After ten years, Alabama Shakes are back with a new song, “Another Life.” Despite the decade-long hiatus, the track shows the celebrated trio hasn’t lost their knack for heady throwback soul. “Another Life” begins with an atmospheric groove as Brittany Howard pleads for second chances: “Can we try in another …
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It’s quite fitting that an album titled Something Beautiful includes a collaboration with an actual supermodel. On Monday, Miley Cyrus revealed the track list for her upcoming album, which includes collaborations with Naomi Campbell and rock star Brittany Howard. Cyrus unveiled the Something Beautiful track list in a 23-second teaser …
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Miley Cyrus, Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, and the Roots teamed up for an excellent tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor during SNL50: The Anniversary Specialon Sunday. Aubrey Plaza, who made her first public appearance following the death of her husband Jeff Baena, introduced the performance. Backed by the Roots, Cyrus …
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Following the Alabama Shakes’ surprise reunion in December, the band has announced their first tour together in eight years. Singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, bassist Zac Cockrell, and guitarist Heath Fogg ended their lengthy hiatus at a Tuscaloosa benefit concert six weeks ago and, since then, announceda gig at the Minnesota Yacht …
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The first day of the Los Angeles wildfires, Brad Paisley texted his friend Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes about the impact on the Pacific Palisades, where Paisley once owned a home. In one of his replies, Goldsmith told Paisley that the fire was now encroaching on Altadena, where Goldsmith, …
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Randy Newman‘s 1983 song “I Love L.A.” has more than a hint of irony in the lyrics, but the 67th annual Grammy Awards kicked off with a totally sincere, even moving, version of it from a one-time-only supergroup: Dawes backed by Sheryl Crow, Brittany Howard, Brad Paisley, John Legend, and …
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Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe will headline an in-memoriam tribute to legendary producer Quincy Jones at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, joined by Cynthia Erivo, Herbie Hancock, Lainey Wilson, and other, yet-to-be-announced artists. The tribute to Jones, who died in November at 91, has been in the works …
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Alabama Shakes staged a surprise reunion Wednesday night in Tuscaloosa as a planned Brittany Howard solo show instead turned into the band’s first concert together since 2017. Howard was booked to perform a “short and intimate” set at the Tuscaloosa Get Up 3benefit concert at the Bama Theatre, AL.com reports, …
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The American South is a hot mess of cultural contradictions, and while those contradictions have stoked the dumpster fire of U.S. politics for a couple of centuries, they also happen to be fueling some of the best music being made right now. And to be sure, the story of rock …
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T he artist who is perhaps the best young MC of 2024, Doechii, was sitting off in the corner in a Manhattan rehearsal studio, getting ready to be part of Rolling Stone’s second annual Musicians on Musicians event. So of course she was quietly reading a book about the famous …
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