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The Recording Academy has appointed Deborah Dugan as its new president and CEO, Variety reports. She will take the place of Neil Portnow, who will step down in July after helming the organization since 2002. Dugan comes to the Recording Academy following her role as CEO for (RED), the nonprofit …

Sheryl Crow, Patty Griffin, Lucius, Amanda Shires and Lake Street Dive are just a few of the names announced today as part of the lineup for Brandi Carlile‘s second annual Girls Just Wanna Weekend Festival in Mexico. Jade Bird, Yola, KT Tunstall, Ruby Amanfu, Natalie Hemby and Katie Herzig will …

In the latest episode of Spotify’s Under Cover podcast, Hozier professed his love for Destiny’s Child. “If you have been living under a rock, under a fossil, under a cavern, under just some long-forgotten lava pool under the earth, if you’ve never heard it before, ‘Say My Name’ by Destiny’s …

“You have to promise you won’t think I’m a maniac,” Carly Rae Jepsen says, sitting in the living room of her Spanish-style home on L.A.’s east side. A devilish grin spreads across her face, which these days is framed by a short, blond bob instead of her signature mahogany hair. …

Willie Nelson recalls a string of first-time experiences in the latest video installment of Rolling Stone‘s The First Time series. The Country Music Hall of Fame member, who appears on the cover of Rolling Stone‘s new issue, opens up about writing songs, braiding hair and, of course, his affinity for …

Lauv reflects on the superficial nature of social media and its detrimental repercussions in his new video for “Drugs & the Internet.” The song will appear on his forthcoming LP, How I’m Feeling, which is the follow-up to his 2018 compilation, I Met You When I Was 18. The song …

Related: All 129 Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked Last night at midnight, Taylor Swift officially closed out the Reputation era and rang in the new. She debuted “ME!,” her tantalizing first tease of the TS7 metamorphosis, a duet with Brendon Urie from Panic! At the Disco. So much going on. The …

Wu-Tang Clan returned to perform an impassioned version their hit “Triumph” on The Tonight Show. The hip-hop group, who released the song in 1997 on Wu-Tang Forever, performed in front of a giant, flaming image of their logo. The band is back in the spotlight to promote their upcoming four-part …

“I can’t believe everyone is sobbing,” Jennifer Kaytin Robinson says. “The main takeaway from everyone so far is that they are broken and sobbing. I hate to say I’m just scrolling through my phone and smiling at all these sad people on the internet, but, I mean.” The 31-year-old writer …

With four major streaming services appealing a 2018 ruling from the Copyright Royalty Board that would increase publishers’ and songwriters’ revenue, the plight of the songwriter has been thrust into the spotlight. Kip Moore has not only been watching the music industry’s treatment of the songwriter, but also acting. In …