Music

Whitey Shafer, the songwriter of numerous hits for George Strait, Lefty Frizzell, Moe Bandy and others, died on Saturday following a long illness, family friend Corey Frizzell has confirmed. He was 84. Born Sanger D. Shafer on October 24th, 1934, in Whitney, Texas, Shafer grew up in a gospel-singing family …

Deciphering where serious Drake speculation starts and Drake fan fiction ends can be an incomprehensible process — people on the internet just love talking about Drake. With the release of Gesaffelstein’s “Lost in the Fire,” featuring one-time Drake protégéThe Weeknd, another beef that is likely unsubstantiated has been launched into …

Dan + Shay put an exclamation point on an already big week with their debut appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night, performing the multi-week Number One smash “Speechless.” Written by members Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, the song — from the …

Boogie is good. Coldplay circa 2002 is…fine. I guess, potentially great if you’re Jay-Z. Nevertheless, the Compton rapper’s “Silent Ride” video looks very similar to Coldplay’s classic video of Chris Martin walking backward through the streets like a psycho person and the Pharcyde’s “Drop.”“Silent Ride” is a narrative told in …

Danielle Bradbery offers proof that she can sing nearly anything with a cover of Post Malone‘s “Psycho,” the third installment in her recent Yours Truly: 2018 project. Eschewing the brittle beats and hazy atmosphere of Post Malone’s recording from 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys for a chamber-pop arrangement, fellow Texas native …

Dillon Carmichael got one major country music milestone to his credit in August, when he made his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Now, in a new video presented by Opry Entertainment, Carmichael scales things back for an intimate performance of his song “Dancin’ Away With My Heart.” Penned by …

Phish have to work pretty hard to surprise fans with their annual New Years Eve stunt. In years past, they’ve turned their stage into an aquarium, suspended themselves above arenas in a giant hot dog and appeared to shoot their drummer out of a cannon.But somehow, the band delivered as …

21 Savage‘s I Am > I Was debuted at Number One in a charts week where the yuletide Top 10 witnessed an influx of decades-old Christmas albums. The all-star, controversialI Am > I Was sold 131,000 total copies – but only 18,000 traditional copies, with the rest coming from streaming …

The late Aretha Franklin owed more than $6.3 million in back taxes, The Detroit News reports. However, an attorney for her estate claims that about half of those back taxes to the IRS have already been paid. According to legal documents filed in Oakland County Probate Court in Michigan per …

Christmas songs are really emo songs: the holidays are hard and emotions tend to run deep (or, maybe more likely, I’m just projecting my personal experience onto a day that most people would pump into their veins if that were option). Somber and haunting, yet hopeful, Swae Lee‘s “Christmas At …