Aaron Watson has revealed the first 13 dates of his Red Bandana Tour, which will kick off June 28th in the singer’s hometown of Abilene, Texas, and wrap on the West Coast in early September. The tour takes its name from Watson’s 12th studio album Red Bandana, set for release …
Read More »'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X Is Officially the Number One Song in America
A streaming bonanza helped Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” bound from Number 15 on the Hot 100 all the way to Number One on Monday, according to Billboard. “Old Town Road” was streamed over 46 million times during the week that ended April 4, more than any other song …
Read More »Flashback: Aerosmith Play 'Dream On' on 'The Midnight Special' in 1974
Aerosmith kicked off their Deuces are Wild Las Vegas residency over the weekend at the MGM Resort’s Park Theater, which seats just 5,200 people. That’s about a quarter the size of the arenas they usually play, but that intimacy comes at a steep price. Tickets in front go for $1,300 …
Read More »2019 ACM Awards: Dierks Bentley, Brandi Carlile Sing 'Travelin' Light'
Brandi Carlile and Dierks Bentley decided to use the ACM Awards stage not to play an old favorite or current single, but do something out of the box. “Travelin’ Light,” the bluegrass-tinged deep cut off Bentley’s most recent album The Mountain, was a perfect forum for both Bently’s rootsier side …
Read More »Watch Khalid Find His Groove With 'Talk' on 'Fallon'
Khalid gave fans of taste of his new album Free Spirit on The Tonight Show, performing his smooth-moving single “Talk.” The track, written by Khalid and produced by Disclosure, took on an upbeat, easygoing vibe on Jimmy Fallon‘s stage. In the clip, Khalid is joined by a back-lit live band …
Read More »Guns N' Roses Join Lineup for 2019 Louder Than Life Festival
UPDATE: The Louder Than Life festival announced its full 2019 lineup, including Slipknot, Ice Cube, Marilyn Manson, Stone Temple Pilots, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Melvins, Andrew W.K., the Crystal Method, GWAR, Die Antwoord, A Day to Remember, Godsmack, Dropkick Murphys, Suicidal Tendencies, Anti-Flag, Redd Kross, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, Halestorm, Three Days …
Read More »Soundgarden's Kim Thayil: My Favorite Grunge Albums
When Rolling Stone compiled our list of the 50 Greatest Grunge Albums, the MVP was clearly Soundgarden. Five of the band’s records made the cut — everything they released from their debut, Screaming Life, through 1994’s Superunknown — and two of those LPs placed in the top 10. Their 1991 …
Read More »'It Felt Like a Death Sentence': Everclear's Art Alexakis Talks MS Announcement
“I want to tell you something about me that you might not know,” began a post by Everclear’s Art Alexakis earlier this week. In the startling statement, Alexakis, 57, announced he had been diagnosed several years ago with multiple sclerosis, but had decided to finally go public with the news. …
Read More »Steve Earle Continues His Guy Clark Apprenticeship on Tribute Album
“It’s my fucking Guy Clark record, so I’ll do the ones that I was more personally connected to,” says Steve Earle of the process of choosing exactly which songs to record for Guy, his new tribute album to the folk-country songwriter who succumbed to cancer in 2016. Earle has been …
Read More »How a College Music Department Helped Unearth a Long-Lost Philly Funk-Soul Classic
Before Joseph Jefferson penned a string of hits for the Spinners in the early Seventies, he and his band the Nat Turner Rebellion – named after the 1831 slave revolt – entered Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios and, over the course of a few years, laid down more than a …
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