Take a peek around the current pop landscape, and you’ll notice the persistent, surprising influence of two 2012 albums. No, it’s not some combination of Taylor Swift’s career-defining Red, nor Kendrick Lamar’s opus good kid, m.A.A.d city, nor Frank Ocean’s breakthrough Channel Orange, all of which came out that year. …
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Bourbon & Beyond, the Louisville, Kentucky, festival that combines live music with whiskey culture, has announced a bonkers 2025 lineup. Phish, Sturgill Simpson, Noah Kahan, and the Lumineers are all in headlining slots, with names like Jack White, Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Alabama Shakes, Khruangbin, Joe Bonamassa, Goo Goo Dolls, …
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During Zach Bryan‘s second of two Philly shows on Wednesday, the country star was joined by Bruce Springsteen to deliver a surprise duet of “Atlantic City” and their collaboration track, “Sandpaper.” “Atlantic City” was written by Springsteen and first appeared on his 1982 solo album, Nebraska. More than 10 year …
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In barely five years, Zach Bryan has transformed from cult-roots road warrior (2020’sElisabeth)to fast-rising country-adjacent renegade (2022’sAmerican Heartbreak)to Number One hitmaker and voice-of-a-Gen-Z-generation storyteller (2023’s Zach Bryan). The men and women (mostly men) in his songs spend their twenties drinking their way through the alienating cities they’ve fled to from …
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