In 2015, two of Glen Campbell‘s children from previous marriages, Debby Campbell-Cloyd and William Travis Campbell, filed a lawsuit against Campbell’s widow Kim Campbell alleging that she had barred them from visiting their father as he battled Alzheimer’s disease. Two years later, after the Country Music Hall of Fame member …
Read More »'Escape to Margaritaville': Inside Jimmy Buffett's Big Broadway Debut
More than 40 years later, Jimmy Buffett can still recall the moment he wrote “Margaritaville.” Buffett had played a show in Austin and was on his way back home to Key West. “It was a hot day and I had a couple of margaritas,” he recalls. “I was a bit …
Read More »Belle Adair's Matthew Green on New LP, Big Star, Muscle Shoals Music
It might not be immediately obvious to first-time listeners, but the members of Belle Adair have a deep reverence for Muscle Shoals music history. It’s an easy thing to overlook: with their 2018 album Tuscumbia, the Alabama foursome frequently nod to the Byrds and Big Star with bright, jangling guitars …
Read More »10 New Albums to Stream Now: Logic, Hendrix, David Byrne and more
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Tearing at the SeamsThe R&B revivalist’s second album “doubles down on roadhouse retro,” writes David Browne, adding the occasional electronic flourish and copious references to Leonard Cohen to their Southern-fried sound. “Even when he overshoots,” Browne writes, “Rateliff’s restless throwback sound feels like it’s …
Read More »Childish Gambino Sets Fall Tour With Rae Sremmurd, Vince Staples
UPDATE:Donald Glover is postponing a handful of Childish Gambino tour dates after he reportedly injured his foot during a recent concert in Dallas, Pitchfork reports. Fam Rothstein – who’s part of the creative agency Wolf + Rothstein with Glover and Wolf Taylor – announced the postponement on Twitter, writing, “This …
Read More »Republican Pundit Mike Huckabee Named to CMA Foundation Board
UPDATE 2:Following a backlash from some members of the country music industry, conservative pundit and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee has resigned from the CMA Foundation’s board of directors. “The CMA Foundation has accepted former Governor Mike Huckabee’s resignation from its Board of Directors, effective immediately,” the CMA told …
Read More »Bon Iver's Manager on Decision to Enter Wisconsin Congressional Campaign
Bon Iver‘s longtime manager, Kyle Frenette, discussed his recently-announced congressional campaign, how his background in the music industry prepares him for Washington in an interview with Pitchfork.Frenette joins a growing list of Democrats vying to defeat Republican incumbent, Sean Duffy, who’s represented Wisconsin’s Seventh since 2011. The Democratic primary will …
Read More »Metallica Set North American Arena Leg of WorldWired Tour
Metallica‘s WorldWired Tour will return to North America in September for a fall/winter arena jaunt in support of the heavy metal legends’ latest LP Hardwired… to Self-Destruct. The 34-date trek finds Metallica heading to cities the band didn’t visit during their 25-date North American stadium tour in 2017, including some …
Read More »Parquet Courts Detail New Danger Mouse-Produced LP 'Wide Awake!'
Indie rock outfit Parquet Courts unveiled a two-part garage rock song, “Almost Had to Start a Fight/In And Out of Patience.” It comes from their upcoming Danger Mouse-produced album, Wide Awake!, out May 18th via Rough Trade. Over fast drums and guitars, singer Andrew Savage and the rest of Parquet …
Read More »Charts: Kendrick Lamar-Curated 'Black Panther' Opens at Number One
Black Panther finished atop both the box office and the Billboard 200 as the Marvel blockbuster’s Kendrick Lamar-curated soundtrack debuted at Number One on the album charts. Black Panther: The Album – featuring new tracks by Lamar, Jay Rock, the Weeknd, Future, Vince Staples and more – sold 154,000 total …
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