Music

Aerosmith are returning from a two-year hiatus when their Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency resumes in June for a run of 24 shows, but the entire band won’t be along for the ride: They announced Friday that drummer Joey Kramer won’t be taking part in any of the shows. “ regrettably made the decision to sit out the band’s concerts in 2022 so he can focus his full attention on his family during these uncertain times,” the band said in a statement to USA Today. “He and the band...

Lauren Alaina, you're going to Hollywood!It's not the first time the country artist has heard those words, but this time around she's not headed there as a contestant on American Idol. Alaina will be a guest mentor on Season 20 of the iconic reality singing competition series.The country singer is one of several Idol alumni who will be a part of Hollywood Week in 2022. She's set to mentor the country genre on Monday, March 28. Others returning include Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Ruben Studdard and more."I am FLIPPING OUT to...

Mary J. Blige has released a remix of her single “Good Morning Gorgeous” featuring H.E.R. The inspirational song, off Blige’s recent album of the same name, is a TikTok sensation soundtracking posts that promote self-love, self-empowerment and self-care. Blige released Good Morning Gorgeous, her 14th album, in February via 300 Entertainment and her own Mary Jane Productions. It features collaborations with Anderson .Paak, Dave East, DJ Khaled, Fivio Foreign and Usher. Last month, Blige joined Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Kendrick Lamar for the Super Bowl halftime show. The...

Every week, The Boot highlights recent favorites from country, Americana, folk and everything in between. In every list, you'll find picks from our contributing team that we think you'll love. Keep reading to check out the latest installment of The Boot's Weekly Picks.Sam Outlaw"Lonely Man"Jonah Tolchin"Black Hole"Jonah Tolchin wrote "Black Hole" while regularly waking up before sunrise, a dark, dogged energy that's certainly on display in this bluesy track. Its haunted imagery and themes of alienation and isolation make for an intoxicating teaser for his upcoming "cosmic outlaw blues" album Lava Lamp, due...

Hank Williams Jr. will highlight his affinity for the blues on a new album produced by Dan Auerbach. Rich White Honky Blues, the Country Music Hall of Fame member’s first album since 2016’s It’s About Time, arrives June 17. Auerbach recorded the album live with a backing band that included Kenny Brown, Eric Deaton, and Kinney Kimbrough, capturing a dozen tracks. Among them are Williams’ takes on songs made popular by Robert Johnson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, R.L. Burnside, Muddy Waters, and even his own work. It’s a building block of Williams’...

Luke Combs won't be performing at the 2022 CMT Music Awards, after all. The "Doin' This" singer has been removed from a list of performers that was first announced on Tuesday (March 22).The Video of the Year nominee was slated to tape his performance for the April 11 awards show on Thursday (March 24). However, Combs has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Country Now shares a note from a CMT spokesperson which confirms the news.Combs was slated to perform alongside Kane Brown during the show, but Old Dominion will now fill in.The CMT Awards will...

Sebastián Yatra tapped John Legend for a revamped version of the single “Tacones Rojos,” featuring lyrics in both English and Spanish. The pair showcased the song with an upbeat music video filmed in Los Angeles, in which Legend plays Yatra’s neighbor. “‘Tacones Rojos’ has such a beautiful sunny vibe,” Legend said in a statement. “It’s about meeting someone new who brings love, light and wonder into your life. I love that energy and that we were able to create something new together for this lovely song.” He added, “It was...

The world was a much different place the last time crowds descended upon Willie Nelson's ranch in the Texas Hill Country for a full day of live music. Back before the term "coronavirus" was in most of our vocabularies, a few thousand fans enjoyed sets from Yola, The Cactus Blossoms, Steve Earle and Shakey Graves at Luck Reunion 2019. The annual festival was scheduled to return in 2020, but the sudden emergence of COVID-19 forced the event to cancel just a week before it was scheduled to be held. The festival was again scrapped in 2021...

Coffee and menthol. Cold beer and ice cream. Soccer Mommy and a devastatingly direct chorus. Sophie Allison knows her combinations, and she’s back at it with “Shotgun,” a new gem that chases after the perfect metaphor for what it’s like to be emphatically in love. Soccer Mommy released her last album, Color Theory, in February 2020, approximately 9 years ago in pandemic time. “Shotgun” is a far cry from that record, with its angsty emotional palette of distorted riffs and early aughts nostalgia. The musician who once sang that she’s...

Happy 36th birthday to Brett Eldredge! The singer was born on March 23, 1986, in his hometown of Paris, Ill.Eldredge grew up listening to an eclectic list of music that included Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin. From very early on, music was a part of his life."There’s a video of me singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in the living room with a Chicago Cubs helmet on; we’re huge Cubs fans," Eldredge tells The Boot. "In it, you can see that I could actually carry a tune at...

Miley Cyrus’ plane was forced to make an emergency landing while en route to Paraguay Tuesday when the aircraft was struck by lightning, according to a social media post from the singer. Cyrus was in South America to headline the second day of Paraguay’s Asunciónico festival, which has not been held since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lighting,” the “Wrecking Ball” singer wrote on Instagram. “My crew, band, friends and family who were all traveling with me...

Congratulations are in order for Cody Johnson, who has just earned his first-ever No. 1 single on country radio with "'Til You Can’t." The chest-thumping life anthem currently sits at the top of both the Billboard Country Airplay and Country Aircheck charts.With universally relatable lyrics, it’s no surprise that country fans from all walks of life have gravitated to the song.“If you got a chance, take it, take it while you got a chance / If you got a dream, chase it, 'cause a dream won't chase you back /...

Any posthumous album is, by its nature, haunting — the sound of ghosts on wax forever floating in a state between unfinished project and final-ever recordings. But in the case of Phife Dawg, who died in 2016 at the age of 45 from diabetes complications, that purgatorial sense feels particularly cruel. At the time of his death, the rapper born Malik Taylor had reunited — albeit tenuously — with New York hip-hop icons A Tribe Called Quest. That reunion led to Tribe’s final album, the excellent We Got It From...

American Idol has officially wrapped up its Season 20 auditions, but not without a few necessary hijinks. The latest episode of the show, which aired on Monday night (March 21), saw judge Luke Bryan becoming the butt of a hilarious prank, and it was all courtesy of his wife, Caroline Boyer Bryan.The laughing matter wasn’t all too surprising, given that the husband and wife team have a long history of pulling pranks on each other. Folks may recall in April of 2020, Bryan scared his wife when he startled her with a...