Robert Earl Keen knew the question was coming, so he answered it without a prompt. “My primary purpose in life is not only writing some songs and playing guitar,” Keen says, “but the magical part is actually putting that music out there in the world, and getting to perform.” Keen …

When Shane MacGowan died in November 2023, he left a great, big, romantic poet-shaped hole in music. Now, a year later, the late Irish songwriter’s band, the Pogues, have announced their first tour without him. The Pogues announced Tuesday that they will play seven shows in May 2025 in the …

When Dolly Parton’s Welsh and English ancestors landed on American shores more than a century ago, settling in the Appalachian mountain regions of Tennessee and North Carolina, they could scarcely have imagined that generations later one of their descendants would become one of the most successful songwriters of all time. …

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, in part on a pledge to aggressively purge the small city of Springfield, Ohio, of its large Haitian immigrant population. To the president-elect, it doesn’t matter that the Haitian workers and families are there legally; …

Could you be Primus‘ next drummer? The rock band have shared an open call on social media, inviting people to audition as Tim Alexander‘s replacement after his sudden departure. “We are currently taking submissions from all points in the universe for the position of Primus drummer/percussionist,” the band wrote on …

Cher stopped by The Tonight Show to chat about her recently-released memoir, Cher, The Memoir: Part One, and took the opportunity to announce that she is making new music. “It was hard,” the singer told host Jimmy Fallon of writing her memoir, which chronicles her early life as Cherilyn Sarkisian …

The priest of a New York City church where Sabrina Carpenter filmed her music video for “Feather” was stripped of his duties this week after church officials said an investigation revealed other instances of mismanagement. Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello was relieved of “any pastoral oversight or governance role” at the Blessed …

Jake Paul may have defeated Mike Tyson over the weekend, but it’s the late-night TV hosts who are claiming the final victory. The fight, which aired live on Netflix, is continuing to provide joke fodder days later, much to the delight of everyone leading a late-night show. “Was that a …

As pressure mounts for the House Ethics Committee to release their report into allegations former Rep.Matt Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, new claims surfaced on Monday that Donald Trump’s Attorney General nominee paid two women in 2019 to travel to New York to have sex. During …

Jon Stewart opened Monday’s episode of The Daily Show by echoing what many watching were feeling. “It has been two weeks since the election. Feels like two months,” he said, before adding: “So it’s been 15 years since the election.” The late-night host slammed Democratic leaders for trying to spin …