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It’s a late May afternoon in Nashville, and the Doobie Brothers are holed up in a nondescript, black-curtained rehearsal space along the banks of the Cumberland River working on a live version of a new song titled “Angels and Mercy.” It’s a song about overcoming demons, and Patrick Simmons, who …

Finneas and Ashe would like to reintroduce themselves. Earlier this week, the duo announced the formation of their new band, the Favors, and their forthcoming debut album, titledThe Dream, set to release Sept. 19. The record’s first single and video for “The Little Mess You Made” dropped on Friday, giving …

Follow all our Sean Combs trial coverage One of Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriends left the witness stand in tears Friday after testifying how Combs sprung a seemingly never-ending “freak-off” on her during what was supposed to be a romantic, one-on-one birthday celebration. The woman, identified by the pseudonym Jane and listed …

Ciara has dropped a remix of her single “Ecstasy” featuring Teyana Taylor and Normani. The slick R&B track, which was originally released in April, was written by Ciara, Courtlin Jabrae, and Theron Thomas, and produced by Leather Jacket and Tommy (TBHITS) Brown. “Teyana and Normani are true trailblazers, and their …

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Eric Church says he was once roped into a Taylor Swift copyright lawsuit after the superstar mentioned his song during a deposition. Back in 2017, Swift was sued by the songwriters behind 3LW’s “Playas Gon’ Play” for using the lyrics “players gonna play, …

Mariah Carey has released a new single, “Type Dangerous.” The song is the pop singer’s first new release in several years, with her most recent album, Caution, arriving in 2018. The track presumably teases her next LP. “Looking for the dangerous type,” she croons on the upbeat number. “I like …

One day in 2009, George Baer Wallace was at the New York City apartment of J.D. Martignon, the onetime owner of Midnight Records. The Chelsea storefront, known for its stellar bootlegs section, had closed several years earlier, but Martignon still sold records out of his apartment. Wallace began rifling through …

I n the late 1970s, many of music’s top tastemakers felt sure Garland Jeffreys would become the next big thing. Rolling Stone named him the “most promising artist” of 1977. The prestigious PBS program Soundstage predicted he would become “the next performer to lay claim to superstardom.” And powerful radio …

Fifty years ago, the Talking Heads performed for the first time, opening for the Ramones at CBGB. They’d go on to become one of the most influential art-house bands in music history, leaving fans with tons of iconic songs over the decades. Today, they’re celebrating their anniversary by reminding people …

The funky farewell number from a rare concert recording of Sly and the Family Stone, from 1967, shows how playful the group was in their early days. The medley, “I Gotta Go Now (Up on the Floor)/Funky Broadway,” opens with climbing organ and horn lines and a funky drumbeat as …