For a group of people now in their 20th year of performing together, Little Big Town never seem content to coast. They began 2018 leading one of the most intriguing lineups available on their Breakers Tour, which included guests Kacey Musgraves and Midland, and this week, they start rehearsals for …

The road to hell is paved with good intentions, they say – and the path of good intentions, we’d wager, is liberally bricked with dull, earnest important-man biopics. An adaptation of Nicholas Dawidoff’s 1994 book of the same name, The Catcher Was a Spy rewinds back to the mid-1930s, when …

When John McCauley first sat down to watch his life depicted on screen, he didn’t particularly enjoy it. “Deeply uncomfortable” is how the singer-songwriter describes the experience of watching Straight Into a Storm, a new documentary about Deer Tick, the band he has fronted since 2004. “I don’t go online …

Last month, the Trump administration instituted a new “zero tolerance” policy directed at migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexican border illegally. Anyone captured would be prosecuted as a criminal, meaning parents and children crossing together would be separated, as minors cannot accompany adults to federal detention centers. Over 2,000 children …

Two extraordinary vocalists meet on “Keeping Score,” the new collaboration between Dan + Shay and pop star Kelly Clarkson that appears on the country duo’s forthcoming self-titled album. Penned by duo member Dan Smyers with Jordan Reynolds and Laura Veltz, “Keeping Score” stresses the importance of existing in the moment …

In May, the Trump administration instituted zero-tolerance policy that called for all immigrants crossing the border illegally to be prosecuted. Because minors cannot be held in criminal custody, close to 500 children have been separated from their parents since the policy was enacted. Many of these children are infants. On …

John Bonham’s drum part in Led Zeppelin‘s “Good Times Bad Times” is one of classic rock’s most legendary grooves. And, thanks to the skipping kick-drum part in the verse, one of the trickiest to pull off. That’s just one reason we’re so impressed with the above video of eight-year-old drummer …

Serpentwithfeet’s influences make him dangerously cool and impossibly contemporary. His debut was co-released on Tri Angle Records, home of Haxan Cloak, Forest Swords and Lotic, as well as a fitting match for his cutting-edge electronics. As a vocalist, his quavering vibrato is trained in opera and classical music, but it’s …

American R&B veterans hoping to reach a mainstream audience face a brutal slog. Rap dominates the market, reducing any singer’s chance of landing a hit. And within R&B, the landscape is harshly segmented by age – any singers above 30 not named Beyonce are automatically shunted to Urban Adult Contemporary …

Neko Case‘s clarion pipes remain the calling card, but on her 8th studio LP, between lyrics and vocal arrangements, they’ve never channeled more imagination or sense of purpose. A set of rangy folk-rock, per usual, Hell-On is attuned to the disasters of the moment; it opens pondering the nature of …