SoCal singer-songwriter Cuco has canceled all remaining 2018 tour dates after being involved in a car accident early Monday morning. The band was on itsway to Nashville when their van was struck by a tractor trailer on Interstate 40. According tolocal news reports, all 10 passengers in the van were …
Read More »Flashback: Fleetwood Mac Enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998
Stevie Nicks is on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time as a solo artist. If she makes it in, she’ll join a select class of double inductees that includes John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham …
Read More »Mike Dean on Working With Stevie Wonder for Travis Scott's 'Stop Trying to Be God'
One of the chief architects of Travis Scott’s sound is Mike Dean. The engineer and producer helped the young Houston rapper craft a signature sound for years that finally blossomed on Astroworld. Songs like “Stop Trying to Be God” feature contributions from Kid Cudi, James Blake, Earth, Wind & Fire’s …
Read More »BTS Close U.S. Tour With Jubilant Show at New York's Citi Field
Before BTS started performing in earnest at Citi Field in Queens, New York on Saturday night, one of the group’s members offered a brief cautionary note: “For your safety, please be mindful of your neighbors,” RM said. There aren’t many shows that open with safety advisories, but then again, there …
Read More »Hear Alessia Cara's Self-Empowered New Song 'Trust My Lonely'
Alessia Cara craves independence on her bubbly new song “Trust My Lonely,” a preview of the vocalist’s upcoming second LP, The Pains of Growing. “It’s time I let you go/ I made the mistake, go writing your name on my heart,” Cara sings over plinking synths and electronics. “‘Cause your …
Read More »See Doyle Bramhall II's Video for Eric Clapton-Featuring Song 'Everything You Need'
Doyle Bramhall II has unveiled his new video for “Everything You Need,” the Eric Clapton-featuring track off the guitarist’s upcoming LP Shades. Bramhall II, the son of renowned Texas musician Doyle Bramhall, has long collaborated with Clapton on the guitar god’s albums, from 2000’s Riding With the King to 2013’s …
Read More »Brett Kavanaugh Instigated Bar Fight After UB40 Concert, Police Report Reveals
British reggae band UB40 have found themselves ensnared in the latest probe into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh‘s collegial drinking habits following a report that Kavanaugh and some Yale classmates were involved in a bar fight following a UB40 concert in September 1985. The New York Times reports that the …
Read More »Carlene Carter on Return to Tennessee, New Bluebird Cafe Series
On a pleasantly warm late-September afternoon in Nashville, Carlene Carter leads an informal tour of the charming 100-year-old Queen Anne-style home she shares with her husband, actor Joe Breen. New to the neighborhood since leaving their Santa Ynez, California, home after a decade, it hasn’t taken the couple long to …
Read More »From Rock Pioneer to Prison: Hear the Story of MC5's Wayne Kramer
In his new book,The Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities, MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer has some wild stories to tell: His Detroit band’s improbable journey from polite covers act to noisy rock insurrectionists; his own descent into crime and imprisonment; and his comeback as a …
Read More »Man Stalking The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Surrenders to Police
A mentally ill man who allegedly was obsessed with the Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn turned himself in to Brooklyn police Thursday for violating two restraining orders. Benjamin Campbell, a 35-year-old from Ottawa who lives in Brooklyn, had been charged with stalking Finn in August 2017 when he sent the …
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