A new episode of Austin City Limits culls performances from the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards, held last September in Nashville. Premiering Saturday, February 9th, the ACL installment includes songs from Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell and Brandi Carlile, as well as a collaboration between Nathaniel Rateliff, Lukas Nelson …

DMX will mark the 20th anniversary of his landmark debut LP It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot with a 32-date tour. The rapper, who was released from prison on January 25th after serving a year behind bars on tax evasion charges, will kick off the anniversary jaunt on March 8th …

Mark Lanegan and his band will embark on a short North American tour this May. The “Stitch It Up Tour” will kick off May 3rd with a set at the Welcome to Rockville Festival in Jacksonville, Florida. The 12-date trek will primarily feature club and theater gigs, though Lanegan will …

Nearly 20 years after their last Number One album, Backstreet Boys are back atop the Billboard 200 with the boy band’s new album DNA. Backstreet Boys‘ first Number One LP since 2000’s Black & Blue sold 227,000 total copies in its first week of release, a number largely bolstered by …

Karen O and Danger Mouse have unveiled new song, “Woman.” The new track from their forthcoming collaborative album Lux Prima, which is due on March 15th via BMG and is available for pre-order, follows their previously released title track. The potent “Woman” features Karen O’s empowering lyrics, which includes the …

After celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2018, Steve Miller Band will return to the road this spring for a brief tour through the southeastern portion of the United States. The eight-date trek opens March 12th in Clearwater, Florida and wraps two weeks later with a March 24th gig in Southaven, …

Lin-Manuel Miranda returned to the role of Alexander Hamilton for the first time in two-and-a-half years as Hamilton opened its three-week residency in Puerto Rico Friday. “I just love this island so much. And I just want it to be proud of me,” Miranda told reporters following the show’s Puerto …

Before President Trump flew to McAllen, Texas, to cast the border as a hellscape of criminals frothing to illegally enter the United States, his Mexican counterpart visited the region. Last Saturday in Ciudad Juarez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador laid out his vision to create jobs, cut corporate taxes and raise …

Troye Sivan nurses a (literally) heart-wrenching crush on a beach bartender in the vibrant “Lucky Strike” video. This past Sunday, Sivan was up for Best Original Song at the Golden Globes for his Boy Erased soundtrack contribution “Revelation.” Emma Westenberg, who helmed Janelle Monáe’s “Pynk” video, directed the vivid, beach-set “Lucky …

Halsey has tapped rising rapper Juice WRLD to add a new verse to her hit single, “Without Me.” The track finds Juice WRLD slotting himself easily into the gauzy, somber grove of “Without Me.” He matches Halsey’s potent lyrics about a brutal break-up with an anguished verse of his own …