Music

The Chicks' major-label debut album, Wide Open Spaces, turns 23 on Jan. 27, 2021. Formed in 1989 by Laura Lynch, Robin Lynn Macy and sisters Martie and Emily Erwin (these days, they're Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer), the band known as the Dixie Chicks until the summer of 2020 released three albums as an independent band, in 1990, 1992 and 1993, before signing a developmental deal with Sony Music Nashville, then an official record deal with Sony's newly revived Monument Records imprint.In October of 1997, the Chicks released "I Can Love You Better" as...

Spotify has begun to remove Neil Young’s music following the rocker’s protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on the streamer’s Joe Rogan’s podcast. Both Young, who shared a letter on his website, and Spotify confirmed the news in separate statements. On Monday, Young posted a since-deleted letter on his website addressed to his management and record label demanding his music be removed from Spotify, noting that the company can have “Rogan or Young. Not both.” The Wall Street Journal first reported the news that Spotify will take down Young’s catalog. Spotify begun...

If you are an avid listener of Neil Young's extensive songbook, you'll soon have one less way to access it. The singer-songwriter says he is pulling all of his music from Spotify after accusing the streaming platform of promoting and spreading COVID-19 "misinformation" via the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.Earlier this month, a group of scientists and health experts approached Spotify with the request to take down the Dec. 31 podcast episode of the Joe Rogan Experience that featured virologist and immunologist Dr. Robert Malone. During the episode, Malone made multiple statements about the virus that...

Morrissey told his former Smiths bandmate Johnny Marr to stop mentioning him in interviews and “using my name as clickbait,” in an open letter published on his website. While Morrissey insists the letter, published Tuesday, Jan. 25, isn’t a “rant or a hysterical bombast,” some of his more grandiose tendencies do flourish as he tells off Marr. “We haven’t known each other for 35 years — which is many lifetimes ago,” Moz writes. “When we met you and I were not successful. We both helped each other become what it...

Look in the dictionary under the phrase "whirlwind romance," and chances are you'll find a photo of Miranda Lambert and Brendan McLoughlin: The couple met in November of 2018 and secretly got married on Jan. 26, 2019, at Cogan’s Farm, which is located in Henderson, Tenn.“I feel like I’ve been through enough in my life to know what I don’t want," Lambert told People in October of 2019, "so when I know what I do want I snatch it right up."The country star announced her wedding news in mid-February of...

No one is discrediting Kid Rock’s shitty lyricism after he dropped ear bleed-causing track “We the People” on Tuesday. In the new 4-minute song, Rock plagiarizes a Christmas classic (“But Covid’s near, it’s coming to town”), encourages a coronavirus superspreader (“Climb aboard this love boat/And rock that bitch up and down the coast”), and projects his own health problems on Gen Z (“‘Wear your mask, take your pills’/ Now a whole generation’s mentally ill.”) On the song, he taps into the right-wing agenda by dropping F-bombs about social media platforms,...

Jason Aldean is being recognized for his continued philanthropy. The "Night Train" hitmaker has been named the 2022 recipient of the Country Radio Broadcasters' Artist Humanitarian Award.Aldean will accept the honor during the annual Country Radio Seminar, which will be held Feb. 23-25 in Nashville and virtually.The country star — a multi-Platinum artist with two dozen No. 1 hits to his name — has supported numerous charitable organizations over the course of his career by raising millions of dollars to further their work. This includes raising more than $2 million for the Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight...

Main Offender, the second solo effort from Keith Richards, is set to receive an expansive 30th anniversary reissue on March 18. The release will feature previously unreleased recordings from the musician’s 1992 Winos Live in London concert and a collection of archival material dating back to the album’s initial release. First released in October 1992, Main Offender came four years after Richards’ solo debut Talk Is Cheap. He recruited the X-Pensive Winos for recording, made up of drummer Steve Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel, bassist Charley Drayton, keyboard player Ivan Neville,...

In 1989, country music gained one of its strongest new voices in Lorrie Morgan, a seasoned performer with a Nashville legacy and a seriously powerful voice. After her debut album Leave the Light On, Morgan went on to release 11 more albums packed with killer ballads, excellent covers and plenty of hard-country classics in between.Flip through the gallery below for a ranking of every single one of Morgan's solo albums, and get ready to stream these (mostly) vintage country jams....

Ty Segall has dropped new single “Story of the Century” from the upcoming soundtrack for documentary film, Whirlybird. It’s the musician’s first feature film score. He collaborated on the set with the film’s director Matt Yoka, whom Segall has previously worked with on music videos and other projects. For the score, Segall worked closely with Yoka who provided notes and the musician fed off the film’s imagery as well as the storyline to craft the score, which features synth, drum machine, Wurlitzer keyboard, guitars, drums and other percussion. Mikal Cronin...

When Kelsea Ballerini stepped onto the Grand Ole Opry stage on Saturday night (Jan. 22), she brought an unreleased new song with her.From the stage, the singer asked her fans for their feedback as to whether or not she should put the song on her next album, crossing her fingers in nervousness as she launched into her performance.A meditation on the importance of being grateful for what you have — and a realization that comparing yourself to others won't ultimately make you happy — the new song is a sweet,...

Happy 50th birthday to Paul Simon’s self-titled solo album — the funniest, nastiest, leanest, meanest, and possibly weirdest masterpiece of his great career. When the singer-songwriter dropped Paul Simon on Jan. 24, 1972, it was a shock to a pop audience that was expecting more sweetness in the Simon and Garfunkel mode. But this album was his big Garfunkel Purge, embracing his bitchy wit. It was considered a commercial flop, too eccentric for the millions who liked him better with Artie around. It usually gets overlooked in his story. But...

Alan Jackson's talents as a songwriter and singer have placed all but six of his 46 career singles in the Top 40. Over half of those 40 hits -- 26, to be exact -- topped the Billboard country singles chart.While Jackson's hits alone could've made for a Hall of Fame-worthy career and offered plenty of inspiration for Luke Combs and other students of '90s country, Jackson's studio albums need to be heard in full to grasp the songwriting depth, sentimentality and sense of humor shared over the years by one...

Tyler, the Creator provided the music for late designer Virgil Abloh’s Men’s Fall-Winter 2022 Collection during Paris Fashion Week. While the Louis Vuitton fashion show took place earlier this week, the rapper posted behind-the-scenes photos and video from the event on social media Sunday, with Tyler acknowledging conductor Gustavo Dudamel — who led the Chineke! Orchestra — as well as arranger Arthur Verocai and musical director Benji B for the 20-minute presentation, which doubled as a tribute to Abloh, who died in Nov. 2021 at the age of 41. View...