Music

Composer Emile Mosseri and Minari star Yeri Han have released a new live performance video for the acclaimed film’s original song, “Rain Song.” The simple, socially distanced clip has the feel of a visual collage as Mosseri builds the delicate song out of piano, acoustic guitar, and synthesizer. Han appears in footage recorded separately, delivering a tender vocal performance. “Rain Song” is the lead single from the Minari original soundtrack and it has been shortlisted for Best Original Song at this year’s Oscars (Mosseri’s score is also on the shortlist...

Country music, more than many other genres, is known for its lyrical wordplay.Double entendre, puns, unexpected turns of phrase -- the best country stars and songwriters don't shy away from a literary device. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that when these artists are playing with words, they sometimes decide to play a little dirty.Some of those songs you always suspected were a little dirty; with others, you somehow never grasped that "hidden" meaning. Here are 12 of our favorites:12"Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy"Big & RichWe hate to be the...

Singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine announced a new Skullcrusher EP, Storm in Summer, out April 9th via Secretly Canadian. She previewed the five-track set with its title song, a delicate swirl of ringing guitars and banjo plucks. “And I wonder if I go back home, can I hide away?” Ballentine sings. “Or if I step into this storm, is it warm? Will I find my place?” She paired the song with a fittingly rainy video in which she stares solemnly out a window. “I wrote ‘Storm in Summer’ after releasing the first...

Politicians in Tennessee are advocating for Dolly Parton's rendition of "Amazing Grace" to become the state's official hymn.Rep. Mike Sparks and Sen. Raumesh Akbari recently filed House Bill 938 petitioning for the move. The bill recognizes the hymn, written by John Newton in 1772, as one of the "songs of historic significance that have influenced this state," and cites it as "one of the most celebrated songs in modern history.""It is appropriate that this body should formally recognize "Amazing Grace" as a state song," the lawmakers write, also noting that, in addition to Parton,...

Cardi B’s “Up” climbed back to Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, picking up 17.9 million streams during the week of February 26th through March 4th. “Up” debuted in the top spot last month, before being replaced by Lil Tjay and 6lack’s “Calling My Phone” and then Olivia Rodrigo’s irrepressible “Drivers License.” Cardi B’s single rebounded to Number One this week, pushing “Drivers License” to Number Two (17.1 million streams). Meanwhile, “Calling My Phone” stayed at Number Three (18.7 million streams).   A trio of viral singles...

Laila Mach promised her original performance on American Idol would recall Gabby Barrett's hit "I Hope," but meaner."It's kind of a more angrier version of her song, actually," the 15-year-old says, sitting down behind a piano to sing a song she wrote for the occasion. Mach — from New Paltz, N.Y. — also sings about her hopes and dreams for an ex-boyfriend to meet a devastating fate."I hope you drive off the bridge in the middle of the night / My mind's broken so I think I'm just not thinking...

For the second time in two months, Foo Fighters covered a Gibb brothers’ classic as the band performed Andy Gibb’s “Shadow Dancing” during Saturday’s Rock-N-Relief livestream. After Foo Fighters opened their two-song set with Medicine at Midnight’s “Making a Fire,” the lights turned down and the soundstage suddenly transformed into a discotheque, with drummer Taylor Hawkins and the band’s trio of backup singers sharing vocals on the funky and faithful take on the 1978 smash single. See the Foo Fighters’ virtual set at the 5-hour, 40-minute mark of the Rock-N-Relief...

Miranda Lambert, Mickey Guyton and more women from the country and Americana genres will perform during the 2021 Grammy Awards. The Recording Academy announced the full lineup of performers for the upcoming awards show on Sunday (March 7).In addition to Lambert and Guyton, Brandi Carlile and Maren Morris are also in the 2021 Grammy Awards performers lineup. Country-turned-pop superstar Taylor Swift; Brittany Howard, a solo artist and the lead singer of Alabama Shakes; and Austin-based psychedelic soul band Black Pumas will be performing as well. The logistics of their performances...

Twenty-three years ago today (March 7, 1998) was a life-changing day for Sara Evans. It was on that date that the singer made her debut at the Grand Ole Opry.Evans was working on her sophomore album, No Place That Far, when she made her first Opry appearance. The then-27-year-old sang the Hank Williams classic "Your Cheatin' Heart" for her first performance on the historic stage.Evans first visited the Grand Ole Opry when she was only 11 years old, after hearing her grandfather tell stories of the stars who graced the hallowed...

Beyoncé paid tribute to a young fan who lost her battle with cancer with a video Friday featuring an a cappella medley dedicated to the late Lyric “Yhung” Chanel. The 13-year-old Chanel died Friday following a two-year battle with brain cancer and anaplastic ependymoma; Chanel’s fight against the disease and her positivity in the face of the diagnosis made her an Instagram sensation and garnered support from artists like Beyoncé (who sent Chanel flowers in September 2020) and Cardi B, Billboard reports. In Beyoncé’s tribute to Chanel, videos from the...

Twenty-two years ago today (March 6, 1999) was a big day for Sara Evans. It was on that date that the Missouri native scored her first No. 1 hit with "No Place That Far," the title track from her sophomore album."No Place That Far" was helped along by country music icon Vince Gill, who sings harmony on the song and also appears in its accompanying music video. Evans co-wrote the track with hit songwriters Tony Martin and Tom Shapiro and earned her first CMA Awards nomination -- for Vocal Event of the...

R.E.M. embraced the music video form like few other bands in rock history. Over the course of three decades, the band released over 70 clips, ranging from arty short films to blockbuster videos that went into heavy rotation on MTV. Michael Stipe, a former art school student and avid photographer, was heavily involved in the band’s visual representation and mainly relied on a stable of filmmakers including Peter Care, Jem Cohen, Jim McKay and James Herbert, his former art professor at the University of Georgia. This collection of videos highlights...

Fifteen years ago today (March 6, 2006) was a day to remember for Miranda Lambert. It was on that date that the singer earned her first gold single, signifying sales of 500,000 units, with "Kerosene.""Kerosene" is the title track of and third single from Lambert's debut album, released in 2005. The artist wrote the song by herself but gave co-writing credit to Steve Earle, as the tune is similar in melody and structure to his 1996 song "I Feel Alright.""I didn’t purposefully plagiarize his song — but unconsciously I copied it almost exactly," Lambert later explained (quote...

SZA has paired her hit single “Good Days” with a psychedelic new music video directed by the singer. In the visual, a dreaming SZA envisions she is a magic mushroom growing in the forest, dancing among the other fungi and spraying spores; that footage is juxtaposed with SZA pole-dancing in a library stacked high with books. “: I’m a plant living growing and dying .. also on shrooms,” SZA tweeted of the video. The still-sleeping SZA eventually moves on from her trip and winds up at a gas station where...