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New Music To Know This Week: Caroline Polachek Paints A Masterpiece, Gold Child ...
Courtney E. Smith
Jun 21, 2019
Music
Shakira Has The Biggest World Cup Song Of Them All. Here's How She Did It.
Courtney E. Smith
Jun 19, 2019
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Shura Goes Young Pope, Your Smith Celebrates Wild ...
Courtney E. Smith
Jun 14, 2019
Music
With High Profile Marriages & A New Album, The Jonas Brothers Ret...
Once known as the very picture of harmless, sexless pop music, the Jonas Brothers were ubiquitous in early aughts tween and teen culture. It was a big mome
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Tei Shi Goes Back To Her Roots, Blea...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Anna Akana Tells The Sad Story Of Two Women Breaking Up With "Alo...
Welcome to The Drop, Refinery29's home for music video premieres. We want to shine the spotlight on women artists whose music inspires, excites, and (
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Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landm...
It takes a specific kind of person to excel at the underrated art of sound design for a hit Broadway show. Specifically, it's a job suited for gearhea
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: King Princess Is Back, Tove Lo Isn't...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Miley Cyrus Drops
She Is Coming
EP, But We're Not Sure W...
Miley Cyrus is either carving her own path or struggling to find her voice — and it’s not clear which on her new EP, She Is Coming (yes, that’s a pla
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Courtney E. Smith
Travel
Tourists Are Defacing The Tottori Sand Dunes In Japan — & Officia...
Seeing the Tottori Sand Dunes is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. They are unique to Japan’s topography and right now, their “fumon” wave-pat
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Megan Thee Stallion Keeps It Real, B...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Billie Eilish Signed This Ukulele & It Could Be Yours
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Courtney E. Smith
Celebrity Beauty
Ahead Of The
Game Of Thrones
Finale, Maisie Williams Sho...
Waiting to see if Arya Stark wins the Game of Thrones — or Melisandre's prophecy that she'll kill Dany? While you were getting your hors d'
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Dana Williams Brings On Summer, Jozz...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
The National Added A Chorus Of Women's Voices On
I Am Easy To...
There’s an ongoing struggle for women in music to be heard. The National didn’t set out, when writing their ninth LP, I Am Easy to Find, to become thei
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Carly Rae Jepsen Is
Dedicated
, If Not Obsessed, With Eve...
If you love being and love and haven’t listened to Carly Rae Jepsen since “Call Me Maybe” in 2012, now is the time to retool your summer playlists an
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Why Hayley Williams Is Starting A "Sanctuary Of Self Love" At Bon...
Bonnaroo is a festival known as much for its outdoor camping on a functioning Tennesse farm (and the hippie vibe that comes with it) as for its performance
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know Know This Week: Australians Rock, Jamila Woods ...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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These Songs Will Show Your Mama How Much You Appreciate Her
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
The Grammys Just Appointed The First Woman President & CEO In The...
The Recording Academy, who host the Grammy Awards, are stepping up. The group's board of trustees have appointed the Academy's first ever woman P
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Ciara Wants To Level Up On
Beauty Marks
, But There Are S...
There are a few great things about getting older, especially for women. The wisdom and self-confidence that comes with age are two of them. It sounded like
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Cate Le Bon Is Like No Other, Lauren...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
US News
One Dead & 3 Injured After Shooting At California Synagogue On La...
Following a shooting at a synagogue in Poway, CA, one person is dead and three others are injured, according to San Diego County authorities, and a suspect
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Want To Hear A Woman On Country Radio? You'll Have To Sit Through...
Country music has been edging women out of the format over the last 18 years, a new report finds. It’s a problem women artists have gotten more vocal abo
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Courtney E. Smith
TV Shows
The Bachelorette
Is Doing Something Major In The Premier...
Do you ever get that feeling in the premiere episode, when the Bachelorette or Bachelor are meeting everyone for the first time, that if they could only se
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Stevie Nicks Is Getting An Honor No Woman Ever Has From The Rock ...
This weekend, Stevie Nicks will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. And the ceremony is being broadcast on HBO on Saturday, April 27. She b
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Janet Jackson Is A Rock Hall Of Famer — & Here’s How She Was A Fe...
Janet Jackson will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the 2019 class. And the ceremony is being broadcast on HBO on Saturday, April 27
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
New Music To Know This Week: Lucy Dacus On Moms, Bishat's Soulful...
Ever since my first job at MTV working as a music programmer, I can't stop trying to match people with music they might like. So, I wrote a book calle
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
Taylor Swift Is Living Out Her Busby Berkeley Dreams In "ME!"
The old Taylor Swift, from those dark and dreary reputation days, can't come to the phone right now. Why? 'Cause she's dead. And she's
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Courtney E. Smith
Music
P!nk Still Isn't Taking Any Smack Talk Or Dealing In Fake Feeling...
P!nk has worked for many years to establish her identity as an artist: she’s the left-of-center option for those who love pop hooks but don’t connect w
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Courtney E. Smith
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