Kendrick Lamar has announced his long-awaited new album, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, which will arrive May 13. The rapper shared the news on Instagram in a letter under his moniker, Oklama, and shared on letterhead for company pgLang. “The following statement was released today by oklama through his …
Read More »Fool Me Once: Garth Brooks Defies Mother Nature in Triumphant Nashville Make-Up Concert
Last July, Garth Brooks was forced to make a last-minute cancellation of his show at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium when dangerous weather conditions rolled through just before he was supposed to go onstage. The possibility of rain and storms hung in the air for the country star’s first of two rescheduled …
Read More »Jason Isbell, Black Keys Set for 2022 Mempho Music Festival
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit will join the Black Keys, Wilco, and Widespread Panic in headlining the 2022 Mempho Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee. Set for three days in late fall — Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 — Mempho leans into Americana, jam-rock, and blues with a lineup that …
Read More »The Kid Laroi Promotes Next Single by Tricking Us Into Thinking He and Scooter Braun Had Beef
The Kid Laroi pulled off some solid pop star multitasking as he did promo for his new song, tried to get a new TikTok trend going, and appeared to take a not-so-subtle jab at his former manager, Scooter Braun. According to an Instagram story from Scooter, however, Laroi and Braun …
Read More »The Linda Lindas Return to L.A. Public Library for NPR 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert'
The last time teen punk band the Linda Lindas picked up their instruments at the Los Angeles Public Library, a performance of their single “Racist Sexist Boy” set the internet ablaze. Now, the quartet is back among the endless aisles of books, this time for their debut NPR Tiny Desk …
Read More »See U2, Springsteen, Kacey Musgraves 'Stand Up for Ukraine' on Livestream
U2, Bruce Springsteen, Kacey Musgraves and Carole King were among the artists that participated in Global Citizen’s Stand Up for Ukraine livestream, which called upon world leaders to raise funds to help refugees in the invasion-torn country. While most artists involved sent messages of support to Ukrainians, U2’s Bono and …
Read More »Jack Harlow on Liking Older Women, Defending Eminem, Listening to the Beatles, and Why His New Album Is His Masterpiece
Jack Harlow had a whole lot to say in nearly a week’s worth of interviews, conducted in Los Angeles and in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, for his first Rolling Stone cover story. With “First Class,” the Fergie-sampling second single from May 6’s Come Home the Kids Miss You, out …
Read More »No, Noel Gallagher, Harry Styles Isn't Noodling on a Guitar — He's Got a Dulcimer
It seems as though whenever Noel Gallagher gets slightly bored, he spins a wheel of artists to publicly criticize and goes after whoever it lands on. This week’s lucky winner just so happens to be Harry Styles, fresh off his first release in two years, “As It Was,” which Gallagher …
Read More »Grammys 2022: The Country Music and Americana Winners
Brothers Osborne, nine-time nominees, won their first career Grammy award during Sunday’s streaming Grammy Premiere Ceremony. The duo of TJ and John Osborne won Best Country/Duo Group Performance for their introspective song “Younger Me,” written shortly after the duo’s singer TJ Osborne came out as a gay man. “I never …
Read More »Watch Christina Perri Perform Emotional Single 'Evergone' on 'Corden'
Christina Perri appeared on The Late Late Show to showcase her deeply personal recent single, “Evergone.” Appearing with her band, the singer gave an impassioned performance of the song, which reflects on loss and grief. “In your hopes and dreams/In your memories,” Perri sings on the track. “In the songs …
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