Music

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 …

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 …

On Sunday night, George Cook, the Director of Operations, Program Director and Brand Manager for a pair of rap and R&B radio stations in Dallas, organized a crucial conference call with members of his team. Surviving R. Kelly, a six-part docuseries on Lifetime that alleged that the singer had committed …

Bay area punk rockers Swmrs have announced a spring tour in support of their sophomore album Berkeley’s on Fire. The LP will be available everywhere on February 15th. Swmrs headlining trek comes a month after the release of Berkeley’s on Fire, launching March 28th in San Diego. The Regrettes and Beach Goons …

Chance the Rapper educates Cookie Monster and Elmo on the letter T and the theater in a new Sesame Street segment. In “T is for Theater,” which premiered Saturday on HBO, Chance the Rapper and Cookie Monster compete for a role in a play about a monster who loves cookies. …

Nothing sums up the diversity of the city of Houston quite like the musical lineup for this year’s Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. While traditionally a mainly country music event, 2019 RodeoHouston features artists from pop, Latin pop, hip-hop and Tejano, as well as country. The Grammy-nominated Kacey Musgraves kicks …

Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande are among the headliners for the 2019 Coachella Music and Arts Festival. The events will take place over two back-to-back weekends – April 12-14 and April 19-21 – at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Passes go on sale on Friday at …

Demi Lovato revealed she is “happy and clean” and slammed the “sickening” tabloids in a series of tweets Friday night. “I love my fans, and hate tabloids. Don’t believe what you read. People will literally make up stuff to sell a story. Sickening,” Lovato tweeted. “If I feel like the …

Here’s to what didn’t even come close to sucking in 2018: the music. These are my 25 favorite songs of the year (though some gems are over on the albums list, to avoid duplicating all the same artists). Including, but not limited to: hits, flops, obscurities, guitar ragers, pop thrills, …

At 7:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, former Cure drummer-keyboardist Lol Tolhurst felt his wife tapping him on the shoulder. “She told me she had a big surprise to tell me,” he says. “I thought maybe she was pregnant and I’d get to be a father again. But then she told …