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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 …

UPDATE: Walk has issued a statement following Republic Records placing the music executive on leave after accusation of sexual harassment. “Out of respect for the contestants, my fellow judges and everyone involved with the show, I have made the decision not to attend the finale of The Four,” Walk said.“I …

Oh, wait – you think the Grammy is supposed to go to the year’s best album? That’s sweet. Stay gold, Ponyboy. This has literally never been the way the Grammys worked and never will be, so stop chewing that sock pretending it’s a cookie. Of course Bruno Mars beat Kendrick …

Lorde and Jack Antonoff performed a chilling cover of Carly Rae Jepsen‘s “Run Away With Me” during the fourth annual Ally Coalition charity show on Wednesday. Jepsen’s “Run Away With Me,” released in 2015, was euphoric and highly produced. Lorde and Antonoff reworked the track as a lonely piano ballad. …

Jhené Aiko has dropped her futuristic, Rae Sremmurd-featuring video for the remix of “Sativa,” the latest visual off the R&B singer’s 2017 album Trip. “Sativa” opens with Aiko seemingly created in a lab by the Mississippi rap duo before she’s unleashed into the world. Dance parties, steam rooms and card …

As arguably the biggest artist of the post-Kanye era, Drake has exerted a transformative influence on how pop music works, what it does, how it can matter. Hip-hop used to be all about being hard; he opened it up to softness. It used to obsess over regional purity; he’s helped …

Drake dropped a pair of new tracks with no warning as the rapper’s “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity” premiered on streaming services Friday night. The two songs form Drake‘s new EP Scary Hours. The synth-laden “God’s Plan,” produced by frequent collaborators Yung Exclusive, Boi-1da, Cardo, and Noah “40” Shebib, charts …

Although he’s closely associated with Texas, Steve Earle, who fused traditional country with raw rock & roll on his 1986 debut LPGuitar Town, was born January 17th, 1955 –63 years ago today – in Fort Monroe, Virginia.Earle’s father was stationed in the Army and worked as an air traffic controller …