Taylor Swift is selling another vinyl version of her forthcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl after teasing the drop with a mysterious online countdown on her website that began a few hours beforehand. Swift teased the previous vinyl versions similarly. The album is set for an Oct. 3 release …
Read More »Bad Bunny Spends the Summer on the Shore With Chuwi in 'Weltita' Video
Work and play are one and the same for Bad Bunny in the music video for “Weltita,” his sunny collaboration with Chuwi. In the visual directed by Siempreric and Robinson Florian, the artists spend a day on the beach playing games that get competitive while remaining carefree. They face off …
Read More »John Prine's Early Nashville Years, in His Own Words
John Prine never had a chance to write his own memoir. But in the late 2010s, he’d begun working on one with the author Tom Piazza. After Prine died in 2020 — from complications due to Covid-19 — Piazza revisited the series of trips, encounters and conversations he’d had with …
Read More »This Hawaiian Singer Is Finding His Lane in Country
“Everything that I represent has to do with the culture and the lifestyle of Hawaii,” Glenn Awong says. “Bringing it out here is really easy for me. I’m just being me.” Awong is best known as Maoli, the performing moniker for the Maui native who is, by most metrics, one …
Read More »Kneecap Cancel All U.S. Tour Dates Due to Mo Chara's Upcoming Court Date
Irish rap group Kneecap have announced that they are canceling all of their upcoming U.S tour dates due to the proximity of group member Mo Chara’s Sept. 26 court hearing in London. Chara, born Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terror charges, for allegedly brandishing a flag of the Lebanese political …
Read More »Xavi Will End 2025 and Start the New Year on His Biggest Tour Yet
Xavi is closing 2025 with a bang. On Monday, the música mexicana star unveiled the dates to his upcoming X Tour, which will see him playing at theaters, auditoriums, and arenas across the United States. After playing Belico Fest in Phoenix, Xavi will start his own tour run in El …
Read More »Young Nudy Is Keeping Us on Notice
East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy makes street-rap albums intended to soundtrack all-night gaming sessions and riding ‘round town, smoked out with nothing to do. He has a few important qualities that elevate him among the street-rap chaff: his cousin is platinum-certified star 21 Savage, and he has a strong ear …
Read More »Gavin Adcock vs. Charley Crockett: Everything That's Happened in Country Feud
Up until recently, many country fans probably didn’t know the name Gavin Adcock. Then he started a bona fide country music feud with Charley Crockett. In August, Crockett, a cowboy singer from San Benito, Texas, addressed country fans on Instagram in a lengthy post that focused on country music’s favorite …
Read More »Turbo Has Produced Hits for Gunna and Lil Baby. Now, He's Ready to Explore New Frequencies
There are a handful of hip-hop producers you can argue have served as architects for the sound of modern rap. Turbo, sometimes known as Turbo the Great, would undoubtedly be on the Mount Rushmore of present-day rap hitmakers.With production credits on some of this generation’s biggest hits — Gunna‘s “Drip …
Read More »Watch Neil Young Play His Reagan-Era Protest Song 'Long Walk Home' for the First Time Since 1989
Midway through his set at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Saturday night, Neil Young sat at the piano and performed his Reagan-era protest song “Long Walk Home” for the first time since 1989. The lyrics were largely faithful to the original version on Young’s 1987 LP Life …
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