Following the 52nd CMA Awards on ABC, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel offered up a special country edition of his recurring “Mean Tweets” segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live that featured Kacey Musgraves, Luke Combs, Midland and more. Jake Owen, who performed a pair of songs on Kimmel’s Tuesday night show, gets …
Read More »Tee Grizzley on His Time Off Parole, Working With Chance the Rapper, Getting His Passport
Up-and-coming Detroit rapperTee Grizzley is off parole. His time in prison has been the central theme of his career to date, and his biggest song — and the first to bring him national attention — was “First Day Out,” a furious, Meek Mill-reminiscent track about his first day as a …
Read More »On the Charts: Metro Boomin Lands First Number One With 'Not All Heroes Wear Capes'
Metro Boomin‘s surprise, guest-filled Not All Heroes Wear Capes debuted atop the Billboard 200 to give the hit-making Atlanta-based producer his first Number One album. Not All Heroes Wear Capes moved 99,000 total copies in its debut week, the bulk of which came from streaming equivalent albums (SEAs); of the …
Read More »Hear Jeff Tweedy's Hilarious Bruce Springsteen Fib on 'Colbert'
“This is the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me,” Jeff Tweedy told Stephen Colbert.“I’ve never done this before.” Indeed, you probably wouldn’t have seen Tweedy looking jovial laughing it up on late night TV during Wilco’s earlier days.But Tweedy looked right at home chatting with Colbert, a huge fan, …
Read More »See Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real's Strutting 'Find Yourself' on 'Austin City Limits'
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have never performed on Austin City Limits before, but they sure act like they own the place in a sizzling jam of “Find Yourself,” seen in a video from their debut appearance on the PBS program set to air this weekend. Nelson and …
Read More »'The Beatles (White Album) Super Deluxe' Is a Revelatory Dive Into Their Frayed Late-Sixties Drama
In late May, 1968, the Beatles convened at guitarist George Harrison’s English country home with an extraordinary body of raw materials for their next album. The so-called “Esher demos” — 27 songs taped on Harrison’s four-track machine — were at once stark and full, solo acoustic blueprints already outfitted with …
Read More »Jason Aldean Named Featured Speaker at CRS 2019
The 2019 Country Radio Seminar has announced Jason Aldean as its featured speaker. CRS, the annual gathering of country radio programmers, DJs and power players, is set for February 13th through 15th in Nashville. Aldean is slated to engage in a 60-minute discussion titled “Overcoming Obstacles,” in which he’ll talk …
Read More »MTV EMAs: Watch Janet Jackson's Fierce Dance Medley, Global Icon Speech
Janet Jackson performed a three-song medley of hits at Sunday’s MTV European Music Awards, where the Rock Hall-nominated singer was honored with the event’s Global Icon Award. The majority of Jackson’s medley focused on her recent Daddy Yankee-assisted single “Made for Now,” with the singer briefly reviving her classic “Rhythm …
Read More »Johnny Marr on Singing Smiths Songs, Learning From Hans Zimmer
Johnny Marr covered a lot of ground when he stopped by our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, for an in-depth interview, from the break-up of the Smiths to his excellent new solo album Call the Comet. To hear the entire interview, press play below or download and subscribe oniTunesorSpotify. More …
Read More »Ben Gibbard, Craig Finn To Play Benefit Gig In Memory of Scott Hutchison
Five months after Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison took his own life after a long battle with depression, friends of the late Scottish singer are coming together to play a special concert to benefit the newly-formed Scott Hutchison Fund. Tiny Changes: A Celebration Of the Songs of Scott Hutchison will …
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