-off, piano-driven single “Proof.” Turns out it’s part of a new self-produced album called Unusua. Not much is known about the seven-track LP, which quietly appeared on Chaz Bear’s Bandcamp page in recent days, but Pitchfork has confirmed it’s out November 20. You can listen to “Proof”
There was no sign of Brand the comedian or Brand the YouTuber when the defendant took to the witness stand—though he did begin his testimony defiantly, answering the first question with a “No” so loud he seemed to shock even himself. From then on, he diminuendoed so far that the judge jumped in: “You are
The Bank of England announced its first interest rate hike in over three years on Thursday, raising its key rate by 25 basis points to 4%. The widely anticipated move marked the bank’s first hike since Aug. 2023, and made it the last major central bank to embark on a tightening cycle since the U.S.


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Asador Etxebarri The world’s most coveted dinner reservation just got a little more complicated. Asador Etxebarri, the Basque restaurant where chef-owner Victor Arguinzoniz has built an international following around his mastery of cooking with fire, has been named The World’s Best Restaurant 2026. If a trip to Spain wasn’t already on your agenda, consider this
As President Donald Trump campaigned for the nation’s highest office in 2024, he regularly blamed Democrats for the country’s economic anxiety. During campaign stops across the U.S., Trump frequently asked voters if they were better off than they were four years prior. At the time, his message appeared to land: In an election centered on
In other news, Ye is staging a comeback Yeezy show in Los Angeles tonight at the brand’s flagship—keep an eye out tomorrow for a report from my Angeleno colleague Maxwell Adler. Congratulations are in order for Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry, who is having a great week after running the New York City Marathon on Sunday, posting
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Whenever I see one of Matt Damon’s daughters in an interview with him, I just wait for them to roast him about something. He shares four daughters (Alexia, Isabella, Gia, and Stella) with his wife, Luciana Barroso, and they never
This is Lorelei dropped by the Santa Monica public radio station KCRW today to perform five songs from his latest album The Singer in My Band. Accompanied by a four-piece band of bassist Al Nardo, keyboardist Bailey Wollowitz, and drummer Cameron Wisch, he played “I Will Eat My Heart in the Morning Light,” “Billy Came
China Miéville has won this year’s Goldsmiths Prize for his novelThe Rouse. The Goldsmiths Prize, launched in 2013 “to reward fiction that breaks the mold or extends the possibilities of the novel form,” has been previously awarded to Ali Smith, Kevin Barry, Eimear McBride, and Rachel Cusk, among others. It comes with a £10,000 purse
EXCLUSIVE: Wind of Change, the Fox Entertainment Global and Ali Afshar ESX Entertainment feature production about German rock band Scorpions we first reported, is now getting a theatrical release via Roadside Attractions in North America in March 2027. The U.S. debut will follow the film’s January 2027 theatrical release in the band’s native Germany, distributed


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Pope Leo XIV granted Bob Dylan a private audience at the Vatican this morning (November 4), further cementing his downtown bona fides after welcoming Patti Smith in July. Dylan, the mythically private and fuss-refusing Nobel laureate, wore a black hoodie, hood up—seemingly held aloft by a black baseball cap—for the occasion, in evidence in a
The electoral sweep by Democrats on Tuesday night injects a new, unstable dynamic into the single biggest political risk to financial markets in the coming year: the debt limit. Unless a defeated Republican Party makes a swift and unlikely show of unity to take the issue off the table in its last few weeks in
Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO and former intimate of President Donald Trump’s, may have ever so slightly eroded his 14 (that we know of) children’s inheritances during the 2026 midterm elections, spending $474 million (of his estimated $901.7 billion bankroll) on Republican campaigns across the US. But as Election Day continued across the country, the
“20 minutes or so I spoke to Senator Collins and I thanked her for her service to Maine,” Jackson said. “I wished her and her family well.” “To every Mainer who voted for her or supported her, you can count on me to be your senator now.” Elsewhere in Maine, Democrats kept the governor’s office
Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Director Christopher Nolan is the rare unicorn filmmaker who can draw audiences to the theater and bring in the kind of box office numbers that every major movie studio dreams of. Seeing a Nolan movie feels like special event viewing,
Share The Article Over 40 European countries and something like 200 cities in, I’ve got a pretty good feel of what works for me, and what rubs me up the wrong way as far as Euro getaways go. Hard nos: Overpriced experiences you can definitely get for cheaper, and arguably better, in lesser-known dupes Ridiculously-crowded
Job openings surged in September, as did the number of workers who quit their positions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, while hiring also rose and layoffs dropped. In its monthly look at labor market slack and worker mobility, the BLS reported job openings at 7.52 million, up 333,000 from August and well above
Share The Article Many of us have been there. You find a killer winter flight deal to a tropical island, you go to book it, and then you realize your passport expired three months ago. Panic sets in instantly. Expedited passport fees cost a fortune and take weeks to process. But you don’t actually need
“Look, when you’re making a documentary about influencers, it’s very hard for the documentary itself not to become caught up in that [world],” she says, clarifying that Clavicular was never the documentary’s focus. “We were looking to spend time and actually understand these guys—not just as outrageous human beings, but what is driving them? Where
EXCLUSIVE: Disrupt Entertainment has acquired all North American distribution rights to North African superhero picture Atoman ahead of an international sales push for the film at the AFM. The Pennsylvania-based company is gearing up to rollout the picture theatrically on at least 100 screens in early 2027 through AMC Theatres and other exhibitors. The sci-fi
SIPS Drinkery House, The World’s Best Bar of 2023, is taking over VISTA Cocktail Lounge at Caesars Palace through December 31, painted glasses and herb-filled eggs included. At a Glance SIPS Drinkery House pop-up · VISTA Cocktail Lounge, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas · October 31–December 31, 2026 · 16 cocktails, including SIPS signatures and drinks
With less than a week’s warning, Saya Gray has shared the third entry in her series of work-in-progress Qwerty EPs. The 7-track Qwerty III is the sequel to 2024’s Qwerty II and 2023’s Qwerty. You can stream it below. “Q EPs are experiments between projects,” Gray elaborated in a statement accompanying the release. “The throwaways.
Fanfiction writers and readers are mourning. Archive of Our Own, or AO3, had to shut down without warning due to a hacking event. The site that boasts 11 million registered users and 18 million works of fanfic might be down for weeks. Fanfiction readers are legion, and these works have become a major force in
Still cruising through the promo circuit behind his June album Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me, Kurt Vile appeared on last night’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “99 BPM.” Watch him stage a masterclass in the understated shred below. Vile is gearing up for the latest North American leg of his
Photo of Wideman and Trethewey credit: Beowulf Sheehan and Jasmina Tomic The following is an edited transcript of Natasha Trethewey’s remarks at the second annual Harper’s Magazine Awards Ceremony, where John Edgar Wideman was honored with the Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence. The ceremony was held on Monday, October 26, 2026, at the
Share The Article Few destinations make Americans dream quite like the Caribbean. Be it for the postcard-ready white-sand beaches, the turquoise seas that hug them, or all the endless hours of sunshine you get, the tropical hotspot is known for being the average U.S. traveler’s preferred vacation hotspot. We’ve all heard of Cancun and its
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