Tems brought the heat to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night with a live performance of “Burning.” The song arrived on the Nigerian musician’s debut album Born in the Wild, released in June. While Tems has usually been backed by a multi-piece band during her late night …
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Swifties for Kamala, the thousands-deep coalition helping to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as the 47th president of the United States, have gained a support in the biggest Swiftie of them all: Taylor Swift. The musician shared her endorsement for Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, just …
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Frankie Beverly, founder of the legendary funk and soul band Maze who dropped a plethora of gold albums during the Seventies and Eighties and notched a generational hit with 1981’s “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77. Beverly — born Howard Stanley Beverly — died Monday, Sept. 10, …
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Nobody’s favorite Queen album is their 1973 self-titled debut. And Queen has agreed until now. Half a century after its release, the group is reissuing the album with a completely rebuilt remix that it hopes will do justice to the rest of the songs. The reissue, due Oct. 25, has …
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Former Danity Kane member Dawn Richard has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging the music mogul groped her on numerous occasions, was physically violent with women, trapped her inside a locked car for two hours as a form of punishment, and threatened her life. Richard, who was also in the group …
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LL Cool J‘s “Murdergram Deux,” a bass-heavy track off of his latest album The Force, marked the rapper’s first collaboration with Eminem. The rap legends have now teamed up again for the single’s music video, which incorporates LL Cool J’s and Big Daddy Kane‘s iconic album art into the backdrop. …
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Chappell Roan told Rolling Stone in her new cover story that she turned down an invite to perform at the White House’s Pride Celebration this year because of her opposition to various stances taken by Joe Biden’s administration. “I’m not going to go to the White House because I am …
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As a clip of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce belting the lyrics to The Darkness‘ “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” began to go viral, the rock band’s frontman Justin Hawkins took to TikTok to divulge his own experience with the pop star’s music. In a 90-second video Monday, …
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Anohni and the Johnsons, Jessica Pratt, and Waxahatchee will appear at Big Ears Festival next year. Taking place on March 27 through 30 in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, the stacked lineup also includes Rufus Wainwright, Esperanza Spalding, Taj Mahal, Lankum, Yo La Tengo, Sun Ra Arkestra, Cassandra Jenkins, Wilco’s Nels Cline, …
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Few things give a budding pop star their bona fides quite like proving their major label wrong. And that’s exactly what Chappel Roan did with “Pink Pony Club,” the 2020 single she fought to release, which has become one of the hits fueling her massive 2024 rise. In her new …
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