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Guaynaa and India Martinez attend a colorful flamenco performance in the new music video for “El Payo,” from his album La República, which dropped last year. In the music video, the Spanish singer teaches the Puerto Rican reggaetonero how to bust some flamenco moves as the two are surrounded by a dancing horse and people in traditional garb. “I have a gitana/who comes from faraway lands looking for love,” Guaynaa sings in the chorus, before adding, “I have a gitana/very pretty, very human, simple, but yes, very cool.” His La República...

Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, a pair often referred to as the "First Couple of Texas Country," have announced that their relationship has come to an end.In a Jan. 21 post shared by Willis and Robison on their official social media pages, the couple reiterated their love and respect for one another, even as they part ways romantically."Hello folks, we have something we need to share with you," the statement reads. "After a lot of thought and work, we have decided to end our marriage. The two of us, now and always,...

When Tove Styrke put pen to paper for her sensual new single “Show Me Love,” out Friday, it was meant to be just for her best friend, whom she had “ madly in love with.” But the song was so good, “I had to put it out,” she tells Rolling Stone. “It almost feels weird to release it to the world because it’s so much hers,” the Swedish pop artist says about the sexy track, the first taste of the “sexy and kind of raw” album she has teed up for...

Kenny Chesney has joined the ranks of artists who have sold off the rights to their successful music catalogs. The country superstar sold 80 percent of the royalty rights to his catalog to Hipgnosis Song Management, Variety reports.According to Variety, Chesney's deal with Hipgnosis includes his catalog beginning with his 1994 debut album, In My Wildest Dreams, all the way up through Live in No Shoes Nation from 2017. The deal takes in 22 albums, including 15 that have achieved Platinum certification.The deal Hipgnosis signed with Chesney is the first...

Florida prosecutors have rejected a trespassing charge against Kodak Black after the “Zeze” rapper was arrested at the Golden Acres public housing development in his Pompano Beach hometown on New Year’s Day. Broward County prosecutors made the decision to decline the case on Wednesday, Kodak’s lawyer Bradford Cohen confirmed to Rolling Stone. Cohen said his client, born Bill Kapri, was visiting with family at Golden Acres on New Year’s Eve when he was detained while standing near his Lamborghini parked in a driveway. The arresting officer, a Broward County sheriff’s...

Luke Combs and his wife, Nicole, are expecting a baby boy. The couple shared the happy news on social media on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 20), with the mom-to-be noting that 2022 "may be the best year yet."Nicole shared three photos from a maternity shoot with her followers, including a picture of the couple holding a sonogram image while she cradles her baby bump. Their bundle of joy is due to arrive this spring, and in the caption, she notes that they are "so incredibly excited and grateful."It's the first child for the...

Charlie Puth has dropped a new single, “Light Switch.” The upbeat pop song, which sees Puth crooning about his attraction to a love interest, was produced by Puth and co-written with longtime collaborator JKash and Jake Torrey. Listen here. “You turn me on like a light switch,” Puth sings over a pulsating beat. “When you’re moving your body around and around / I don’t want to fight this.” Puth documented the making of the song on TikTok for several months ahead of its release. “On the songwriting level, it was...

In January of 2017, hit-making country songwriter and producer Shane McAnally and his husband, Michael Baum, legally tied the knot, posting a snapshot to Instagram of themselves and their two children celebrating the milestone. However, by that point, they'd already been married for five years, and their love story dates back even further.McAnally, a native of Mineral Wells, Texas, moved to Nashville at the age of 19, intending to pursue a solo career as a country artist. He signed to Curb Records and charted three singles in 1999 and 2000, but never amassed much...

Are you experienced in contract law? The folks running the estates of all three deceased members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience hope they are. Dorothy Weber, the lawyer representing Experience Hendrix, LLC (Jimi’s estate) and Sony Music Entertainment, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday preemptively claiming that the estates representing late bassist Noel Redding and deceased drummer Mitch Mitchell do not have the right to sue them with copyright claims. The filing comes on the heels of a letter Sony Music received in December from a British attorney, Lawrence Abramson, claiming...

It's starting to feel as if Garth Brooks won't lay his Stadium Tour to rest until he's played in every single one. On Wednesday (Jan. 19), Brooks announced a show at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Saturday, May 21.This show was formerly rescheduled, as Brooks was originally scheduled to play the venue on Oct. 9, 2021, but had to cancel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.This will be the first time the "Friends in Low Places" singer has played at the home of the Patriots, and it will be his only stop in...

Japanese Breakfast stopped by The Late Late Show to perform their song “Slide Tackle” with the help of a horns section. Appearing with a live band, singer Michelle Zauner gave the tune a hopeful, atmospheric vibe. Zauner also joined host James Corden, who is back on the air after a bout with Covid-19, for a chat at the late night show’s bar. The pair discussed Japanese Breakfast’s Grammy nominations, which include a nod for Best New Artist, as well as how the group’s newfound fame has impacted Zauner’s life. “I...

Former Grand Ole Opry drummer Jerry Ray Johnston, whose son Jaren Johnston followed him into the music business as the singer and guitarist in the Cadillac Three, has died.According to his obituary online, Johnston died on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at the age of 65 in the rural Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn., after battling COVID pneumonia.Born in Monroe, La., on Sept. 8, 1956,  Johnston moved to Nashville at the age of 24 to pursue a career as a drummer. His 40-year career saw him play drums for a wide...

On Tuesday afternoon, an emo festival designed to bait millennials around the world materialized of thin air. Headlined by My Chemical Romance and Paramore, When We Were Young is set to take place in Las Vegas on Oct. 22. The poster is full of band names you either haven’t thought about in years or have thought about every single day since you hit puberty: AFI, the Used, 3OH!3, Hawthorne Heights, the Ready Set, Anberlin. Alongside the emo and pop-punk heavyweights like Bring Me the Horizon, Bright Eyes, and Avril Lavigne...

The 2022 Grammy Awards have a new date after being pushed from their late-January slot amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. The reschedule has, for now, pushed the CBS debut of the CMT Awards off of the schedule.The 2022 Grammys will now happen on April 3 on CBS. Trevor Noah will still be the host, and nothing will change with regards to nominees and winners. The venue is new, however — this year's Grammys will broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. This venue is the longtime home of...