Seconds after Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson entered the holding room where presenters and performers at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala were to take this picture, someone became starstruck — but who that was might surprise you.
“It’s Jelly Roll!” Wilson shouted excitedly as she saw the Grammy-nominated singer-rapper. But the feeling was mutual, as Jelly Roll later murmured, if only to himself, about the surrealness of the moment. He was standing in proximity to Hanks and Wilson as Dionne Warwick sat nearby and members of Green Day were hanging out while everyone waited for one of music’s greatest architects — Davis himself — to arrive.
The interaction was just one of several “pinch-me” moments as the likes of The Isley Brothers, Maluma, Josh Groban, Lainey Wilson and many more came together to take a snapshot with Davis and commemorate the night of amazing music that was to come at the legendary party,...
“It’s Jelly Roll!” Wilson shouted excitedly as she saw the Grammy-nominated singer-rapper. But the feeling was mutual, as Jelly Roll later murmured, if only to himself, about the surrealness of the moment. He was standing in proximity to Hanks and Wilson as Dionne Warwick sat nearby and members of Green Day were hanging out while everyone waited for one of music’s greatest architects — Davis himself — to arrive.
The interaction was just one of several “pinch-me” moments as the likes of The Isley Brothers, Maluma, Josh Groban, Lainey Wilson and many more came together to take a snapshot with Davis and commemorate the night of amazing music that was to come at the legendary party,...
- 2/7/2024
- by Nekesa Mumbi Moody
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty will have a big presence during Grammy week, parlaying their nomination for best new artist into multiple performances on- and off-screen throughout the days leading up to and including the telecast. But the Grammys were destined not to be the only awards show this season that would afford them a high profile. On Monday night’s Emmys, the couple joined Charlie Puth for a properly emotional In Memoriam segment that segued from the country-soul duo offering harmonies on Puth’s elegiac “See You Again” to taking more of the lead on a balladic version of the “Friends” theme,” “I’ll Be There,” that took it from Rembrandts territory to the land of Ashford and Simpson.
And so did a significant portion of the viewing audience get in on what has sometimes seemed like the entertainment industry’s worst-kept secret: that the War and Treaty...
And so did a significant portion of the viewing audience get in on what has sometimes seemed like the entertainment industry’s worst-kept secret: that the War and Treaty...
- 1/16/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
The 75th Emmy Awards were filled with plenty of memorable moments, from historic wins to emotional tributes and a long, sultry onstage kiss. Some of them included Ali Wong and Quinta Brunson wins’ serving as Emmy milestones, Elton John joining the very elusive Egot club, and Matty Matheson getting a kiss on the mouth from The Bear co-star Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Below, The Hollywood Reporter highlights some of the night’s unforgettable moments.
Elton John Joins Egot Club
Elton John is the latest member of the Egot club, scoring his first Emmy for best variety special (live). The 2023 Emmy Awards win for the musician’s Farewell From Dodger Stadium special, which he secured during Monday night’s telecast, joins his Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. The Disney+ special chronicles the musician’s final North American show as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The tour began in 2018 and was...
Elton John Joins Egot Club
Elton John is the latest member of the Egot club, scoring his first Emmy for best variety special (live). The 2023 Emmy Awards win for the musician’s Farewell From Dodger Stadium special, which he secured during Monday night’s telecast, joins his Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. The Disney+ special chronicles the musician’s final North American show as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. The tour began in 2018 and was...
- 1/16/2024
- by Carly Thomas, Beatrice Verhoeven, Rebecca Sun and Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers took the stage at the 2023 Emmys to pay tribute to their former colleague Norman Lear, in addition to other notable television figures who passed away since the previous ceremony.
Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty — comprised of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter — performed the former’s hit 2015 song “See You Again” for the In Memoriam segment. They finished the segment with a rendition of the Friends theme song that coincided with Matthew Perry being featured as the final name in the video tribute.
In keeping with the ceremony’s theme of celebrating television reunions, Reiner and Struthers reminisced about their time together as co-stars on All in the Family, the classic CBS sitcom that debuted in 1971 and ran for nine seasons.
“There’s a Yiddish word that describes Norman’s genius — it’s ‘kochleffel,'” Reiner said. “For all you non-Jews out there,...
