Tori Kelly will embrace self-reflection on her fifth album. On Friday, the pop-R&B singer released the introspective single “High Water,” as she announced her fifth album, TORI. It’s her first album under her record deal with Epic, and it’s out April 5. The new song was written after she faced …
Read More »Mojo Nixon: The Lost Interview
Mojo Nixon was absolutely himself right to the end. The cult hero died Feb. 7 on board the Outlaw Country Cruise, where he’d performed and caroused in signature fashion the night before (“passing after a blazing show, a raging night, closing the bar, taking no prisoners,” according to a statement …
Read More »Vampire Weekend Tease 'Only God Was Above Us' Album With Noisy Montage
Vampire Weekend are teasing their new album, Only God Was Above Us, with a 30-second clip of a noisy yet upbeat guitar cacophony skating over some funky bass and drums. The clip for the album, due out April 5, shows a man jumping through an old New York City subway …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Announces Fifth Album 'Deeper Well'
Kacey Musgraves is entering a new era of music — and she tapped the “great ghosts” of Electric Lady for it. On Thursday, the country singer announced that she’ll release her fifth LP, Deeper Well, on March 15 via Interscope and MCA Nashville. Musgraves co-produced the record with Daniel Tashian …
Read More »Faye Webster Puts Humorous Spin on Mundanity of Life on New Song 'Feeling Good Today'
Faye Webster continues to preview her upcoming LP Undressed at the Symphony with the new song “Feeling Good Today.” The 90-second track — which was accompanied by a video shot by Pooneh Ghana and starring TikToker Lili Hayes, here wearing a Webster mask — finds the Atlanta singer-songwriter exploring the …
Read More »Tracy Chapman's Grammys Appearance Was the Event of the Night. Here's How It Happened
Tracy Chapman may keep a remarkably low profile, but she doesn’t live in a vacuum. The singer-songwriter was well aware of the success that Luke Combs’ cover of her song “Fast Car” was having last year. After it won two big awards at the Country Music Association Awards in November, …
Read More »Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa Join Star-Studded British Vogue Cover as Editor-in-Chief Makes Grand Exit
For Edward Enninful’s final cover as editor-in-chief at British Vogue, dozens of women who have dominated in music, film, television, and more gathered for an epic photoshoot to signal the end of an era. The 40 figures captured for the cover span from Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa to Oprah …
Read More »Where Can Justin Timberlake Even Go From Here?
Has a comeback ever been more poorly timed? Approval ratings for Justin Timberlake have dipped lower each year, coming to a head when Britney Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me was released a few months ago and unveiled intimate drama from her relationship with the “Cry Me a River” singer. …
Read More »Mojo Nixon, Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero, Dead at 66
Mojo Nixon, the unapologetically brash musician, actor, and radio DJ, died of “a cardiac event” on Wednesday, Feb. 7, his family confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 66. Nixon was aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise, an annual music cruise where he was a co-host and regular performer. “August 2, 1957 …
Read More »Julio Iglesias Will 'Tell the Truth About My Life' in New Docu-Series
The life of Spanish legend Julio Iglesias is coming to the small screen. On Thursday, Netflix announced a partnership with Iglesias for an upcoming documentary series about the “Me Olvidé de Vivir” singer’s life. “After the many speculations, books and documentaries in which I have not been involved, for the …
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