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Carrie Underwood's "Ghost Story" may not be accompanied by many more dramatic revenge songs on her next studio album. The one word that Underwood used as a way to describe the project is not one you'd necessarily associate with her previous albums."It's fun. It's a lot of fun," she tells Kelleigh Bannen from Today's Country With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country.Sure, there have been "fun" songs before. "Southbound" comes to mind, as does "Somethin' Bad," her duet with Miranda Lambert. But her "fun" radio singles have been few and far between, and fun albums? Those...

Two days after Arcade Fire announced their upcoming album WE — and hours after the band staged a surprise show in New York City — longtime member Will Butler, the younger brother of founding member Win Butler, revealed he has left the band “Hi friends— I’ve left Arcade Fire,” Butler wrote in a series of tweets Saturday.  “I left at the end of last year, after the new record was complete. There was no acute reason beyond that I’ve changed—and the band has changed—over the last almost 20 years. Time...

If Jon Pardi's next studio album was a racecar, you could say it's somewhere between turns three and four. The follow-up to Heartache Medication (2019) is definitely not in the home stretch, but his pace is purposeful.The still-unfinished album will include his new single "Last Night Lonely" and about 13 more songs that Pardi and his team will whittle out of the 30 they're looking at right now."It's really easy when you ask our group what can we not live without," the country singer tells Taste of Country Nights. "Then the list fills up...

Kanye West was not among the first wave of Grammy performers earlier this week, and he won’t be added to the show’s lineup as a rep for the rapper confirmed reports that West has been barred from performing at the April 3 event. Rapper the Game, West’s cohort on “Eazy,” first mentioned on social media that the Grammys made a “last minute” decision to pull West from performing at the ceremony, where West’s Donda is among the finalists for Album of the Year along with other nominations. “The Grammys have...

Gunna has ensured he’ll always be “Pushin P” by enshrining the letter in his mouth with a new diamond tooth. Thomas Connelly, the DDS dubbed “the Father of Diamond Dentistry,” provided Rolling Stone with images of his latest dental achievement, a feat that involved first placing a P-shaped, teal-toned diamond in a porcelain tooth that was later installed alongside a set of veneers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Connelly, DDS (@connellydds) In total, the procedure cost around $100,000, with Angel City Jewelers’ Isaac Bokhoor providing...

During a day that saw no less than Dolly Parton make her SXSW debut, the hottest ticket was arguably for Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight duo whose charmingly post-punk songs have made their upcoming album one of the most anticipated of the year. The line to see the band at Mohawk stretched all the way down Red River, but to those who made it past the door, the euphoric gig was worth the wait. Day 4 also saw rare performances by Zambian group Witch, an unconventional heavy-metal panel, and...

“Ad Astra Per Alas Porci,” the evocative overture that bookends country singer Hailey Whitters’ new album, Raised, takes its name from the work of John Steinbeck. Though he notably botched the Latin in his own translation, Steinbeck was known to inscribe his books and letters with the phrase, which means, “To the stars on the wings of a pig.”“It seemed like the perfect phrase to set the scene and open the album on,” says Whitters, who describes being nearly brought to tears when her co-producer and fiancé Jake Gear played...

Charley Pride's In Person, the first major live album released by a Black country artist, is an unassuming landmark. With a runtime of just under 34 minutes, Pride’s album is shorter than many of the recordings that are cited as among the greatest of all time, including Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison and Buck Owens’ Carnegie Hall Concert. But despite its brevity, the album is an invigorating and essential piece of history, a portrait of a pioneering star on the precipice of unprecedented success.Pride’s backing band for the 1969 album included a contingent of Nashville...

Carrie Underwood's new single "Ghost Story" is a dramatic revenge song, and that's part of what attracted her to it. Stepping into the studio to sing it, she sealed the deal."It was just like, ah, this just feels good," Underwood says, smiling as she talks to Kelleigh Bannen from Today's Country With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country."Ghost Story" drops on Friday (March 18), and next Monday it will become her first solo radio single since "Drinking Alone." The chord changes and the musicality of the David Garcia-produced track really appealed to her, she...

King Princess will release a new full-length, titled Hold On Baby, later this year — and to mark the announcement, the singer has dropped “For My Friends,” an ebullient, hook-laden pop ballad slated to appear on the album. The single follows “Little Bother,” a collaboration with Fousheé released earlier this year. The project of 23-year-old songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mikaela Straus, King Princess first gained acclaim for her 2018 queer anthem, “1950.” Hold On Baby marks the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2019 debut album, Cheap Queen. Driven by pulsating synth...

Tim McGraw's oldest daughter has caused quite a stir on her social media by spoofing one of her famous father's album covers.Gracie, 24, took to Instagram to show off a side-by-side of Tim's Not a Moment Too Soon cover and her own version. Of course, hers involves a little photoshopping, as she's seen with a clearly-drawn-on handlebar mustache to match dad's. She's just missing a signature cowboy hat and oversized button-up shirt!"Like father, like son," she writes in the caption. Gracie is the oldest daughter of McGraw and Faith Hill's three girls,...

Haley Dahl took the stage at Austin’s Mohawk bar on March 16 dressed like a witch from folklore, which checks out, considering her band Sloppy Jane’s recent album Madison was recorded in a cave. She stood head to toe in royal blue, her velvet suit’s sharp shoulder pads providing a trusty hook for her cape to trail behind. And when she shed this elaborate outfit — stripping down to torn fishnet tights — her old pal Phoebe Bridgers arrived to help her scream.  Bridgers, who started her career as a pre-fame...

In 2018, singer-songwriter Ben Danaher released his debut album Still Feel Lucky to widespread critical acclaim. The Texas native earned praise for his raw and honest storytelling in songs like "Jesus Can See You," "My Father's Blood" and "Hell or High Water," a co-write with Maren Morris. From the pain of losing a loved one, the sting of betrayal or the lingering bruises from heartbreak, Danaher brings a clear voice to complicated emotions.On Feb. 22, he released Handmade: Vol. 1, which features a stripped-down version of his Still Feel Lucky track...

Lil Nas X fans can now breathe easy, as the rapper-singer reappeared on Twitter Wednesday after a three-month absence. In his first Twitter post of the day, Lil Nas X, who is notoriously active on the platform, described the hiatus as “maternity leave” — a cheeky reference to the pregnancy-themed stunts he performed leading up to the “birth” of his first full-length LP, Montero. “I’m so happy I’m back on the internet,” he tweeted shortly afterwards. “I missed me so much.” During his posting spree, the “Old Town Road” hitmaker claimed...