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Carrie Underwood gave one of the evening’s standout performances at the 51st CMA Awards in Nashville, singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly” during the show’s In Memoriam section. Surrounded by flickering candles, Underwood patiently worked her way to the song’s emotional apex as video screens acknowledged the performers and industry …

UPDATE: Taylor Swift unveiled the full track list for her new album Reputation on Instagram. The record will notably feature a collaboration with Ed Sheeran and Future titled, “End Game.” The album will also include previously released songs, “Look What You Made Me Do,” “Gorgeous,” “Call It What You Want” …

Our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast recently celebrated 50 years of Rolling Stone with a look back at some of the stories behind the magazine’s greatest photographs.Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunesorSpotify,or check it out below. Here, a look at some of the episode’s highlights: Original Rolling Stone …

In 2014, when Kelsea Ballerini was writing what became her breakout album, the following year’s unexpected smash debutThe First Time, the Grammy-nominated singer had almost zero time to sketch out its creative nuances. Having long been signed exclusively as a songwriter to the independent label Black River Entertainment, Ballerini was …

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings shared decade-old studio footage for the new video for “Call on God,” the gospel number that closes Jones’ posthumous Soul of a Woman, which also marks the band’s final studio album. “Call on God” was among the songs Jones penned in the late Seventies for …

Kendrick Lamar struts around, eating Chinese takeout in a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey, in a surreal clip for “New Freezer,” the rapper’s collaborative track with Rich the Kid. The video opens with the mysterious shot of a handgun emerging from velvet red curtains. From there, Rich the Kid cruises around …

Metallica, Dave Matthewsand G-Eazy will headline a benefit concert supporting families impacted by the devastating October wildfires throughout Northern California. Band Together Bay Area – scheduled for Thursday, November 9th at San Francisco’s AT&T Park – will assist families impacted by the fires and honor the thousands of heroic first …

Camila Cabello stars in her own telenovela in her new video for“Havana,” featuring Young Thug. The clip closes with a card reading, “This is dedicated to the dreamers,” likely a reference to immigrants protected under theDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Cabello plays several roles throughout the video, starting with …

George Young, guitarist in the Sixties band the Easybeats and the co-producer on AC/DC‘s first five albums, has died at the age of 70. Young was the older brother of the band’s Angus and Malcolm Young, who confirmed his deathon Facebook.“It is with pain in our heart that we have …

If you expected Chris Stapleton to come out swinging with the lead single off From A Room: Volume 2, think again. The first song the Grammy winner has shared from the forthcoming LP is its soulful opening track: a beautiful, mid-tempo cover of Kevin Welch’s “Millionaire,” which you can hear …