Music

Fifty-six years ago today (Feb. 11, 1967) was a career-changing day for Loretta Lynn: It was on that date that Lynn scored her first No. 1 hit with "Don't Come Home a'Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," the title track from her seventh studio album."Don't Come Home a'Drinkin," which was written by Lynn along with her younger sister Peggy Sue, was considered controversial at the time. Telling the story of a man who comes home drunk, Lynn sings, "You never take me anywhere because you're always gone / Many a night...

The recording industry may slowly be waking up to the fact that some of its most important creators are wildly undervalued — one sign is the first-ever Songwriter of the Year Grammy, which Tobias Jesso, Jr. recently won for his behind-the-scenes work with Adele, Harry Styles, FKA Twigs, Omar Apollo, and others. But as our recent report on the state of the songwriting business emphasizes, the model for compensating writers is deeply broken. The people we spoke with revealed that in a streaming-dominated world, writing a great song for a...

Fair or not, the Chicks’ career remains synonymous to some with Natalie Maines’ 2003 statements against President George W. Bush and the subsequent country radio backlash that curbed a Music City success story. Some former fans still cop a “shut up and sing” attitude; others, regardless of their own political beliefs, respect the First Amendment rights of Maines and her bandmates.At the 49th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 11, 2007, the Recording Academy made its stance on the polarizing trio clear. The Chicks' 2006 album, Taking the Long Way, and its debut...

Macklemore is opening up about his 2020 relapse. In an interview for The Kelly Clarkson Show, the rapper opened up about the “intense time,” and how it became a “catalyst for art” in his upcoming album, Ben. “I’m used to a certain schedule of touring, of being gone, of being home, of recovery and being able to go to a physical 12-step meeting. That stopped during COVID. Eventually, I’m on Instagram while being on Zoom and I’m just not really paying attention to the meetings,” he said. “Eventually, and this...

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Adam Hood has shared a heartfelt new single just in time for Valentine's Day. "You Love Me Like That," out today (Feb. 10), is a stirring, soulful love song inspired by Hood's longtime wife, Britni."I wrote this with Sean McConnell back in 2016," Hood says. "He was sitting at the piano in the writer's room when I got there. He played the first few lines and I fell right in. It felt like the song wrote itself. The lines just came. It's what you hope for every time you sit down with...

Elvis Costello paid tribute to his longtime friend and collaborator Burt Bacharach Thursday night following news of the legendary songwriter’s death at the age of 94.  Bacharach’s death was announced just hours before Costello took the stage for the first of a 10-night residency at New York’s Gramercy Theater, and while the evening’s program was set to focus on the music he wrote in 1977 and earlier, Costello deviated from the setlist in order to remember the pop composer with whom he recorded 1998’s Painted From Memory. “It’s been a...

For the week starting Feb. 10, 1979, Eddie Rabbitt hit No. 1 on the charts with "Every Which Way But Loose." Co-written by Steve Dorff, Snuff Garrett and Milton Brown, the mid-tempo, pedal steel-adorned song stars a protagonist who can't shake the memory of someone from his head.In fact, the narrator of "Every Which Way But Loose" feels closer to his crush than ever — the woman is "turning every which way but loose" — and feels compelled to rekindle their romance. "My mind tells me to move along / But my...

'Di Que Sí' "Do you miss me? Please say yes!" both groups sing on "Di Que Sí" Following the TikTok virality of Grupo Frontera’s song “Bebé Dame” with Fuerza Régida, the Mexican group is back for another collaboration, this time with Marca Registrada. On Thursday night, the bands released the Tejano song “Di Que Sí” with an accompanying video seeing both groups coming together. Backed by the genre’s signature accordion sound, the song follows the bands’ lead singers crooning to a former lover about making a mistake and asking them...

Country duo BoomTown Saints pay homage to a familiar haunt in their new single "Dive Bar Heart."Penned by Benjy Davis, Ryan Beaver and Ashley Ray, the polished country tune paints a smoky scene during a typical day in a neighborhood barroom. "It's pretty crowded for a Tuesday / Parkin' lot's fillin' up out front," the duo sings, transporting listeners. "We can't all be coming here just for the price of beer / It's good to know I ain't the only one."Members Chris Ramos and Ben Chism say the track immediately struck a chord with them,...

Sail On By EGOT winners sing Simon & Garfunkel classic before Legend releases his own solo piano rendition Jennifer Hudson and John Legend sang an impromptu duet of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Trouble Water” to celebrate the 100th episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show. The two EGOT winners were making the usual daytime television conversation when Legend noticed the piano on the stage, an instrument that Hudson admittedly can’t play. Reading the room, Legend suggested the two sing together. “I know you very famously played the great Aretha Franklin,...

Tanya Tucker, Lainey Wilson and Hardy are just three of the newly-added acts set to appear at a star-studded tribute to actor, comedian and musician Leslie Jordan later this month.Ruby Amanfu, Charlie Worsham, Ernest and Katie Pruitt also join the roster of previously announced artists who will take the stage on Feb. 18 for Reportin' For Duty: A Tribute to Leslie Jordan. The special one-night-only event, held at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House, will also feature performances from Maren Morris, Brothers Osborne, Brittney Spencer, Billy Strings, Lukas Nelson, Eddie Vedder, Ashley McBryde, Jelly Roll, Fancy Hagood, Jake Wesley Rogers, Danny Myrick and...

Hair Metal Era Clarkson took on the group's hit single... with a little help from her band Kelly Clarkson took on Whitesnake’s 1987 hit “Here I Go Again” on Wednesday’s episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. Backed by her band, the powerhouse singer belted out the English rock group’s single, which topped the Billboard Hot 100, for Kellyoke’s opening segment. “Though I keep searching for an answer/ I never seem to find what I’m looking for/ Oh Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on/ ‘Cause I know...

Platinum-selling country artist Breland will return to host his second annual Breland & Friends benefit concert on April 4 at the Ryman Auditorium.The event will support Nashville’s Oasis Center, a nationally-recognized organization that at-risk youth in Middle Tennessee transition into a “happy, healthy, and productive adulthood.”“I can't believe we get to do Breland & Friends at the Ryman AGAIN this year benefiting the Oasis Center,” the Bad Realm Records/Atlantic Records/Warner Music Nashville artist writes on Instagram.“Last year was such an incredible success with a lot of incredible people involved, but...

When the pandemic shut down the world in March 2020, millions of people had to find ways to cope with an abundance of time indoors. Some baked bread. Others took up pottery. And on one very-early Friday morning, singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams got high, dove deep into Taylor Swift’s discography, and fired off a hit tweet: “i know places by taylor swift makes me feel like i’m being hunted down in the purge.” “That was one of like a dozen tweets explaining my feelings about her music in that state,” Abrams...