Imagine Dragons blend the experimental and accessible on their grandiose new single, “Next to Me.” Singer Dan Reynolds belts about love and loyalty, while the arrangement weaves in a fingerpicked acoustic guitar figure in 4/4 and a shuffling 3/4 drum pattern. “Something ’bout the way that you walk into my …

It’s been almost six years since Scissor Sisters released their fourth album, Magic Hour, and now lead singer Jake Shears has gone solo. “Creep City,” the first single from his forthcoming album, hews close to his glam-rock roots. But that’s not enough for Shears, who is currently starring as Charlie …

Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old suspect in Florida‘s Wednesday school shooting, was known to be a quiet, quirky outcast who was expelled from multiple schools and may have been involved with the Republic of Florida, a white supremacist group. On Wednesday, Cruz opened fire inside Marjory Stonemason Douglas High School in …

Dave Chappelle, Lil Uzi Vert, the Diplomats, Dirty Projectors and the Roots are among the acts appearing at this year’s Roots Picnic, which takes place at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier on June 2nd. Chappelle will host a Roots Jam Session “with mad mad mad surprise guests! Like seriously im not naming …

Mark E. Smith’s sisters Barbara, Suzanne and Caroline confirmed that singer died from lung and kidney cancer in a short statement posted on The Fall’s website on Monday.Smith’s sisters remembered his perseverance while fighting a terminal cancer diagnosis.Smith died on January 24th at age 60. “Mark fought a long and …

Donald Trump‘s hair captured the attention of late night hosts Wednesday following widely circulated footage of the president boarding Air Force One last Friday. In the short video clip, which went viral earlier this week, high winds whip across the tarmac and blow a large portion of hair on the …

Johnny Cash: Forever Words – a collaborative album featuring Johnny Cash‘s unknown poetry, lyrics and letters – will be released on April 6th via Legacy Recordings. The icon’s words will be set to music and performed by an all-star lineup that includes Chris Cornell, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash …

Country songwriters Alan Jackson, Bill Anderson and Steve Dorff will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this summer, joining the ranks of more than 400 tunesmiths. Established in 1969, the Hall of Fame throws an official induction ceremony every year, recognizing writers from all genres. Roots musicians dominate …

Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, a prolific jazz drummer, producer and session musician who played drums on Michael Jackson’s classic “Billie Jean,” died Saturday at age 65. His wife, Brenda, confirmed Chancler’s death toRolling Stone. A cause of death was not immediately revealed. Over the course of Chancler’s six-decade career, the drummer …

Kylie Minoguehas toured the world many times, but before starting work on her upcoming album Golden last summer, the veteran Australian pop superstar had never been to Nashville. “I put on a few pounds, that’s for sure,” she says of her time there, adding that she felt “so inspired” by …