“This song is about a girl who had a dream and followed it,” Kenny Chesney tells a hometown crowd during Live in No Shoes Nation, his newly released concert album. “I know from living in this town for so many years that there’s a lot of girls out there in …
Read More »Hear Ingrid Andress' Raw Breakup Song 'Anything But Love'
Ingrid Andress takes a cold, hard look at what it’s like to be unable to move on after a relationship is over in “Anything But Love,” the riveting follow-up to her tender ballad “The Stranger.” “My over you turns into coming over, one step away from you is one step …
Read More »Linkin Park to Live Stream Chester Bennington Tribute Concert
Linkin Park announced Friday that the band would live-stream their all-star Chester Bennington tribute concert in Los Angeles. The sold-out “Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington” will begin streaming at Linkin Park’s YouTube page starting 7:45 PM PST on October 27th, the group revealed Friday. …
Read More »Hear Weezer's Effervescent New Song 'Happy Hour'
Weezer released an effervescent new song “Happy Hour,” another track from the band’s upcoming new album,Pacific Daydream. “Happy Hour” deviates from the long-running band’s trademark sound, relying on rich, layered production and slower tempo. “We really challenged ourselves to leave behind the Nineties distorted guitar, downstroke eighth note thing and …
Read More »Jason Isbell Named Artist in Residence at Country Music Hall of Fame
With his sold-out, six-night run at the Ryman Auditorium now behind him, Jason Isbell has set his sights on another Nashville institution: the Country Music Hall of Fame. As the museum’s first artist-in-residence in nearly two years, he’ll perform three shows at the CMA Theater in December, scaling down his …
Read More »How a Yearlong Bender Shaped Hellbound Glory's New Album 'Pinball'
When Leroy Virgil killed off his band Hellbound Glory in 2014, he went on a bender. He stayed on that bender for about a year and a half, but don’t ask him why. As far as the Reno, Nevada, country singer is concerned, the binge drinking just sort of happened. …
Read More »Why Songwriter Travis Meadows Is Nashville's Favorite Underdog
It’s said a critical rule of recovery from addiction is learning to be self-honest. Sometimes to the point of discomfort. Travis Meadows knows this feeling well. “I’ve always struggled with fear,” says the Mississippi-raised singer-songwriter who lost his right leg to cancer at age 14; was in and out of …
Read More »Jeff Lynne's ELO Readies Concert Film 'Wembley or Bust'
Electric Light Orchestra‘s triumphant return to London’s Wembley Stadium in June 2017 will be the focus of the upcoming concert film/live album Wembley or Bust. Due out November 17th, the 23-track album spans Jeff Lynne and company’s entire discography, from first single “10538 Overture” to “Handle With Care” (which Lynne …
Read More »Tom Petty's Biographer Looks Back on Their 30-Year Friendship
Traditionally, the opening band shouldn’t have the best weed on the tour. That’s just not good form. But in 1987, when my group, the Del Fuegos, was first on a bill of three as part of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Caravan, we defied tradition. We may …
Read More »Route 91 Organizers on Las Vegas Shooting: 'We Are Devastated'
The organizers of the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas have released a statement about Sunday’s mass shooting, which killed 59 people and injured more than 500. “On behalf of the entire Route 91 Harvest Family, we are completely devastated by the event that occurred Sunday night. Our deepest …
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