After a scorching summer with her good-time hit “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” Memphis rapper GloRilla is taking on the fall with Cardi B by her side. The duo have teamed up on “Tomorrow 2,” a remix of a GloRilla track from July’s Gangsta Art, a compilation album by her label, CMG. …
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GMO STAX Sounds Like: The hunger and drive of a first-round draft pick rapping earnestly about life in the fast lane For Fans of: Tee Grizzley, G Herbo, and adolescent Lil Wayne Why You Should Pay Attention: For an artist so young, GMO Stax has several lifetimes of experience behind …
Read More »'I Look Back, But I Don't Stare': Nile Rodgers on Turning 70, Facing Mortality, and Being Music's Most Prolific 'Worker Bee'
It’s both awe-inspiring and humbling to peek at Nile Rodgers’ day-to-day schedule. Earlier this month, to borrow one slightly extreme example, the producer-guitarist left Monaco the morning after a gig so he could get to London in time for a Taylor Hawkins tribute show. Immediately after that, he’d fly back …
Read More »'Completely Abandoned': Greyson Chance Is Finally Ready to Talk About Ellen
& #8216;This is the first time I’ve been honest about her, and this is the last time I want to talk about it.” Greyson Chance and I are sitting in the Hollywood Hills home of producer Brett McLaughlin on a warm August morning. The quaint spot is where Chance — …
Read More »Years After the Route 91 Massacre No One Knows a Damn Thing
W ES PERRY WAS in his Las Vegas hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino when a gunman, a few rooms away, smashed his own room’s window and opened fire. Fans were gathered across the Las Vegas Strip at a country-music festival. It was …
Read More »Smash Hits and 'Puro Desmadre': After Taking Over Música Mexicana, Grupo Firme Is Ready for More
Still dressed in their work uniforms after an arduous day under the desert sun in mid-April, seven men tasked with building the tents at Coachella wait anxiously to watch Mexican band Grupo Firme take the very stage the men helped build. Among the construction workers is Jose, a Coachella Valley …
Read More »Sammy Hagar on How the Pandemic Inspired His New LP, Why He's Down on Both Trump and Biden
Nashville producer Dave Cobb is best known for his work with country icons like Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, and Jason Isbell. But when he was a kid in the Eighties, he listened mostly to hard rock bands like Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Van Halen. He was 11 when …
Read More »Did Dr. John Actually Finish His Final Album Before He Died? Depends Who You Ask
FIVE MONTHS BEFORE Dr. John’s death in June 2019, the singer’s son Max Rebennack sent an email to producer and musician Shane Theriot. Rebennack began corresponding with Theriot about the album Dr. John had made over the previous year. The collection, recorded over a series of sessions in and around …
Read More »Why Live Music's Biggest Stars Are Hiding Out in Pennsylvania's Amish Country
Eric Church was rehearsing for his first-ever “in the round” tour last summer when his manager John Peets noticed a major flaw in the stage design: Whenever the country music star moved toward the pits to get closer to the fans, he disappeared entirely from view. “The stage is built …
Read More »Louisville Rapper EST Gee Lets the Music do the Talking
It’s a sunny day in New York City, but the lights are dim inside the restaurant Jue Lan in Manhattan, a go-to for industry dinners and celebrations, which may explain the casino lighting that permeates certain corners of the establishment. EST Gee and his two-person team aren’t celebrating in the …
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