Phil Lesh & Very Special Friends will headline a voter participation benefit concert at New York’s Apollo Theater on September 7th on a bill that also includes the Harlem Gospel Choir, Terrapin Family Band, Nicki Bluhm, Talib Kweli and Robert Randolph. Formally billed as Don’t Tell Me This Country Ain’t …
Read More »Dead & Company Plot 2019 Playing in the Sand Concert Vacation in Mexico
Dead & Company will reconvene this winter for their second annual Playing in the Sand concert vacation, which invades Riviera Maya, Mexico in January. The supergroup – featuring John Mayer, Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti – will perform three concerts …
Read More »Hear Kacey Musgraves' Charming Cover of Roger Miller's 'Kansas City Star'
Kacey Musgraves isn’t one to play things safe, but she plays the role to the hilt on a charming, bubbly new cover of “Kansas City Star” that will appear on the star-studded King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller album coming later in August. Miller scored a Top …
Read More »Travis Scott, Post Malone Set to Perform at MTV Video Music Awards
Travis Scott and Post Malone are the latest performers slated to take the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. This year’s show will take place on Monday, August 20th. Scott will perform a medley of songs from his latest album Astroworld, which was …
Read More »See Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson Jam With Country Parodist Wheeler Walker Jr
Saturday afternoon at the Hinterland Music Festival in Saint Charles, Iowa, Sturgill Simpson and Wheeler Walker Jr. popped up during Tyler Childers’ midday set to give a cheeky performance of Walker’s song “Sit on My Face.” Though not a song that requires much imagination for the uninitiated to Walker’s catalog, …
Read More »How Charlie Puth Fought for the Right to Find His Sound
Charlie Puth had an odd feeling as he read negative reviews of his 2016 debut album, Nine Track Mind: He agreed with them. Despite scoring three radio hits, Puth – a classic-rock fanatic from New Jersey who graduated from the Berklee College of Music – was insecure it had taken …
Read More »See Dan and Shay's Passionate 'Tequila' on 'Kimmel'
Country duo Dan + Shay offered up a double shot of tunes on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday night, including their intoxicating multi-week Number One, “Tequila.” https://youtu.be/edVkKiu2UH4 Taking a large outdoor stage to play for a responsive Southern California audience, Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney jumped right into their latest chart …
Read More »Watch Pop Prodigy Grace VanderWaal Parody 'Wonderwall' on 'Corden'
Last week, pop prodigy Grace VanderWaal performed her single, “Escape My Mind,” on The Late Late Show With James Corden. While the 14-year-old singer has an America’s Got Talent title under her belt, as well as a devoted fanbase, herLate Late Show visit afforded her the opportunity to further introduce …
Read More »Watch David Crosby Join Jason Isbell Onstage at Newport Folk Festival
David Crosby made a surprise appearanceduring Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s headlining set at the Newport Folk Festival Friday to perform a pair of Crosby, Stills & Nash classics. Crosby, who was not on the lineup for this year’s Newport Folk Festival, joined Isbell for “Wooden Ships” and the …
Read More »Hear David Guetta, Anne-Marie's Lovestruck New Song 'Don't Leave Me Alone'
David Guetta tapped rising British singer Anne-Marie for his new song, “Don’t Leave Me Alone.” The track blends snappy percussion and simmering synths, which build to an enthusiastic hook punctuated by piano stabs and hand claps. Despite the song’s uplifting melody, Anne-Marie injects her vocals with something bittersweet as she …
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