Jason Isbell is often lauded for his immense skill as a songwriter — and rightly so — but he’s also a nimble guitarist who can trade fiery licks with the 400 Unit’s Sadler Vaden when their live shows get loud. On Tuesday, Isbell made it a little easier to get …
Read More »Kip Moore Plots Fall 2021 Tour Dates, Drops 'Good Life' Video
Kip Moore joins the many country artists going back on tour this fall. The Georgia native announced dates for his headlining How High Tour on Monday and released a video for his song “Good Life.” The How High Tour begins October 14th at the Riviera Theater in Chicago and currently …
Read More »See Miley Cyrus Cover Dolly Parton for 'SNL' Mother's Day Cold Open
Miley Cyrus covered her godmother Dolly Parton’s song “Light of a Clear Blue Morning” for Saturday Night Live’s cold open the night before Mother’s Day. Eschewing the usual topical opening sketch, SNL instead to have its cast members give thanks to their moms on the musical cold open. “Tomorrow is …
Read More »FBI Releases Long-Withheld File on Kurt Cobain
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/no-apologies-all-102-nirvana-songs-ranked-175683/ In the past month, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana have snuck back into the headlines. April 5th marked the 27th anniversary of Cobain’s death, an NFT of Cobain’s last photo shoot was put on the market, and Nirvana as a group were hit with a copyright-infringement lawsuit for alleged unauthorized …
Read More »Michael Stipe Helps Name Ant Species After Andy Warhol Superstar
A German entomologist and a research associate at Yale University, with some help from R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe, have named a new ant species Strumigenys ayersthey, after Charles “Jeremy” Ayers, the artist and political activist who was part of Andy Warhol‘s legion of “Superstars” as the gender-bending Silva Thin. The story …
Read More »Dawn Richard's Long Journey Culminates in the Bountiful Grooves of 'Second Line'
Dawn Richard has taken a winding path through her nearly 20-year career. In the early 2000s, an audition for season three of the Diddy-helmed reality show Making the Band helped lead to stints in the R&B groups Danity Kane and Dirty Money; she’s also been an animator for Adult Swim, …
Read More »Russian Producers Obsessed With Three 6 Mafia Can't Stop Going Viral
As a young producer for Three 6 Mafia, the long-running Memphis rap group with a gift for grimy, bulldozing beats and brawling hooks, DJ Paul was offered the chance to perform in Russia. He declined. “I was young at the time, and I turned down the show because I heard …
Read More »Lil Kim Preps First Memoir 'The Queen Bee'
Lil Kim has announced that her long-awaited first-ever memoir, The Queen Bee, is set to arrive this fall. “I’m excited to finally get to tell my story after all this time,” the rapper said in a statement to People. “Many people have thought they knew the story of Lil’ Kim, …
Read More »St. Vincent, Lars Ulrich, Flea Talk About Their Love of Performing in 'What Drives Us' Clip
Lars Ulrich, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Flea, The Edge, and more appear in an exclusive clip fromWhat Drives Us, a new documentary directed by Dave Grohl that pays tribute to the power of live performance. In the video, the musicians discuss why they love playing live as a montage of …
Read More »Reba McEntire Stands Firm in 'Somehow You Do' Video
Reba McEntire walks a lonely, desolate path in the new video for “Somehow You Do,” her first release in nearly two years. The song appears in the new film Four Good Days, starring Glenn Close and Mila Kunis. “Somehow You Do” was penned by songwriting great Diane Warren, who also …
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