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It's been mere weeks since Luke Combs and his wife Nicole Hocking Combs became parents for the first time, and as parents know, there's little time for anything when that bundle of joy arrives. However, Nicole took a moment to jump on social media to share an update the world on Baby Tex."I've been super MIA lately just trying to figure life out. It's pretty crazy how quick your priorities change once you have a child," she writes on her Instagram Stories with a laughing emoji. "The animals have adjusted...

Haters y Fanáticos, the new album from Akim, is all about displaying the Panamanian artist‘s versatility: He bobs between smooth reggaeton romantico, R&B-inspired melodies, and trap beats. But the most unexpected track just might be “Luz,” a melodic EDM collaboration with Puerto Rican reggaeton mainstay Farruko that explores how to embrace positivity, even in dark moments. Akim and Farruko released the video, directed by Fernando Lugo, which flashes between the pair singing at a club and standing in a meadow with dancers in matching outfits. The motivational lyrics are meant...

British-Nigerian singer Onyi Moss is adept on acoustic guitar as she is with full studio productions, like her prophetic, mysterious "Lost Sheep." Moss is based in Manchester, and has garnered a huge social media following and accolades for her photography and fashion blogging. "Lost Sheep" is a sonic representation of her photographic style: striking, colorful, and difficult to forget.The song begins with Moss singing, "God speaks to me in my dreams," backed by a muted choir of synth strings reminiscent of a '90s techno track. As the song progresses, the...

When Mom Rock got an invite to perform on the Rock Boat in 2020, they presumed it was a spam email, or a joke. This was a five-day cruise from Miami through the Caribbean headlined by veteran acts like Switchfoot and Sister Hazel, and they were a bunch of college students who’d never played anything bigger than a basement house party. “We were about to write it off before we actually realized it was a real thing,” says Mom Rock singer-guitarist Curtis Heimburger. “We had no idea how we got...

Hank Williams Jr. thinks your little fireworks show on the Fourth of July is real cute.The country singer says that instead of the traditional Black Cats, sparklers, roman candles and bottle rockets, he'll "touch off two pounds of powder in an 1861, 12-pound Napoleon cannon."As for a permit?"S--t no," Williams tells Taste of Country Nights host Evan Paul during a wide-ranging conversation that includes the inspiration for his new Rich White Honky Blues album. "It ain't no f----in' Davidson County, man. I'm in west Tennessee. I got a permit from a...

The man who admittedly gunned down beloved rapper Nipsey Hussle in a caught-on-video attack three years ago rested his strikingly short defense in less than three hours at his first-degree murder trial Wednesday — a day after he allegedly was jumped and beaten unconscious by fellow inmates in county jail. Eric Holder Jr. sat at the defense table with an obviously swollen left eye and three staples in his head as prosecutors showed harrowing autopsy photos before resting their case by 10:30 a.m. and handing the reins to Holder’s public...

Brantley Gilbert and Carly Pearce are off to the races. They have been revealed as the headliners for the Grand Ole Prix show at the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix on Sunday, Aug. 7.The show is a special version of the famous Grand Ole Opry, and it will take place outdoors in Downtown Nashville. Big Machine Label Group's Midland and Callista Clark will perform alongside Gilbert and Pearce. Fans who purchase tickets for the race weekend will have access to the 90-minute show. The show will take place at...

Daya is processing the feelings of loss following the end of a relationship and learns to be on her own in the new song, “Love You When You’re Gone.” The earworm, which marks Daya’s first release this year, features a nostalgia-inducing, retro-pop feel and an Eighties beat. “I only love you when you’re gone/Lonely hearts just don’t belong,” she sings on the track. “The way you fight, the way you drive reminds me/I can’t stand you I just/Love you when you’re gone.” The Mitch deQuilettes-directed video follows the longing themes...

Luke Combs may be best known as a hit-making country superstar, but he's no slouch in the comedy department: A hilarious Jimmy Kimmel Live! clip proves it.The video stars Combs as a faux-salesman for a store called Bass Amateur Shop, and, as Bass Pro Shop aficionados might guess, he's selling fishing gear to people who are pretty clueless about what they're doing."Hey y'all, and I love to fish, but I'm no pro," the "The Kind of Love We Make" singer says at the opening of the spot, outfitted head to toe...

Blackpink’s plan for global domination is in full effect as the world’s biggest girl group continues their reign as the most-followed musical act in YouTube history, becoming the first-ever to reach 75 million subscribers on the platform. The K-Pop supergroup, made up of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa, has racked up more than 25 billion collective streams across less than 300 videos uploaded to YouTube since their debut in 2016. Last year, the four-piece unseated Justin Bieber as the platform’s most-followed artist. Now, he trails not-so-closely behind with just over...

Accomplished singer-songwriter Valerie June's latest project will shine a new light on some of her favorite tracks from other iconic artists.June's upcoming EP, Under Cover, is set for release on Aug. 26 via Fantasy Records. The eight-track project features an eclectic mix of songs hand-selected by the Tennessee native. Listeners will hear June's versions of Gillian Welch's "Look at Miss Ohio," Bob Dylan's "Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You" and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "Into My Arms."The EP also includes her stunning reimagined version of Frank Ocean's "Godspeed," which you can hear...

In Orlam, the surrealistic new novel written in poetic verse by alt-rock firebrand Polly Jean Harvey, a nine-year-old girl named Ira-Abel, in England’s Dorset region, swoons over ghosts and encounters real-life villains, all as foretold by her village’s oracle, Orlam, the eviscerated eye of Ira’s pet lamb. Harvey, who was once a nine-year-old Dorset girl herself, wrote the entire work in the region’s dialect — rendering words like “grievance” as “engripement” and “hot” as “hetful” — which makes the whole story even more delightfully strange. (She also included a standard-English...

Back when Luke Combs announced his 2022 Middle of Somewhere Tour, he pledged to keep his tour prices the same as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, in a nod to those who are struggling to afford concert tickets amid the rapidly-increasing costs of seats across all genres."I know that the price of everything has been going up these last couple of years. And there's nothing I can do about that, but the one thing that I could do is set the price of my tickets," he said at the...

Ludacris’ longtime manager Chaka Zulu was shot Sunday night, June 26, in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, local news station 11 Alive reports. Zulu, a music industry veteran, was one of three people shot around 11:35 p.m. last night. All three were transported to the hospital, where one was pronounced dead. Zulu is reportedly in stable condition according to a reporter for another local news outlet, WSBTV, who received a text from former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed: “We are fortunate to report that Chaka Zulu is in stable condition and...