Exactly 60 years after they both recorded Jerry Ragovoy’s “Time Is on My Side,” the Rolling Stones and Irma Thomas finally had the chance to perform the song together Thursday evening at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. It was the first time the Stones had played the tune …
Read More »Randy Travis's New Song Recreates His Voice With AI Technology
Randy Travis, who lost much of his speech in a 2013 stroke, used artificial intelligence technology to clone his voice for his first recording in more than a decade. Travis, his longtime producer Kyle Lehning, Travis’s wife Mary, and Warner Music Nashville co-chair and co-president Cris Lacy spoke with CBS …
Read More »Ed Sheeran Teases New Music, But He's 'Going to Sit On It for a Bit'
Ed Sheeran revealed that he’s working on new music — but don’t expect to hear it anytime soon. In a new interview with People, the singer-songwriter was asked if he could say anything about the music he was working on, to which he replied, “That I’m working on them and …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar, Dua Lipa, Danny Ocean, and All the Songs You Need to Know
Welcome to our weeklyrundown ofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Kendrick Lamar keeps the diss-industrial-complex rolling with a scathing shot at Drake, Dua Lipa sends well wishes to an ex, and Danny Ocean serves up a delicious …
Read More »Sia is the Motivational Speaker She Needs on 'Reasonable Woman'
The idea of artists needing a “career reboot” often has as much to do with the petulant impatience of content-saturated fans than the actual situation of the artist in question. But in the case of Sia, the urgency of a course correction is hard to deny. Sia broke out from …
Read More »Donna Summer's Widower on Suing Kanye West for 'I Feel Love' Sample: 'Wrong Is Still Wrong'
Donna Summer‘s widower Bruce Sudano is reflecting on his legal back-and-forth with Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign over the usage of Summer’s Seventies classic “I Feel Love.” In a new interview with Billboard, Sudano revealed that West’s team had reached out to Summer’s estate to use “I Feel Love” …
Read More »Jesse Malin Previews New Concert Film 'Chasing the Light' With Bad Brains Cover
Jesse Malin will be the first to tell you that he owes much of his worldview, musical and otherwise, to Bad Brains singer H.R Now, with H.R. dealing with his own medical issues, Malin is directing fans toward a benefit concert for the singer while also announcing his own new …
Read More »Ghostface Killah and Nas Team up for the First Time in Decades on 'Scar Tissue'
Rap legends Ghostface Killah and Nas collaborated on “Scar Tissue,” a single from the Wu-Tang rapper’s upcoming Set The Tone album. The T The Human-produced track showcases the two New York rap stalwarts rhyming back-to-back over a Far East-flavored sample. “Scar Tissue” is their first collaboration since 1995’s “Verbal Intercourse” …
Read More »Cage the Elephant Can't Outrun Their Dreams on New Single 'Metaverse'
Cage the Elephant are in a constant state of motion on their new single “Metaverse,” set to appear on their forthcoming studio album Neon Pill, out May 17. “It’s a natural progression/No need for affection/Just a perfect deflection/When you’ve got no perspective,” frontman Matthew Shultz sings on the chorus. “Every …
Read More »Nicole Zignago Reflects on the 'Perfect Chaos' in Life on Her Debut Album
Nicole Zignago‘s new album Escrita is like an audio version of her most intimate diary entries. On Friday, the Peruvian pop singer released an 11-track debut LP that captures her introspections and experiences with love and heartache over the last six years. “I’ve realized over the years that I would …
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