How long has it been since Valerie June released new music? When her last album, The Order of Time, dropped, Donald Trump was two months into his presidency. Since then, June and her intoxicating mélange of folk, blues, and new-age R&B have been praised by the likes of Bob Dylan, …
Read More »Watch Billy Gibbons Jam With Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi for Guitar Legends 4
The annual Guitar Legends benefit concert is going virtual this year with a show featuring host Billy Gibbons alongside Ashley McBryde, Brothers Osborne, Big and Rich, Tedeschi/Trucks, Mike Love, Kenny Loggins, Julio Iglesias Jr., Keb’ Mo’, the Bacon Brothers, Lindsay Ell, and Larkin Poe. It will air the air throughout …
Read More »Leon Bridges, Lucky Daye Serenade With 'All About You' on 'Colbert'
Leon Bridges and Grammy-winning New Orleans singer-songwriter Lucky Daye performed their new collaboration “All About You” on Wednesday night’s Late Show With Stephen Colbert. The two sang with a full live band against a multi-colored neon stage and kept to Covid-19 regulations by having no audience. According to Bridges and Daye, …
Read More »Charlie Worsham Enlists Molly Tuttle, Tenille Townes for Anniversary Livestream
Charlie Worsham‘s Every Damn Monday concerts have been a highlight of the Nashville summer for the past four years. This year, a tornado decimated the regular home of Worsham’s residency, the Basement East, and then the pandemic struck. Undeterred, Worsham has announced a livestream version set for November 18th — …
Read More »Wynonna on Working With Bob Weir: 'It's a Juddhead and a Deadhead'
At this point in her career, Wynonna’s pretty much been there and done that. As one half of the Judds with her mother Naomi, the performer achieved fame nearly 40 years ago and, with her mom, became one of country’s most successful duos in history. As a solo artist, she …
Read More »Gary Clark Jr. Collaborates With Composer Gustavo Santaolalla on 'Valley of Last Resort'
Gary Clark Jr. collaborates with film composer Gustavo Santaolalla and famed songwriter Paul Williams on the new song “Valley of Last Resort.” Clark Jr. and Santaolalla share vocals on the track, with Clark Jr.’s electric guitar embraced in a musical duel with the Oscar-winning composer’s trademark ronroco. The pair initially …
Read More »AC/DC Paint the Stage Red in 'Shot in the Dark' Video
AC/DC light up the stage in the new video for their first single since 2014, “Shot in the Dark.” Directed by David Mallet, the clip places AC/DC in their true element — on a giant stage flush with red lights, where they rip through the stadium-sized rocker with ease, conjuring …
Read More »Watch Kanye West's Wide-Ranging, Three-Hour Interview With Joe Rogan
Kanye West talked about his presidential campaign, the coronavirus, religion, his mental health, a possible run for California governor and the “treacherous” music industry in a wide-ranging, three-hour interview with Joe Rogan. “I think very three-dimensionally. I don’t think in the black-and-white lines that I’ve been programmed to think in. …
Read More »Matt Berninger Performs Solo Album Cut 'One More Second' on 'Colbert'
Matt Berninger is out now with his debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, and he dropped byThe Late Show on Stephen Colberton Thursday to perform the record’s lead single, “One More Second.” Colbert had spent much of the show focusing on the final presidential debate, so Berninger’s appearance was a welcomed …
Read More »Patty Griffin Plots Livestream Residency to Support Independent Venues
Patty Griffin will perform a series of three concerts to help support independent live-music venues in jeopardy because of the pandemic. The Austin singer-songwriter will livestream the shows from her hometown’s famous Continental Club. In a statement, Griffin lamented the toll inflicted upon live music’s infrastructure. “This translates to job …
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