Music

In the depths of the River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina, a large tour bus is parked outside the tiny Grey Eagle where the Red Clay Strays are set to play a sold-out show that evening. The band’s coach is so tall that it all but obscures the venue …

Marilyn Manson’s penalty for pursuing failed defamation and emotional distress allegations against Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood and artist Illma Gore has ballooned to nearly half a million dollars. The hefty legal tab first hit six figures back on Jan. 29, when a Los Angeles judge ordered Manson, whose legal …

When Jennifer Lopez started working on This Is Me… Now, she knew a lot of people wouldn’t get the full concept at first. Yes, she was planning an album that would be a direct sequel to her 2002 LP This Is Me… Then, an album she wrote when she was …

Jennifer Lopez marked the release of her ninth studio album This Is Me… Now with a visit to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday. When discussing the inspiration behind her new record, Lopez said the process of being back in the studio and working on the project made …

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published in partnership with Rolling Stone. In many ways,rock musician Wayne Kramer was a true radical. The former guitarist for the protopunk band the MC5 — who died Feb. 2 of cancer at age 75 — was known for the …

Vampire Weekend will hit the road this summer for a lengthy tour in support of their upcoming album Only God Was Above Us. Following the band’s sold-out, album-introducing, solar eclipse show in Austin, the 45-show trek kicks off in earnest April 27 at New Orleans’ Jazz Fest, and loops around …

A week after Madi Diaz released her new album Weird Faith, the now-Nashville singer performed three tracks from the LP for CBS Mornings’ Saturday Sessions. In addition to “Everything Almost” — which Diaz also played on The Tonight Show last week — she also highlighted Weird Faith’s “For Months Now” …

John Mellencamp, a longtime advocate for gun control, issued a statement Friday condemning gun violence and encouraging America to confront the “carnage” in order to end it. “Excuse me for stating the obvious truth. I do so out of love for this country and the pain of learning, once again, …

Back in 1981, Barbara Mandrell proudly professed her country music roots in her hit “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Forty-three years later, Lainey Wilson shares a similar sentiment in her new song “Country’s Cool Again.” Released at midnight on Friday, the funky, slippery back-porch number is the Louisiana …

Welcome to our weeklyrundownof the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.The takeaway from this week’s new releases can be summed up by Lainey Wilson‘s new one “Country’s Cool Again,” which Queen Bey reaffirmed with her rodeo-ready new single. Beyond the country …