Ahead of his official induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, Alan Jackson has released a sweet new tune called “The Older I Get.” Driven by traditional country fiddle and an upbeat message, the song was written by Adam Wright, Hailey Whitters and Sarah Allison Turner. The …
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This year’s CMT Artists of the Year special was different than in years past. In light of recent tragedies – both manmade and natural – the producers shifted the night’s theme from a celebration of 2017’s biggest country stars to a night of hope and healing through the power of …
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In the second night of Voice Battle Rounds on Tuesday evening, coach Blake Shelton opted for a Nineties pop radio classic instead of his standard country picks. The maneuver clearly worked, as all four coaches raved over Mitchell Lee and Dennis Drummond’s breezy cover of the Counting Crows’ 1993 classic …
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Gucci Mane has unveiled his new “Members Only” video, which appears on and precedes the release of his upcoming album, Mr. Davis. Directed by Be El Be, the visuals are filmed “somewhere in Ireland,” as stated at the beginning of the clip. As with the laid-back beats and vibe of …
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Johnny Depp joins Marilyn Manson for a hellish bacchanal in the new not-safe-for-work video for “Say10.” The song appears on Manson’s new album, Heaven Upside Down. The Bill Yukich-directed clip finds Depp and Manson playing the biblical brothers, Cain and Abel. During the video, the pair mouth the song’s lyrics …
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Though his last name links him to country royalty, Lukas Nelson is also a tried-and-true rocker with his band Promise of the Real, having collaborated with Neil Young over an album and tour. In the wake of Tom Petty‘s death, Nelson showed his appreciation for the Rock and Roll Hall …
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A couple of weeks before a gun-shaped prop fell onto him at a New York City concert – sending him offstage in a stretcher and forcing him to cancel nine shows as he recuperates – Marilyn Manson phoned up Rolling Stone for a Last Word interview. The occasion was his …
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It’s hard to hear Kip Moore‘s emotional songs telling tales from the American heartland and not immediately think of Tom Petty. And indeed, Petty is one of Moore’s treasured influences, listed himself as up there with some of country’s greatest icons. “I’ve never been driven by having number one songs,” …
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Julien Baker is a geek, and she doesn’t care what anyone has to say about it. “I’m a big Tolkien nerd,” she says with a laugh on the phone with Rolling Stone, a month after her three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand. “We had to go to Hobbiton,” she …
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TLC singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins is calling for justice for her mentally ill cousin, Eddie Russell Jr., who was shot and killed by Illinois police last Wednesday. Watkins shared a series of tweets that she also screen grabbed and posted to her Instagram account Sunday, accusing the police of using …
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