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In January 2017, Mike Scheidt missed an early appointment with death by only a few hours. Scheidt’s immersive doom metal trio, Yob, had been at home in Eugene, Oregon, for about a month, resting after a brief tour with their spiritual antecedents, Neurosis. The time off was good for Scheidt: …

Taylor Swift is still keeping a connection to her country songwriting roots – she co-wrote Sugarland‘s new song “Babe.” The song, from the duo’s forthcoming album Bigger, follows Little Big Town’s Grammy-winning rendition of Swift’s “Better Man,” from their album The Breaker. The relationship between Sugarland and Swift actually goes …

Since the early Seventies, John Prine has delivered songs that are often as fascinatingly cryptic as they are thoroughly penetrating. “Summer’s End” is not only the latest of these, it is among the very best on The Tree of Forgiveness, Prine’s first album of new material in 13 years, officially …

Former Oasis mastermindNoel Gallagher talks about performing, songwriting and his love of U2 in a new interview with Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich on the latest episode of It’s Electric. The program airs on Sundays via Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio, but a 20-minute excerpt is available to watch above. Gallagher was …

Before Elton John bows out from touring, he and his longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin are being honored by a slew of country stars on the recently released Restoration tribute album (a companion album, Revamp, features rock and pop artists). Among the highlights of Restoration is Miranda Lambert‘s stunning rendition of …

One day in the summer of 2015, Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show, received an e-mail from a close friend, Corbin Day. “Check out this video,” Day wrote. “He should be on the show.” There was a link to a YouTube clip by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night …

Wayne Kramer, the founding guitarist of Detroit punk legends MC5, will embark on a massive North American tour this fall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band’s 1968 debut, Kick Out the Jams. The 35-date tour launches September 5th at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and fittingly wraps …

One of the most piercing songs on Ashley McBryde‘s major label debut album Girl Going Nowhereis “Livin’ Next to Leroy,” which addresses rural America’s drug epidemic. “Where I’m from, there are two things to do after a certain age: make babies or make meth,” says McBryde, who grew up in …

The iconic and enigmatic rock and funk legend Sly Stone will be the subject of a new documentary from filmmaker Derik Murray. A title and release date for the film have yet to be announced, though the characteristically reclusive Stone has reportedly already sat with the filmmakers for an extensive …

Blake Shelton made his second consecutive night of non-Voice television appearances on Tuesday, visiting the set of Late Night With Seth Meyers to perform his ACM-nominated single “I’ll Name the Dogs” one day after spending some quality time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (including a visit to a …