Legendary vocalist Johnny Mathis is compiling a definitive, 68-disc box set that features 62 of the singer’s albums including two never-before-heard LPs and 40 previously unreleased songs. The Voice of Romance: The Columbia Original Album Collection, due out December 8th on Legacy Recordings, features the entirety of Mathis’ recordings for …
Read More »'The Voice': See Team Miley Members Tackle Bon Jovi, Fleetwood Mac Hits
The first Voice Knockout Rounds episode of the season saved the best for last on Monday, with the two-hour show culminating in a fierce vocal battle between contestants Ashland Craft and Chloe Kohanski. While Craft may barely be of drinking age, her powerful, raspy voice makes her one of the …
Read More »Hear Lee Ann Womack, Chris Shiflett Talk 'Real Country,' 'Dance' Success
Over her 20-year career, Lee Ann Womack has flown the flag of neo-traditionalism, knocked ‘NSync off the charts with her pop crossover hit, “I Hope You Dance,” and been welcomed into the Americana community as a real-deal roots musician. She continues the journey with The Lonely, the Lonesome & the …
Read More »Maren Morris Signs Modeling Deal, Hillary Scott Unveils Clothing Line
Three country artists are expanding their portfolios, branching out into the world of fashion. In one star’s case, that incudes a modeling deal. Maren Morris has signed a contract with Wilhelmina Models. The deal makes her the first country personality at the New York City-based agency. Together, Morris and Wilhelmina …
Read More »Yeah Yeah Yeahs Celebrate 'Fever to Tell' With First Show in Four Years
Yeah Yeah Yeahs revisited the majority of their Fever to Tell album during a show at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. The performance, which aligned with the recent release of an expanded Fever to Tell reissue, marked the band’s first concert in four years. This was …
Read More »Hear Morrissey's Recluse Fight Song, 'I Wish You Lonely'
Morrissey‘s lyric video for “I Wish You Lonely” begins with the image of young boy sitting in a shopping cart with a sign that says “My parents are a handful.” It’s a satirical juxtaposition to the former Smiths vocalist’s new song, which looks at selfishness as a mode of self-preservation. …
Read More »Kelly Clarkson Clarifies Comments About Depression, Weight, Body Image
Update:Clarkson took to Twitter on Tuesday to clarify the quotes attributed to her in Attitude. “Just to clear something up. I wasn’t ever miserable because I had to be thin. I said I was miserable & as a result I became thin,” she wrote. “I’ve never contemplated suicide because of …
Read More »What the California Fires Mean for the Weed Industry
Ashley Oldham, one of only a few dozen legal pot growers in Northern California’s Mendocino County, was sound asleep in the early hours of October 9th when she woke to the sound of her neighbor banging on her door. He’d driven through flames and jumped her fence to tell her …
Read More »See the Mavericks' Colorful Cuban Adventure in 'Easy as It Seems' Video
For many Americans, Cuba is a country lost in time, sealed off from the United States for nearly six decades. For Raul Malo of the Mavericks, it’s a missing piece of who he is, and in the new documentary Havana Time Machine he finally gets to unravel the mystery, a …
Read More »Why Is Late Avant-Jazz Visionary Sun Ra Suddenly Having His Moment?
Onstage at New York’s Radio City Music Hall earlier this month, Solange, still touring behind her momentous 2016 album, A Seat at the Table, was flanked by two pyramids; between them was a massive orb, resembling a heavenly body in the night. Behind those structures was a bleachers-like setup, where …
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