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Colt Ford is getting back to work after an admittedly difficult year — one that he has revealed was even more trying due to a health scare. In a new interview, the trailblazing country rapper shares that he recently underwent surgery after doctors diagnosed him with eye cancer.Ford's health ordeal started in March of 2021, when a friend of his pointed out a spot on his eye. He wasn't overly concerned after an optometrist friend of his prescribed some eye drops, but that began to change when the spot grew larger...

Molly Tuttle’s covers EP …but i’d rather be with you, too was a quiet surprise upon its release earlier this month, with the bluegrass singer, songwriter and guitarist interpreting songs like “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” with guests like Nathaniel Rateliff. On Thursday, Tuttle released a live performance video of her rendition of Sheryl Crow’s “Strong Enough” with Americana songwriter Madison Cunningham. Filmed in the Santa Monica mountains, the video begins with Tuttle perched in a tree, playing the signature opening to Crow’s 1993 ballad off her debut LP, Tuesday...

Two weeks after Ellen DeGeneres announced that she's retiring from her daytime television talk show, her replacement has been revealed. Kelly Clarkson will take the coveted time slot in 2022.The Hollywood Reporter first reported the move on Wednesday (May 26), pointing out that both shows are primarily broadcast on NBC channels nationwide. The two-year-old Kelly Clarkson Show is currently on 200 stations nationwide and will move to the Ellen time slot beginning in the fall of 2022.Clarkson's show had been signed through the 2023 season.Even with the singer and The Voice coach's experience...

Three of country music’s most popular male artists will headline the 2021 Faster Horses Festival. Luke Combs, Jason Aldean, and Thomas Rhett will each close out a night of the three-day Brooklyn, Michigan, country gathering. Set for July 16th through 18th, Faster Horses 2021 is essentially the 2020 edition, at least in terms of headliners — Combs, Aldean, and Rhett were all slated to anchor last year’s fest, which, like so many other live events, was derailed by the pandemic. The Faster Horses 2021 undercard is a mix of up-and-comers...

Every morning, Chase Rice makes it a priority to talk to God a little bit. And in one particular, pre-pandemic conversation, the North Carolina native had a rather an interesting request.“I remember telling Him that I needed some real in my life, because I truly didn’t know what was real anymore,” Rice remembers in a interview just days before the Friday (May 28) release of The Album, the completed version of the multi-part project he began putting out in January 2020. "How do I calm this down? How do I...

Allison Russell performed a gorgeous, stripped-down rendition of her song “Nightflyer” Tueday night on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Joined on harmony vocals by Brittney Spencer and Brandi Carlile (who contributed her harmonies remotely), Russell delivered a thrilling version of the song, off the singer-songwriter’s debut solo album Outside Child. Complete with a clarinet solo from Russell, the performance of “Nightflyer” showed off the mix of impressionistic and vulnerable personal songwriting on Russell’s outstanding new album. “I’m the sick light of a hurricane’s eye/I’m a violent lullaby,” she sings. “I’m six fireflies,...

Thomas Rhett made a special stop on The Voice on Tuesday night (May 25), appearing remotely to perform his current single, "Country Again.""Country Again" is the title track of his latest release, Country Again: Side A, which came out in late April and is the first installment of a double album. It's one of the most traditional singles Rhett has released in years, a trend that is audible throughout his newest album, which was a product of quarantine and the need to slow down and return to his roots amid the pandemic.The location...

Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, is the subject of an “active arrest warrant” stemming from an alleged 2019 incident in New Hampshire involving a videographer, according to the Gilford Police Department. On Tuesday, Gilford Police said Warner is wanted on two counts of Class A misdemeanor simple assault. “Mr. Warner, his Agent and legal counsel have been aware of the warrant for some time and no effort has been made by him to return to New Hampshire to answer the pending charges,” the department said in a...

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats have announced a 2021 tour, beginning in July and stretching into the fall. The trek boasts some impressive special guests, too, with various dates featuring the Marcus King Band, Tre Burt, Delta Spirit, Bahamas and Margo Price.Rateliff and the Night Sweats' 2021 tour will begin on July 20 in Charlotte, N.C., and run through Oct. 13 in Cleveland, Ohio, Rolling Stone reports. On Aug. 23-25, they'll play Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre, at which they recorded the forthcoming live album, Red Rocks 2020, during the COVID-19...

Damiano David, frontman for the Italian glam-rock band Måneskin, which won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, was cleared of any wrongdoing after speculation arose that he’d been caught snorting cocaine during the show, The New York Times reports. In a clip, David is sitting at a table with his Måneskin bandmates in the green room. David leans over the table, but after a bandmate to his right appears to nudge him, David pops back up. A Swedish journalist later asked David about the clip, which quickly spread online, and the...

During the first installment of The Voice season finale on Monday night (May 24), each contestant was asked to selected a "dedication song" honoring something or someone. For staunchly country contestant Kenzie Wheeler, who hails from Team Kelly, that meant tipping his hat to his hometown with a Tracy Byrd cover.Wheeler selected "The Keeper of the Stars" for his performance, taking the song's star-crossed lyrics of a love that has always been meant to be and singing them in honor of the town where he grew up. Wheeler, who is...

Jonas Brothers and Marshmello perform in a subway and on a roof at night in their new video for “Leave Before You Love Me.” The collaborators debuted their new song live for the first time last night during the 2021 Billboard Music Awards. The new visual opens with Nick Jonas sitting alone on a subway train before he joins his bandmates and Marshmello on the subway platform and later on a roof. He and his brother Joe take turns on the verses, which muse about regret and moving on before...

In hindsight, Blake Shelton was an unlikely choice for one of four high-profile coaching jobs on NBC's The Voice. Ten years later, however, he's the face of the show, to the point that it's impossible to imagine the reality show continuing without him. How did that happen?In 2011, Shelton was a rising star with potential, but his commercial success was far short of historic. Musically, he was hit and miss over the first decade of his career. No. 1 hits like "Austin" and "Some Beach" were separated by songs that barely...

The Weeknd dominated the 2021 Billboard Music Awards Sunday, May 23rd, winning the most awards and delivering a wholly unique performance of his latest single, “Save Your Tears.” The pop star took home 10 trophies total, including Top Artist. For his performance of “Save Your Tears,” the Weeknd delivered the song while perched on the top seat of a cherry red convertible as a cavalcade of cars drove behind him, swerving about in unison. By the end of the performance, the Weeknd was standing in the middle of a giant...