The Decemberists have announced their new album, I’ll Be Your Girl. The follow-up to 2015’s What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World, their eighth studio LP will be released on March 16th via Capitol. Having been together for 17 years, Colin Meloy said that the group aimed to get …
Read More »Watch Justin Timberlake Tease New Album in Behind-the-Scenes Doc
Justin Timberlake offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of hisupcoming album, Man of the Woods, and teases a handful of previously unheard songs in a new short documentary. The clip opens with Timberlake recording a track with a deep R&B groove, though as he points out, the vocals have …
Read More »John Fogerty on 'Proud Mary' Film: It 'Has Nothing to Do With Me'
John Fogerty has taken issue with the forthcoming film Proud Mary, which shares the same name as his 1969 hit with Creedence Clearwater Revival. The musician said that he was not consulted about “using my song this way” and that the film has “nothing to do with me, or my …
Read More »Jack White Releases Two New Songs, Talks 'Getting Into a Character's Head'
The four-year wait is over. On Wednesday, Jack White released “Connected by Love,” the blistering first single from his upcoming new album Boarding House Reach. The song is a woozy plea for forgiveness from a lover who has burned all his bridges. Recorded with musicians who regularly play in the …
Read More »Hear Black Eyed Peas Slam Racist Policy on 'Street Livin''
Black Eyed Peas take aim at police brutality, the criminal justice system and immigration policy on “Street Livin,’” a sobering new boom-bap song from the group’s first album in eight years. The Black Eyed Peas became global superstars during the second half of the 2000s with a stream of turbocharged …
Read More »See Margo Price's Rousing 'A Little Pain' on 'Colbert'
Margo Price channeled the great soul divas of the past on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Tuesday night, owning the stage in a glittering mini dress as she delivered an energized rendition of her 2017 single “A Little Pain.” Backed by her full band plus a four-piece string ensemble, …
Read More »See Darlene Love Sing 'Christmas' With Toy Instruments on 'Fallon'
Darlene Love joined Jimmy Fallon, the Roots and Anna Kendrick to perform a cheerful version of the downcast holiday song “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on The Tonight Showusing only classroom instruments. Love delivered a brassy, imperious lead vocal, just as she did when “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” originally …
Read More »Neil Young 'Alchemy' Summer Tour: Behind the Set List
Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 2012 Alchemy summer tour was supposedly in support of their new album Americana, which featured garage rock renditions of standard tunes like “This Land Is Your Land” and “Tom Dula.” But when the tour began in August, he essentially ignored the entire thing, playing “Jesus …
Read More »Watch Harry Styles Talk Roy Moore, Donald Trump as 'Late Late Show' Host
Harry Styles revived his role as substitute Late Late Show host on Tuesday, filling in whileJames Corden‘s wife, Julia Carey, was giving birth to a baby girl. The pop star, who previously commandeered the show’s opening monologue during his week-long late-night residency in May, nailed a series of news-oriented jokes …
Read More »Country Music Hall of Fame Announces 2018 Exhibit Lineup
Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum has announced its full lineup of new exhibits for 2018. Artists set to be featured range from contemporary stars like Little Big Town to bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley, who died in 2016 at the age of 89. The first new exhibit …
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