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Blanco Brown's newly released "CountryTime" music video finds the singer, rapper and producer caught up in a scheme that's sure to end with dire consequences, only to choose a different path. The song itself, the lyrics of which reflect the video's story, recently inspired the writer of a Netflix series with a similar theme.Sarah Lampert, creator of the new Netflix original show Ginny & Georgia, heard "CountryTime" on a playlist "randomly," she explains in a press release. "It immediately became Georgia's song when I was writing," she says of the track, referring...

From Dokken to Warrant, from Poison to Stryper, the new book Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion is full of untold tales of hard rock’s glossiest era. On a new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, authors Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock join host Brian Hiatt to share some of the best stories from the book, starting with the rise of Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot, two Seventies bands who took so long to make it that they became forever known as Eighties...

While Jason Aldean and Brittany Kerr's relationship began on rocky ground, the two have built a loving family in their five years together. The couple now has two children of their own, younger siblings to Aldean's two daughters from his first marriage.In late 2012, Aldean and Kerr were photographed cozying up together at a nightclub in Los Angeles, Calif., while Aldean was still married to his first wife, Jessica Ussery. Both Aldean and Kerr apologized for the incident, with Aldean attributing it to alcohol.Aldean and Kerr first confirmed that they were dating in March of 2014. Aldean’s reps...

Justin Bieber celebrated the release of his new album Justice with a performance of single “Hold On” on The Late Late Show. For the moody rendition of the track, Bieber was joined by his live band on James Corden’s stage, which was covered with a projection of a moving road. Bieber gave a passionate performance while dancing and jumping along to the song. Justice is Bieber’s sixth studio album. It includes several previously-released tracks, including “Holy” feat. Chance The Rapper, “Lonely” feat. Benny Blanco, “Anyone” and “Hold On.” “In a...

Eight years ago, on March 19, 2013, Kacey Musgraves released her major-label debut album, Same Trailer Different Park. The Texas native co-produced the record with Luke Laird and Shane McAnally; the latter also co-wrote the bulk of the album with her, although Josh Osborne ("Silver Lining") and Brandy Clark ("Follow Your Arrow") also get several songwriting credits each."The making of this record was such a fun and meaningful time for me," Musgraves said at the time. "As a writer, singer and producer I learned so much throughout the whole process. I am...

In Leila Cobo’s new book Decoding “Despacito”: An Oral History of Latin Music, the author and Billboard’s VP of Latin Music breaks down the genre’s biggest singles of the past 50 years in the words of the artists, producers and executives behind each song. In this excerpt from the book, Shakira, her collaborators and then-Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola talk about the decision to translate some of the young Colombian star’s hit Spanish-language songs into English, including “Suerte,” which became Shakira’s opening salvo in the U.S. mainstream, “Whenever, Wherever.” Daddy...

Carly Pearce has long been vocal about her reverence for traditional country and, particularly, the female artists who made and continue to make it. On her most recent project, 29, the singer takes cues from the legendary likes of Patty Loveless, Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton, both stylistically and in her unflinching willingness to tell the truth, even when that truth is difficult to say and hear.In a recent interview with Radio.com's Katie & Company, Pearce offers up another idea she has for tributing country music's legendary women: The singer says...

Colombian artist Camilo brought his hit single “Ropa Cara” to The Tonight Show, marking the first time the singer appeared on a late night show in the U.S. The track comes off his recent album Mis Manos.  The performance is trippy, with hypnotic background visuals, and Camilo is accompanied by a few backing musicians. The musician adds his acoustic guitar stylings to the rendition midway through, but mostly stays front and center with the microphone. Camilo released Mis Manos, his second album, earlier this month. It follows his debut, Por...

Back in 2015, Garth Brooks said that The Lamb — the movie that his project as fictional rocker Chris Gaines was to accompany, will likely never be released — but that doesn't mean we won't ever hear from Gaines again.In late 2020, Brooks hinted that something new from within the fictional Gaines universe was in the works, and during during his Monday night (March 15) Inside Studio G Facebook livestream, the country superstar offered a bit more information."I can't tell you anything except: You’re going to have it in every format you can possibly imagine. It’s...

Amythyst Kiah has released a stylish video for her new single “Black Myself,” which is also the East Tennessee singer-songwriter’s debut solo recording for Rounder Records. Directed by Kwaku Otchere and featuring choreography by Aysha Upchurch, the black-and-white clip makes a powerful statement about being black in America through a combination of personal storytelling and expressive dance. Kiah appears in several scenes, but the clip also features a loose narrative about identity and shame, following a dancer’s inner battle and mirroring the song’s lyrics about the country’s long history of...

Lady A singer Hillary Scott has sold her Southern manor home in an affluent Nashville suburb after more than a year on the market.Scott and her husband, drummer Chris Tyrrell, first listed their six-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom, 7,851-square-foot mansion in Brentwood, Tenn., for $3.2 million in January of 2020. They dropped the asking price to $2.65 million in December, and the sale of the property closed on March 10, 2021, for $2.4 million, according to online listings.Though they dropped their asking price considerably, they still made significantly more than the $1.95 million they paid...

Sam Smith appeared on The Late Late Show With James Corden to offer an emotional rendition of their track “Kids Again.” The song comes off Smith’s recent third LP Love Goes. For the emotional performance, Smith was joined by a full band and three back-up singers, with vibrant purple lights illuminating the stage. This is the second time Smith has showcased the sultry track on TV, after previously performing “Kids Again” on The Late Show last fall alongside “Diamonds.” Smith was scheduled to release their third album, originally titled To...

After video surfaced of Morgan Wallen using a racist slur at the end of what he described as a three-day bender, the swiftly-rising country star quickly lost radio airplay and inclusion on streaming playlists, and his record label "temporarily suspended" his contract. Some fans and other country music industry members agreed that the punishment fit the crime, while others railed against the singer's so-called cancellation.Jimmie Allen — who, shortly after the video was made public, tweeted about forgiveness and accountability — contacted Wallen directly, he shares in a new episode of country radio DJ...

Alexa Nikolas, the actress and ex-wife of Rhye frontman Michael Milosh, has accused the musician of sexual abuse, gaslighting, and grooming in a series of lengthy Instagram posts shared on Sunday. In her open letter, titled “Groomed by the Groom,” Nikolas accuses Milosh of being an ephebophile – a person primarily attracted to teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 – and claims that the Canadian musician groomed her for “a green card, success, and sex.” Milosh originally formed Rhye in 2010 with Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal, and drew...