FKA Twigs‘ albumMagdalene, her followup to 2014’s LP1, is out now. To coincide with its release, the U.K. performer sat down for an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple’s Beats 1 Radio in which she discussed her maturity on her new record “I’ve always written from a really honest place, …
Read More »Diplo Dresses as Niall Horan for 'Nice to Meet Ya (Remix)' Video
Niall Horan‘s rock single “Nice to Meet Ya” gets a dance floor boost with help from Diplo. For the remix, Diplo amps up the song to a full big room EDM rave burner. And, for the video, he re-created the alternate music video Horan released for the single, which featured …
Read More »Sheryl Crow, Amy Ray to Join Emmylou Harris at Lantern Tour II Concert
The Lantern Tour II will get underway in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening with performers including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, and Steve Earle. A winter 2020 concert in Nashville has been added to the itinerary, with Sheryl Crow and Amy Ray also joining the bill. The Lantern Tour II will visit …
Read More »Watch Phoebe Waller-Bridge Play Ukulele on Portishead Cover With Olivia Colman
Phoebe Waller-Bridge provides some expert backup ukulele for her Fleabag co-star Olivia Colman on a cover of Portishead‘s “Glory Box.” The track appears on the BBC Children in Need charity compilation, Got It Covered, out today, November 1st. Prior to the album’s release, the BBC shared a behind-the-scenes clip documenting …
Read More »Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off': Appeals Court Revives Copyright Lawsuit
UPDATE (10/29): Following the publication of this story, Sean Hall, one of the plaintiffs in the case, released the following statement to Rolling Stone:“We are happy the court unanimously sided with us. We simply refuse to sit still and have our creative work be culturally appropriated as if it never …
Read More »Inside the Making of Bruce Springsteen's 'Western Stars' Movie
“It was two guys hanging out in a kitchen making a movie,” says Thom Zimny. The two guys in question happened to be Bruce Springsteen and Zimny himself: They co-directed the new movie Western Stars, which captures powerful live performances of Springsteen’s latest album in its entirety, along with pensive …
Read More »Can Kanye West Save Gospel Choirs?
Last month, Donald Lawrence, an acclaimed gospel veteran with a half-dozen hits, attended a preview party for Kanye West‘s Jesus Is King album at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. “He did a song called ‘Selah’ that was rap and choir,” Lawrence recalls. “When they got to the hook, it was …
Read More »Iggy Pop: 'I Tried to Smoke Spiderwebs' to Get High
Some people sniff markers when they’re young, chasing a thrill. Others smoke banana peels. Iggy Pop, however, found more iconoclastic ways to get high. When he was asked on The Jonathan Ross Show recently if he once stuck his tongue in an electrical outlet for a buzz (har har) he …
Read More »10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear Now: Maddie & Tae, Chris Knight
Clare Dunn doesn’t let empty pockets keep her from a good time, Madison Kozak laments a flaky lover, and Austin Jenckes looks to Memphis for inspiration in this week’s list of the best country and Americana songs. Clare Dunn, “Money’s All Gone” Years after playing a string of North American …
Read More »Watch Sam Hunt Sing Reba's 'Fancy' at 'CMT Artists of the Year' Awards
There’s an acoustic segment during Sam Hunt‘s concerts where he performs hits by Nineties country divas. On Wednesday night, he revisited one of the biggest crowd-pleasers, Bobbie Gentry’s “Fancy,” in front of the artist who made it popular in the Nineties, Reba McEntire. Reba was among the honorees at the …
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