Bob Dylan and Neil Young wrapped up their co-headlining show at Kilkenny, Ireland’s Nowlan Park Sunday evening by performing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” marking the first time the two have shared a stage since a show at New York’s Roseland Ballroom in 1994. Here is a fan-shot video of …
Read More »Madonna Explains How Lisbon Shaped New LP in 'World of Madame X' Clip
Madonna gives fans an inside look in how Lisbon, Portugal shaped her new album in the documentary short World of Madame X, which is streaming now on Prime Video. “Here in Lisbon, this is where my record was born,” Madonna says in Amazon Music’s three-minute preview for the short film. …
Read More »Gary Duncan, Quicksilver Messenger Service Guitarist, Dead at 72
Gary Duncan, guitarist and vocalist of the influential San Francisco psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service, has died at the age of 72. Quicksilver Messenger Service bassist David Freiberg confirmed Duncan’s death to Rolling Stone. Duncan’s ex-wife, Shelley Duncan Haslouer, said that Duncan had a “severe fall and hit his …
Read More »Watch the Specials Perform, Discuss Career on 'CBS This Morning'
Following the release of their long-awaited eighth studio album Encore in February, the Specials delivered a three-song performance on Saturday’s edition of CBS This Morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jrHfvlaUMQ The British ska-punk icons ran through renditions of their latest album’s “Vote for Me” and “Blam Blam Fever,” which is a cover by The …
Read More »Daniel Caesar Returns With Surprise Album 'Case Study 01'
Daniel Caesar, the balladeer whose serene R&B tracks have been streamed hundreds of millions of times even though he is not signed to a major label, released a new album without warning on Thursday at midnight. Case Study 01includes contributions from Pharrell Williams and John Mayer. It marks Caesar’s first …
Read More »Watch Incubus Revive Classic Smash 'Drive' on 'Colbert'
Alt-rock stalwarts Incubus performed their early 2000s smash “Drive” on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The group breezed easily through their seminal song, with guitarist Mike Einziger strumming the tune’s campfire-ready acoustic guitar melody and offering some soft harmonies for Brandon Boyd as he sang the memorable “Drive” …
Read More »The First Time: Halsey
Halsey describes the evolution of her artistry, the first time she dyed her hair and how she played Brand New and Taking Back Sunday records to death in the latest installment of “The First Time.” The singer traces her stage name back to 2015, when she was returning home from …
Read More »John Prine Playing Small 'Pop-Up Show' in New York on Sunday
After being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame earlier this month, John Prine was scheduled to play one of his only East Coast shows of the summer at the Rockland-Bergen Music Festival in Tappan, New York. But that changed today, when the festival was canceled due to unsafe conditions …
Read More »Willie Nelson's 'Ride Me Back Home' Is Another Sturdy Set of Late-Life Wisdom
Two years ago, Willie Nelson delivered God’s Problem Child, a tragicomic heart-stopping meditation on the singer’s rapidly advancing age. A year later, he released an equally sturdy follow-up (2018’s Last Man Standing), and after detouring with his collection of Sinatra standards, the 86-year-old legend is back with Ride Me Back …
Read More »See Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Perform 'Bad Case' on 'Colbert'
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real took the stage at the Late Show to perform their recent track “Bad Case.” The song, which comes off the singer’s album Turn Off The News (Build a Garden), got some impassioned accompaniment from the musician’s brother Micah Nelson, as well as his …
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