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Willie Nelson was the 2019 honoree when the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing held its annual Grammy Week celebration on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Recognizing the “artistic achievements and creative genius” of the Country Music Hall of Fame member, the event featured remarks from Kacey Musgraves, who praised Nelson’s …

Ariana Grande will not attend this Sunday’s Grammy Awards after the singer reportedly had a disagreement with producers over a potential performance at the ceremony. Grande is up for a pair of awards at the 61st annual Grammys– Best Pop Vocal Album for Sweetener and Best Pop Solo Performance for …

Brandi Carlile arrives at Sunday’s 61st Grammy Awards as the leading female nominee, with six nominations on the strength of her album By the Way, I Forgive You. In April, the songwriter will embark on a U.S. tour, which she expanded on Tuesday with a string of new dates. Chief …

Passion Pit will mark the 10th anniversary of their debut LP, Manners, with a North American spring tour. The 18-date trek launches April 30th in Tempe, Arizona and wraps May 25th in Washington D.C. A VIP pre-sale begins Tuesday, February 5th at 10 a.m. local time, and a general sale …

Gladys Knight performed a powerful rendition of the National Anthem ahead of Super Bowl LIII Sunday night in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Alongside members of the military, Knight initiated the performance with delicate vocals, but she clenched her fist as she belted out the final verses of the anthem. …

Nefarious cover-ups, the Civil Rights movement and the music and activism of Sam Cooke converge in the trailer for the next episode of the Netflix docu-series, ReMastered, out February 8th. Cooke was shot dead at the age of 33 by motel manager Bertha Franklin, who said the singer broke into …

The L.A.-based singer-songwriter Lorely Rodriguez, better known as Empress Of, reprises her masterful synth-pop track “When I’m With Him” with a dramatic interpretation by indie pop visionary Perfume Genius. Pulled from her 2018 sophomore album, Us, Rodriguez’s misleadingly sunshine-laden production is cast by shadows under Mike Hadreas’ touch; sung in …

When YNW Melly released We All Shine earlier this month, listener attention was focused primarily on “Mixed Personalities” — the track featuring a high-profile guest turn from Kanye West. But the album’s standout is “No Heart,” a harsh, unfriendly, yet hyper-melodic track that furthers rap’s current obsession with liquid guitar …

Ozzy Osbourne is postponing the U.K. and European leg of his No More Tours 2 Tour due to illness. Previously, he had postponed the first four dates of the tour because of the flu, and now his doctor has diagnosed him with an upper-respiratory infection that could develop into pneumonia …

The Who recruited Pearl Jam‘sEddie Vedder and the Kaiser Chiefs to open an upcoming gig at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 6th, the first U.K. date they’veannouncedas part of their symphonic “Moving On” tour. General tickets go on sale Friday, February 1st at 3 p.m. ET. Fans can access a …