Music

Thirty-five years ago today, on April 25, 1986, the Judds' freshman album, Why Not Me, was certified platinum, for sales of one million copies.Why Not Me, which was released on Oct. 15, 1984, includes three No. 1 singles: the title track, "Girls' Night Out" and "Love Is Alive." The record stayed at the top of the charts for three weeks in early 1985, ending George Strait's two-week run with Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind.RCA NashvilleBrent Maher -- who produced all five of the Judds' studio albums and wrote several of...

Earlier this week, Action Bronson released his third book F*ck It, I’ll Start Tomorrow: A True Story, which delves into the rapper’s weight-loss journey as well as a period of self-discovery sparked in part by the Covid-19 pandemic. In these excerpts from the book — part-self-help guide, part-memoir — Bronson looks back at his youth as a “husky” child, explains why the Atkins diet doesn’t work, details the importance of nutrition and discusses why he loves his body regardless of weight. “I think I look gorgeous, like the shining light...

Thirty years ago today, on April 24, 1991, Garth Brooks won a record-breaking six times at the 26th annual ACM Awards. Brooks shares his one-night ACM Awards wins record with Faith Hill and Chris Stapleton, who each won six trophies in 1999 and 2016, respectively.At the 1991 ACM Awards, Brooks won trophies for Top Male Vocalist of the Year; Album of the Year, for No Fences; Song of the Year and Country Music Video of the Year, both for "The Dance;" Single Record of the Year, for "Friends in Low Places;" and the night's highest honor,...

Logic and Madlib have revealed their new collaboration dubbed MadGic, with the “retired” rapper and the acclaimed producer dropping the duo’s first track “Mars Only Pt. 3” Friday night. As hinted on the introductory track, the pair worked on entire album together during the Covid-19 lockdown, although details of the LP have not been announced. “Logic and Madlib is MadGic, your catalog tragic / Fuck a underground, fuck a pop sound /Made this whole album in a lockdown, hip hop is our town,” Logic proclaims on the track before name-checking...

Luke Bryan has announced a 36-date tour for 2021. The Proud to Be Right Here Tour is scheduled to begin July 8th at the St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview, an outdoor venue in Syracuse, New York. Bryan’s run is the latest in a flurry of country tours to be announced in the last few days and, with its early July launch date, will tentatively put the newly crowned ACM Entertainer of the Year back on the road before any of his peers. Bryan’s tour will play mostly outdoor venues,...

Serj Tankian thanked President Joe Biden Saturday after the president declared April 24th as “Armenian Remembrance Day,” which coincides with the United States recognizing the 1915 Armenian genocide for the first time. “Thank you to President Joe Biden for properly recognizing the #ArmenianGenocide today,” the System of the Down singer wrote on Instagram. “This is extremely important but only a milestone towards the long road of justice ahead with Turkey and its imminent need to do the same and make amends towards the descendants of 1.5 Million Armenians, Greeks, and Assyrians systematically...

Luke Bryan has announced the cities and dates for his 2021 Proud to Be Right Here Tour. The country superstar will hit the road for a series of live concerts in 2021 that will take him all over the United States, beginning on July 8 in Syracuse, N.Y.The currently reigning 2021 ACM Entertainer of the Year revealed the news of his tour in a press release late Friday (April 23). Bryan had initially planned the tour for 2020, and he had previously rescheduled the dates from 2020 to 2021, when...

Carly Pearce chased the spotlight for years, since dropping out of high school to perform at Dollywood, before she found success. Now, looking back, she's okay with the waiting and hustling she had to do; in fact, it's been helpful."Age is an asset," Pearce told The Boot in early 2020. "I used to think it was not an asset."According to a 2019 study by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, the average age of the eight best-performing men on the country music charts between 2014 and 2018 was 42 years old, while the...

Brett Young backs away from his personal narrative to offer "Not Yet," his new radio single from an upcoming album. Sure, this is a love song, and he credits an experience shared with wife Taylor for his parts of the lyrics, but their romance doesn't saturate the song.The singer's last single, "Lady," "Catch" -- from Young's sophomore album, Ticket to L.A. -- and so many of the hits from his self-titled debut album were personal to the point of being borderline voyeurism. It's difficult to argue with the results, but with...

Dave Grohl and his daughter Violet have released a cover of X’s “Nausea.” The song originally appears on the punk band’s 1980 debut album Los Angeles.  They recorded it at their home studio and it’s featured in the documentary, What Drives Us, which also includes X’s Exene Cervenka. The doc arrives on Friday on the Coda Collection via Amazon Prime Video. In a lengthy, heartfelt post via Instagram about how the song came together, Grohl shares the story of how he is connected to X through music and through blood,...

Tracy Lawrence is remembering his friend and fellow '90s country hitmaker, Joe Diffie. In a new interview with Taste of Country, Lawrence reflects on Diffie's legacy, saying, "I hope he doesn't fade into obscurity" due to the timing of his death and the COVID-19 pandemic.Diffie stunned the country music industry when he died on March 29, 2020, just two days after announcing that he had been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 on March 27. He was 61 years old at the time of his death, which marked country music's first loss from...

Trevor Noah, H.E.R. Miguel, and Regina Hall are among the artists and actors taking part in the Better Together: Mental Health Storytelling Summit, a virtual event set for May 3rd through 5th. Tig Notaro, Delroy Lindo, Chuck Lorre, Romany Malco, Margaret Cho, and Andy Cohen will also appear as speakers or panelists during the summit, which lists Amazon, Spotify, Viacom, Paramount, and the Walt Disney Corporations on its Industry Advisory Council. The summit “will galvanize an industry-wide movement, empowering content creators to expand portrayals of mental health that encourage viewers...

Tracy Lawrence is a '90s country star with the pictures to prove it. Recently, he has started sharing throwback photos on Instagram and there's just so much hair!A side-by-side with Billy Ray Cyrus contrasts two of the best mullets of the day. While the "Achy Breaky Heart" singer's hair was sharp and tightly manicured, Lawrence — best known for '90s songs like "Time Marches On" and "Alibis" — offered a kinder, gentler look. With a dimpled smile and a colorful style, he was a very accessible star at a time when gruff was...