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"Maturity" is a funny word to use around Joe Nichols. The country hitmaker is first to admit he lacked it 19 years ago when his breakthrough Man With a Memory album was released, but the "Brokenheartsville" singer has always been praised for his poise, his patience and his dedication to a classic brand of storytelling.He's been called an "old soul" and a "crooner" — terms reserved for artists of country music that fans and the industry have deemed beyond their years. Nichols, now 44 years old and set to record an album on...

A new documentary, Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, will explore the lows, highs, and very highs of the funk icon’s life story. A clip from the film, which premiered during the Tribeca Film Fest and will get a wide release on an unspecified date via Showtime, focuses on how James gave funk music a pop edge and cleaved his way to commercial success, much to the chagrin of rival groups like Parliament. “All is fair in funk and war,” comments former P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins in the...

Garth Brooks has revealed that he will not raise ticket prices during the upcoming 2021 dates of his Stadium Tour, no matter what extra costs he might have to bear due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the additional health protocols touring will now require.As most artists are returning to touring incrementally, beginning with smaller venues or setting capacity limits, Brooks is making bold moves. Beginning in July, he will be playing stadiums across the country at 100 percent capacity with an even higher frequency than he did pre-pandemic."Anybody that was dealing...

Best Coast will embark on a North American tour next year. Their 2022 ‘Finally Tomorrow’ tour kicks off on January 11th in Santa Cruz, California at Catalyst. Rosie Tucker will serve as opener. Tickets for their 25-date trek go on sale on Friday, with presale tickets available on Tuesday, both at 10 a.m. local time. “In honor of pride month, $1 from every presale ticket sold will go to the @trevorproject, who are a saving grace to queer youth experiencing mental health struggles,” Best Coast wrote on Instagram. The tour hits...

Mama-to-be RaeLynn enjoyed a floral-themed baby shower over the weekend (June 12), and to make the occasion even more special, she even announced the name she's selected for her baby girl: Daisy Rae Davis.That's a name that the singer and her husband, Josh Davis, picked out early on."We agreed on it pretty quickly because it was just too perfect not to," RaeLynn said earlier in her pregnancy, though she wasn't ready to announce Daisy Rae's name yet at the time. Now, the singer has not also announced her daughter's name...

Lil Durk and Lil Baby’s collaborative album The Voice of the Heroes debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart with more than 176 million streams. The success of the joint release was not surprising: Lil Baby’s last album, My Turn, was a massive hit in 2020, while Lil Durk’s December release The Voice was a regular presence in the Top Ten earlier this year. In addition, as soon as The Voice of the Heroes was given a release date, the project shot to the top...

Chris Young songs are some of the most popular of the last few years. Since winning Nashville Star in 2006, the deep-voiced singer has scored an impressive string of hits, including five No. 1 songs in a row from 2009 through 2011, and then another four in a row from 2015 through 2017.Some of Young's most recognizable songs include "Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)," "You" and "Tomorrow." Our rundown of the Top 10 Chris Young Songs encompasses songs each of his studio albums, including his forthcoming eighth record, 2021's Famous Friends:10"I...

Six months after Kiss’ New Year’s Eve blowout in the United Arab Emirates, the rock legends returned to the stage Friday to perform a mini-concert in New York’s Battery Park as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. The five-song performance — complete with pyrotechnics, moving stage platforms, full makeup and, most importantly, an audience — was in celebration of the upcoming A&E two-part documentary Biography: KISStory, premiering on the network on June 27th and 28th. Kiss’ set featured “Detroit Rock City,” “Shout It Out Loud,” Rock and Roll All Nite,”...

Thirty-four years ago today (June 13, 1987) was an historic day for Randy Travis. On that date, his single "Forever and Ever, Amen" reached the top of the charts, where it stayed for three weeks."Forever and Ever, Amen" was the debut single from Travis' Always & Forever album, which also landed in the No. 1 spot and sold more than 5 million units. The other two singles from the record, "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always & Forever)" and "Too Gone Too Long," also landed in the top slot, but...

The Strokes performed a full concert Saturday at New York’s newly renovated Irving Plaza as part of a fundraiser for mayoral candidate Maya Wiley. The exuberant benefit gig — the first show at the venue in over two years, with attendees needing to show proof of vaccination — also featured onstage appearances by Wiley, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as surprise opener John Mulaney; the comedian previously hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in October 2020 that featured the Strokes as musical guest. The 16-song set contained tracks from...

On June 13, 1989, Mary Chapin Carpenter released her second album, State of the Heart. Carpenter co-produced the project her longtime collaborator, the late John Jennings.State of the Heart combines instrumental flourishes from country and folk, and a foundation rooted in sturdy songwriting. The record ended up being Carpenter's breakthrough, as it peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and spawned four Top 20 country singles.The first of those hits, the brisk "How Do," immediately signals that the album is something special. The twangy single, which peaked at No....

Polo G was arrested early Saturday morning in Miami following an incident with law enforcement that occurred hours after the rapper hosted a release party for his new album Hall of Fame. According to Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation, the rapper — birth name Taurus Bartlett — was charged with battery on a police officer, threats to a public servant, resisting an officer with violence to his person, resisting an officer without violence to his person and criminal mischief. Bartlett was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 8:44...

On June 13, 1989, country music's mainstream audience met Mary Chapin Carpenter. The future hitmaker and multi-Grammy Awards winner wasn't new to the studio -- her folk-leaning debut album, Hometown Girl, arrived in 1987 and featured bluegrass mainstays Mark O'Connor and Tony Rice -- yet it's Carpenter's sophomore effort, State of the Heart, that helped Class of '89 peers Clint Black, Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson and Lorrie Morgan raise the genre's creative bar.Carpenter established herself as her country music's poet laureate beginning with her consecutive Top 20 singles "How Do," "Never Had It So Good," "Quittin' Time"...