Noah Cyrus opens her debut full-length with a stark lyric: “When I turned 20, I was overcome/With the thought that I might not turn 21,” she murmurs over fingerpicked guitars and whispers of feedback. It’s a grab-you-by-the-throat introduction that is a fitting opening for The Hardest Part, a compact yet …

Hemp is a natural resource older than all of us. There are thousands of hemp-based products available in the marketplace today. From shirts to car parts to pharmacy products, hemp is increasingly used in everyday life. Even homes are now being made entirely out of hemp. As a practical matter …

Jesse Powell, the R&B singer who scored a Top 10 hit in 1999 with “You,” has died at the age of 51. Powell “passed away peacefully” at his home in Los Angeles, the singer’s family said in a social media statement. No cause of death was provided. “It is with …

Jake Blount is a singer, songwriter, musician and academic who has written about the folk traditions of Black and indigenous Americans. He’ll release his latest album, The New Faith, on Sept. 23, and perform songs from the LP at this week’s AmericanaFest in Nashville. In this essay for Rolling Stone, …

John Stamos will recount his life and career in a new memoir, which he said he was inspired to write following the death of his longtime friend and Full House co-star Bob Saget. As The Associated Press reports, Stamos’ book, If You Would Have Told Me, will be published in …

Ashley McBryde’s known for making rich character studies out of her songs, but she’ll lean all the way in on the new album Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville, due out via Warner Music Nashville on Sept. 30. Among the guests on the multi-artist project are Brothers Osborne, Brandy Clark, and Aaron …

[Jackson, Mississippi, is still recovering from a water crisis that left approximately 150,000 people without safe drinking water, a cruel reminder of decades-long structural issues facing a predominantly Black city. Interviews for this story were conducted in the spring.] Talk to scene makers in Jackson, Mississippi, like Brad “Kamikaze” Franklin …

Netflix isn’t letting the turnout of Season Two of Love Is Blind get them down — the hit experimental dating show is back for a third season. The streaming platform released the first teaser for the upcoming season on Wednesday, introducing a new crop of singles who are eager to …

Last week was the D23 Expo, a time when nerds and Disney adults from all corners of the nation unite to preview the Disney company’s upcoming park and film release offerings. One of the most talked-about previews at the Expo was the teaser trailer release for The Little Mermaid, Disney’s …

Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock discussed how frequently rappers are targeted for robberies in an interview recorded several weeks before he was shot and killed during a robbery in Los Angeles. PnB Rock discussed the matter on an episode of DJ Akademiks’ Off the Record podcast, which was first released on …