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Mickey Guyton has had many career highs in the past few years, with the most recent being named host of PBS' A Capitol Fourth, which aired on July 4. As she navigates these milestones, she reflects on the female artists who inspired her to reach her dreams.LeAnn Rimes is one of the artists Guyton looked up to while growing up, and she has now forged a relationship with her.Guyton opened up about her friendship with Rimes, whom she joined for an episode of CMT Crossroads in April, with People. The Texas-born singer...

In her latest single, “‘Thérèse,” Stranger Things star Maya Hawke explores the notion of growth, wrestling with the stagnation of maintaining external perceptions while evolving internally. The newly shared Brady Corbet-directed music video for the track taps into the same theme – only it’s done through the convoluted lens of an elaborate orgy that takes place in the forest. The steamy gathering is short-lived, as police bust the event and send the group running throughout the forest — but Hawke’s character and her accomplices aren’t swift enough to get away....

Scotty McCreery and his wife Gabi are currently expecting their first child, and their due date is easy to remember: It's Halloween.Gabi actually began her pregnancy with a different due date, but the singer says that plans got moved up at a recent doctor's appointment. During an appearance on Country Countdown USA, McCreery tells Len Holton that they were originally planning for a due date in "early November."Although she just had her latest ultrasound, and they said, 'He's measuring ahead of schedule. It looks like October 31,'" he continues. "I...

Kanye West has canceled on another music festival just days before his headlining set as Rolling Loud organizers announced Sunday that the rapper would no longer perform at the Miami fest. “We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022. We spent months working with him and his team on the performance,” co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingle said in a statement Sunday. “Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be performing. This is the first time a headliner has ever pulled off our show and...

Country legend Willie Nelson will give fans new insight into his lasting and eventful friendship with longtime drummer Paul English in an upcoming book. Me and Paul: Untold Tales of a Fabled Friendship, set for release via Harper Horizon on Sept. 20, finds the 89-year-old reflecting on the 70 years the pair have spent making music together through the highs, lows and everything in between."In 2020, my closest friend left me. Into the infinite abyss," Willie writes in the book's introduction. "The mission of this book is to bring him back.... Why were...

Billy Corgan has announced a livestream benefit concert to raise money for the victims of the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. The Smashing Pumpkins frontman and Chicago native will host the July 27 show — dubbed Together and Together Again —  at his Madame Zuzu’s tea house in Highland Park, where he’s lived for 20 years. (Corgan’s teahouse was so close to the scene of the shooting that it had to remain closed for a week due to the FBI’s investigation.) TOGETHER and TOGETHER AGAIN, July 27...

There's nothing we look forward to more than the prospect of a nice, relaxing (and preferably tropical) vacation. And luckily, there's no shortage of great country songs to take along with you, no matter your vacation destination.From songs about fun at the beach, to tunes that talk about relaxing on the water with some good friends, most country vacation songs seem to have a common theme: drinking. Because let's face it, if you were in the mood for a nice cup of coffee, they'd let you have that at work.Get...

The New York City Council have finally approved a measure to name a Lower East Side Manhattan intersection “Beastie Boys Square,” a corner popularized by the trio’s Paul’s Boutique. The vote Thursday marked a happy end to a nearly decade-long grassroots campaign by Beasties fans to anoint the corner of Ludlow and Rivington streets – as seen on the cover of their 1989 masterpiece – after the pioneering New York rap trio: In 2014, the city council voted against “Beastie Boys Square” by a staggering vote of 24-to-1. Cultural advocate LeRoy...

Carrie Underwood is leaning more into her rock influences lately. The country superstar has just released a scorching Ozzy Osbourne cover via Apple Music, revealing that the rock classic is a favorite that she's wanted to put her own spin on for a long time.As Good Morning America reports, Underwood dropped a live cover of Osbourne's "Mama, I'm Coming Home," as part of her new Apple Music Sessions EP, recorded for exclusive release via streaming.Underwood raises the key on Osbourne's song, which gave him one of his biggest mainstream hits...

There is no reason to believe that Lizzo intended to make a political album with Special. These 12 songs are a sonic bouquet of soul, R&B, hip-hop, and pop, about the radical joy of facing down your past and loving yourself anyway. The album takes us on an intensely vulnerable journey. But arriving in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s reversal if Roe v. Wade, it’s hard not to take Lizzo’s words of self-love as an indictment of our national cognitive dissonance. In 2022, America’s tagline could be “Welcome to...

Omar Apollo has been enjoying a career high since dropping his excellent album Ivory back in April — but he’s not done releasing new music. On Friday, he shared  “Archetype,”an emotional R&B song that shows off his vocal range and extends the sonic universe he built on his full-length debut. The song’s romantic lyrics celebrate the feelings of joy and new love. (“There’s a lot of boys in California, they don’t get along like you and I,” he sings. “So pretty that you kill me softly/If you were to leave,...

LeAnn Rimes, Mickey Guyton and award-winning pop percussionist Sheila E. take a stand in their anthemic new song "The Wild." Released Friday (July 15), the powerful collaboration echoes the empowering themes of Rimes' upcoming album God's Work, which is set for release on Sept. 16 via Thirty Tigers."My new album as a whole looks at the duality of life, the light and the dark, and I believe that is most apparent in 'the wild,'" Rimes says in a statement. "The song is about the patriarchal world that has shaped us as a...

William “Poogie” Hart, the lead singer and songwriter for the celebrated Philadelphia soul outfit the Delfonics, has died. He was 77. Hart’s son, Hadi, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, saying the singer died from complications during surgery on Thursday, July 14. “His music touched millions, continues to touch millions,” Hadi said. “His body might not be here, but his music will live forever. He was a great man, he loved his family, he loved God, and he just loved people. Great heart, great spirit. That was my dad.” Hart...

Linda Ronstadt songs are some of the most-loved of the last several decades. The singer is often referred to as the first true female rock superstar, but she has also had a broad impact in country music.Ronstadt's country career included many covers of prominent songs, but her versions are undeniable classics. She helped to pioneer the California-based country-rock sound that also introduced the world to the Eagles, a group that came together after the core members met while playing in Ronstadt's backing group.The Boot's list of the Top 5 Linda Ronstadt Songs brings...