For all her goofy singles – and there’s been a lot of them – Katy Perry has a way of working a ballad when she needs to. On Wednesday night, she released her latest, “Never Worn White.” On the tender piano-led ballad, Perry addresses her fears about getting married. “But …
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As a young, aspiring “girl singer” arriving in Nashville in the early Sixties, Loretta Lynn found a mentor in established artist Patsy Cline. Like Cline, Lynn was signed to Decca Records, produced by Owen Bradley, and a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry. She may have landed in Music …
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Tame Impala served as the guides for a heady nostalgia trip with their performance of “Lost in Yesterday” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday. The Australian psych-rock outfit delivered a pristine rendition of the Slow Rush track, which is anchored by a thick bassline and crisp, clever drumming, while a flurry …
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Jarvis Cocker will be releasing Beyond the Pale —his first original album sinceFurther Complications in 2009, and his debut with his band Jarv Is… — on May 1st via Rough Trade. The band shared a teaser for the LP on Monday with the new single “House Music All Night Long,” …
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Democratic hopeful Tom Steyer joined Juvenile onstage for a performance of “Back That Azz Up” during a campaign stop at a South Carolina college ahead of the state’s primary Saturday. Although Steyer held a microphone for the entirety of the performance, the billionaire activist did very little rapping, instead opting …
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Kenny Chesney has released a preview of his upcoming studio album with the optimistic new song “Here and Now.” The as-yet-untitled album, Chesney’s second full-length under Warner Bros. Nashville, is expected to be released in late spring. Composed by Craig Wiseman, David Lee Murphy, and David Garcia during a creative …
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Neil Young has never hidden his contempt for Donald Trump, but now that he’s officially an American citizen, he’s raising his voice even louder. “You are a disgrace to my country,” Young writes in a long, scathing open letter to Trump on his Neil Young Archives website. “Your mindless destruction …
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The National have announced a slew of 2020 North American tour dates with support from Lucy Dacus, Sharon Van Etten, and Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Before arriving in the states, the band will head out on a overseas trek in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. It will be supported by …
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Few artists have been present at as many turning points in rock & roll as Robbie Robertson. Long before he was a member of the Band, writing modern-day standards like “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek,” he was writing songs, playing guitar, and touring with Ronnie Hawkins and the …
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On a quiet afternoon outside Texas’ oldest dance hall in 2013, Paul English sat in the back of his tour bus, counting money. Though he would be playing drums that night with his boss, Willie Nelson, the 81-year-old English also had other responsibilities: collecting payments from promoters, and handling sound, …
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