Music

Rita Ora has dropped the lush video for her controversial single “Girls.” Earlier this month, LGBTQ artists and fans criticized Ora and the track’s featured artists —Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX — for the song’s lyrics. The clip opens with Ora in a Grecian scene of blonde women …

Taylor Swift delivered a speech in support of Pride Month and the LGBTQ community Saturday during the singer’s Chicago concert. “It’s very brave to be vulnerable about your feelings in any sense, in any situation, but it’s even more brave to be honest about your feelings and who you love …

The remarkable hip-hop alchemy of Rammellzee is explored in a new short documentary, Rammellzee:It’s Not Who But What, from director Oscar Boyson. The Safdie brothers helped produce the film, which was released by Red Bull Arts New York in conjunction with the exhibit RAMMΣLLZΣΣ: RACING FOR THUNDERand closed the Red …

Heart‘s Ann Wilson will release a new solo album, Immortal, filled with covers that honor late musicians such as David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and Tom Petty. The record arrives September 14th via BMG. The Immortal track list features songs like Petty’s “Luna,” Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans” and Cohen’s “A …

Following the release of his sophomore album Bloom on August 31st, Troye Sivan will begin a headlining North American tour. Kim Petras will open for the entire trek, with Leland and Charlie Hanson joining for select dates. Sivan’s tour kicks off September 21st in Irving, Texas and runs until November …

Country music meets glam rock and sci-fi in Little Big Town‘s new video for their harmony-rich remake of the Elton John classic “Rocket Man.” In the clip, a young boy leaves his home dressed in Elton-inspired garb to bicycle through town on an unknown mission. Along the way he encounters …

Jake Owen and Cole Swindell have been added to the nightly lineup of concerts at Nissan Stadium during CMA Music Festival, joining a list of performers that includes Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton and more. Owen is scheduled to play Friday, June 8th, the same night as Underwood and …

Buddy Guy has unveiled his searing, six-minute-long rendition of “Nine Below Zero,” the first preview off the blues legend’s upcoming album The Blues Is Alive and Well. “Ain’t this a pity? / People you know it’s a damn crying shame / Well you know it’s nine below zero / And …

Former Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley hit back against what he called “false accusations” of sexual harassment on Friday in a statement. Trumpeter James Frost-Winn recently sued Tinsley, alleging that he sexually harassed him repeatedly while they worked together in the band Crystal Garden. Tinsley did not address any …

In January 1954, almost a year to the day after a devastating auto accident near White House, Tennessee, in which he suffered multiple injuries, bluegrass legend and Grand Ole Opry star Bill Monroe returned to the recording studio to cut a dozen tracks for his next Decca Records project. One …