Music

Eighteen years ago today (Oct. 11, 2003), Tim McGraw had one good reason to celebrate: His latest single, "Real Good Man," had soared to the top of the charts, becoming his 17th No. 1 song.The uptempo, rocking "Real Good Man," which is still a concert favorite, was the fourth single from McGraw's multi-platinum album Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The tune -- which was written by Rivers Rutherford and George Teren -- was also included on McGraw's Greatest Hits 3 CD, as well as his Number One Hits album.Curb RecordsThankfully for the Louisiana...

Cambel McLaughlin thought he was being punked. An unapologetic opponent of lockdowns and Covid-19 vaccine skeptic — he is, as he puts it, “pro-medical choice”— the 27-year-old Brit is founder of Jam for Freedom, a group of U.K. musicians that plays for free in public spaces, spreading the anti-lockdown word and sometimes singing songs with lyrics like “You can stick your poison vaccine up your arse.” For their efforts, Jam for Freedom are often hassled by police, and McLaughlin himself says he was arrested for what he calls “breach of...

Just months after they surprised-released a covers album of country classics, the BJ Barham-fronted group American Aquarium have revealed that they've got new music in the works. Called Chicamacomico, the album's tongue twister-esque title comes from the Hatteras Island, off the coast of North Carolina, and the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station -- an active U.S. Coast Guard facility during the first half of the 20th century, and now a museum -- that is located there.The band shared the exciting news on social media, adding that fans could expect the full project...

In her fourth SNL appearance as musical guest, Halsey was joined onstage by singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for a stunning performance of “Darling” — an acoustic ballad from the singer’s latest album If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Halsey also delivered a fiery performance of their lead single “I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God.” In it, she commanded the stage in a leather bodysuit against a futuristic backdrop. Halsey has frequented SNL the past few years. She pulled double duty as host and musical guest back in 2019,...

Nashville seemed like a longshot when it debuted on ABC on Oct. 10, 2012 — nine years ago today — but the show defied all odds to become one of country music fans' favorite television shows of all time.It's notoriously difficult to capture the true vibe of Nashville's music scene in films and on television, and a number of other productions had failed miserably. Created by Calli Khouri and with an outstanding soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett, Nashville accomplished the difficult task of balancing behind-the-scenes realism and an insider's view of...

Adele offered a preview of her new song “Easy on Me” on Instagram Live Saturday ahead of the single’s release on Friday, October 15th. The singer, whose new album 30 has not yet officially been announced, shared a 45-second snippet of the ballad, stopping right as the chorus was about to kick in. .@Adele just previewed her new single, “Easy On Me,” on IG Live. 🗓: 10.15 pic.twitter.com/toI0Yg7P3C — TIDAL (@TIDAL) October 9, 2021 “There ain’t no gold in this river / That I’ve been washing my hands in forever,”...

Kane Brown and Jason Sudeikis appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday (Oct. 7) to help raise money for charity.The country music hitmaker and Ted Lasso star joined Ellen DeGeneres on her popular talk show to continue the host's journey to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness during the month of October.Sudeikis and DeGeneres play it cool while explaining the rules of a brand new game, "Ramp It Up!" As the pair explain what is about to happen, it becomes clear that someone is going to need to sit on a throne and...

The National’s Aaron Dessner appeared on Friday’s Tonight Show to perform his collaborative side project Big Red Machine’s “The Ghost of Cincinnati.” The performance was in sharp contrast to Big Red Machine’s last late-night appearance in September, when Dessner brought a battalion of musicians — including Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, the National’s Scott Devendorf, Anais Mitchell and about a half-dozen more — to deliver “New Auburn” on The Late Show. This time around, it was just Dessner and his acoustic guitar. “The Ghost of Cincinnati” features on Big Red Machine’s...

On this date (Oct. 9) in 1993, chances are good that Vince Gill was celebrating. It was that day, 28 years ago, that his single "One More Last Chance" became his third No. 1 hit.The comedic "One More Last Chance," which Gill wrote with famed tunesmith Gary Nicholson, comes from Gill's multi-platinum-selling album I Still Believe in You. That record spawned four chart-topping hits, with "One More Last Chance" staying on the charts for 20 weeks.The tune's accompanying music video features Gill and several of his band members on a golf course, with Gill arriving on...

For anyone who thinks R. Kelly was “railroaded” at his recent racketeering and sex trafficking trial, victim Faith Rodgers wants you to consider this: She wasn’t even alive when the marriage certificate showing R. Kelly had wed 15-year-old singer Aaliyah in 1994 was first unearthed by Vibe magazine that same year. The certificate falsely listed Aaliyah’s age as 18. “I wasn’t even born yet when that happened. This isn’t something that people didn’t know about,” Rodgers tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview Friday in some of her first comments...

Rascal Flatts' singer Gary LeVox has shared new information about why the country group called it quits, and he strayed far from what the band said previously.In announcing their decision to break up, the group said it was just time — that they each wanted to pursue solo interests."Twenty years in a band together is a long, long time, and I love the fact that we're able to look back and say we still love and respect each other after 20 years," Jay DeMarcus said last year. "A lot of bands can't say...

When Rihanna met Tems, you would have thought that Tems was the newly minted billionaire. The Bajan mogul brought the 26-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter into a firm embrace at the New York premiere of her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show in September: “Enough of that humble shit,” Rihanna was heard telling Tems as Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body” blasted in the background. “You better own that.” Rihanna isn’t the only one cheering Tems on. Earlier this year, Tems’ distinct, bassy vocals helped make “Essence” the breakout hit from Wizkid’s 2020 LP,...

Amanda Shires' "Gone for Christmas" is a wish-filled holiday kiss-off. It's the first song from a full-length Christmas album from the singer and songwriter, arriving in mid-November.Slinky piano — somewhat a la "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," if we're looking for festive comparisons — stomps and ragged fiddle set the tone for "Gone for Christmas," a jaunty, snarky wishlist of a song. Shires wants "a massage on a beach ... a telescope and money ... a boat ... a pony" and more — oh, and her lover gone.Her requests grow wilder as the song...