Today in History

By The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2019 GMT

Today in History

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2019. There are 343 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, legalized abortions using a trimester approach. Former President Lyndon B. Johnson died at his Texas ranch at age 64.

On this date:

In 1498, during his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus arrived at the present-day Caribbean island of St. Vincent.

Dylan, Kesha change pronouns in songs to honor LGBTQ couples

By MESFIN FEKADUApril 5, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan, Kesha and St. Vincent have reimagined popular love songs to honor the LGBTQ community, and the singers are doing it by switching pronouns.

The six-song album, "Universal Love," was released digitally Thursday and includes Benjamin Gibbard of alternative band Death Cab for Cutie, singer-songwriter Valerie June and Kele Okereke of the indie rock group Bloc Party.

The Weeknd, Bruno Mars to headline Lollapalooza in Chicago

March 21, 2018 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White and Arctic Monkeys will headline this year's Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago.

Travis Scott, The National, Vampire Weekend and Odesza also were among the performers announced Wednesday morning on Lollapalooza's website . More than 180 acts will play on eight stages Aug. 2-5 in Chicago's lakefront Grant Park.

Monk ready to call St. Vincent spiritual home for good

By STEPHEN HUBA, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewMay 16, 2017 GMT

LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Brother Matt Hershey is mature enough in his Catholic faith to know that rock 'n' roll won't save his soul.

But it was a rock band that first brought him to St. Vincent College, starting him on a seven-year journey toward becoming a Benedictine monk.

Hershey, then a student at Franciscan University of Steubenville, came to St. Vincent in 2006 to see the band Wilco in concert. Now he's ready to call St. Vincent his spiritual home for good.

Review: ‘Contemporary Color’ is a hypnotic concert film

By LINDSEY BAHRFebruary 22, 2017 GMT

In 2015, former Talking Heads front man David Byrne staged an unconventional show in which he paired up 10 contemporary musicians and performers with color guard teams — those baton and saber twirling staples of small town parades and high school football games. The musicians, including the likes of St. Vincent, Lucius, Ad-Rock, Zola Jesus and Nelly Furtado, composed original songs that the color guard teams then used to choreograph a corresponding routine. The unique spectacle, which took place at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, is chronicled with experimental verve in the documentary "Contemporary Color ," from filmmaking brothers Bill and Turner Ross.