David Crosby urged his former Byrds bandmate Roger McGuinn to reunite the group over the weekend, asking the singer on Twitter, “Want to do a couple of Byrds dates? I’ll just sing harmony. No talking?” McGuinn didn’t respond to the tweet, but a representative did when reached for a comment. …
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Chance the Rapper surprised Lollapalooza with an appearance during Death Cab for Cutie‘s set, where the rapper and singer Ben Gibbard reunited to perform their Big Day collaboration “Do You Remember.” “This is our first time ever performing this song and I think this might be a moment in history,” …
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Rick Ross is preparing to release Port of Miami 2. The follow-up to 2017’s Rather You Than Me and named after his 2006 debut studio album, his new LP will be released on August 9th via MMG/Epic. “Port of Miamistarted me on this journey,” Rosswrote on Instagram. “It’s only right …
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Billie Eilish describes collaborating with her brother Finneas, becoming a fan of Tyler, the Creator and Childish Gambino, and receiving the news that her breakout single “Ocean Eyes” had garnered attention in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The first song Eilish and Finneas wrote together was 2017’s “Bellyache,” …
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Dolly Parton‘s surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday night wasn’t just an emotional moment for the crowd, but the artists too. Prior to Parton taking the stage, she gathered the visibly moved Highwomen — the new group of Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Natalie Hemby, and Maren Morris …
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Rap’s biggest commercial asset of the year has been broad, virality-prone comedy. If a rapper isn’t impersonating one of the most infamous label bosses in the genre’s history, singing about about horses and hot-pressed sandwiches, or pandering to TikTok, the song is likely a tree falling in a very empty …
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The music, friendship, and hardships of country greats Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn are examined in the trailer for the new film Patsy & Loretta, which premieres on Lifetime October 19th. Megan Hilty (The Good Wife, 9 to 5: The Musical) stars as Cline, who preceded Lynn (played by Jessie …
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Ed Sheeran claimed the top spot on Rolling Stone’s Artists 500, bumping Drake to Number Two for the first time since the chart launched earlier this month. Sheeran ended the week of July 12th through July 18th with 107.8 million song streams, while Drake notched 103 million. After landing at …
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In 2017, the Nigerian artist Joeboy released a gliding cover of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” — a twisty-turny take on the original, where Joeboy slips into double-time cadences during the verses, making the beat seem flat-footed in the process. At the time, Joeboy was unknown and unsigned. But one …
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Bobby Rush has a way with words. At 85, the blues singer writes about the world in a rural American vernacular that has all but disappeared.“If you have a chicken and you’re feeding him, if you take away its food like corn, they squawk,” the “Chicken Heads” singer recently told …
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