George Strait met Tom Petty for a brief few moments in 2017, when Petty was being honored as MusiCares Person of the Year. The country singer performed Petty’s “You Wreck Me,” off of 1994’s Wildflowers, in his honor, and it was a rare moment of nerves for Strait. “I was …
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Ralph Tresvant is nearly overwhelmed by the strength of his affections on new single “All Mine.” For added firepower, the singer recruits his old group-mate Johnny Gill, who attacks the backing vocalist role with his characteristic intensity. “All Mine” is co-written and produced by Gregg Pagani, who also has credits …
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Brevin Kim‘s music tends to aim for brutality. The two Massachusetts-born brothers love jagged edges, wild distortion, and synths that contort into animalistic screeches. Their latest two-minute assault, “I Need Water,” is no different. The song unloads like a sonic storm that splits the difference between PC music’s nearly random …
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If you’ve seen one at-home quarantine performance, you’ve nearly seen them all. But Margo Price is determined to liven up the format with her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The Nashville-based singer, who released her third album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, last week, filmed a stylish video for her …
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This past February, the Jayhawks observed a band milestone — their 35th anniversary — in the way that any fan of the low-profile roots-rock group might expect them to celebrate a music industry achievement: by not acknowledging it all. Despite making music together for as long as Jagger and Richards …
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Jesse Malin is a New York City staple, as ubiquitous as a Duane Reade. But the solo artist and member of bands like D Generation and Heart Attack also quietly co-owns and operates a number of bars in the city. As such, he’s seen firsthand the financial, cultural, and human …
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Singer-guitarist Marcus King has announced the new livestream Four of a Kind, Live From Nashville, a full-production performance series that gets underway July 13th and concludes August 3rd. With a new theme for each of its four weekly episodes, the series will include such guest artists as Billy Strings, Mastodon‘s …
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has dropped a new version of John Lennon’s always relevant 1971 protest song, “Gimme Some Truth.” The track arrived on Armstrong’s Instagram page Wednesday night, with the frontman writing, “This song was written by John Lennon. The first time I heard it was from one …
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Chase Rice has responded to criticism he received after performing a concert that appeared to lack proper COVID-19 social distancing measures. Rice headlined an outdoor show on Saturday night for nearly 1,000 fans at the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, a historic prison and concert venue in Petros, Tennessee. Photos and …
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Miley Cyrus performed the Beatles’ “Help!” in an empty Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California as part of Global Citizen’s “Global Goal: Unite for Our Future” livestream event Saturday. “For me, the magic of performing is sharing and celebrating music together…being surrounded by people and feeling their energy! During this …
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