S ince debuting in 1991 with a feature on Main Source’s “Live at the Barbeque,” Nas has been intent on amplifying New York hip-hop. His first full-length album, Illmatic, was an evolution in hip-hop lyricism, and his top-tier penmanship has powered a catalog of 17 solo albums. He’s always paid …
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Carín León and Kacey Musgraves sing about a sweet love without borders. On Tuesday, the música mexicana king and country queen shared the cinematic video for their norteño-country collaboration, “Lost in Translation.“ “Get lost with us,” the duo captioned their Instagram post about the video. Directed by Running Bear’s Alexa …
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Ruston Kelly took his seat in the middle of the Bluebird Cafe, the tiny strip-mall bar-and-grill at the outer reaches of Nashville that serves as one of the most important proving grounds in the world of songwriting. His choices for a venue to release Pale, Through the Window in early …
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When tens of millions of people around the world all stream the same album in the course of a few days, some of them are inevitably not going to like it. Such has been the case with Taylor Swift‘s 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, and fair enough, as …
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Four songs released by Lola Young are at the center of a legal dispute alleging that producer Carter Lang claimed unearned songwriting credits on the tracks. According to BBC, the case filed in London was initiated by the signer-songwriter’s lawyers, who said, “It is with immense disappointment, especially given recent …
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Larry Campbell still remembers the voicemail he received early this spring, and from a familiar voice: “This is Bruce Springsteen. You know, I’m Patti Scialfa’s husband.” Campbell knew Springsteen’s tongue was planted firmly in cheek. The veteran guitarist’s résumé includes a seven-year stint in Bob Dylan’s band starting in 1997 …
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On July 21, 1994 – just three months after Kurt Cobain‘s suicide – a photo of Courtney Love kissing. Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando in a hotel room bed ran in the New York Post and quickly spread across the globe. “Merry widow Courtney Love was recently photographed sharing a passionate …
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When the initial wave of shock wore off this morning that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are touring as Rush next year, most fans turned their attention to who will be taking on the absurdly difficult task of replacing the late Neil Peart behind the kit. The answer: German virtuoso …
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Well before collaborating on their new song “Supermujeres,” Mōriah and Ana Bárbara‘s first time meeting felt like a turn of fate. Both singers were tasked with singing the national anthems of the U.S. and Mexico, respectively, shortly after President Trump’s reelection. “I asked if [Ana Bárbara] would sing the last …
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Nashville is ringing in 2026 with another country music welcome to the new year. On Monday, CBS announced that Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, and Bailey Zimmerman will be headlining its annual New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash this year. Also joining the headlining acts, CeCe Winans will perform as …
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