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Kane Brown's new single "Leave You Alone" finds him once again leaning into a portrait of himself as country music's most committed lover. Fans of "Worship You," "Good as You" and "Heaven" will appreciate the singer's mood and melody.The first verse of "Leave You Alone" alludes to a disagreement between the singer and his lover, but there's nothing about the tone that follows to indicate it was inspired by an argument, or even meant to squash post-fight regret. When he says, "I know sometimes we have differences," Brown seems to be speaking in generalities instead of giving...

Following Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records, and “false reports” regarding ownership of The Chronic, Dr. Dre still owns “100%” of the G-funk classic, his lawyer told Rolling Stone. While it was initially reported that the masters of Death Row classics like Dr. Dre’s The Chronic and Tupac Shakur’s All Eyez on Me were not included when Snoop Dogg purchased the legendary West Coast label, comments that the rapper made in a recent Tidal interview suggested that he was in possession of The Chronic as part of the deal....

Sure, every awards show grows and changes over time. But did you know that the ACM Awards didn't even have an Entertainer of the Year category for the first five years of the ceremony's existence? That's right: What has come to be arguably the most prestigious honor of the annual event didn't even exist when country music's oldest awards show celebrated its first year.In fact, at the first official ACM Awards show in 1966, the lack of Entertainer of the Year category wasn't the only thing separating those early years from...

Less than a week after Dua Lipa was hit with a copyright lawsuit over her “Levitating,” a second lawsuit from a different set of songwriters was filed Friday that also accuses Lipa of stealing their song for her 2020 single. Lawyers for songwriters L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer claim in the lawsuit filed Friday at a Manhattan federal court that “Levitating” infringed on their 1979 disco song “Wiggle and Giggle All Night, originally performed by Cory Daye, as well as Miguel Bose’s 1980 song “Don Diablo.” (The latter track...

Jason Aldean is a three-time nominee at Monday night's (March 7) ACM Awards ceremony, and he's performing during the show, too. But his most nerve-wracking gig of the night might actually be his role as a presenter, Aldean told Taste of Country Nights ahead of the big show."I don't know if you'd necessarily call it presenting -- I'm setting an artist up to sing. I think it's the first time I've ever done that, actually," the singer says. While he's been nominated at the ACMs 31 times, and won 14...

Bouffant-era Charli XCX finally got to perform on Saturday Night Live and she did not disappoint. The British pop singer’s original appearance on the show was canceled last December due to Covid-19. So it felt appropriate that the day after NYC Mayor Eric Adams scrapped the indoor mask mandate as case rates remain low, Charli was right there, shaking her cowboy-dominatrix ass into a newer, sexier, pandemic response phase. Charli began her set with the lilting “Beg For You,” a disco-inspired song she originally recorded with R&B-pop singer Rina Sawayama....

For the first time since 1972, the Academy of Country Music Awards will not air on network television in 2022. Instead, the 2022 ACM Awards will stream live exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Monday (March 7).The show will be available to stream live beginning at 8PM ET/5PM PT in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. To ensure no fan misses out on any of the ACM Awards action, here is a guide on how to catch the 2022 ACM Awards live.Watch on an Existing Amazon Prime AccountFor...

Leonard Cohen is the latest artist to have their song rights scooped up, with Hipgnosis Song Management reaching a deal with the poet-rocker’s estate to acquire his legendary catalog. The deal — the terms of which were not announced — includes all 278 songs that Cohen wrote, including his oft-covered “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne,” “So Long, Marianne,” “First We Take Manhattan” and more. Under the agreement, Hipgnosis obtained the “songwriter’s share” of 127 songs are from Leonard Cohen’s Stranger Music catalogue, covering the period from the inception of his career through to...

On Friday, March 4, Thomas Rhett released a new collaboration with Tyler Hubbard and Russell Dickerson titled “Death Row.” The track’s attention-grabbing title is matched by an equally powerful message about forgiveness and redemption. In the song Rhett co-wrote with Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell, the artists sing about their real-life experience performing for prisoners on death row in 2019.The emotional tone of the track is set by the acoustic guitar intro, after which Rhett dives into the story of visiting the prisoners. In the first verse, he sings about being...

A new copyright infringement lawsuit claims Sam Smith and Normani copied essential elements of a 2015 song titled “Dancing With a Stranger” to release their own sultry single by the same name four years later. In the complaint filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday, songwriters Jordan Vincent, Christopher Miranda and Rosco Banlaoi allege that Smith’s moody, multiplatinum duet with the former Fifth Harmony band member has the “same” title, chorus and composition as the song previously published on Vincent’s YouTube channel, Spotify and other streaming services on...

Just six months after the release of his acclaimed record Music City USA, Charley Crockett is back with a new batch of music. The talented Texas native brings a soulful, modern edge to his version of Jerry Reed's "I Feel For You," which was released today (March 4).The lead single from Crockett's upcoming album Lil’ G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley, due out on April 22, was originally recorded by Reed for his 1966 debut album.“Mark Neill turned me on to this one,” Crockett explained in a statement. “It was a guiding light for both Welcome...

After more than two decades at Columbia Records, John Mayer made the surprise announcement Friday that he’s leaving the place he’s called home for most of his career. On Friday, the singer announced that he decided not to renew his contract with the record label with which he released eight studio albums, including his latest LP, Sob Rock. “After 21 years, eight studio albums, and some wonderful personal and creative relationships, I have decided not to renew my recording agreement with Columbia Records,” he wrote in an Instagram statement. “Hard...

Three months ago, Ashley Monroe shared a video of her ringing the "no more chemo" bell. On Thursday (March 3), she shared that she won't immediately need additional chemotherapy to fight a rare blood cancer.The cancer is gone for now."My blood work looked amazing and normal and so did my scans," the singer and Pistol Annies group member writes. "They say this kind is incurable, but I’m just gonna believe it IS curable, and it’s gone forever."In July, Monroe shared that she'd been diagnosed with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM), also known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma....

Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar are among the artists taking top billing during this year’s Glastonbury Festival. The iconic English festival, which was cancelled the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is scheduled to take place June 22 through 26 at Worthy Farm, Somerset. McCartney will headline the Pyramid Stage on Saturday, while Lamar is set to perform on the same stage Sunday. Other top-billed artists revealed in the initial lineup announcement are Billie Eilish and Diana Ross. More headliners will be announced at a later date, according...