Following his win for Best Male Lead at the Independent Spirit Awards, Adam Sandler will be the recipient of the 2020 ASCAP Founders Award. The actor, comedian and musician will be honored at the 37th annual Pop Music Awards, held on April 28th in Los Angeles. ASCAP — the American …
Read More »Soccer Mommy Channels Sweet, Nineties-Steeped Sadness on 'Color Theory'
Towards the beginning of Soccer Mommy’s new album,Color Theory, she gives a startling confession: “I am the princess of screwing up.” The singer-songwriter, real name Sophie Allison, is just two years into her twenties, but she sounds as if she’s been navigating early adulthood for decades, wading through the waters …
Read More »Bad Bunny Sets Release Date for 'Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana'
Bad Bunny will release his new album, Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana, Saturday, February 29th at 12 a.m. ET. In English, the title translates to I Do Whatever I Want — hence that Saturday release date. The Puerto Rican musician revealed the release date, and a few …
Read More »BTS Unveil Second Video for 'On,' This Time With Wild Animals
Less than a week after dropping their “Kinetic Manifesto Film” for “On,” BTS have unveiled a second video for the single. The track appears on the K-pop band’s fourth album, Map of the Soul: 7. Clocking in at nearly six minutes, the cinematic video opens in the aftermath of a …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Already Working on 'Ordinary Man' Follow-Up
Even though Ozzy Osbourne released his 12th album, Ordinary Man, just a few days ago, he says there’s no rest for the wicked. “I am making another album because while I can’t tour, I can make music,” the Prince of Darkness said in a Reddit AMA session. “What I learned …
Read More »Jamey Johnson Announces Headlining Tour With Whiskey Myers
Jamey Johnson may not have any new music on the horizon (as far as anyone knows), but that doesn’t keep the baritone country singer off the road. On Monday he announced a new string of dates with rising country-rock band Whiskey Myers. The 12 shows kick off May 6th in …
Read More »See Rihanna's Powerful NAACP Image Awards Speech
Rihanna delivered a powerful speech after accepting the NAACP Image Awards’ 2020 President’s Award, which the singer received for her many philanthropic efforts. “Tonight is not really about me, because the purpose is bigger than me, right?” Rihanna said during her three-minute speech. “It’s not bigger than us together, but …
Read More »Eric Church's CRS Keynote Q&A: 5 Things We Learned
“We all are in this room because music touched us in some way,” Eric Church told a crowd of radio programmers gathered for a Q&A with radio personality Lon Helton during Country Radio Seminar in Nashville on Thursday, in a conversation called “Chasing Creativity.” In addition to letting slip some …
Read More »Watch Squirrel Flower Cook Risotto, Give Tour of Her Childhood Home
Massachusetts indie rocker Squirrel Flower, a.k.a. Ella O’Connor Williams, isRolling Stone‘s latest Artist You Need to Know. In a new video for the series, Williams cooks risotto, gives a tour of her home, and discusses her great debut album, I Was Born Swimming. “The weather was perfect, in my opinion,” …
Read More »Why Was Chris Stapleton Singing at Tyler Perry's Madea Play?
On Friday, Chris Stapleton gave a performance in Nashville that received a whole arena’s worth of hallelujers. The singer was in attendance at Tyler Perry‘s Madea Farewell Tour stop in Nashville when he surprised the crowd by standing up and giving a brief rendition of his signature song “Tennessee Whiskey.” …
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