Music

On Monday morning, Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens and former label executive Jerry Bradley were announced as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Television and radio host Bill Cody, filling in for an under-the-weather Reba McEntire, handled hosting duties for the live-streamed event in the museum’s …

A two-day auction of George Michael‘s art collection earned over $15 million, which will be used toward the late singer’s philanthropic efforts. During his lifetime, Michael amassed dozens of works by contemporary British artists – like Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Michael Craig-Martin and Marc Quinn – who formed …

Elle Varner sings to a python in the video for her new song, “Pour Me,” which features a guest appearance by Wale. She straddles a table, snuggling up to the yellow reptile in many scenes of the video, and the snake even slithers over to Wale for one of his …

Todd Snider has been staying at his Airbnb in downtown New York for less than 24 hours, but the apartment is already filled with the 52-year-old singer-songwriter’s personal touches: weed, an acoustic guitar, a loose wad of cash on the coffee table, and a laptop opened to a YouTube search …

“What’s the name of the group?” tease Boyz II Men before launching into “Motownphilly” for CMT Crossroads, joined by country Number One machine Brett Young. The venerable vocal group, who famously name-checked themselves in the 1991 debut single, and the “In Case You Didn’t Know” vocalist are the latest pairing …

Brad Paisley gives praise to a higher power in his unabashedly smitten new love song, “My Miracle,” the country star’s first single and first new music of 2019. Co-written by Paisley and Gary Nicholson, “My Miracle” is a tribute to Paisley’s wife of 16 years, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and spares no …

Country-rock veterans Travis Tritt and the Charlie Daniels Band launch their 2019 Outlaws & Renegades Tour on Friday night in St. Augustine, Florida, with special guest the Cadillac Three. The trek, which extends through June before a brief break and then picks back up in August, will feature CDB contemporaries …

UPDATE: After three nights in Cook County Jail, R. Kelly was released Saturday after repaying $161,000 in delinquent child support, the Associated Press reports. A Cook County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman confirmed the money was posted Saturday morning but did not reveal who had paid the outstanding payments. The singer was …

Thomas Rhett took the Saturday Night Live stage this weekend to debut not one, but two new songs — his single “Look What God Gave Her” and the much funkier, horn-laced “Don’t Threaten Me With a Good Time,” which put on display the superb, soulful talents of background singer and …

Michigan prosecutors revealed Friday that Aretha Franklin suspected that someone stole nearly $180,000 from her in the months prior to her August 2018 death. The investigation into the theft remains ongoing, Oakland County prosecutors told the Detroit News, although the Queen of Soul’s death complicates the situation. “In June 2018, …