Post Malone solidified his chart dominance by topping the Rolling Stone Artists 500 with a whopping 381.8 million song streams for the week of September 6th through September 12th. The rapper’s huge week was prompted by the release of his new album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, which debuted at Number One on …
Read More »Flashback: Jimmie Rodgers Becomes the 'Father of Country Music'
In the opening minutes of the engrossing Ken Burns film Country Music, premiering Sunday on PBS, CMA Award-winning singer Kathy Mattea recalls her days as a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and the hours she spent in close study of one of the museum’s …
Read More »Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne to Support Migrant Families With Lantern Tour II
As migrants and asylum-seekers at the United States’ southern border continue to have their entry into the country stymied by the Trump administration, a group of acclaimed musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, and Patty Griffin, are preparing a nationwide tour in support of those affected at the …
Read More »Hear Wynonna's Hypnotic New Song 'The Child'
At the start of 2019, with a new record label deal on the horizon, country-blues vocal powerhouse Wynonna released a spine-chilling rendition of “Feelin’ Good,” the Sixties show tune popularized by Nina Simone. It was the first hint that the singer, now signed to the eclectic Anti- label, was defying …
Read More »Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy Announce 2020 'Hella Mega' Stadium Tour
Green Day, Weezer and Fall Out Boy are joining forces for the Hella Mega stadium tour, which will kick off June 13th, 2020 in Paris, France and hit North America the following month. The first U.S. date is July 17th at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park and wraps up August 29th at …
Read More »RS Road Test: Michael Fitzpatrick Drives a Faster, More Furious Sports Car
Fitz and the Tantrums owe their existence to an old station wagon. When frontman Michael Fitzpatrick was growing up in L.A., his father allowed only two kinds of music in the house: classical and opera. But when Fitz rode in his mom’s car, he listened to Motown and soul on …
Read More »Metallica and San Francisco Symphony Supersize the Hits at S&M2 Gig
If you’re gonna step in front of 18,000 diehard Metallica fans and lecture them on the history of classical music, you better have something interesting to say. Luckily for Michael Tilson Thomas, music director for the San Francisco Symphony, the act of winning over the crowd Friday night was easy. …
Read More »Hear Tove Lo Join Forces With Kylie Minogue on 'Really Don't Like U'
Tove Lo has dropped a new song from her forthcoming album Sunshine Kitty. The track, “Really Don’t Like U,” features Kylie Minogue and follows the singer’s recent songs “Jacques” and “Bad As The Boys.” Produced by Ian Kirkpatrick, the ambient pop number has a heartbroken vibe as Tove Lo croons, …
Read More »Bob Seger Adds Final Four North American Dates to Farewell Tour
The final leg of Bob Seger’s Roll Me Away farewell tour kicks off September 12th in Rapid City, South Dakota and four more dates have just been tacked onto the end that will be the last North American shows of the tour. The four concerts will take place in Boston …
Read More »Warren Haynes, Lukas Nelson, Jamey Johnson Lead Last Waltz Tour
Robbie Robertson has announced an all-star tour celebrating the Band‘s legendary farewell concert The Last Waltz. Warren Haynes, Don Was, Jamey Johnson and Lukas Nelson are among the artists that will take part in the 12-date The Last Waltz Tour 2019: A Celebration of The Band’s Historic Farewell Concert. Robertson …
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