Kaash Paige went viral with her 2019 smash “Love Songs” and ever since her star has continued to rise. She’s gone from playing house parties to performing at festivals such as at Rolling Loud Miami (she made Rolling Stone‘s 10 Best Of list) and Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash in Chicago …
Read More »Allman Family Revival Tour to Honor Gregg Allman in 18 Cities
The life and music of Gregg Allman will be celebrated with an 18-city Allman Family Revival tour that kicks off November 27th in St. Louis and wraps up December 19th in Los Angeles. Greg’s son Devon Allman and his group the Allman Betts Band will be the featured act alongside …
Read More »Axl Rose Reflects on Birth of GN'R, Izzy Stradlin Partnership at Atlantic City Gig
Near the end of Guns N’ Roses’ set at the Etess Arena in Atlantic City on Sunday night, right before playing “Don’t Cry,” Axl Rose got uncharacteristically nostalgic. “This next one is the first song that was written for Guns N’ Roses,” he told the crowd. “I went over to …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar Is Finally Back With Baby Keem's New Track 'Range Brothers'
Baby Keem is out with his album, The Melodic Blue, Friday and it features the new Kendrick Lamar-assisted track “Range Brothers.” Lamar also appears on “Vent” and the previously released “Family Ties.” Keem leads the first verse, which is buoyed by string arrangements. Lamar joins him partway through for a verse …
Read More »Hear Alicia Keys, Swae Lee's Sultry New Duet 'LaLa'
Alicia Keys and Swae Lee have linked up for sultry new song “Lala.” The two will perform the song for the first time live at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday. On the single, the pair trade flirtatious lines. “Skin like whiskey/She’s cold like on the rocks,” Swae …
Read More »Alain Diamond Honors Guinea's Musical Legends With Funky 'Paulette' Remix
The Guinean group Balla et ses Balladins — named for its trumpet player Balla Onivogui — originally released “Paulette” in 1980 on their album Objectif Perfection. It’s unerringly handsome, with pinwheeling, casually virtuosic guitar, reverent massed vocals, a quavery, bleating brass section, and a cooled-out, questing horn solo. To the …
Read More »Watch Phoebe Bridgers Cover Bo Burnham's 'That Funny Feeling' at Tour Kick-Off
Phoebe Bridgers kicked off her tour in Chesterfield, Missouri on Friday, her first traditional concert in nearly two years. After a 15-song set — in which she played her new album Punisher nearly straight through — she covered Bo Burnham‘s “That Funny Feeling” for an encore. The video above begins …
Read More »Kanye West's 'Donda': Everything We Know About New Album
When Kanye announced the release of his long-awaited tenth studio album Donda, it wasn’t hard for fans to feel a hint of disbelief. Kanye is known to delay and push projects back ad infinitum, so hearing any new music seemed like an unlikely occasion. Yet, on July 22nd at the …
Read More »The Go-Go's Remember Charlie Watts, 'A Gentleman Through and Through'
The Go-Go’s remembered time spent learning from and touring with Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer who died Tuesday at age 80. “Charlie was loved by everyone and the Go-Go’s are no exception,” drummer Gina Schock wrote on Instagram. “On a more personal level,” she continued, “Charlie was my hero.” …
Read More »Bob Dylan Lawsuit: Dylanologists, Accuser's Lawyer Spar Over 1965 Whereabouts
Earlier this week, a Greenwich, Connecticut woman sued Bob Dylan, claiming that he sexually abused her over a six-week period at New York’s Chelsea Hotel in 1965 when she was 12 years old. She is identified only as “J.C.” in papers filed with the Supreme Court of the State of …
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