Charlie Puth and The War and Treaty — comprised of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter — performed the former’s hit 2015 song “See You Again” for the In Memoriam segment. They finished the segment with a rendition of the Friends theme song that coincided with Matthew Perry being featured as the final name in the video tribute.
In keeping with the ceremony’s theme of celebrating television reunions, Reiner and Struthers reminisced about their time together as co-stars on All in the Family, the classic CBS sitcom that debuted in 1971 and ran for nine seasons.
“There’s a Yiddish word that describes Norman’s genius — it’s ‘kochleffel,'” Reiner said. “For all you non-Jews out there,...
- 1/16/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Zach Bryan closed out the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival outside of Nashville with a special set that included guest appearances from Noah Kahan, the War and Treaty, and fellow headliners the Lumineers.
Kahan surprised fans near the end of Bryan’s set, slipping onto the stage to wild applause after Bryan got a few measures into the live debut of their new collaboration, “Sarah’s Place.” The track appears on Bryan’s Boys of Faith EP, a five-song collection he released last Friday, Sept. 22, in the wake of his wildly successful self-titled album,...
Kahan surprised fans near the end of Bryan’s set, slipping onto the stage to wild applause after Bryan got a few measures into the live debut of their new collaboration, “Sarah’s Place.” The track appears on Bryan’s Boys of Faith EP, a five-song collection he released last Friday, Sept. 22, in the wake of his wildly successful self-titled album,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
When Tyler Childers was named Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards, he let loose with an acceptance speech for the ages, denying the very term “Americana” and pointedly declaring himself a country artist.
“As a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel Americana ain’t no part of nothin’,” he said onstage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that year. “It is a distraction from the issues that we are facing on a bigger level as country music singers.”
Despite that sharply worded speech,...
“As a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel Americana ain’t no part of nothin’,” he said onstage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that year. “It is a distraction from the issues that we are facing on a bigger level as country music singers.”
Despite that sharply worded speech,...
- 9/21/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Husband-and-wife duo the War and Treaty stopped by the Jennifer Hudson Show Thursday to perform their “Have You a Heart,” the closing track on their recently released major label debut Lover’s Game.
Prior to the performance, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sat down with J-Hud, who revealed that Tanya had a small part in the Whoopi Goldberg comedy Sister Act 2. As Tanya explained, the role came down to her and Lauryn Hill, and while the future Fugees singer ultimately got the part, Goldberg made sure Tanya appeared in...
Prior to the performance, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter sat down with J-Hud, who revealed that Tanya had a small part in the Whoopi Goldberg comedy Sister Act 2. As Tanya explained, the role came down to her and Lauryn Hill, and while the future Fugees singer ultimately got the part, Goldberg made sure Tanya appeared in...
- 4/6/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
And then it was Friday. The arrival of the weekend coincided with St. Patrick’s Day to bring a huge influx of revelers to downtown Austin last night, as it does most years, leaving long lines of curious folks dressed in green queuing outside previously under-the-radar venues. There was still tons of great music to be found, if you walked in the right door. Here are the best things we saw on the fourth full day and night of SXSW 2023’s music festivities.
Up With Upchuck Upchuck performs at Mohawk earlier in the week.
Up With Upchuck Upchuck performs at Mohawk earlier in the week.
- 3/18/2023
- by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Christian Hoard, Angie Martoccio, Noah Shachtman and Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
The War and Treaty go head to head with evil itself in their new song “Ain’t No Harmin’ Me,” which was released on Friday. It’s the latest offering from the husband-and-wife duo’s upcoming album Lover’s Game, due out March 10.
The arrangement feels ominous right off the bat — deep, sustained piano notes underpin a minor-key acoustic guitar figure that’s doubled by an electric organ. Then Michael Trotter starts singing. “I’ve seen the devil/I’ve seen his son,” he sings, setting the tone as the...
The arrangement feels ominous right off the bat — deep, sustained piano notes underpin a minor-key acoustic guitar figure that’s doubled by an electric organ. Then Michael Trotter starts singing. “I’ve seen the devil/I’ve seen his son,” he sings, setting the tone as the...
