Ed Sheeran doesn’t use a lot of gear when he plays a stadium – just a few small acoustic guitars and a pedal board. Now, fans can own the same kind of guitars as Sheeran, who at a surprise appearance at the Anaheim, California NAMM instrument conference announced “Sheeran by …
Read More »Watch Lauren Jauregui's Dreamlike 'More Than That' Performance on 'Corden'
Lauren Jauregui performed a dreamlike version of her solo single “More Than That” on Tuesday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The former Fifth Harmony member sang from within a massive floral archway, with roses even decorating her microphone stand. A pair of dancers twisted and twirled behind her on …
Read More »Randy Travis Details Memoir, 'Forever and Ever, Amen'
Growing up in a small North Carolina town, young Randy Bruce Traywick learned to play guitar by the time he was eight. Two decades — and a slight name change — later, Randy Travis was one of the most successful, and staunchly traditional, acts in country music. Now enshrined in …
Read More »Branko Previews 'Nosso' Album With Propulsive 'Hear From You'
The Lisbon-based producer Branko released a gleaming, propulsive single titled “Hear From You” this week. The track will appear on his forthcoming album Nosso. “Hear From You” is a country-hopping hybrid: Sango, an American beat-maker known for placements on albums from Tinashe, Bryson Tiller and Smino, is a co-producer, and …
Read More »Luke Bryan Plots 2019 Sunset Repeat Tour
UPDATE: Bryan has added an October 25th show at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, marking the fourth consecutive year that the singer has concluded his tour at that location. As surely as the seasons will change, Luke Bryan can be counted upon to hit the road during the warm weather …
Read More »Cody Johnson on Bridging Texas-Nashville Gap With Mainstream Country Debut
Cody Johnson is certain his time has come. The former prison guard and rodeo rider from Huntsville, Texas (pop. 38,000), has earned his chance at country music stardom the hard way, racking up streams and building a fan base as a true-blue independent for more than a decade. Now, with …
Read More »Sail Away: The Oral History of 'Yacht Rock'
This story was originally published on June 26, 2015 In the late 1970s and early 1980s, musical artists like Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Toto, Hall and Oates, and dozens of others regularly popped up on each other’s records, creating a golden era of smooth-music collaboration. And on June …
Read More »Winter Jazzfest 2019: 10 Best Things We Saw
New York’s annual Winter Jazzfest marathon can be a mad scramble. For two nights in freezing January, dozens of groups in every imaginable style take over various downtown venues. Sets overlap, venues span nearly the whole width of downtown Manhattan from Alphabet City to Soho, crowds can swell to capacity, …
Read More »Hear Meat Puppets' Original Lineup's New 'Nine Pins'
The original lineup of the Meat Puppets – vocalist-guitarist Curt Kirkwood, bassist-vocalist Chris Kirkwood and drummer Derrick Bostrom – have recorded a new album, Dusty Notes, and set tour dates for a run of U.S. shows this spring. “Nine Pins,” the first track from the new LP, which is due …
Read More »Thom Yorke's 'Suspiria' Outtakes Coming to Limited-Edition Vinyl
Last year, Thom Yorke released his first-ever film score, a gorgeous, atmospheric set of new songs and instrumentals for director Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria. Now the Radiohead frontman is giving fans seven more tracks from those sessions as a limited-edition vinyl release. Suspiria: Limited Edition Unreleased Material is out on 12″ …
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