Colombian pop-rock legend Juanes teams up with Canadian R&B star Alessia Cara in the brand new, one-off single, “Querer Mejor.” A ballad inspired by lifelong lovers, the title translates to “Love Better” in Spanish. The two previously collaborated at the 2017 Latin Grammy Awards, where they performed a bilingual version …
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DJ Khaled has now released 11 albums in 13 years, and, if nothing else, Father of Asahd is certainly, as the man says, “another one.” As usual, the DJ/hypeman/impresario’s latest 15-track collection boasts a slew of superstar team-ups along with some of the hottest working producers and dares you to …
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As Homer Simpson once toasted, “To alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.”Thomas Rhett echoes part of that sentiment in his celebratory new song “Beer Can’t Fix,” a duet with Jon Pardi. It’s the latest track to be released off Rhett’s upcoming album Center Point Road. …
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Necessity’s the mother of invention, and just as U.K. racism gave rise in the late 1970s to the activist, mixed-race Two Tone scene, so has #MeToo informed a new wave of indie-rock. For a culture that likes to fancy itself woke despite an ongoing tradition of sexism and sexual predation, …
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Nominees for the 2019 Americana Honors & Awards were announced Tuesday afternoon, with multiple women being recognized in the top categories. The Milk Carton Kids (and, later, Mavis Staples) read the names of the nominees during a rehearsal for the “Mavis & Friends: Celebrating 80 Years of Mavis Staples” concert …
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Jessi Colter, the first lady of the Outlaw Country movement, has a new album on the way, one that pairs her up with a contemporary country rebel in Margo Price. According to a series of tweets by the artists, Price spent a week in May in Nashville producing Colter’s latest …
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Calling all single ladies: Puerto Rican wunderkind Lunay has dropped a brand new video for the “Soltera” remix, co-starring reggaeton titans Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny. Set in a luxe neon nightclub, the new video follows the playboys as they crash a bachelorette party and sing praises of women who …
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Stella Donnelly has released a new video for “Die,” a track off her debut LP Beware of the Dogs. Directed by Los Angeles sister-duo Giraffe Studios, the video features Donnelly in a lavender satin dress with a dagger in her chest. Throughout several scenes, she tries to prevent death—driving a …
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Tool will release their long-awaited new album, August 30th, per a video posted on the band’s Twitter. According to Blabbermouth, the clip appeared on social media not long after the band flashed “August 30th” on the big screen at their show in Birmingham, Alabama Tuesday night. Frontman Maynard James Keenan …
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Don McLean will no longer receive a lifetime achievement award from a UCLA student group after it learned that the singer-songwriter had pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges in 2016, the Portland Press Herald reports. Last Friday, the Student Alumni Association of UCLA announced they were presenting McLean with the …
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