Last month, Ann and Nancy Wilson announced that Heart were going on a reunion tour three years after their bitter split. And last night they finally appeared together in public at the Love Rock benefit show at New York’s Beacon Theater, sharing the bill with Robert Plant, Sheryl Crow and …
Read More »See Rita Ora Showcase Different Versions of Herself in New 'Only Want You' Video
Rita Ora displays different versions of herself in her new video for “Only Want You.” The clip is for the recently remixed version of the song, which features 6lack. The original tune appears on her sophomore LP, 2018’s Phoenix. The Hannah Lux Davis-directed visual opens on Ora expressing frustration to …
Read More »Hear Steve Earle's All-Star 'Old Friends' With Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell
When Guy Clark recorded his 1988 album Old Friends, he enlisted a bevy of musician buds to fulfill the title, from Rosanne Cash and Vince Gill to Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell. Those last two appear on Steve Earle‘s new version of the LP’s title track, the latest song released …
Read More »Kacey Musgraves Gets Mellow, Sings With Brooks & Dunn at Nashville Concert
On her Grammy-winning album Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves combined traditional acoustic instruments and a synthetic vocoder effect in “Oh, What a World,” creating a standout track that inspired the name of her 2019 headlining tour. At the third of four sold-out Oh, What a World: Tour dates at Nashville’s Ryman …
Read More »Watch 2 Chainz Perform Operatic 'Forgiven' on 'Fallon'
2 Chainz performed a dramatic version of “Forgiven” on Thursday’s Tonight Show, recruiting a string section, children’s choir and the operatic voice of R&B singer Marsha Ambrosius. Throughout the song, the rapper lamented an adolescence in which his “dreams [turned] to nightmares.” “I stayed in the Creek, junkies used to …
Read More »For R. Kelly's Accusers, a Mix of Optimism and Disbelief
Asante McGee was eating lunch with her son last Friday afternoon when the text messages and articles began flooding in: R. Kelly Charged With 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse. McGee had met Kelly in 2013 and says the singer invited her backstage weeks later after a show in …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: King Crimson, 'The Mincer / Law of Maximum Distress'
For most of their existence, King Crimson have been one of rock’s least nostalgic bands. Through frequent lineup changes and a staunch commitment to starting from scratch with each new phase, bandleader Robert Fripp has preserved the sense of risk and experimentation that marked their landmark 1969 debut In the …
Read More »R. Kelly Charged With 10 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse
UPDATE: R. Kelly surrendered to Chicago police Friday night after being charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, CNN reported. Kelly was placed in handcuffs before entering the station; the singer did not speak to media who congregated outside the station. Kelly will be in court Saturday for …
Read More »Watch Young M.A's New, Emoji-Enhanced 'Thotiana' Remix Video
Young M.A has the thotties twerking at a hallway dance party in her new remix of Blueface‘s hit “Thotiana.” Her playful take includes face emojis and peach emojis that humorously and strategically cover some of the booty shots. “Oh, Thotiana. Half savage, half prima donna,” she raps. “I don’t want …
Read More »New R. Kelly Accuser Claims Singer Had Sex With Her When She Was Underage
Two women are adding their voices to the chorus against R. Kelly. At a press conference in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday, Latresa Scaff and Rochelle Washington alleged that the singer spotted them at an afterparty for one of his concerts in the Baltimore area during the mid-Nineties and invited them …
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