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CellarDweller:
Check this amazing medley out!
Vocal group Pentatonix has released this video, since we're all stuck at home, of a medley of songs that talk about 'home' and 'house'.
They each recorded their own part from their own homes.
"Break My Heart" - Dua Lipa (I should've stayed at home - 'Cause now there ain't no letting you go -Am I falling in love -With the one that could break my heart? )
"My House" - Flo Rida
"Our House" - Madness
"Our House" - Crosby Stills & Nash
"Work From Home" - Fifth Harmony
"House Party" - Sam Hunt
"Home" - Edward Sharpe
"Home" - Phillip Phillips
"Take Me Home" - Pentatonix
"Home" - Michael Bublé
"Home" - Daughtry
"Mama I'm Coming Home" - Ozzy Osbourne
"Home Sweet Home" - Motley Crue
Jeff Wrangler:
If I heard correctly this morning, the Dixie Chicks will now be just the Chicks, and Lady Antebellum will be just Lady A.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on June 26, 2020, 08:24:42 am ---If I heard correctly this morning, the Dixie Chicks will now be just the Chicks, and Lady Antebellum will be just Lady A.
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I haven't checked into the Dixie Chicks story, but I did hear that about Lady A, and even that is a problem now.
Lady Antebellum Is Now ‘Lady A.’ But So Is a Blues Singer Who’s Used the Name for 20 Years
By AMY X. WANG & ETHAN MILLMAN
Seattle blues singer Lady A had just gotten off of work on Thursday when a bombardment of phone messages from friends, fans and producers came in all shouting the same thing: Her name had been stolen.
Earlier that day, Grammy-winning country trio Lady Antebellum — whose name had been criticized for its associations with romanticized ideas of the pre-war, slavery-ridden American South — announced they were changing their name to Lady A in light of a heightened national conversation about racism. Lady Antebellum made the changes swiftly on social media and distribution platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, and the group’s website also announced their rechristening as Lady A. But according to Seattle’s Lady A, neither the band nor any members of their team reached out to her before making the change.
This Lady A — a 61-year-old black woman whose real name is Anita White — has been playing the blues under the name for more than 20 years. She began singing as a gospel performer at church and started going by Lady A for karaoke nights in the Eighties. She’s released multiple albums with the name, and on top of her day job working with Seattle Public Utilities, she’s gearing up to release another album, Lady A: Live in New Orleans, on her birthday on July 18th.
https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/lady-antebellum-lady-a-country-blues-1013919/
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on June 26, 2020, 02:16:34 pm ---Lady Antebellum Is Now ‘Lady A.’ But So Is a Blues Singer Who’s Used the Name for 20 Years
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Ooops.
CellarDweller:
Just found this online.
Dixie Chicks Change Band Name To The Chicks
June 25, 20202:37 PM ET Anastasia Tsioulcas
The country trio Dixie Chicks have changed the group's name to The Chicks in an apparent distancing from a name associated with the Confederate-era South.
The switch was not made with any kind of official announcement or explanation but simply with the release of a new song, "March March," on Thursday. Its lyrics and video reference current and past public protests involving racial justice, police brutality, gun violence, climate change and LGBTQ rights. The video compares current themes to historical fights in the U.S. for women's right to vote and the struggles for Black and LGBTQ civil rights.
The video also scrolls the names of dozens of Black victims of police brutality and those who died in apparently racially motivated confrontations, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner and Amadou Diallo. The list of names that quickly flash by goes on for more than a full minute.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/25/883328370/dixie-chicks-change-band-name-to-the-chicks
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