Music

Reneé Rapp is bringing her new album to arenas nationwide. On Monday, the pop star announced the dates for her fall Bite Me tour, which will see her perform at iconic stages like Madison Square Garden and Kia Forum. Rapp will kick off the run on Sept. 23 at Red …

Matters inside the Wrecking Crew apparently aren’t about to be rebuilt. Last week, Carol Kaye, the revered and ground-breaking bassist heard on scores of pop hits since the Sixties, posted a since-deleted comment about her upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In it, she took a …

Haim delivered a decade-spanning performance for their latest appearance in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge. The trio selected Addison Rae‘s single “Headphones On” for the cover portion of their mini-set, but echoed the song with a twist. With Danielle Haim at the helm, the group mixed Janet Jackson‘s 1997 …

Ronnie McDowell is headed home. The 75-year-old country musician was hospitalized in Pennsylvania over the weekend after he was seen slurring his words onstage during a show at the Summer Solstice Music Festival in Oley. Now, his son says he’s been discharged. McDowell’s tour manager told Nashville local outlet WKRN …

Mick Ralphs, whose guitar and songwriting powered two classic British bands, Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died. A spokesperson for Ralphs’ family confirmed the news to Rolling Stone. Ralphs was 81. In 2016, Ralphs suffered a stroke after a series of Bad Company shows in the U.K. and …

Cardi B has announced her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, by revealing its cover art and release date across social media. The follow-up to her Grammy-winning, four-times platinum debut 2018 album Invasion of Privacy has been hotly anticipated in the years since, often stoked by Cardi teasing a …

Beyoncé‘s ambitious Cowboy Carter tour has been a family affair from the beginning. Throughout the tour, which began in April, her daughter Blue Ivy has joined her legion of dancers in a more official capacity, while Rumi has appeared for an especially tender moment during “Protector.” During the third and …

The 52nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival brought a stellar lineup to the Colorado mountain town this weekend, with artists from Zach Top and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit to Alison Krauss & Union Station and I’m With Her on the bill. There was also a special celebration of Toy …

As the adage goes, music marks time. We’ve all had formative experiences to different soundtracks. In No Sense In Wishing (Atria Books, July 8th) author and cultural critic Lawrence Burney sharply expresses his life and times in a powerful collection of essays. The book traces what he’s learned from his …

U2 guitarist The Edge has spent more than six decades living in Ireland. The country is as home to him as any place can be, especially now that has become an actual citizen there. On Monday, the musician, born David Howell Evans in Essex, was granted Irish citizenship. “I guess, …