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“You can only guess who that might be about,” Lucinda Williams said after a scorching performance of her new song “Man Without a Soul” aboard the fifth annual Outlaw Country Cruise last week. A droning, guitar-driven track, the song doesn’t mention its subject directly, but as Williams alluded, it’s impossible …

During the season three premiere of The Masked Singer, which aired following the Super Bowl, Lil Wayne was unveiled as the robot. After the rapper performed Lenny Kravitz‘s “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” he revealed himself to the audience to the surprise of the judges, who had guessed the …

Puerto Rican producer Tainy enlists an international crack team of hitmakers for his brand-new song, “Lento.” It’s the second single off his upcoming EP, The Kids Who Grew Up on Reggaeton. At first glance, the features on “Lento” read like a randomized hodgepodge of Latin-Caribbean talent. Jamaican living legend Sean …

Patrick Holland’s latest single is immaculately layered: rolling bass line, soft, percussive pitter-patter, something like birdcalls zipping through the background, a sweet, squeaky synthesizer riff poking through all the prettiness. “Up to You” builds intensity stealthily, as snippets of wordless, pitch-shifted vocals emerge to play tag with the main motif. …

Reed Mullin — drummer and co-founder of the long-running, highly influential North Carolina metal band Corrosion of Conformity — has died at age 53. His band confirmed the news on social media Tuesday, writing: “It’s with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to a friend, a brother, and pioneer. Reed …

Even though Nipsey Hussle wasn’t physically at the 2020 Grammys, his spirit and presence presided over the proceedings. Two of Nipsey’s final collaborations before his death — “Racks in the Middle,” featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy and DJ Khaled’s “Higher” featuring John Legend — won Best Rap Performance and Best …

The 62nd annual Grammy Awards are here and if you want to catch the action from “Music’s Biggest Night,” there are a number of ways to do it. This year’s Grammys air live tonight, Sunday, January 26 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS. If you have cable, you’re …

In a little more than two hours, Jay Buchanan has to catch a plane from Nashville to L.A., where his band, Rival Sons, is nominated in two rock categories at Sunday’s Grammy Awards. But that doesn’t stop the vocalist, who wails like Robert Plant one minute and Ozzy Osbourne the …

Genesis fans who have spent the last 13 years praying for a reunion woke up this morning to the news that Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, and Tony Banks were photographed together last night at a Knicks game. According to the fan site Genesis News, there are rumors that the group …

Bright Eyes have announced their first shows in more than nine years. The band confirmed on Tuesday that they’ve reformed and signed onto indie label Dead Oceans, and that they will play upcoming shows at Tokyo’s Liquidroom, New York’s Forest Hills Stadium and two nights at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium. …