Sara Bareilles paints a moving portrait of motherhood on her new song, “Shiny,” which arrives just in time for Mother’s Day, May 12th. The simple track finds Bareilles singing softly over a twinkling melange of guitars and soft percussion. With her lyrics, Bareilles captures the aspects of parenthood that may …
Read More »Roger Daltrey's 2018 Orchestral 'Tommy' Tour Chronicled on New Live Album
Last summer, Roger Daltrey hit the road in America and played the Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy in its entirety. He was joined at every stop by an orchestra in order to recreate the lush arrangements of the original album. They taped the set in Budapest and Bethel Woods, New …
Read More »Common Talks Family and Relationships, Reveals He Was Abused in New Memoir
Common gets deeply personal in his new memoir, Let Love Have the Last Word, in which he writes about his relationship with his daughter, his desire to be a husband and reveals that he was allegedly molested as a child, ABC News reports. In an interview with Good Morning America‘s …
Read More »Watch Brie Larson Cover Ariana Grande's 'My Everything'
In a series of Instagram stories, Brie Larson performed a cover of Ariana Grande‘s “My Everything.” In the clip, the Captain Marvel actress strums a guitar and sings a stripped down version of the pop tune. At the end of the performance Larson adds a note that reads, “Thank you …
Read More »See Jimmy Fallon, the Roots Summon the Eighties for Rendition of 'Hungry Like the Wolf'
Jimmy Fallon and the Roots don sunglasses, colorful ties and suit attire in a neon-lit room to create a suave, Eighties-vibed setting for their cover of Duran Duran’s 1982 classic, “Hungry Like the Wolf.” Their rendition is part the Tonight Show‘s backstage “Cover Room,” which is an online-only music series …
Read More »Café Tacvba's Gear Stolen, Crew Members Beaten in Highway Robbery
Mexican rock band Café Tacvba had their concert gear stolen in a highway robbery that left two of their crew members “brutally beaten.” The band’s equipment truck was en route to a concert in Cancun, Mexico when the robbery took place; according to NPR, the stretch of highway connecting Puebla and …
Read More »Cuco Joins Girl Ultra in Languid 'Dame Love' Video
Mexico City’s Girl Ultra duets with Cuco on “Dame Love” (“give me love”), a lazy-Sunday soul single. The beat is unhurried; guitar notes bob and drift over the drums; Girl Ultra and Cuco sing hyper-relaxed lines. The video treatment is even simpler than the instrumental: Get in a car and …
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