Call it blood on the Deep Tracks. This week, SiriusXM announced a series of changes to its lineup of music channels. The additions include channels devoted exclusively to the oeuvres of Kelly Clarkson and John Mayer, one made up of old-school Latin music, and one each focusing on R&B and …
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T ariq Trotter, a.k.a. Black Thought, has given the world endless insight into his mind in the 35-plus years since he founded the Roots with his high school classmate Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. But even after all those richly detailed lyrical flights and legendary live shows, he began to suspect he …
Read More »Jung Kook Takes Over Times Square With Surprise 'Golden' Performance
Jung Kook is turning Times Square Golden. On Thursday, the BTS member surprised fans in New York City with an impromptu performance on the TSX Stage in Times Square. After a New Year’s Eve-esque countdown on a large building, Jung Kook took the stage surrounded by dancers on the TSX …
Read More »Maren Morris Axes Down 'The Tree' With Brittney Spencer, Mickey Guyton on 'Fallon'
Maren Morris stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday to perform “The Tree” with fellow artists Mickey Guyton and Brittney Spencer. The single is one of two new tracks from her EP The Bridge. “Do you feel that?/Heart letting go of the weight it’s been holding,” sings …
Read More »Borja, Conexión Divina, Joaquina, and Leon Leiden Discuss Being the Latin Grammy's Best New Artists
The Best New Artist category is easily one of the most anticipated awards at the Latin Grammys. Last year, for the first time ever, there was a tie between rising Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada and Angela Alvarez, a 95-year-old Cuban grandmother whose relatives had submitted her album — proving anything …
Read More »Timbaland Apologizes After Saying Justin Timberlake Should Have 'Put a Muzzle' on Britney Spears
Timbaland has apologized after recently saying that his frequent collaborator Justin Timberlake “should have put a muzzle” on his ex Britney Spears. During a live interview with 9th Wonder at the Kennedy Center in late October, Timbaland was asked about the renewed interest toward their duo’s song “Cry Me a …
Read More »L.A. Reid Sued for Sexual Assault and Harassment
Former Arista Records executive Drew Dixon has filed a lawsuit against L.A. Reid, alleging the music mogul continually harassed and sexually assaulted her twice in 2001 while she was working for him, according to court records obtained by Rolling Stone. Dixon sued in the Southern District of New York on …
Read More »The Shocking Loss and Unbreakable Bond Behind Sleater-Kinney's New Album
“I honestly just needed to hear Corin sing.” Carrie Brownstein was headed into a studio in Los Angeles last fall when her friend and longtime Sleater-Kinney bandmate Corin Tucker called to give her the name and number of someone at the U.S. Embassy in Italy. The embassy had been urgently …
Read More »2023 CMA Awards: The Complete Winners List
Jelly Roll was named New Artist of the Year at the 57th annual CMA Awards. “Most importantly there is something poetic about a 39-year-old man winning New Artist of the Year,” Jelly Roll hollered from the stage. “Keep going, baby! Success is on the other side of it.” But the …
Read More »The 'Mean Girls' Musical Seems to Forget It's a Musical in First Trailer
Mean Girls is headed back to movie theaters in musical form — not that you’d really get that from the highly-anticipated film’s first trailer. Taking the two-minute clip at face value, you’d more or less expect a full-on Mean Girls remake for Gen Z, all the classic bits, quips, and …
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