Music

This year’s Best New Artist category at the Grammys is anybody’s game to win: It’s a lineup full of acclaimed stars with strong hit-making capabilities. And as diverse as the field is, many of the nominees have collaborated with one another during the past year, leading to one of the …

Lari White, a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, producer and actress, has died in hospice care after a battle with advanced peritoneal cancer. She was 52. As a country artist, White scored six Top 20 country hits, including the Top 10 singles “That’s My Baby,” “Now I Know” and “That’s How You Know …

Lindi Ortega is back with a vengeance. After her pensive 2017 EP Til the Going Gets Gone, new song “The Comeback Kid” reignites the fiery tone of her previous LPs. It’s the first single from Ortega’s fifth studio album Liberty, due out March 30th. “The Comeback Kid” is told from …

When Taylor Swift boldly educated an attorney about the location of her rear end in a Denver court room last August, Heart‘s Ann Wilson felt a twinge of compassion. After all, the last time a 27-year-old superstar took on sexism in the music industry was when the singer wrote “Barracuda” …

The Peach Music Festival, the annual Pennsylvania fest founded by the Allman Brothers Band in 2012, has announced its 2018 lineup. Phil Lesh, Gov’t Mule and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead are among the headliners, but it’s a set by Allmans founding member Dickey Betts, who retired from touring in 2015, …

Two Australian songwriters have filed a complaint against songwriter Ed Sheeran and country music’s powerhouse couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, alleging that the pair’s recent song “The Rest of Our Life,” co-penned by Sheeran, is “blatant copying” of their own 2014 song, titled “When I Found You.” According to …

The National recruited Father John Misty, Feist, Future Islands, the Breeders and Lord Huron for their inaugural Homecoming festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, the 29th in the band’s hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Julien Baker, Moses Sumney, Alvvays and Big Thief will also perform at the two-night event, …

Titus Andronicus released a sprawling new track titled “Number One (In New York)” on Thursday. The song is the lead single from A Productive Cough, their new album due out March 2nd. “Number One (In New York)” is an insistent piano ballad that unfurls over ten minutes. The band establishes …

Yoko Ono congratulated Ringo Starr on Tuesday after he was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth for his “services to music.” “I am very happy that you have received this honor from the Queen,” Ono wrote on Twitter. “It’s about time! Huge congratulations … It is an honor for everyone …

Chance the Rapper and Jeremih unveiled the deluxe edition of their surprise holiday mixtape, Merry Christmas Lil’ Mama: Re-Wrapped. The expanded version isavailable to stream on Chance the Rapper’s Soundcloud, and can also be downloaded for free. The deluxe edition boasts nine new songs, plus a piano remix of “Stranger …