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Little Richard will celebrate the 60th anniversary of his debut LP Here’s Little Richard with a deluxe reissue that pairs the original 1957 album with a disc full of alternate takes and demos. Eight of the 22 tracks found on Here’s Little Richard (60th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)‘s are unreleased, including …

Johnny Cash was himself a master interpreter of songs, whether he was singing Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down,” Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage” or Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” Now, the almost mythic country-music figure is the subject of a new album that puts a unique spin on his music. …

Maren Morris may not have just written “Dear Hate,” but it’s a song that has become tragically relevant in the past 24 hours for the Grammy winner and members of the country-music community the world over. In the wake of Sunday night’s mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival …

Maroon 5 and SZA traipse through a hyper-stylized world in the new video for the band’s latest single, “What Lovers Do.” The Joseph Kahn-directed clip opens with two kids running through a vast plain and then straight up a gigantic tree trunk. However, the young boy loses his step and …

Jay-Z reflected on the tragic death of his former collaborator,Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, and the need to address mental health issues in a BBC Radio 1 interview. “Hopefully his death serves as a wake-up call,” Jay-Z said. “Mental health is a real thing. You never know what people are …

Arcade Firereleased an ornate studio version of John Lennon‘s 1973 song “Mind Games” – a song they’ve covered onstage during their latest tour – as part of Spotify’s Singles series. Like the former Beatle’s original tune, the revamped “Mind Games” blends bitterness (“Keep on playing those mind games together/ Faith …

Christian Lopez had just finished high school when his debut album Onward made him a standout in roots music circles. The album felt uncannily poised and wise beyond its years – an indie-folk throwback of worldly, self-written songs and old-soul vocals with tracks like “Morning Rise” and “The Man I …

Foo Fighters played a secret gig in Stockholm, Sweden on the eve of the release of their new LP Concrete and Gold, and to close out the concert, Dave Grohl and company brought out the Hives‘ fiery frontman Pelle Almqvist to cover AC/DC‘s “Let There Be Rock.” Before bringing out …

When Michelle Zauner, who records as Japanese Breakfast, set out to record her second proper full-length, she looked to the stars for inspiration. What becameSoft Sounds From Another Planet was originally a sci-fi concept record about falling in love with a robot and joining the Mars One project. “I was …

Selena Gomez revealed that she spent the summer recovering from a kidney transplant in a post on herInstagram.Gomez needed the transplant due to her lupus diagnosis, which she announced in 2015. “It was what I needed to do for my overall health,” Gomez said. “I honestly look forward to sharing …