Kanye West returned to social media for the first time in months late Friday to declare that he “likes Jewish people again,” all thanks to Jonah Hill’s performance in 21 Jump Street. In his first Instagram post of 2023 — and his first since a series of antisemitic tirades got …
Read More »'Mountain Stage' Has Featured Everyone From Tyler Childers to Tori Amos. 40 Years on, It's Still Breaking Artists
Standing behind a large curtain at the Cultural Center Theater in the small Appalachian city of Charleston, West Virginia, Kathy Mattea readies herself to welcome another audience to NPR’s Mountain Stage. “[Mountain Stage] has reinforced and magnified my long-held belief that music is really important,” Mattea, a Charleston native, tells …
Read More »Jimin Can't Escape Solitude in 'Like Crazy' Video
Jimin can’t escape solitude in the music video for his latest single “Like Crazy,” which appears on his newly released debut solo album Face. Inspired by the 2011 romance drama of the same name, the video centers the BTS member in contrasting environments – dancing at a crowded party or …
Read More »Brandy Clark Releases 'Buried' From New Album Produced by Brandi Carlile
Brandy Clark and Brandi Carlile make a dream pairing as collaborators on Clark’s latest album. The self-titled release, which was produced by Carlile, will be released May 19 and includes the new track “Buried.” Clark’s fingerstyle guitar playing is the foundation on which “Buried” is built, and it’s from there …
Read More »Pussy Riot to Receive 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize
Pussy Riot will be honored with the 2023 Woody Guthrie Prize on May 6. The award presentation, set for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, will take place as part of the Woody Guthrie Center’s 10th Anniversary Celebration, to be held May 5-7. The Russian band will perform their Riot Days multimedia …
Read More »Rissi Palmer Shakes Off Nashville and Creates Her Own Space in PBS Documentary 'Still Here'
Rissi Palmer had a brief brush with the country-music mainstream in 2007 when her song “Country Girl” made it onto Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Its success makes her one of only three Black women, alongside Linda Martell and Mickey Guyton, to have ever achieved the feat with a solo …
Read More »Linkin Park Take On Their Demons in Unreleased 'Meteora' Era Track 'Fighting Myself'
Linkin Park have shared another unreleased track, “Fighting Myself,” form the upcoming 20th anniversary reissue of their second album, Meteora, out April 7. “Fighting Myself” is vintage Linkin Park, with Mike Shinoda spitting angst-ridden bars over simmering production, before late singer Chester Bennington bursts in with a monster chorus, paired …
Read More »Jimin Is Ready to Show the World Who He's Become
Before Jimin was sure he could release a solo debut album, his fellow BTS members believed in him first. It was last spring, and the group was in Las Vegas, carrying out the last shows on their “Permission to Dance on Stage” stadium tour. In between nights, he opened up …
Read More »Luke Combs' Studio Version of Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' Is Here and It's Exquisite
Luke Combs dropped his mammoth 18-track album Gettin’ Old today, an LP already distinguished by the hit single “Love You Anyway” and the early favorite “5 Leaf Clover.” But it’s a cover song from 1988 that has fans buzzing: Combs’ version of Tracy Chapman’s radio staple “Fast Car.” The country …
Read More »Demi Lovato Reimagines 'Heart Attack' as a Rock Anthem for Song's 10th Anniversary
I think we might have a heart attack with how good this is: To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of “Heart Attack,” Demi Lovato released a reimagined “Rock Version” of her 2013 hit song with new vocals and a revisited production. “I’m so happy to be able to give a new …
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