Kenny Chesney has outlined the track list for his upcoming album, Here and Now. Chesney’s second LP under Warner Music Nashville, Here and Now, will be released May 1st Spanning 12 tracks, the project includes the steamy “Tip of My Tongue” as well as the newly released title track (which …
Read More »Ronnie Wood Shares Message for People in Recovery Who Are Self-Isolating
After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, Ronnie Wood got clean in 2010 and has been in recovery for 10 years. “It’s like having a second chance at life,” the Rolling Stones guitarist said last year. “Seeing everything with clarity, gratitude; it’s unbelievable. I feel so good. And to have …
Read More »Trey Anastasio, Please Make a Quarantine Album
Could the coronavirus quarantine be a boon for new music? Last night on his Instagram live stream, John Mayer said that he expects it to. And there are signs that it’s already starting: Phish’s Trey Anastasio has steadily been posting new songs, all recorded within the last week, that perfectly …
Read More »Flashback: Kim Carnes on Eighties Duet With Kenny Rogers
For many, the name Kim Carnes calls to mindone particular song title: “Bette Davis Eyes.” That’s what spending nine weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1981 will do.Two years before thatsong hit the charts, though, Carnes was approached by country-pop superstar Kenny Rogers to work on …
Read More »Hear Tove Lo Cover Swedish Pop Star Veronica Maggio
Tove Lo dropped a cover of “I’m Coming,” a song by Swedish pop singer Veronica Maggio. The single is part of Spotify‘s “Studio It’s Hits,” a playlist recently launched in the Nordics. Recorded at Spotify’s headquarter studios in Stockholm, “I’m Coming” is a blissful pop track ideal for the dance …
Read More »Flashback: Pink Floyd Take 'Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2' to Number 1
By the spring of 1980, Pink Floyd were one of the biggest bands in the world. Their four most recent albums (1973’s Dark Side of the Moon, 1975’s Wish You Were Here, 1977’s Animals, and 1979’s The Wall) sold by the millions and they packed stadiums across the globe whenever …
Read More »Hear Sharon Van Etten Cover Lucinda Williams' 'If My Love Could Kill'
Sharon Van Etten adds an artful glow to Lucinda Williams‘ “If My Love Could Kill” in her cover of the song, issued on the Alzheimer’s Association’s new compilation LP, Music Moments. “Murderer of poets, murderer of songs/Who robbed me of your memory, who robbed me of your time,” Van Etten …
Read More »Miley Cyrus: 'This Is a Great Time to Practice Restraint'
Miley Cyrus has urged her fans not to hoard supplies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She included a video clip from her TV series Hannah Montana to illustrate her point. Writing on Twitter over the weekend, Cyrus said, “Be thoughtful. Respectful. Compassionate. HUMAN. while preparing for social distancing…. …
Read More »RS Charts: Lil Baby Takes His Turn At Number One, With Bad Bunny Close Behind
Lil Baby debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart thanks to a massive streaming week. The 20-song My Turn, which includes contributions from Lil Wayne, Future, Gunna, Young Thug, and Lil Uzi Vert, amassed more than 220 million streams. Bad Bunny also had an …
Read More »You Definitely Need to Hear This New Dixie Chicks Song
“What a lie-lie-lie-lie,” Natalie Maines sings in “Gaslighter,” the long-awaited first piece of new music that the Dixie Chicks have released since the George W. Bush administration. Maines has hinted that the group’s upcoming album will chronicle her 2019 divorce, and the new single clears up any ambiguity. The thinly-veiled …
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