An investigation into recently ousted Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan’s sexual harassment allegation against Academy general counsel Joel Katz has begun, according to two documents sent to “elected leaders” of the Recording Academy Thursday evening. The memo, sent by interim CEO and board chair Harvey Mason Jr. and obtained by …
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Sam Hunt has revealed the track list for his long-awaited second album Southside. The new project will be released April 3rd via MCA. Pre-orders for the album on Hunt’s website show the full list of 12 tracks on Southside, six of which have previously been released. Those include the 2017 …
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Just three weeks ago, relations between Aerosmith and their drummer Joey Kramer were so strained that security guards refused him entry to their Grammy rehearsals. But Monday night in Las Vegas, they welcomed him back onto the stage for a full set at their ongoing Deuces Are Wild residency at …
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit have announced their sixth album, Reunions. The Americana singer-songwriter previews the upcoming LP with the new song “Be Afraid.” A jangly slice of low-fi indie rock, the song is a call to action for artists to use their voices to inspire or enact change …
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David Bowie’s unreleased Earthling-era semi-instrumental “Nuts” is the latest installment in the Is It Any Wonder? series, a six-week unearthing of rare tracks that the late icon recorded in 1996 and 1997. “Nuts” was recorded at the same November 1996 studio sessions that yielded Earthling’s “The Last Thing You Should …
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Last week’s fifth annual Outlaw Country Cruise featured no less than four eclectic guitar pulls, culminating with an all-star final night lineup of Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Raul Malo of the Mavericks, and Son Volt‘s Jay Farrar. Each artist sang three songs, including new material from Williams (“Big Black Train,” …
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As the 1960s dawned, Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas became a screen legend with a single role, in the historical epic Spartacus. At around the same time, Johnny Cash, a larger-than-life country-music star, would make an inauspicious big-screen debut in Five Minutes to Live, with results that would suggest he was …
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French Montana has released the music video for “50s & 100s,” a cut from his latest album Montana featuring Juicy J. Directed by Zac Facts and filmed in Los Angeles, the clip shows the two rappers as silver-haired elderly women, taking their money and their red convertible out for a night …
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Gorillaz have launched their music and video series, “Song Machine,” with a jittery new tune, “Momentary Bliss,” featuring British MC Slowthai and the punk duo Slaves. The song finds Gorillaz and Slaves crafting a tune that builds deftly from woozy synth-pop into a rambunctious bit of supermelodic pop punk (tinged, …
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In our new series, we look at eight cities where live music has exploded — from legendary hubs like New Orleans and Nashville and Chicago, to rising hot spots like Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Portland, Maine. Our latest: Detroit, where pressing plants, innovative studios, and offbeat festivals make it one of …
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