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In 1969, Tony Joe White released what would become his signature song, the grooving, growling “Polk Salad Annie.” A cautionary tale about a Southern girl from a family of miscreants, it’d be covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to the Foo Fighters, who re-created “Polk Salad Annie” with White himself …

On May 16th, 1974, Ry Cooder and Leon Redbone wrapped up a gig at New York City’s Bottom Line, but the crowd was told to stick around for a surprise. It was 2:15 a.m., and a man with a guitar appeared onstage. “This one is called, um … this one’s …

Johnny Clegg — the British-born, South African musician who stood against apartheid in his adopted home and whose work crossed racial divides — died on Tuesday at his home in Johannesburg, Associated Press reports. He was 66. The singer, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015, was born in …

Black Sabbath wrote the book on heavy, and their first decade’s worth of albums represent the Old Testament in the book of metal. From the clanging opening chords of “Black Sabbath” and lumbering siren’s call of “War Pigs” to the demon’s cry of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” and proto-thrash riffs of …

Chance the Rapper‘s debut album, The Big Day, is set to arrive July 26th. The rapper went on The Tonight Show to reveal the news to host Jimmy Fallon, who agreed to pre-order the album in return for Chance spilling the title, release date and cover art. The album had …

Avril Lavigne conjures a brooding, gothic vibe in her new “I Fell in Love With the Devil” video. The clip opens with the singer driving a hearse transporting her own coffin. Later, she appears in the woods wearing a black cape, clutching a silver cross and playing a piano adorned …

The Philly-based band Big Nothing is something of a modern indie-rock supergroup, bringing together former members of Crybaby, Young Livers, Casual and Spraynard. But their sense of recent rock history can’t be denied. On “Carried Away” and other songs on their debut album, Chris, they adhere to what have become …

Celebratory cover album Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit‘s “The Midnight Organ Fight” is out July 12th and Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard has shared his version of “Keep Yourself Warm” ahead of the release. The emotional, ambient song get even more evocative in Gibbard’s voice, revealing …

Oh Sees have released a psychedelic new song, “Poisoned Stones.” Throughout the track, mastermind John Dwyer’s voice is buried under staccato electric guitars, robotic fuzz licks and a rolling, Krautrock-styled drum groove. The San Francisco band paired the single with an animated clip (courtesy of Eaten Alive Illustrations) that resembles …

Singer Caroline Jones, who was on the road earlier this year as part of Kenny Chesney’s Songs for the Saints Tour, enlists a slew of special guests, including Chesney, for the just-released single “Gulf Coast Girl.” The supergroup of backing artists, dubbed the Pelicanaires, also includes Lukas Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, …