Music

It's been more than three years since Carrie Underwood released her last full-length studio album, Cry Pretty, and though she's stayed plenty busy since then — releasing a Christmas album, My Gift, and a gospel album, My Savior, plus a hit duet with Jason Aldean called "If I Didn't Love You" — fans have been clamoring for the next chapter.It seems as if Underwood might be gearing up to deliver.The singer posted a short video clip on her social media on Monday (March 14), featuring a starry night sky as ethereal, almost...

Cadence Baker of Muscle Shoals, Ala., brought her family-inherited musical talent to Season 20’s American Idol on Sunday (March 13), auditioning with Whitney Houston’s pop smash, “I’m Your Baby Tonight.”Making the tune her own, the 18-year-old stylist showcased her jazz vocals alongside accompaniment provided by her father — a seasoned guitarist named Shane Baker. The young hopeful's interpretation of the Houston hit was so moving, it brought all three judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie — to their feet.In fact, Bryan was so impressed with Baker's audition that he...

It was another night packed with talent, as American Idol kicked off its third round of auditions in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday night (March 13). But perhaps no other contestant made an impression on judges quite like country singer-songwriter Emily Faith.The 18-year-old rising talent, who grew up in Kingfisher, Okla., surprised the judging panel of Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie by telling them that she works at a family-owned funeral home with her dad.“It’s wild! She’s a pocket full of sunshine,” Perry said, pointing out Faith’s sunny disposition and...

While Luke Combs and superstar singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran might seem like an unlikely pairing, it's no surprise that Combs is a Sheeran fan: During his concerts, he often covers Sheeran's 2017 hit, "Dive." Combs even recorded a studio version of the song as a Spotify Originals version in 2018.But the country star decided to do one better for the sold-out crowd at his Country 2 Country (C2C) Festival in London on Sunday night (March 13). He brought out the English singer-songwriter for a live duet of "Dive."Combs took the opportunity to...

Miranda Lambert debuted one of the as-yet unreleased tracks on her upcoming album, Palomino, during her set at the Country 2 Country Festival in London last Thursday (March 10).Called "Actin' Up," the new tune is classic Lambert: Free-wheeling, irreverent and colorful lyrics paired against a catchy beat with a healthy dose of twang. It's the first track on Palomino, and the singer co-wrote it with frequent collaborators Luke Dick and Jon Randall.The new track features a nod to the album's title, with the line "I wanna see the desert from...

Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of driving her into a paranoic state by allegedly monitoring her and reading her emails in a clip from the second part of the upcoming doc, Phoenix Rising. The two-part HBO documentary debuts on HBO on Tuesday, with both parts available to stream on HBO Max the same day. “Manson had hacked into my emails,” the Westworld actress says. “He was watching me, and he had people watching me, again under the guise of ‘This is for your own good.'” Dan Cleary, one of...

Two years after putting their tour in support of LP Gigaton on hold due to the pandemic, Pearl Jam is ready to head out on the road for a North American tour, starting May 3. The Eddie Vedder-fronted band will make 19 stops across Canada and the U.S., including two shows at L.A.’s Forum and one at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Josh Klinghoffer — the former guitarist for Red Hot Chilli Peppers — is set to open for Pearl Jam with his solo project Pluralone. He’ll also join Pearl...

Woody Guthrie, the singer, songwriter and writer who spoke truth to power decades before the phrase was invented, was long known to take a political stand. Now, 55 years after his death, he’s still doing just that. As part of a new exhibit of his life and work, he’s joined the list of musicians unhappy with Spotify in light of the company’s affiliation with Joe Rogan’s podcast and his Covid-related opinions and comments. “Woody Guthrie: The People Are the Song,” on display through May at New York’s Morgan  Library and...

Charli XCX reflects on the sweetness of a prohibited love on her new track “Every Rule.” The pop ballad follows Charli as she sings about meeting with a love interest already in a relationship — someone she’s willing to break rules for. “Straight away we started falling/Conversation never boring,” she sings on the track produced by A.G. Cook and Oneohtrix Point Never. “When your lips brushed up against my skin/All I wanted was to let you in.” (Charli is no stranger to singing about rule-breaking. Remember her “Boom Clap” follow...

Outside of the music itself, one of the most dazzling aspects of Japanese Breakfast’s 2021 album Jubilee is the cover art, which features Michelle Zauner festooned in persimmons. “Persimmons are pretty present in a lot of Asian cultures, as gifts that you give to people,” Zauner told Rolling Stone last year. “I had seen an image of these hanging persimmons that are dried during the winter and turned into sweet, dried fruit. And I really like the idea of this very bitter, hard fruit before it’s ripened — on display...

Maddie & Tae’s Taylor Kerr and husband Josh Kerr have finally been able to bring their daughter, Leighton Grace, home from the hospital.The long-awaited homecoming of their newborn comes after 53 days spent in the NICU. The couple shared the good news on social media on Friday (March 11), posting a few photos of their sweet new addition, who was fast asleep.“After 53 days in the NICU our sweet Leighton Grace Kerr came home today,” proud dad Josh writes in a post also shared by Taylor. “"We have been blown away...

Jailed rapper Pooh Shiesty filed new court paperwork Friday claiming “ballistics and forensic evidence” prove he didn’t shoot a man in the buttocks during a botched Florida drug deal in October 2020 — thus making a recent probation report recommending a prison sentence in line with the eight years sought by prosecutors is “illogical.” The new filing from defense lawyer Brad Cohen argues that Shiesty, whose legal name is Lontrell Williams, pleaded guilty to only a single count of firearms conspiracy in January, so it’s not fair a pre-sentencing report...

When it comes to having more kids, Jimmie Allen is one foot in and one foot out. Although he tells People he wouldn't mind having more children in the future, his wife, Alexis, says she is done being pregnant.It's a decision that he's okay with."It was actually her idea," Jimmie says about remaining a family of five. "Cause when it comes to babies, you know guys, we got the fun part ... women gotta carry the baby. Give birth to the baby. And 'cause she's told before she doesn't mind giving birth,...

The legal battle raging over the gag order that has muzzled lawyers representing Astroworld victims and attendees but not Travis Scott himself intensified Friday when the father of the deadly concert’s youngest victim asked a Texas judge to either pull the rap musician under the case’s cone of silence or “rescind” the order altogether. In a new filing obtained by Rolling Stone, Treston Blount, the dad whose 9-year-old son Ezra Blount was one of the 10 victims to die from Astroworld crowd crush injuries last November, argues for the first...