Music

Has there ever been an artist who needed to release an album less than Bad Bunny? For three years now, this Puerto Rican star, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has been gushing hit singles like a broken fire hydrant. His voice, low and droning, is inimitable and absurdly adaptable, equally …

Before Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O’Brien suffered an apparent break from reality last week, he warned his relatives of “the rapture” and that “aliens have landed,” according to Tampa Bay Times. The death-metal mainstay, who has played with the band since 1997 and even once played in Slayer for a …

Paul McCartney reunited with former Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr onstage Sunday for a rendition of the British band’s hit “Get Back.” The pair were joined by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood for the rollicking, surprise performance at London’s O2 Arena. McCartney, who is currently touring in support of his recent …

Dickey Betts sat down with journalist Dan Rather for a new episode of the journalist’s AXS TV seriesThe Big Interview. In a preview clip of the upcoming installment, which airs Tuesday, December 18th, the guitarist and co-founding member of the Allman Brothers Band discusses his decision to return to the …

Michelle Obama reminisced about her earliest musical memories in the former First Lady’s conversation with Questlove‘s Pandora podcast. “Stevie Wonder‘s Talking Book is the first album I remember getting as a gift, and I got it twice, that’s how good an album it is,” Obama said, adding that her copy …

Tegan and Sara will publish their first memoir, High School, in fall 2019 via MCD, a division of the publishing house Farrar, Straus and Giroux. High School will be a coming-of-age story that chronicles Tegan Sara’s time as teenagers in Calgary, Canada during the Nineties. The book will be written …

Brit pop’s leading bad girl is back. After supporting Taylor Swift on her epic Reputation stadium tour, Charli XCX surprised her fans this fall with the single “1999,” featuring singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. The video highlights some of the biggest cultural touchstones of the Nineties, including AOL, the Spice Girlsand 1997 …

Shapeshifting soul singer Georgia Anne Muldrow channels Aretha Franklin‘s backstage poise in her new “Overload” video. The clip cuts between the musician during a dressing room interview (decked out in a Fela Kuti T-shirt) and belting into a vintage microphone.  Director Capricorn Clark detailed the Franklin influence in a statement …

Cat Power adds a dreamy glow to Burt Bacharach‘s “What the World Needs Now” with her cover of the 1965 pop tune. The singer has played the song live numerous times since 2014, and she recently issued her studio version on a seven-inch single packaged with the deluxe vinyl edition …

Since joining the cast of USA’s new competition Real Country alongside Travis Tritt and Jake Owen, Shania Twain has been vocal about her desire to see more diversity in country music. In a new interview, the country-pop superstar discusses some of the present issues around equality on country radio and …