Hollywood Reporter : How Hollywood Is Still Helping Ukraine (BY Kirsten Chuba) →

Checking in on the industry's aid efforts, with hands-on support from Bethenny Frankel, Hayden Panettiere, Liev Schreiber and José Andrés, four months after Russia’s invasion.

The Entertainment Industry Foundation has partnered with Dr. Irwin Redlener and Karen Redlener for the Ukraine Children’s Action Project to address the needs of more than 150,000 Ukrainian young people displaced in their own country. Michael Keaton and Joan Baez are among those on the UCAP’s advisory committee, as Irwin Redlener promises: “We will stick with this work for as long as it takes. Right now we need everyone’s support.”

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Newswires EIN : Iconic Actor Michael Keaton and Singer Joan Baez Join New Initiative to Support Children Impacted by War in Ukraine →

The Ukraine Children’s Action Project will provide urgently needed mental-health and school support for children who have fled combat zones in Ukraine. UCAP was founded by Dr. Irwin Redlener and Karen Redlener, leading public health advocates for children. Its advisory committee includes well-known professionals in education, media, government and entertainment, including actor Michael Keaton and singer-songwriter and human-rights advocate Joan Baez.

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Rolling Stone : Hear Christine and the Queens’ French Pop Perfection on Reunion Song ‘Je Te Vois Enfin’ (by Kory Grow) →

Christine and the Queens have released the spiritual sequel to their 2020-defining “People, I’ve Been Sad”: “Je Te Vois Enfin” whose title translates to “I Finally See You.” The track, which Chris sings entirely in French, is more upbeat than “People” with jittery synths soundtracking her layered vocals. Some of the lyrics translate to “My love rhymes with always” and “Oh, my love, here you are/I finally see you.”

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NPR : Eats and Beats: Gov’t Mule moves forward by stepping back into the blues (by Ryan Heinsius) →

Acclaimed rockers Gov't Mule released "Heavy Load Blues" in November 2021. It's their first album devoted solely to the blues and emerged from downtime during the pandemic. They recorded it simultaneously with another album that'll be released in the next year. According to frontman Warren Haynes (far right), the band spent afternoons working on their regular Gov't Mule album and then at night transitioned to a small adjacent room to record blues songs using small amplifiers in very close proximity to each other in order to get a grittier, more vintage sound.

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Houston Press : Steely Dan Still Shining, Still Reelin' in the Years (by Tom Richards) →

Always keeping a low profile, never appearing in gossip columns, and definitely not wrecking any hotel rooms, Becker and Fagen minded their own business, cranking out songs that merged rock and pop with a heavy dose of jazz, coupled with lyrics that might be called subversive. They were, as Rolling Stone termed them, “the thinking fan’s top 40 band.”

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Shorefire : Ibrahim Maalouf & Angélique Kidjo Fuse Middle Eastern and African Cultures On Soaring, All-Original New Album Inspired By The Myth Of Queen of Sheba →

May 31, 2022 – Ibrahim Maalouf and Angélique Kidjo have announced that their new album Queen Of Sheba will be released June 24. While these two superstars of international music have collaborated before, this is their very first album together.

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Hurryiet Daily News : Punk laureate Patti Smith granted France’s highest honor →

On May 21, the 75-year-old rock legend made good on that promise, as France’s ambassador to the United States Philippe Etienne bestowed her with the Legion d’Honneur, his country’s highest order of merit. “It’s an indescribable honor, I understand the gravity of it,” she told AFP backstage, after delivering a spirited performance alongside her daughter Jesse on piano and her long-time collaborator and guitarist Lenny Kaye.

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Far Out Magazine : U2 in Ukraine: Bono and The Edge play 'freedom' concert in Kyiv metro (by Eoghan Lyng) →

U2 songwriters Bono and The Edge performed a pastoral set in Ukraine, setting up in one of Kyiv’s subway stations, now doubling as a bomb shelter, on the invitation from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

“The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom,” U2 vocalist Bono told the audience, veteran soldiers included. “We pray that you will enjoy some of that peace soon.”

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