Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park‘s Mike Shinoda and Zedd will headline the second-annual LoveLoud Festival, which benefits local and national charities that foster communication and acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community. Grace Vanderwaal, Neon Trees’ Tyler Gleen, Vagabon, A.W. and stand-up comedian Cameron Esposito will also perform at the event, scheduled for …

After 2016’s Ken Coomer-produced Skyline in Central Time, Andrew Leahey returns with a more guitar-forward new song, the anthemic “Start the Dance,” a fist-pumping slice of heartland rock. Leahey (a contributor to Rolling Stone Country) is a Nashville regular, who, when he isn’t fronting his band the Homestead, has been …

Since her 1990 debut LP, Well Travelled Love, Kelly Willis has populated her albums with a smart blend of twangy country, rollicking rockers and adventurous cover tunes. But one could be forgiven for needing a bit of a refresher on Willis’ outstanding solo records – it’s been 11 years since …

As leader of the Gramblers, Nicki Bluhm spent a decade resurrecting the sounds of California’s roots-music glory days. She was like a West Coast ambassador, her music caught halfway between the festival-friendly twang of Workingman’s Dead, the countercultural poise of the Laurel Canyon folk scene and the coed, harmony-heavy swoon …

XXXTentacion captured his first Number One album as the troubled Florida rapper’s ? debuted atop the Billboard 200. ? sold 131,000 total copies in its first week of release. However, only 20,000 of those copies were from traditional album sales, while 106,000 were the result of streaming equivalent albums, or …

Bill Murray praised Parkland high schoolers for kickstarting a new push for gun control following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.Speaking with NBC News, the actor said the student protestors reminded him of the student protestors that began the movement to end the Vietnam War. “It …

After a five-year break, Sugarland reunited for their first full-band live concert earlier this month, a show in Dublin as part of the Country to Country Festival. They followed it up with two more shows at C2C – one in London, one in Glasgow – offering a preview of what …

On Monday, during his regular Inside Studio G Facebook Live video series, Garth Brooks offered praise and support for March for Our Lives, the rally for gun control legislation taking place this weekend in Washington, D.C., and all around the country. “Your generation is the generation for the school shootings. …

Keith Richards, Mavis Staples, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Lucinda Williams and Norah Jones were among the performers that appeared onstage for the star-studded second annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert, which took place March 15th at New York’s Beacon Theatre. At the event, the Rolling Stones guitarist teamed with virtuoso …

Beck announced additional North American tour dates on Thursday. The singer will crisscross the U.S. this summer, playing festivals (New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest, RBC Bluesfest) and arena dates (Madison Square Garden) before wrapping up at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on September 28th. Beck will be joined …