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“OK, family,” Kimberly Perry says to her brothers with a winking smile. “Let’s have some sake and talk about how pissed we are.” It’s been a long time since the Band Perry have been able to joke about their career, but sitting in a dark booth in an underground Manhattan …

Graham Nash‘s new career-spanning compilation album Over the Years …traces his long career as a songwriter, stretching all the way back to his days in the Hollies when he sketching out tunes like “Marrakesh Express” and “Teach Your Children” that would later be recorded by CSN and CSNY. Earlier this …

Elvis Presley is among the seven “distinguished individuals” that will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump at a November 16th ceremony. Yankees great Babe Ruth and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will also posthumously receive the prestigious award, “the Nation’s highest civilian honor, which may be awarded …

Regina Spektor sings about quietude on new song “Birdsong,” which appears in the latest episode of Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner’s new Amazon series, The Romanoffs. “Out of the quiet, out of the sunrise, I hear the birdsong give way to sirens,” the singer-songwriter coos over a sparse acoustic guitar …

Hours after Beto O’Rourke lost his midterm Texas Senate race to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz, At the Drive-In frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala — the Democrat’s former bandmate in El Paso punk band Foss — urged the politician to push forward and pursue loftier goals. “I don’t care if [you] lost,” Zavala …

Roy Hargrove, a Grammy-winning trumpeter and jazz musician that worked alongside artists like D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common and Sonny Rollins, died Friday at the age of 49. Hargrove’s longtime manager confirmed the trumpeter’s death to NPR, adding that the cause of death was cardiac arrest; earlier in the week, Hargrove …

Washington, D.C.’s Flasher put out one of 2018’s best debuts this summer with Constant Image. New single “Material” is among the smartest, catchiest songs on the record, and now it has a video to match. Seriously, this is the most brilliantly bonkers clip I’ve seen all year, and yes, I …

Kiss‘End of the Road tour might be three months away, but that hasn’t stopped them from telling the public what they can expect from the show. In a series of interviews, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have promised an expanded set list and a completely reimagined stage set. “We virtually …

Van Morrison unveiled a brassy new song, “Got to Go Where the Love Is,” which will appear on hisupcoming album, The Prophet Speaks, out December 7th via Caroline International. The new track arrives with a neon-lit lyric video that complements the song’s soulful, jazz club vibe. Morrison’s unmistakable vocals glide …

Rod Stewart may be months away from his 74th birthday, but he’s as active as he was when he was 24. He spent the summer touring America with Cyndi Lauper and he’s back on the road now playing more gigs in support of his new LP Blood Red Roses. Just …