Moby will sell his entire record collection to raise money for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The sale begins Thursday, June 14th at Reverb LP’s site dedicated to Moby’s collection, which includes rare items from the artist’s own catalog as well as hundreds of 12-inch singles Moby played while a …
Read More »Bruce Springsteen Performs 'My Hometown' at Tony Awards
Bruce Springsteen delivered a moving performance of “My Hometown” during the 72nd Annual Tony Awards Sunday. Springsteen was presented the award by Robert De Niro, who caused the network to bleep him for saying “Fuck Trump” live while on air. Then he graciously presented the singer-songwriter’s performance, while commenting“Do you …
Read More »How Songwriter Gary P. Nunn Influenced Outlaw Country and the Austin Music Scene
Picture Austin, Texas, in the Seventies and its most enduring image may not be so obvious: an armadillo. Those hard-shelled, four-legged desert critters were the unofficial mascot of Outlaw country, and immortalized in song by one of the era’s unsung heroes, Gary P. Nunn, who penned the 1973 cult classic …
Read More »SZA Returns to Tour Despite Vocal Damage: 'My Priorities Are F–ked Up'
SZA suggested that her vocal chords may have suffered severe damage in a brief flurry of tweets on Tuesday night. “My voice is permanently injured,” the singer wrote. “I jus[t] wanna be left alone, my priorities are fucked up,” she added. “They been fucked up. I need space goodbye.” SZA …
Read More »Hear 'Cocaine and Rhinestones' Host Tyler Mahan Coe on 'Walking the Floor'
Podcaster meets podcaster in the latest episode of Chris Shiflett’s Walking the Floor, which features a wide-ranging interview with Cocaine and Rhinestones host Tyler Mahan Coe. Along with Shiflett’s announcement that he’s been working on a new solo album in Nashville with producer Dave Cobb, he heaps praise on Coe’s …
Read More »Review: J Balvin's 'Vibras' Is a Warm, Universalist Take on Latin Pop
At root, American pop is Latin music as much as anything else, from country’s Mexican DNA to the Cuban syncopations that seeded jazz, rock & roll, disco, salsa and hip-hop. So an apparent trifle like Cardi’s B’s “I Like It” is, in fact, a pan-Latin masterstroke packed with history, a …
Read More »Artist You Need to Know: Bazzi
Bazzi‘s breakout hit “Mine” – currently in its 17th week on the Billboard Hot 100 – started as a phone note labeled “melody fire as fuck.” Sitting in an upstairs booth at a Times Square sushi establishment, Bazzi (first name Andrew) fiddles with an app, first to record a bit …
Read More »See Tyler Childers, Sturgill Simpson Play 'Whitehouse Road' at Nashville's Ryman
It’s a bit of a tradition to bring along a surprise guest when playing Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and Tyler Childers, opening the first of two sold-shows for Margo Price Saturday evening, delivered with Purgatory co-producer and friend Sturgill Simpson. Adding a fiery solo to “Whitehouse Road,” Childers’ song about the …
Read More »'Blue Tacoma' Singer Russell Dickerson on Streaming Success, New Video
Country newcomer Russell Dickerson is currently on the road opening for Thomas Rhett, an artist with whom he has much in common: like TR, Dickerson draws on his home life with wife Kailey to write engaging, personal country-pop that reinforces his status as a happily married man. The approach is …
Read More »Watch Kacey Musgraves' Silky 'Velvet Elvis' on 'Corden'
Kacey Musgraves put her sweet, soft “Velvet Elvis” on display during an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden Thursday night. The performance from the show’s intimate Stage 56 highlighted one of the many standout tracks from Musgraves’ recently releasedGolden Houralbum, hailed for its sparkling blend of genres, …
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