Music

Fifty-one years ago today, on April 3, 1971, Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty's "After the Fire Is Gone" claimed the top spot on the charts. The song is the first single that Lynn and Twitty released as a duo; it comes from their debut album, We Only Make Believe.Written by IE White, "After the Fire Is Gone" is about two people who fall in love while still married to other people. With lines such as, "Love is where you find it / When you find no love at home / And there's nothin'...

The Radiohead side project the Smile debuted the studio version of their song “Pana-vision” in tonight’s episode of Peaky Blinders, with the track appearing online hours before the series finale episode. The track was paired by an animated video directed by Sabrina Nichols featuring artwork by Radiohead’s in-house artist Stanley Donwood. In addition to “Pana-vision,” singer Thom Yorke also recorded a new piano instrumental, “That’s How Horses Are,” in tonight’s episode; the frontman previously released his solo track “5.17” in March during Peaky Blinders’ third episode. Prior to the final...

When Thomas Rhett was putting together his latest album, Where We Started, there were no plans to make the title track a collaboration. It was a member of Rhett's team who sent the song over to Katy Perry to see if she was interested.“I was like, ‘Yeah, but they’re not gonna respond.’... And literally within 24 hours Katy responded and said, ‘I love this. I resonate with this so well,’” Rhett shares with Music Mayhem. “When she put her vocal on it, it took her, like, two weeks. She really put...

Tragedy struck the legendary roots reggae act Mighty Diamonds this week as two founding members — lead singer Donald “Tabby” Shaw and longtime band mate Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson — both died within days of each other. On Tuesday, March 29, Shaw was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in the Mighty Diamonds’ native Jamaica, where the prolific trio were one of the country’s longest-running and most venerated reggae acts. Shaw was 67. Three days later, on April 1, Simpson died at the age of 71 at an undisclosed hospital...

C.W. McCall, who was best known for his massive 1975 hit "Convoy," has died after a battle with cancer.The Washington Post reports that McCall died on Friday (April 1) at his home in Ouray, Colo. He was 93 years old.McCall, whose real name was Bill Fries, was an advertising executive in the early 1970s, and he first conceived the character of C.W. McCall for a 1973 advertising spot for Old Home Bread. That ad spot won a Clio Award, which led Fries — performing as the character from the commercial, who...

For Jennifer Lopez, a November 2014 performance in Macau wasn’t entirely out of the ordinary. She’d have to sing (here, to a backing track) for 40 minutes, accompanied by six to eight dancers; the contract stipulated she’d be furnished with “first-class” sound and lights. No recording or taping of the performance would be allowed. But no tickets were sold, either. And the payday stood out, too: $1.25 million. To celebrate the birthday of a relative, a wealthy Chinese family flew Lopez to Asia to perform for them, tossing in $500,000...

Eric Church fans in San Antonio can breathe a sigh of relief. The country superstar, who drew the ire of some fans for his controversial decision to cancel a scheduled performance to attend a basketball playoff game with his family on April 2, has announced a new show date to make up for that canceled gig — and the new date will be free.Church turned to social media to announce the news on Friday (April 1), thanking the fans in San Antonio for allowing him the chance to take his family to a game...

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith is paying tribute to his late friend Taylor Hawkins with a touching compilation video, soundtracked by Foo Fighters’ “My Hero,” filled with images of the two drummers over the years. “Taylor is my good buddy who I’ve known forever,” says Smith in an interview, before cutting to clips of the two rocking out onstage. Foo Fighters opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers during the Californication tour in 1999, where the musicians would play pranks on each other during the shows. “I wanted to be...

Jason Aldean is sharing his thoughts on Eric Church's controversial decision to miss a scheduled performance to attend a basketball playoff game. The country superstar says it's not something he thinks he could do."I don't know that I could cancel a show to make it to a game," Aldean tells Loni Love and Melissa Peterman from E! News' Daily Pop. "I feel like people buying a ticket to come see your show, you kind of have to hold up your end of the deal on that.""I don't know if I...

When Wilco invited Neal Francis to join them onstage at their Sky Blue Sky destination festival in Mexico this past January, they asked the Chicago piano-rocker what song of theirs he’d like to play. It was a tough question for the longtime Wilco fan, but eventually Francis landed on “Theologians,” with some help from his girlfriend. “I liked that choice because it has a great piano part, and the lyrics really resonate with me as someone who continues to contemplate spirituality,” Francis said in a statement. Francis went further; taking over...

With just over a week left until he releases his new album, Cole Swindell says he couldn't wait to release the title track. "Stereotype" arrived on Thursday, March 31.The song is a declaration to the love of his life, and it's hard not to assume his girlfriend Courtney Little was his muse. After all, Swindell had a hand in writing the song alongside Michael Hardy and Jordan Schmidt.Each verse paints the picture of a woman who seems pretty predictable. You can count on a "Diet Coke can rollin' around in...

Harry Styles has dropped his hotly anticipated new song “As It Was.” It’s the lead single and video from his upcoming third album, Harry’s House, due May 20 — the first music he’s released since his 2019 blockbuster, Fine Line. It’s one of the most emotionally powerful songs he’s ever done. He sings about facing up to personal transitions, with the chorus “In this world it’s just us/You know it’s not the same as it was.” It’s a daring change-up for Styles, unlike anything he’s done before musically. He kicked...

Ever wondered how nominees and winners get selected at the Grammy Awards? Lucky for our readers, The Boot has some intel on how the voting process, both to determine the year's nominees and to crown each year's winners, works.We consulted the Recording Academy's official Grammy Awards voting rules to explain how nominees and winners for the annual Grammy Awards are determined. Read on for a quick primer.Who Makes Up the Recording Academy?Recording Academy members are classified as either voting, professional or student members. In short, voting members are artists, producers, musicians --...

The BBC will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Rolling Stones with an extensive season of programming this summer. Billed as ‘The Rollin’ Stones’ in a nod to the Muddy Waters track ‘Rollin’ Stone’, the legendary rockers played their first-ever show at London’s Marquee Club on July 12, 1962. They’ve already announced plans for a tour of European stadiums this summer to celebrate 60 years together, but now, the BBC have announced plans to mark the occasion across TV, radio and digital platforms. The centrepiece will be a new series of four...