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Walker Hayes is headed to the set of The Voice on Tuesday (Dec. 14), where he'll perform as a part of the Season 21 live finale.He's the latest in a string of country performers to take the stage during the televised singing competition; Blake Shelton, who's a coach on the show, recently performed his "Come Back as a Country Boy," and Carly Pearce made her debut last week to perform "29." It's not yet clear what Hayes will perform when he hits the stage. He shared news of his performance slot with fans on...

Rolling Loud California paid tribute to Young Dolph — the Memphis rapper who was shot and killed in his hometown on Nov. 17 — with a memorial set Saturday. Young Dolph was slated to perform at Rolling Loud California on Dec. 11 when the lineup was announced this summer, his fourth time at the festival; following his death at the age of 36, organizers instead honored the rapper’s musical legacy with a set that featured his protégé Key Glock, his “Cut It” collaborator O.T. Genasis and a pair of rappers...

Jana Kramer isn't counting out the possibility that she and her ex-husband Mike Caussin might spend the holidays together with their kids at some point in the future -- but "not this year," the actor and singer explains in a new interview with Extra."I considered it, but when I talked to my friends and my therapist...I decided I needed to make new memories," Kramer explains. "And so I wanted it to be just me and the kids. But then who knows in the future? I'm not against it."After all, their breakup is...

Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard paid tribute to Michael Nesmith, the Monkees legend who died Friday at the age of 78, with a set of acoustic covers that the singer posted on Instagram. “Mike Nesmith passed today and I feel completely gutted. I also feel so fortunate to have called him a friend,” Gibbard wrote. “I believe the best way to mourn the loss of a musician is to play their music. When we do so we keep the beauty of their spirit alive in our hearts. With that...

Twenty-three years ago today (Dec. 12, 1998), Faith Hill struck chart gold. It was on that date that her single "Let Me Let Go" soared to No. 1.Vince Gill offers guest vocals on "Let Me Let Go," and also appears in its dramatic video. The song was written by Dennis Morgan and Steve Diamond, who admit that they tried for years to get it cut before Hill finally recorded it."We had an idea what the song was about when we were writing it -- clearly about a former relationship," Diamond tells The Boot....

Megan Thee Stallion became Megan Thee Graduate Saturday as the rapper received her bachelor’s degree in health administration at the Texas Southern University commencement ceremony. Wearing her bedazzled graduate hat — “Real Hot Girl Sh*t,” it read — “Megan Pete” was greeted by cheers when she was called onto the stage to receive get degree from TSU president Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young: Congrats #MeganTheeGraduate! Join Megan & help other students graduate via Thee Megan Fund!https://t.co/lp9XTcX93J#TSUProud #TexasSouthern pic.twitter.com/opvcaHgHIm — Texas Southern University (@TexasSouthern) December 11, 2021 “TSU is proud of @TheeStallion and...

Tim McGraw added 17 live dates to his concert calendar when he announced his official 2022 tour on Friday morning (Dec. 10). The McGraw Tour 2022 will begin in Arkansas on April 29 and focus on venues in the Eastern United States through June 4.The tour includes three dates in Florida, two in North Carolina and two in New York. Russell Dickerson will serve as direct support for McGraw for all dates, and two singers the hitmaker embraced on social media will open the show. Both Alexandra Kay and Brandon Davis shared covers...

Over a month after the Astroworld tragedy, Anheuser-Busch announced Friday that it will no longer distribute Travis Scott’s Cacti line of hard seltzers, ending their partnership with the rapper after less than a year. “After careful evaluation, we have decided to stop all production and brand development of CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer. We believe brand fans will understand and respect this decision,” the beverage maker said in a statement Friday. While Anheuser-Busch did not specifically cite the Astroworld tragedy as the reason for discontinuing the hard seltzer line, the decision...

Twenty-two years ago today (Dec. 11) was a big day for Brad Paisley: It was on this day in 1999 that the singer earned his first No. 1 hit with the song "He Didn't Have to Be," from his debut album, Who Needs Pictures.Paisley co-wrote "He Didn't Have to Be" with his longtime friend and frequent co-writer, Kelley Lovelace. The tune was based on true events from Lovelace's life: The tunesmith became a stepdad to son McCain Merren when he married his wife, Karen.""He Didn’t Have to Be" was probably the most life-changing...

Good night, Papa Nez. The music world is mourning today for the late, great Michael Nesmith, and celebrating his long, weird, beautiful life. He died today at 78, just weeks after the Monkees’ final show on Nov. 14. He was the coolest Monkee, the rock star of the band, the tall, lanky Texan in the wool hat. Nobody did more to eroticize aviator shades and sideburns than Nez. But he was the band’s dedicated musician, writing a slew of cowboy-hippie classics: “Tapioca Tundra,” “Listen to the Band,” “Circle Sky,” “Auntie’s...

Sure, "Soul" might feel like a little bit of a left turn for fans of Lee Brice's more traditional country music — and the singer even admits that at the beginning, he was a little nervous for the song to be a single, because it felt like a risk."It kinda did for a minute," he admits to Taste of Country, "until I started playing it live. Until I started getting calls from my countriest of countriest of kin and friends, going, 'Man, this thing, 'Soul,' is gonna be the best thing...

An extinction-level disaster and dark political comedy may not necessarily be the kinds of things that make one think of Bon Iver. But as Adam McKay was chatting with Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell about the music for the end of his new satire, Don’t Look Up, it was the director who suggested, “Y’know, it would be great if there was an original Bon Iver song playing right there. That would just be, like, perfect.” Britell, as he recently recalled to Rolling Stone, excitedly chimed in, “Do you want me to...

In "Sanctuary Song," indie roots duo Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno show the power of a single story.Documenting the tragic deaths of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramirez and his toddler daughter Valeria, who drowned in the Río Grande in 2019 while trying to seek sanctuary in the United States, the track is simple and stripped-down, with minimalist accompaniment from haunting guitar and strings. Accompanying it is a similarly bare-bones music video, depicting Calcagno and Liva performing the track on a stark, black and white riverbank with the sounds of water rushing around them.These light dressings allow the...

Documentaries about Kanye West, Sinead O’Connor and the Middle East’s first female metal band are set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Utah fest announced its programming slate Thursday, with the O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares set to make its debut as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film, directed by Irish filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, boasts archive footage — much of it unseen — from the period of O’Connor’s career stretching from 1987 to 1993, as well as new interviews with the singer herself. “As an...