Music

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...

Charley Pride may be best known for his legendary career in country music, but back before he broke into Nashville stardom, he was a pitcher for the Memphis Red Sox and Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro League, playing from 1953 to 1958.Even after he moved on to musical pursuits, the singer never forgot his love of baseball, and now he'll be honored with a namesake field at the Texas Rangers spring training complex in Surprise, Arizona.The Rangers — a MLB team in which Pride held part-ownership stake — unveiled their newly-dedicated...

Demi Lovato will release a new album, Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over, on April 2nd. The singer detailed the LP, which follows 2017’s Tell Me You Love Me, Monday night during a livestream on the Clubhouse app. “It really does follow the course of my life and the path it’s taken over the past few years,” she said during the 75-minute event, Entertainment Weekly reports. Lovato reportedly teased a trio of collaborative tracks with “three different, incredible women.” The album, featuring 19 songs and three bonus cuts,...

Brendan McLoughlin was a proud and supportive husband after Sunday night's Grammy Awards ceremony, where his country superstar wife Miranda Lambert brought home the trophy for Best Country Album.The country star also performed her Grammy-nominated hit single, "Bluebird," during the telecast, and McLoughlin says he enjoyed watching the project grow from start to finish."I could not be more proud of this wonderful woman I get to call my wife," the former NYPD officer writes on Instagram, also sharing a montage of photos from the big night. The snaps show off the couple's Grammy red carpet looks,...

Paul Wall is having what appears to be the time of his life. He’s sitting in front of his computer on Zoom, showing me the different Houston-centric backdrops he has pre-loaded. NRG Stadium, where The Texans play; a diamond-encrusted grill; a modified Cadillac, lowered to the ground with its trunk open to reveal the kind of sound system made especially for his city’s unique style of music. For a stretch of time in the 2000s, Paul Wall and the glistening grill in his mouth were a familiar symbol of Houston’s...

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill were so taken with Mickey Guyton's performance at the 2021 Grammys on Sunday night (March 14) that they made a rookie mistake: They forgot to hit record while trying to capture footage of the event.Guyton performed "Black Like Me" during her time on the telecast, one of the songs of her 2020 Bridges EP. The singer wrote "Black Like Me" as a sort of therapy, she explained at the time, in response to the inequity and setbacks she has faced both as a person and...

Beyoncé, Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish were among the big winners at the 2021 Grammy Awards Sunday night. The night notably saw all four major awards (Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist) go to women — just three years after ex-Recording Academy president Neil Portnow drew fierce criticism for saying women needed to “step up” if they wanted to be acknowledged at the Grammys. Album of the Year went to Folklore, with Taylor Swift becoming the first...