“There’s alternative, Triple-A and pop. So why can’t there be pop-country and country-country?” Nikki Lane once wondered to Rolling Stone Country. “We just need two genres.” With a new playlist, Spotify is hoping to answer that call. Indigo, launching Tuesday, will be the streaming giant’s conduit for “country-country” — where …
Read More »Hear Bob Dylan's Absolutely Mind-Blowing New Song 'Murder Most Foul'
Bob Dylan, who hasn’t released an original song since 2012’s Tempest, unexpectedly dropped a previously unheard, nearly 17-minute-long new track, “Murder Most Foul,” late Thursday night. Dylan didn’t say exactly when the song was recorded, but his delicate vocal delivery resembles the way he’s been singing in his live shows …
Read More »'In My Room' With Yola
Just weeks ago, Yola joined Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell, and other country music stalwarts onstage at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, raising money to help those affected by the recent tornado that had ravaged the area. Since then, a much bigger crisis has unfolded across the world. While it’s not clear …
Read More »Jackson Browne Drops 'A Little Soon to Say' to Help Us Through COVID-19
Shortly after testing positive for COVID-19, Jackson Browne dropped a new song, “A Little Soon to Say.” The track will be available digitally on Friday, March 27th, and is featured on his upcoming album, slated for October 9th. “I wanna see you holding out your light/I wanna see you light …
Read More »Kim, There's People That Are Dying
Over the weekend, a person with a desire to stir up chaos in the middle of a pandemic deemed it an opportune time to rehash one of the most annoyingly lengthy feuds in celebrity history. To do that, this unknown party leaked what appears to be the full, infamous phone …
Read More »How Ghosts Nearly Ruined the Foo Fighters' 10th Album
The Foo Fighters reportedly faced something entirely new while making their upcoming 10th album: ghosts. Dave Grohl recently told Mojo that the house in Encino, California — a Forties construction — where they recorded had a sinister past. “When we walked into the house in Encino, I knew the vibes …
Read More »How Tired Can Lil Baby Get If He's Already Tired of Being Tired of Being Tired?
There’s potentially no artist who more accurately sums up the national mood than one Dominique Armani Jones. The Atlanta rapper, better known as Lil Baby, is the modern bard of exhaustion. Across years and songs, he’s rewritten, recontextualized, and perfected a central thesis — that being tired is, in and …
Read More »Watch Gal Gadot, Will Ferrell, Sia, Natalie Portman, and Others Cover 'Imagine'
Gal Gadot has brought a group of celebrities together for an all-star cover of John Lennon‘s “Imagine.” Speaking on her Instagram, the Wonder Woman star shared that she has been bored after six days of self-quarantine. “These past few days got me feeling a bit philosophical,” she said. “You know …
Read More »Katy Perry Wins Appeal in 'Dark Horse' Infringement Case
Katy Perry has won her appeal in the ongoing plagiarism dispute over her 2013 hit “Dark Horse.” In 2014, the pop star was sued by the Christian rapper Flame (real name Marcus Gray), who claimed Perry and others pulled an eight-note musical phrase (known as an ostinato) from his song …
Read More »'Live From Here' Host Chris Thile Launches 'Live From Home' Series With Wilco Cover
Live From Here host Chris Thile kickstarted a new digital series called “Live From Home,” featuring self-recorded performances of musicians around the globe as they find ways to create and share music in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Like virtually every large-scale performance in the country, Live From Here‘s …
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