- 2/10/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
The 2022 CMA Awards were a mostly predictable affair with a few pleasant little surprises — and we’re so grateful for it. Between the maelstrom known as Ye, the upending of the already chaotic Twitter, and the high stakes of the midterms, there’s enough wacky shit afoot without having to endure some stupid drama unfolding on country music’s biggest night. Sorry Garth, but thank God for answered prayers.
With that in mind, the dream of the Nineties (and some even more distant decades) was alive in Nashville on Wednesday,...
With that in mind, the dream of the Nineties (and some even more distant decades) was alive in Nashville on Wednesday,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Gary Gilbert’s Gilbert Films, Mike Jackson and John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co., and Harvey Mason Jr.’s Harvey Mason Media have set director Numa Perrier to helm The War and Treaty about the Nashville husband and wife vocal duo.
Oscar-winner Will McCormack and Oscar nominee Craig Borten (Dallas Buyers Club) are penning the screenplay which revolves around the true story of Michael, a soldier who has just returned from a tour in Iraq, who falls in love with Tanya, a singer with a deferred dream. The project was developed by and financed by Gilbert Films. Casting for the movie is underway.
The pic will be produced by Academy Award nominee Gilbert (La La Land), Legend, Jackson, Mason Jr., Peter Morgan and Perrier. EPs are War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, along with McCormack,...
Oscar-winner Will McCormack and Oscar nominee Craig Borten (Dallas Buyers Club) are penning the screenplay which revolves around the true story of Michael, a soldier who has just returned from a tour in Iraq, who falls in love with Tanya, a singer with a deferred dream. The project was developed by and financed by Gilbert Films. Casting for the movie is underway.
The pic will be produced by Academy Award nominee Gilbert (La La Land), Legend, Jackson, Mason Jr., Peter Morgan and Perrier. EPs are War and Treaty’s Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, along with McCormack,...
- 6/6/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Amy Ray has a thing for birds. On her 2018 country album Holler, she had two songs about sparrows and dueted with Brandi Carlile on “Bird in the Hand” on Ray’s Lung of Love LP. In the new song “Chuck Will’s Widow,” the singer, songwriter and one-half of Indigo Girls draws inspiration from the bird of the same name, a nightjar cousin of the whippoorwill.
“You can sing when you should be sleeping/because that’s when the world is your weepin’,” Ray sings in the country ballad, as...
“You can sing when you should be sleeping/because that’s when the world is your weepin’,” Ray sings in the country ballad, as...
- 7/30/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Dierks Bentley’s collaborative performance with Larkin Poe and the War and Treaty at the 2021 ACM Awards was too good to be a one-off.
“It’d be kind of hard to suck with that band onstage with you,” he told Rolling Stone during tour rehearsals this spring. “I was like the carpet in Big Lebowski: just trying to tie the room together. We got done playing that and I was like, ‘We have to do something else,’ because it was too much fun.”
The country star reconvened the two...
“It’d be kind of hard to suck with that band onstage with you,” he told Rolling Stone during tour rehearsals this spring. “I was like the carpet in Big Lebowski: just trying to tie the room together. We got done playing that and I was like, ‘We have to do something else,’ because it was too much fun.”
The country star reconvened the two...
- 7/13/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Longtime Grammy telecast producer Ken Ehrlich has delivered his Grammy swan song (figuratively and literally), and it couldn’t have happened without … Walt Whitman. To usher out his 40-year era as the guiding light behind some of TV’s greatest musical moments, Ehrlich chose the song “I Sing the Body Electric” from the 1980 movie musical “Fame” and assembled quite the formidable choir to perform it at the January 26 ceremony: Camila Cabello, Cyndi Lauper, Ben Platt, Common and War and Treaty’s Michael and Tanya Trotter will tackle vocals, with musical accompaniment provided by Jack Antonoff (guitar), Gary Clark Jr. (electric guitar), Lang Lang (piano) and The Ricky Minor Band. Reimagining the choreography was a “Fame” original: Debbie Allen.
So where exactly did Whitman, one of America’s first superstar poets, a Bob Dylan of his day, fit in? The song, written for the beloved movie musical by Michael Gore (younger...
So where exactly did Whitman, one of America’s first superstar poets, a Bob Dylan of his day, fit in? The song, written for the beloved movie musical by Michael Gore (younger...
- 1/27/2020
- by Jeremy Helligar
- Variety Film + TV
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