My Morning Jacket’s Jim James will embark on a North American tour this spring in support of his latest solo album, Uniform Distortion. The trek kicks off May 1st at Charleston Music Hall in Charleston, South Carolina and includes stops in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and …
Read More »Mason Ramsey Announces Headlining 2019 Tour
Little more than a month after opening for Florida Georgia Line and Chris Lane this past December, Mason Ramsey has announced his first-ever headlining U.S. tour this Spring, kicking off March 22nd in Tuscaloosa. Ramsey’s 11-date trek, dubbed the How’s Your Girl & How’s Your Family Tour,will take the preteen …
Read More »Inside Robert Earl Keen, Randy Rogers' Fictional Stryker Brothers Duo
The idea started with a brush fire, but before long it took on a life of its own. Two lives, in fact: Coal and Flynt Stryker, a pair of mysterious siblings who died in a prison fire, leaving behind a batch of long-lost country recordings. Except that they didn’t. Cole …
Read More »Little Mix Update 'LM5' Track 'Think About Us' With Ty Dolla $ign
British girl group Little Mix released a new version of their LM5 track “Think About Us” with Ty Dolla $ign. The original cut comes from their fifth studio album, released last November. A booming, dance-y power ballad, “Think About Us,” has the group wondering about whether a partner is as invested in …
Read More »Dua Lipa Rules Dystopian Wasteland in New 'Swan Song' Video
Dua Lipa powers through an uncertain future in her cinematic new song “Swan Song,” featured in Robert Rodriguez’s new cyberpunk action film, Alita: Battle Angel. The James Cameron-produced movie hits theaters on February 14th. “I can’t lie — I’m scared to open my eyes/’Cause what if I find nothing at …
Read More »Hear Drax Project, Hailee Steinfeld Team for New Song 'Woke Up Late'
Drax Project have teamed with singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld for the band’s poppy new single “Woke Up Late,” which arrived Monday on digital streaming services. The New Zealand quartet, who has opened for artists like Lorde and Camila Cabello, also dropped the lyric video for their latest single. “‘Woke …
Read More »Reggie Young, Studio Guitarist for Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Dead at 82
Reggie Young, whose guitar playing graced hundreds of rock, pop and country records by everyone from Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley to George Strait and Merle Haggard, died Thursday at his home in Leipers Fork, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. He was 82. As lead guitarist for the Memphis Boys, the …
Read More »Todd Snider Returns to Folksinger Roots on New Song 'Just Like Overnight'
Todd Snider has released “Just Like Overnight,” the first track available off Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3, the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album. Recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Johnny Cash’s former cabin-studio now owned by his son John Carter Cash, Snider’s next project is the folk songwriter’s first …
Read More »Kevin Hart Reveals Oscars Jokes He Would Have Told on 'Colbert'
Kevin Hart said he wouldn’t change anything about the way he handled the past month of controversy over his years-old, homophobic tweets and decision to step down as host ofthe Academy Awards on The Late Show Wednesday. Hart’s interview with Stephen Colbert came after a full day of interviews with …
Read More »Clydie King, Unsung Backup Singer for Ray Charles and Bob Dylan, Dead at 75
Clydie King, whose earthy, gospel-rooted voice was heard on dozens of rock classics, including the Rolling Stones’ “Tumbling Dice” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama,” died on Monday at 75. Her friend Rudy Calvo confirmed the singer’s death to Rolling Stone. The cause of death wascomplications of a blood infection …
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