Blackberry Smoke wrapped up their spring Break It Down Tour, the band’s first-ever acoustic trek, on Sunday night at New York’s City Winery. In addition to stripped-down, wood-and-wire takes on staples from the Southern rock outfit’s extensive catalog, the group also used the relaxed format to offer select covers, including …
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Little Big Town offered a powerful performance of their new single “The Daughters” at the 54th ACM Awards. Surrounded by an army of choreographed female dancers, Karen Fairchild — singing lead — and her bandmates in LBT shined a light on the expectations placed on young women. “Girl, don’t be …
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Jonas Brothers hit the beach, entertain senior citizens poolside and dance down a Miami boulevard in their cheeky, Eighties-inspired new video for “Cool.” Anthony Mandler, who directed the band’s previous song’s video for “Sucker,” returns to helm the visual for their latest single. The guys camp it up poolside, gleefully …
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Best known as Colombia’s leading reggaetonera, Karol G plays the role of sexual educator in her beguiling new song, “Punto G” —an ode to the highly erogenous, anatomical region English speakers call the G-spot. In the accompanying video, a raven-haired Karol G and her girl squad kick off a riotous …
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Vampire Weekend unveiled two new songs, “This Life” and “Unbearably White,” the final pair of tracks they’ll share before the release of their new album, Father of the Bride, May 3rdvia Columbia Records. “This Life” is a sunny and spirited tune that finds frontman Ezra Koenig trading guitar licks with …
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British rock band the Cult have announced a special live event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its 1989 album Sonic Temple. Zola Jesus, Prayers, and Vowws will perform with The Cult on June 15th at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, transforming the venue into its own “sonic temple.” “We’ve never …
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Ashley McBryde took a recent phone call from country superstar Carrie Underwood, who passed along the news that McBryde had been named ACM Female Vocalist of the Year ahead of this weekend’s upcoming awards show. The moment was captured for the camera in a segment profiling the buzzworthy artist for …
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Wanda Jackson, widely hailed as the “Queen of Rockabilly,” has announced her retirement from performing due to “health and safety.” A representative for the singer-songwriter announced the news on Jackson’s official Facebook, “It has been a wild ride. Thank you all for the years of continued fandom and support. This …
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Ken Burns’ upcoming documentary Country Music will begin airing on PBS stations before the year is out, but a piece of it will live on forever at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. At a press conference on Wednesday in Nashville, Burns showed a clip from the documentary …
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The Roots took over the Roxy Hotel’s Django stage in New York City to close out Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Shot entirely on a Samsung S10+ phone, the filming featured split screens that highlighted solo melodies and audience reactions while the Roots performed a swinging …
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