Infamous Stringdusters fiddler-singer Jeremy Garrett sits at a small table in the back room of Rock Brothers Brewing in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa. With the temperature outside hovering around 80 degrees, he’s sipping on a cold ale and catching his breath. The Stringdusters just finished another long, yet …
Read More »Watch Selena Gomez's Stripped-Down 'Rare' Performance
Selena Gomez performed a stripped-down, acoustic version of her song “Rare” at Los Angeles’ Village Studios. Her album Rare was released in January, debuting at Number One on Rolling Stone‘s Top 200 Albums chart. The clip begins with Gomez joking around, doing a jaunty rendition of “Rare” before officially launching into …
Read More »Eric Church on the Isolation of Recording His New Album: 'It Was Like 'The Shining”
Eric Church says he’s currently at work on the follow-up to 2018’s Desperate Man. The singer-songwriter sat for a Q&A with radio personality Lon Helton during Country Radio Seminar in Nashville on Thursday, during which he shared the status of his next album. Church said that instead of recording in …
Read More »Gretchen Peters Details Mickey Newbury Tribute Album
Songwriter Gretchen Peters, whose formidable catalog includes Martina McBride’s “Independence Day,” pays homage to one of her songwriting heroes with the forthcoming album The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury. Due May 15th on Peters’ Scarlet Letter Records, the LP was cut at the historic Cinderella …
Read More »Watch Justin Bieber and James Corden Open 'Yummy' Food Truck
Justin Bieber has been making the rounds to promote his new album Changes and in his latest late-night segment the pop singer has launched a food truck with James Corden. The pair joined forces on The Late Late Show to open the “Yummy Food Truck” in Los Angeles, which served …
Read More »Monsta X Makes Its Case for the Charts (and For Your Hearts)
To really understand the popularity of the K-pop group Monsta X, you just have to listen. Friday, you heard it in the screams of hundreds of sleep-deprived fans who packed the legendary Roxy Nightclub in Hollywood for a private Monsta X performance, and then snaked a line down four blocks …
Read More »Watch Queen With Adam Lambert Replicate 1985 Live Aid Set at Australia Fire Fight Benefit Gig
Queen with Adam Lambert replicated the band’s legendary 1985 Live Aid setfor the first time Sunday at the Fire Fight Australia benefit concert. The band teased the performance earlier in the day, writing on social media, “The six-song set includes Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga, Hammer To Fall, Crazy Little …
Read More »Watch Harry Styles Cover Joni Mitchell's 'Big Yellow Taxi'
For a special Valentine’s Day morning show, Harry Styles and his band covered Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” in the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast studio. Styles performed a faithful rendition of Mitchell’s classic environmental anthem, right down to the “ooh-bap-bap-bap” backup singers and the California singer’s hearty laughter at the …
Read More »Watch FKA Twigs Perform 'Cellophane' at NME Awards
FKA Twigs performed her single “Cellophane” at the 2020 NME Awards in London and gave the track an intimate, eight-minute-long rendition accompanied by a cellist and a pianist. During the performance, the singer kept things simple, standing in the center of an illuminated red stage and bringing in some of …
Read More »Watch Backstreet Boys and Jimmy Fallon Sing 'Thong Song' as a Barbershop Quartet
Backstreet Boys showed off their singing prowess on The Tonight Show by joining Jimmy Fallon to perform Sisqo’s “Thong Song” as a barbershop quartet. Wearing matching outfits and hats, the group gave the song a serious rendition with careful harmonies and a few jazz hands. The band also sat down …
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