John Mayer officially launched a new organization, the Heart and Armor Foundation, dedicated to tackling the various health issues that many combat veterans face. Though publicly announced for the first time Friday, the Heart and Armor Foundation was formed in 2012 and boasts a team of veterans, scientists and clinicians. …
Read More »Korn, Alice in Chains Plot Co-Headlining Summer Tour
Korn and Alice in Chains will unite for a co-headlining summer tour. Underoath will open every show the 30-date trek, which launches July 18th in Austin, Texas and wraps September 4th in Mountain View, California. Tickets go on sale to the general public starting Friday, March 1st at 10 a.m. …
Read More »Ja Rule's Halftime Performance at Milwaukee Bucks Game Goes Viral
Fresh off a co-starring role in a pair of Fyre documentaries, Ja Rule took center court during halftime of Saturday’s Milwaukee Bucks game for a performance that immediately went viral. The Bucks celebrated a Nineties-themed night at the Fiserv Forum and invited Ja Rule to play halftime, even though, as …
Read More »Norah Jones Announces Experimental New Project 'Begin Again'
Norah Jones’ last album was 2016’s Day Breaks, but she hasn’t stopped putting out music since. Over the last year she has released seven songs with collaborators including Jeff Tweedy and Thomas Bartlett, tracks ranging jazz-soul to psychedelia. “I felt inspired to record and try different things,” Jones says of …
Read More »Watch Weezer's Mr. Rogers-Themed Video 'High as a Kite'
Weezer have a history of adopting classic TV shows in their music videos, from Happy Days to Sesame Street. Add another instantly-memorable video to the list: perhaps inspired by the hit documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rivers Cuomo decided to dress up as Fred Rogers. Taking stage on the …
Read More »Hear Blues Savior Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram Duet With Buddy Guy on 'Fresh Out'
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the 20-year-old blues prodigy from Clarksdale, Mississippi who made Rolling Stone’s Hot List last year, is already having a big 2019: He just signed to Alligator Records, with his first album, Kingfish, due in May. He’s also opening for one of his mentors, Buddy Guy, this spring, …
Read More »Hear Cardi B, Bruno Mars' Flirtatious New Song 'Please Me'
Cardi B returned to Instagram after a brief hiatus to announce a new collaboration with Bruno Mars. “Please Me” comes on the heels of Cardi B’s first Grammy win. Produced by Bruno Mars and the Stereotypes, the silky, flirty song features Mars emotively pleading for some loving, while Cardi B …
Read More »10 Years Later, Drake to Release 'So Far Gone' to Streaming Services
On the tenth anniversary of So Far Gone, Drake revealed that his seminal and career-launching mixtape will be available on streaming for “the first time ever” on Thursday, February 14. In a lengthy Instagram post, Drake shared an updated graphic of the iconic mixtape cover, its little boy looking down …
Read More »Andrew Bird Channels Greek Mythology With Playful 'Sisyphus' Video
Andrew Bird blends Greek mythology, sweeping aerial views and playful visual gags in his new “Sisyphus” video. Instead of pushing a boulder up a mountainside, like the song’s titular doomed king, the singer-songwriter struggles to ascend the hills while wearing a massive stone head. He finds himself in several precarious …
Read More »Joni Mitchell Tribute Album to Feature Brandi Carlile, James Taylor
A Joni Mitchell tribute album, celebrating her 75th birthday, will feature live renditions of the singer’s songs by Brandi Carlile, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and many others. The record, Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration, will come out on March 8th. It contains a recording of a tribute concert …
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