Music

Jake Flint's new wife, Brenda, has opened up in public for the first time since his unexpected death at the age of 37, sharing how utterly devastated her loss has left her.The Red Dirt country artist and Oklahoma native died just hours after he married the former Brenda Wilson on Saturday (Nov. 26). His manager, Brenda Cline, turned to Facebook to share the tragic news, calling him "the funniest, most hilarious, hardest working, dedicated artist I have ever worked with in my career."Flint's publicist, Cliff Doyal, tells the Oklahoman that Flint...

Christine McVie’s musical impact inside of Fleetwood Mac — and as a solo artist — carried a legacy that transcended generations. Following her death at age 79 on Wednesday, the keyboardist and singer was remembered by the likes of Sheryl Crow, Japanese Breakfast, Muna, and many other artists. “God damn legend. Every time I tried to write a classy synth line in the studio I’d always say I was trying to channel my inner Christine,” Michelle Zauner tweeted from her Japanese Breakfast’s Twitter account. “I even got Craig a framed...

Award-winning vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie has died.Her family announced the news via a statement shared on McVie's official social media pages."On behalf of Christine McVie's family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine's death," the statement reads. "She passed away peacefully at hospital this morning, Wednesday, November 30th 2022, following a short illness. She was in the company of her family. We kindly ask that you respect the family's privacy at this extremely painful time, and we would like everyone to keep...

For the third consecutive year in a row, Bad Bunny is the top streamed artist on Spotify, earning more than 15.8 billion streams in 2022. Spotify’s top list year-end data comprises the most streamed artists, songs, albums, and podcasts of the year and includes the personalized Spotify Wrapped year-end recaps sent to individual users. The Puerto Rican artist also tops both the most streamed U.S. and global albums lists with Un Verano Sin Ti, the artist’s fourth solo LP that was released in May. Two songs from the album —...

Twenty-seven years ago today, on Nov. 30, 1995, Martina McBride became an official member of the Grand Ole Opry. McBride was inducted into the Opry by Loretta Lynn, with whom she forged a lifelong friendship.“I love her. She's amazing to me,” McBride says of Lynn. “What she’s done is opened herself up to me. I’ll find myself in a corner with her, and her just telling me all this stuff. Does she do this to everybody? I’ve got to remember it all. It’s unbelievable."McBride's first performance at the Opry happened three years earlier, on...

Metro Boomin enlists a set of A-listers (and some incarcerated friends) to tease his upcoming album, Heroes & Villains. On Tuesday, the musician released a short film trailer — that shares the name with his album and features appearances from Morgan Freeman, Lakeith Stanfield, Gunna, and Young Thug — to present his upcoming record, out Friday. In the trailer, Metro Boomin becomes a superhero that “protects the city from the threat of evil” from the Boominati in the comic book-inspired visual directed by Gibson Hazard. The video also teases upcoming...

When you've got Brandi Carlile and Allison Russell in your corner, you know you've got something special.Roberta Lea just crowdfunded her debut solo LP on Kickstarter, netting $22,000 – an extra $4000 beyond her original goal. Lea has been releasing music as she tours with the Black Opry Revue, usually alongside Jett Holden, Tylar Bryant, and Joy Clark. Lea made the "pandemic pivot," per her Kickstarter, from classroom teaching to music, feeling guilty and frustrated that she was attending to everyone's needs but her own. She jumped in head first...

Prompt, showing up at noon, Smino walks through the doors of the Brooklyn Museum, where he says he can put his mind at ease and observe. “I like art. I fuck with art.” Smino’s latest, Luv 4 Rent, made its debut almost two weeks before our time together, and it only took a few minutes for people in the museum to notice him. A few made comments about their love for the new album. “It feels good to hear that,” says Smino. However, he hasn’t yet seen the outpouring of...

Twenty-eight years ago today (Nov. 29, 1994) was a day of celebration for Brooks & Dunn: It was on that date that their debut album, Brand New Man, was certified quadruple platinum, signifying sales in excess of 4 million units. Their sophomore record, Hard Workin' Man, also earned triple-platinum status.The first four singles from Brand New Man, including the album's title track, shot straight to No. 1; two songs from Hard Workin' Man, "She Used to Be Mine" and "That Ain't No Way to Go," also earned the top spot on the charts....

J.Lo’s in love — and she’s not gonna hide it! After announcing her upcoming album This Is Me… Now, Jennifer Lopez spoke to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about the record, revealing that the LP was inspired by her rekindling with the “love of my life,” Ben Affleck. “We captured me at this moment in time when I was reunited with the love of my life and we decided we were going to be together forever. The whole message of the album then is this love exists,” she told...

Celebrated singer-songwriters Adam Hood and Jason Eady have joined forces for an uplifting new collaboration.Released on Nov. 25, their new single "Broke Not Broken" was recorded by the longtime pals less than six hours after they co-wrote it."We wrote this song about searching for hope when the clouds roll in and it's hard to find," Hood and Eady share in a statement. "At some point in our lives, it's something we can all relate to but we have to learn to turn the corner."The song's weepy, sparse accompaniment allows the pair's vocals to take...

Seven years after releasing their last studio album, Metallica are raging back with a gut-punching new song, “Lux Æterna,” which is Latin for “eternal light” and part of the Catholic requiem mass. Amid slashing guitar riffs and battering-ram bass drumming, frontman James Hetfield sings about casting out “demons that strangle your life” and nods to one of Metallica’s formative influences, Diamond Head, with the lyric, “lightening the nation” (a pun on their song title “Lightning to the Nations.”) Tim Saccenti, who has made videos for Depeche Mode and Korn, directed...

Lauren Christy has had a hand in some of the biggest hits of the past 20 years. As a songwriter and producer, she’s made a living co-writing hits like Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8ter Boi,” “Complicated” and “I’m With You” alongside Jason Mraz’s breakout single “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry),” and tracks for Liz Phair and Britney Spears.  Even with her success, Christy knows that banking on a career in the music industry has always been a gamble. But as revenue streams have changed over the past decade, she’s grown increasingly concerned...