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Arcade Fire coveredthe Cranberries‘ “Linger” during their Friday concert in Dublin, Ireland, the home country of the Cranberries and their late singer Dolores O’Riordan. Win Butler and company performed the chorus of the beloved Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? single before segueing back into Arcade Fire‘s …

Trisha Yearwood, the Grammy-winning hitmaker, cooking show host, author and wife of Country Music Hall of Famer Garth Brooks, adds radio host to her resume with today’s launch of a new weekly SiriusXM show, “Trisha’s Take Five.” Airing exclusively on the Garth Channel, SiriusXM’s satellite and streaming channel devoted to …

There are few figures in country music as influential and perhaps as underappreciated in modern culture as Doug Sahm, who changed the climate of the genre when he fused psychedelic San Francisco rock and gritty soul into his breed of Texas music with his band, Sir Douglas Quintet. Now, as …

Bleachers‘ Jack Antonoff appeared on TheTonight Show Thursday speaking about writingTaylor Swift’s “New Year’s Day”and the uncertainty of the songwriting process. “We wrote that song in a second, because we didn’t plan to write it. If you plan to write like a ballad or something like that, you always get …

Grammy nominated singer-songwriter James Bay is gearing up for hisSaturday Night Live debut with a second new song from his forthcoming album,Electric Light. The uptempo, rock-oriented “Pink Lemonade” follows previously released single “Wild Love.”Electric Light comes out May 18th. While “Wild Love” was more contemplative, “Pink Lemonade” has a brisk, …

Sade released a beatific acoustic ballad titled “Flower of the Universe,” the group’s first new release since 2011. They recorded the track for the forthcoming soundtrack to A Wrinkle in Time, which arrives March 9th. Anyone familiar with Sade‘s work, especially the Lover’s Rock album, will recognize the ingredients in …

Throughout his career, songwriter John Prine has not only had his remarkable catalog of songs covered by other artists, he has also put his own spin on songs by his influences and peers. The latest in the latter category is Prine’s delicate take on a song Johnny Cash first recorded …

Flea recently examined the opioid crisis in America and his own struggles with addiction in a stirring op-ed the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist penned for Time. “I’ve been around substance abuse since the day I was born,” Flea wrote in “The Temptation of Drugs Is a Bitch.” “I saw …

Justin Townes Earle has a habit of doing things on his own terms. Last year, he broke with convention in leaving Nashville for Omaha, Nebraska to cut his latest LP, the acclaimed Kids in the Street. This spring, he’s hitting the road for a fresh, 34-date tour, which he’ll be …

Liam Gallagher had an air of casual charisma during his performance of “I’ve All I Need” on The Late Late Show on Wednesday. The song originally appeared last October as part of As You Were, the former Oasis singer’s solo debut. On The Late Late Show, Gallagher’s drummer beat out …