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Ashlee Simpson and Evan Ross have unveiled a meditative new love ballad, “Phases.” Produced by Rich Skillz, the track boasts an atmospheric groove, with prickly guitars echoing around the space created by mid-tempo drums and a bubbling bass line. Simpson and Ross trade lovelorn verses before some impressive harmonies. “Cause …

Just as the popular portrayal of Johnny Cash as a lawless hellraiser overlooks a nuanced man’s love of faith and family, painting 80-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Ray Stevens as just a comedy act undercuts his decades of work as a producer, businessman and multi-Grammy-winning singer of serious …

Dancehall king Sean Paul and reggaeton royal J Balvin released visuals for their latest track, “Contra La Pared,” which means “Against the Wall.” The duo had previously joined forces on the 2017 Major Lazer song “Buscando Huellas.” In the Tainy-produced reggaeton-hall track, Balvin calls to mind an old Spanish nursery …

“Tried everything to set me free,” Townes Van Zandt sings in the opening line to “All I Need,” “but my chains keep playing tricks on me.” On Sky Blue, the new archival release from the Van Zandt estate, those twin emotions — mournful hope and self-harming despair — are on …

Solange has dropped a new clip for “Binz,” a groovy, percussive number off her recent surprise album When I Get Home, and the singer appears to have recorded some of it herself. The video, which features a shortened version of the track, showcases a compilation of moments where Solange is …

Joshua Fleming never expected to live this long. Self-medicating with a cocktail of drugs in his early twenties, bouncing between jobs and playing in punk bands, he was hell-bent on burning out instead of fading away. So it’s not so surprising that the Vandoliers front man should be so pleased …

UPDATE: Azriel Clary’s parents responded to their daughter’s CBS This Morning interview via their lawyer Michael Avenatti. “Azriel Clary is presently suffering from years of mental abuse and manipulation by R. Kelly,” Avenatti tweeted. “Sadly, like so many girls before them, Azriel and Joycelyn Savage have been manipulated and convinced …

Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx tells Rolling Stone that he does not recall a story in the band’s 2001 memoir The Dirt where he realizes he may have participated in a sexual assault during a party. “I don’t actually recall that story in the book beyond reading it,” Sixx tellsRolling Stone. …

Blink-182, the Offspring and the All-American Rejects are among the numerous Warped Tour veterans set to perform at the festival’s upcoming 25th anniversary shows this summer. While the roving emo and pop-punk festival embarked on its final trek in 2018, it will return this year for three special shows. The …

Freddie Gibbs goes on an absolute tear on his latest collaboration with producer Madlib, “Flat Tummy Tea.” The song clocks in at a quick two-and-a-half minutes, with Madlib splitting the track in two distinct sections, the first a swift, blown-out beat, the second a hazy head-nodder. Gibbs starts the track …