Hal Ketchum, the Grand Ole Opry member and hit country singer of “Small Town Saturday Night,” died Monday night at 67 as a result of complications from dementia. Ketchum’s wife Andrea confirmed the news on Facebook Tuesday. “With great sadness and grief we announce that Hal passed away peacefully last …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Celebrates 'Body' Positivity in New Video
Megan Thee Stallion has released the new video for “Body.” The single appears on her debut studio album, Good News; both dropped at midnight on Thursday. She premiered the visual during YouTube Original’s weekly series, Released. During the show, she discussed embracing “all body shapes” and how the video represents …
Read More »Eddie Vedder Releases Two Solo Singles 'Matter of Time,' 'Say Hi'
Eddie Vedder released a pair of tracks, “Matter of Time” and “Say Hi,” after performing them at a special virtual charity event Wednesday night, November 18th. The event, Ventures Into Cures, was to benefit the EB Research Partnership, a nonprofit Vedder and his wife, Jill, co-founded to help find a …
Read More »The Avalanches' 'We Will Always Love You' Features MGMT, Karen O, and More Big Names
The Avalanches have unveiled the all-star guest list that features on their upcoming album We Will Always Love You, out December 11th. The album’s previously released singles have so far included appearances by Blood Orange (“We Will Always Love You“), Jamie xx and Neneh Cherry (“Wherever You Go“), Rivers Cuomo …
Read More »Lindsey Buckingham Announces Intimate Home Livestream
Lindsey Buckingham will perform an intimate livestream from his home in Los Angeles on December 5th. “I’ve been laying low just like everybody else, and I haven’t seen any of you for a while,” the guitarist wrote on Twitter. “And so I thought I’d give a little intimate concert from …
Read More »Nathaniel Rateliff Performs His Mournful Ballad 'And It's Still Alright' on 'Kimmel'
Nathaniel Rateliff delivered a devastating performance of “And It’s Still Alright,” the title-track from his latest album, on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday, November 9th. The performance featured just Rateliff and his guitar, and was recorded in a studio space with wide windows looking out on a set of rocky red …
Read More »Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to Launch New Podcast Featuring Classic Induction Speeches
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has teamed up with iHeartMedia to launch a new podcast Friday, November 6th, featuring classic artist induction speeches from over the years, Variety reports. The first four episodes of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Vault will feature Mick Jagger inducting the …
Read More »Liam Payne, Dixie D'Amelio Placed on 'Naughty List' in New Holiday Song
Liam Payne has teamed up with Dixie D’Amelio for new holiday song, “Naughty List.” On the pop track, which opens with sleigh bells befitting the season, the former One Direction member and the singer/TikTok star playfully sing about getting swept up in the heat of the moment in the midst …
Read More »A DJ Rediscovered Joni Mitchell's Earliest Recordings. Now Everyone Can Hear Them
Five years ago, Barry Bowman’s daughter brought him a box of his belongings that his ex-wife thought he might want to keep. The retired DJ went fishing through it, shuffling through old airchecks on cassettes and reel-to-reel tapes. “I jokingly said, ‘I wonder if that old Joni Mitchell tape is …
Read More »Jeff Tweedy Is an Open Book
Jeff Tweedy makes a point of working on music every single day, but lately he’s been a little distracted. “The election is making it harder than normal to focus,” he says over Zoom from Wilco’s Chicago recording space, the Loft. “It’s hard to play the guitar and check FiveThirtyEight at …
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