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In their first year of eligibility, Foo Fighters were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Cleveland museum’s Class of 2021. The induction marks the second for frontman Dave Grohl, who was previously enshrined as a member of Nirvana in 2014.  Following news of Foo Fighters’ Rock Hall acceptance, Grohl spoke to Rolling Stone about receiving the honor a second time. “Nirvana’s induction was obviously bittersweet. But we were honored to be there, mostly to honor Kurt’s amazing music. This will be a different...

Carrie Underwood really lives in style. The country superstar and her husband, former NHL player Mike Fisher, have lived the good life in several homes that epitomize luxury living.Underwood bought her first home in Nashville not long after she won American Idol in 2005, and while it wasn't the kind of enormous celebrity mansion that one might associate with a star, it was extraordinarily nice for someone of her young age and newcomer status. Underwood lived in the luxurious starter mansion for just a couple of years, but once her...

A day after the War on Drugs released their new album I Don’t Live Here Anymore, the band showcased a trio of tracks from the LP on CBS This Morning’s latest Saturday Sessions. With the Philadelphia retro-rockers loaded into an intimate rehearsal space, Adam Granduciel and company delivered “Old Skin,” “Change” and “Occasional Rain” from their new Eighties-inspired album, the band’s first studio LP in four years. In Rolling Stone’s review of I Don’t Live Here Anymore, Jon Dolan wrote of the “indie yacht rock” LP, “As a songwriter, Granduciel...

Miranda Lambert has added another honor to her long list of prestigious accolades. She has been inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, which she calls "one of the greatest honors of my life."Lambert was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Tuesday (Oct. 26) in Fort Worth, Texas. She turned to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 29) to share a series of photos and a video from the event, showing her posing with her fellow honorees, friends and family, as well as her husband, Brendan McLoughlin."Tuesday October 26 2021...

Big Star drummer Jody Stephens — who often collaborated with the Posies’ Ken Stringfellow on recent iterations of the power-pop legends — announced Friday he would no longer work with Stringfellow following a string of sexual misconduct allegations against the artist. “I have read the NPR story and the accusations made by several women about Ken Stringfellow. I believe them,” Stephens said in a statement posted on social media. “The hurt and abuse experienced them is unimaginable. Ken has been removed from any participation in our upcoming performances that involved...

Although it's just barely fall, Brett Young and Colbie Caillat are already dreaming of a white Christmas. In preparation for the holiday season, Caillat joins Young on a warm rendition of the holiday classic "White Christmas."Caillat opens the iconic song before being joined by the "In Case You Didn't Know" singer. From there, the pair take turns exchanging verses against a calming instrumental backdrop.Toward the end of the song, Young and Caillat beautifully layer their voices to create the ideal Christmas soundtrack. Press play below to hear the duo's take on the holiday classic:Young...

UPDATE (10/29): Ozzy Osbourne and late Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister beat back an alien invasion with the power of rock and roll, and a little bit of dark magic, in the new animated video for their mash-up duet, “Hellraiser.” The clip was directed by Mark Szumski and Gina Niespodziani.  “I’m so glad we were able to honor my dear friend Lemmy with this duet and now the video,” Osbourne said in a statement. “We immortalized him with a clip of the two of us being together, hanging out and getting...

“Radio made me,” once declared Fiddlin’ John Carson, one of the biggest stars in what was at the time called "hillbilly music" and widely considered the first person to ever record a country song.In the near-century since Carson made his grand declaration, several eras of stars have played the country radio game and found mainstream success. But a new generation of country singers is forgoing the traditional route to stardom and connecting with fans using TikTok, rewriting the industry's unspoken rules around how a country star is supposed to look...

Jay-Z has dropped the soundtrack for The Harder They Fall. Ms. Lauryn Hill, Jadakiss, Kid Cudi, Koffee and more artists team up for the set. Jay-Z appears on some of the tracks, including “King Kong Riddim” alongside Jadakiss, Conway the Machine, and BackRoad Gee. He also teamed up with Kid Cudi for “Guns Go Bang,” which was used in a trailer for the film. The title track features Koffee, and Hill and Fatoumata Diawara collaborate on “Black Woman,” which Hill co-produced with Jeymes Samuel. It also features Seal, CeeLo Green,...

The nominees in the 2021 American Music Awards have been announced, and the names include some of the biggest artists in country music.The nominations commenced on Thursday morning (Oct. 28), when initial artists were revealed during ABC’s Good Morning America and Spotify’s morning show, The Get Up. The balance of the nominees were subsequently announced via the AMAs' Twitter feed.Chris Stapleton and Gabby Barrett lead the country nominees in the 2021 American Music Awards with three each. Stapleton is up for Favorite Male Country Artist, Favorite Country Album for Starting Over...

The RZA discussed the recent $4 million sale of the Wu-Tang Clan’s one-copy-only Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and his regret about selling the album to “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli in a radio interview Wednesday. It was revealed last week that crypto collective PleasrDAO had purchased the one-of-a-kind compact disc at auction from the government, who previously seized it from Shkreli; the reviled hedge fund and pharmaceutical executive purchased Once Upon a Time in Shaolin directly from RZA for $2 million in 2015, three years before he was sentenced...

Valerie June has announced a cross-country Spring 2022 tour. It's set to kick off in March with an appearance in Seattle, Wash.Further shows Oregon, California and New York, as well as Canada, New England, the Midwest and the mid-Atlantic, will keep June on the road through May; a full list of dates and cities is below. The Tennessee-born musician also has a few live shows scheduled ahead of the spring tour, including a November show at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., and a Jan. 29 performance in Minneapolis, Minn., at...

Japanese Breakfast have dropped a surprise EP as part of Spotify and the famed recording studio’s Live at Electric Lady series. The eight-song set includes a cover of Weezer’s “Say It Ain’t So,” a fitting choice as Weezer originally recorded the track at Electric Lady Studios for their self-titled 1994 debut LP, also dubbed the Blue Album. “I played a very sloppy basement cover of ‘Say It Ain’t So’ once with my band in college, so it was fun to revisit it from the opposite angle, stripped down with a...

Jameson Rodgers says one of his favorite songs on his new album is a hopeless heartbreaker called "One Day." The mid-tempo song is a jagged blade that pierces the chest and twists with the final line of each chorus.It's the kind of song you'd expect from someone who's been through a breakup recently, but the newly married Rodgers hasn't. He met his wife, Sarah Turner, at the Bluebird Café 10 years ago; the got engaged in October of 2020 and wed in September.Rodgers started "One Day" with co-writer Will Bundy at a writers' retreat during...