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This time last year, Joni Mitchell was Zooming in to Clive Davis’ virtual Grammy party — kicking off the night with wine and dressed in finery, and then, as the hours wore on, kicking back to watch performers in pajamas, with popcorn and her trusty ginger cat Bootsy in tow. …

For Jennifer Lopez, a November 2014 performance in Macau wasn’t entirely out of the ordinary. She’d have to sing (here, to a backing track) for 40 minutes, accompanied by six to eight dancers; the contract stipulated she’d be furnished with “first-class” sound and lights. No recording or taping of the …

C.W. McCall, an adman who found fame as a country music singer with songs about 18-wheelers, including the 1976 crossover No. 1 “Convoy,” has died at 93. According to his son Bill Fries III, McCall had been battling cancer and was in hospice care in his Colorado home when he …

When Wilco invited Neal Francis to join them onstage at their Sky Blue Sky destination festival in Mexico this past January, they asked the Chicago piano-rocker what song of theirs he’d like to play. It was a tough question for the longtime Wilco fan, but eventually Francis landed on “Theologians,” with …

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees the Judds are set to reunite and perform at the 2022 CMT Music Awards. The annual fan-voted event takes place April 11 in Nashville. It’s been more than 20 years since the mother-daughter duo of Naomi and Wynonna Judd last played an awards show …

UPDATE (4/1): Atlanta police arrested and charged 25-year-old Joshua Fleetwood for the murder of Lakevia Jackson. Along with felony murder, Fleetwood was charged with possession of a firearm while committing a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Fleetwood was arrested on Thursday, March 31, by members …

Don’t get your hopes up: New Rihanna music isn’t coming via Lil Nas X. On Friday, the “Industry Baby” rapper tweeted that he’d be surprise-dropping a deluxe edition of his album Montero. Well, turns out it was just an April Fools joke, Rolling Stonehas learned. Sad, we know. “I am …

There won’t be any “Hoedown Showdowns” with Miley Cyrus for a while. On Friday, the singer — who recently returned to the United States following several headlining appearances at music festivals across South America — shared that she had tested positive for Covid-19. “Traveling around the world, playin for a …

In the latest installment of The Breakdown, the dancehall singer reflects on his work with Sia, Dua Lipa, Migos and more.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are kicking off the release of new albumUnlimited Lovewith a music video for “These Are the Ways,” the latest single from the record that dropped at the same time as the visual. The action-packed video, directed by Malia James, finds frontman Anthony Kiedis leading cops …