Ani DiFranco will promote her upcoming memoir, No Walls and the Recurring Dream, and corresponding mixtape with a North American tour. The summer trek launches May 3rd at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and wraps August 16th at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado. The U.S. …
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Kevin Abstract‘s “The 1-9-9-9 Is Coming” isn’t long. The song’s runtime is a little under two minutes and contains one verse — just 45 seconds of rapping. There’s no hook, no bridge, no climax. Nothing to cut the dour subject matter. Nevertheless, in that short window Abstract illustrates a life …
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On April 8th, 1988, Columbia Records released Rodney Crowell’s breakthrough album, Diamonds & Dirt. Having released his debut LP Ain’t Living Long Like This a full decade earlier for Warner Bros., the former guitarist in Emmylou Harris’ Hot Band had, in his estimation, finally made a record his father would …
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Maren Morris and Brothers Osborne gave a freewheeling performance of their song “All My Favorite People” during the 54th ACM Awards on Sunday. The song, penned by Morris with her husband Ryan Hurd and Mikey Reaves, appears on Morris’ 2019 album Girl. On a set designed to emulate a Nashville …
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Kane Brown tells a story of family, survival and support in the new video for “Good as You,” which came out today. The song originally appeared on Brown’s second album Experiment and is his current country single. Lyrically, “Good as You” has a decidedly romantic tone, with Brown making promises …
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On Wednesday, country singer Brad Paisley broke ground on the Nashville site where he and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley plan to open a free grocery store later in 2019. Dubbed “The Store” and opening in partnership with Paisley’s alma mater Belmont University, the new nonprofit business will serve underprivileged members of …
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Liam Gallagher is no stranger to baring his soul and the former Oasis member is continuing his quest to be the most outspoken man in rock with his upcoming documentary Liam Gallagher: As It Was. Altitude Films has dropped the first trailer for the film, which showcases Gallagher preparing to …
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When the Zombies were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 29th, keyboardist-songwriter Rod Argent spoke from the stage about growing up in England during the Fifties and first discovering American rock & roll. “Elvis himself was a God,” he said. “I was 11 and I …
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On Monday, Senate Democrats voted down a $13.45 billion disaster relief package because it only included $600 million for Puerto Rican food stamps. President Trump responded hours later by lashing out at the U.S. territory on Twitter, calling the “place” a “mess,” accusing its politicians of incompetence and corruption and dramatically …
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Carly Rae Jepsen will release her new album, Dedicated, May 17th via School Boy/Interscope then embark on a North American tour in support of the record this summer. Dedicated marks Jepsen’s fourth LP and follows her critically acclaimed 2015 album, Emotion. The singer began to tease new music last year, …
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