As one of the few musicians to perform in New York just before and just after the coronavirus effectively shut down live music in the city, Derek Trucks witnessed the impact of the pandemic firsthand. On March 10th, the guitarist joined fellow former members of the Allman Brothers Band, including …
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A switch has been flipped for Rod Wave. The Florida rapper/singer isn’t a household name just yet, but in terms of his streaming numbers, he’s a star in all the ways you can count. Last week, he was the 7th most popular artist on the YouTube charts with 29.2 million …
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Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield gets realistic about love in her new song “Can’t Do Much.” The track is the third single off her upcoming album Saint Cloud, out March 27th on Merge Records. The clip — grainy to resemble a vintage film — opens with Crutchfield in a striking red blazer, …
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Live Nation and AEG, North America’s largest concert promoters, are halting all large-scale tours in the U.S. and abroad until April, and asking artists to come home amid coronavirus fears. The competitors aligned with the biggest booking agencies in the country to mount a unified effort to address the situation. …
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“You can dance in a hurricane, but only if you’re standing in the eye,” Brandi Carlile and Tim and Phil Hanseroth sang onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on Monday night. The Seattle-based musicians flew in especially to perform at the To Nashville, With Love tornado relief benefit concert and, …
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Neil Young has made no secret of his deep respect and admiration for Bernie Sanders over the past few months, and this weekend he wrote a long, glowing endorsement of the Vermont senator on his website and encouraged his fans to vote for him. “I support Bernie because I listen …
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Nicole Atkins takes chances with the sleek new song, “Domino.” The track is the second single off the singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Italian Ice, out April 17th on Single Lock Records. Inspired by Prince, the Rolling Stones’ “Miss You” andthe gritty glamour of Atkins’ hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey, the …
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Singer-guitarist Brian Wright is one of Nashville’s most wonderfully eccentric characters — his Twitter account alone is enough to warrant your attention. On May 8th, the solo artist will release his new album Lapse of Luxury with his group the Sneakups. Ahead of the LP, Wright premieres the track “Patrick’s …
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UPDATE: Ross Valory has filed a counter-claim against Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, rebutting their allegations that he and Steve Smith tried to improperly wrest control of the Journey trademark. The countersuit alleges that a 1985 agreement that gave Cain, Schon and former singer Steve Perry’s band entity, Elmo Partners, …
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Kacey Musgraves joined with the celebrity-clothing seller Stage to Closet on Monday to sell off items from her performance and daily-wear fashion. Today, the Grammy-winning singer pledged to donate the proceeds from the sale to Tennessee tornado relief after Nashville and other areas of the midstate were struck by deadly …
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