Music

Kate Bush has opened up about a new generation of fans finding her music through Stranger Things. In a rare interview with the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, Bush talked about how “Running Up That Hill” has hit number one in the U.K. charts and cracked the Top 10 in the U.S. after it was featured on Season Four of the Netflix show. Bush told host Emma Barnett: “Well it’s just extraordinary. I mean, you know, it’s such a great series, I thought that the track would get some attention. But I just...

Waylon Jennings had already had a long and varied career in the music business by the time he scored his first No. 1 hit. The groundbreaking outlaw country singer, songwriter and guitarist reached the top of the charts for the first time with a song titled "This Time" on June 22, 1974 — 48 years ago today.Jennings began his career as a DJ and performer, and he also played bass in Buddy Holly's band prior to the rock legend's death. He released his first-ever solo single, a cover of the Cajun traditional...

Two members of 1970s rock band Orleans have sued Warner Music Group and its subsidiary label Warner Records over a dispute regarding royalty deductions the companies instituted that the members claim weren’t disclosed to them. Still active today, Orleans saw its mainstream success in the mid-1970s with hits including “Dance with Me” and Still the One.” Longtime Orleans members John Hall and Lance Hoppen filed their class action lawsuit last week, alleging that Warner has been deducting royalties from them through International “intercompany charges,” where Warner’s foreign affiliate companies cut...

If Lady A want to become country music's feel-good trio, that'd be just fine. "Summer State of Mind" recalls their most recent No. 1 hit "Champagne Night," but a softer approach to production better fits the mood and season.Sam Ellis (who co-wrote "Summer State of Mind" with Lady A's Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott, plus Laura Veltz) produced this bop, and he gave Scott and Charles Kelley plenty of room to interpret the breezy lyrics."I’m the ice, you’re the Yeti / I’m the boat stereo, you’re the Petty," Kelley sings to open...

For decades, if an artist needed a backing band in the studio or on the road, their main option was scouring through their contacts to find musicians to play with. Elmo Lovano wants to change that. Lovano, a longtime touring and session drummer himself who’s worked with artists such as Miley Cyrus and Skrillex, launched Jammcard in 2017, creating one of the most comprehensive databases of professional musicians for hire in the music industry. His goal: modernize how artists find musicians to play with. “I essentially set out to make...

Eighteen years ago today, on June 21, 2004, Gretchen Wilson struck gold -- and platinum. It was on that date that Wilson's freshman album, Here for the Party, was certified for sales of both 500,000 and one million copies, only two months after it was released.Here for the Party, which ultimately sold more than 5 million copies, includes Wilson's debut single, "Redneck Woman," which shot straight to the top of the charts. The 10-track record also includes the title track, "When I Think About Cheatin'" and "Homewrecker," which each landed in the Top...

On Father's Day (June 19), Jennifer Nettles opened up to fans about a personal family loss that she recently went through: Her father died just over a month ago."I'm often private about certain sacred pieces of my life and I share them as, and if, I am ready," the singer shared on social media, explaining why she waited to share the news. "My daddy, Beamon Nettles, died last month on May 14."Nettles went on to offer up some thoughts about her dad, as well as the grieving process that she's...

As promised, Pharrell Williams delivered an all-star headlining set Saturday night at his Something in the Water fest in D.C., with the Neptunes producer bringing out Justin Timberlake, T.I., N.O.R.E. and the much-anticipated reunion of Clipse. The set served as a greatest hits of the Neptunes’ and Williams’ best productions, with Williams performing snippets of his contributions on tracks like Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” “Frontin’,” Jay-Z’s “Excuse Me Miss” and Nelly’s “Hot in Herre.” However, it was the “Phriends” portion of the headlining set that was the...

The Tennessee secretary of state was arrested on charges of driving under the influence late Friday night after leaving the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. Tre Hargett, a Republican who has served as the secretary of state since 2009, was booked into Coffee County Jail around 1:30 a.m. and released six hours later on $2,000 bail, the Associated Press reported. “On Friday night after leaving the Bonnaroo Music Festival, I was stopped by the Tullahoma Police Department and subsequently arrested for DUI,” Hargett said in a statement....

After weeks of cryptic teasing through website URLs and social media wipes, Beyoncé is officially launching the Renaissance era with the album’s first song, “Break My Soul,” out at midnight, June 21. In another understated announcement, the singer’s bio sections on Instagram and Twitter were quietly updated to read: “6. BREAK MY SOUL midnight ET.” Still devoid of any specific details, or even album artwork, the first offering from the 16-track record will be the first glimpse into Beyoncé’s highly-anticipated full-length follow up to 2016’s visual revolution, Lemonade. In the...

Harry Styles helped a fan come out during his Wembley Stadium show in London Sunday (June 19). The ‘Watermelon Sugar’ singer spotted a sign from an Italian fan, Mattia, that read “From Ono To Wembley: Help Me Come Out”. “So you’d like the people of Wembley to bring you out?” Styles asked the fan. The singer then held a Pride flag and said: “When this flag goes above my head, you are officially out.” “You’re a free man” 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Harry Styles helps an Italian fan come out at his London...

Brian Wilson is raking in the 80th birthday wishes from an array of friends and musical peers, including Bob Dylan, Carole King, Elton John, and Questlove. The aforementioned artists — and many others — all sent in short video messages celebrating the musician, who entered his eighth decade today, June 20. The clip also includes Smokey Robinson, Barry Gibb, Chuck D, Fleet Foxes, Graham Nash, David Crosby, John Fogerty, Micky Dolenz, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and She and Him. Wilson’s longtime collaborator and former Beach Boys bandmate Al Jardine...

The mantra of the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which returned to Manchester, Tennessee, this weekend after a forced two-year absence, is “radiate positivity.” For the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks — queens of the scorched-earth, fiddle-and-banjo-tinged, stick-a-pin-in-your-voodoo-doll revenge-fantasy rallying call — those posi vibes came by way of killing Russian president Vladimir Putin in effigy. On Friday, the Chicks debuted as both the festival’s first-ever country and female-fronted headliner. And just like Earl, Vlad had to die. Putin’s figurative demise came during a mid-set performance of...

Jason Aldean celebrated Father's Day in style on Sunday (June 19), complete with a heartfelt tribute from his wife, Brittany. The couple share two children -- four-year-old Memphis and three-year-old Navy -- and Aldean is also dad to two older daughters, 19-year-old Keeley and 14-year-old Kendyl, from a previous marriage.To mark the occasion, Brittany posted a slideshow of sweet family shots from over the years. The first image is a recent snap on a baseball field, with one arm around Memphis and the other around Navy."I couldn't ask for a...