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Rock of Ages The Foo Fighters drummer and Greg Kurstin led an all-star rendition of "I Love L.A." that also included cameos from Karen O and Kyle Gass Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin gave their annual Hanukkah celebration the grand finale it deserved with a rendition of Randy Newman’s “I Love L.A.” featuring cameos from Jack Black, Pink, Beck, and more. Grohl and Kurstin shared the final installment of their Hanukkah Sessions series yesterday, Dec. 25, which — along with being Christmas Day — was also the final night of...

Dave Grohl brought out Jack Black to perform Rush’s “The Spirit of Radio” for the seventh night of the Foo Fighters frontman and producer Greg Kurstin’s 2022 Hanukkah Sessions. The Hanukkah Sessions celebrate the music of Jewish artists, like Rush’s Geddy Lee: The bassist’s family were Holocaust survivors — including his Poland-born mother who had been at Auschwitz — before moving to Canada.  “From a very early age, I knew that my parents were Holocaust survivors. In fact, I knew that almost all my family were Holocaust survivors,” Lee told...

It's hard to fathom a beginning for most Christmas carols. Our grandparents' grandparents probably sang all of the classics, and, even back then, those songs must've sounded like relics from another time and place.However, there's one song that's less old than you might imagine: "Here Comes Santa Claus" entered popular culture after the advent of both country music and cowboy films, from the imagination of Gene Autry.Autry's website tells the song's story via Jon Guyot Smith's liner notes from the Grammy-nominated 1997 box set Sing, Cowboy, Sing!: The Gene Autry...

Country star pledges to embark on affordable summer tour in fight against "huge monopolies" that "sit there stealing money from working class people" Zach Bryan is the latest artist to rage against the Ticketmaster as the country star — frustrated by skyrocketing ticket prices — pledged Saturday that he’ll embark on a summer tour with “prices as cheap as possible.” Doubling down on his disdain for the concert giant, Bryan also released a surprise new album titled, fittingly, All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster (Live From Red Rocks). “Seems there is...

The 1990s were a glorious time for country music: The hair was big, the sound was iconic, and artists such as Faith Hill and George Strait were tearing up the airwaves.Because the decade brought a unique and new pop-country sound to Nashville, some may consider the ‘90s to be the time of traditional country’s last gasp ... but there’s so much more to the music of this decade than meets the eye.Flip through the photo gallery below to see The Boot's picks for the biggest country artists of the 1990s.Determining...

Maxi Jazz, frontman for the U.K. dance group Faithless, has died at the age of 65. In a statement shared to social media, his bandmates Rollo and Sister Bliss hailed the singer as a “beautiful person” and a “genius.” “We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died last night,” they wrote. “He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and message to our music.” We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a man who...

When both of your parents are country music superstars with busy touring schedules, it can be tricky to find time to do all of the Christmastime activities that make the holiday season special. Despite their hectic calendars, though, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood always make time for a tradition that makes it feel like Christmas in their household."The biggest tradition we've done since the girls were little is to decorate the tree together, and even though we are all in different places and the girls are grown, that is still a...

Over 18 months after Morrissey first announced his upcoming album Bonfire of Teenagers, the LP appears to be indefinitely shelved once again after the singer revealed he has parted ways with his record label. Also delaying its release: Miley Cyrus wants her backing vocals removed from one of the album tracks. In a pair of messages posted to Morrissey Central (via NME) — the singer’s go-to mouthpiece — Morrissey revealed that he has “voluntarily withdrawn from any association” with Capitol Records, the label that was set to release Bonfire of...

Christmas is just around the corner, which means it's time to crank up the holiday tunes, pour a tall glass of ... er, eggnog, and get in the spirit of the season.There's perhaps no other time of the year when music plays such a special role -- and, of course, plenty of country stars are there for us every year, both with Christmas classics that we go back to time and again and new songs that will one day become holiday traditions.Which of the following songs is your favorite country...

On Dec. 22, pop lost one of its true influencers when Thom Bell died at the age of 79. As a producer, songwriter, and/or arranger, Bell was at the forefront of the Philadelphia Sound, the gorgeous R&B that dominated much of the pre-disco Seventies. Along with his peers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Bell injected a level of elegance and sophistication into R&B and pop as heard on records he made with the Spinners (“I’ll Be Around,” “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love,” “Mighty Love,” “One of a Kind...

Chris Stapleton is no secret anymore. With numerous CMA, ACM and Grammys trophies to his name and an appeal that spans country, Americana and rock, Stapleton has made a name for himself as one of the most talented country songwriters and performers of his generation.But did you know that Stapleton has a long career in songwriting, even beyond the three albums he's released? Of course, there were his SteelDrivers days, during which Stapleton wrote and recorded as the frontman for the Americana band, but even more than that, Stapleton has written...

A Los Angeles jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez of shooting music superstar Megan Thee Stallion in both feet during an alcohol-fueled curbside confrontation in the predawn hours of July 12, 2020. The jurors unanimously decided the “Luv” singer assaulted Megan with a semi-automatic firearm, causing great bodily injury, discharged the weapon with gross negligence and concealed the unregistered weapon found in his SUV. Sentencing is set for Jan. 27. Pandemonium erupted in the courtroom shortly before Lanez was led away in handcuffs. “This wicked system,” his father Sonstar Peterson screamed...

When Amy Grant and Vince Gill got married in March of 2011, they both had children from prior relationships -- Grant had three young children, while Gill had one daughter -- and the couple completed their family with the birth of their daughter Corrina in 2001. Juggling the needs of a blended family can be complex, especially at the holiday season, but Grant says that some of her sweetest Christmas memories are of the step-siblings' evolution into a family unit."What I've loved, over the last 18 years of Christmases, has been to...

Beck Comes to Town The duo was joined by Greg Kurstin and Inara George for another memorable night of Hanukkah Sessions Beck took to the stage for the fifth night of Hanukkah Sessions, roaring through a rendition of “E-Pro” with Dave Grohl, Greg Kurstin, and the bird and the bee bandmate Inara George. The Hanukkah Sessions, which was launched by Grohl and Kurstin  back in 2020, continues to celebrate the holiday by sharing covers of songs by Jewish artists. This year’s performance was recorded in front of a live audience on Dec. 5 at the legendary...