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Chris Dave has drummed on some of the most popular and most acclaimed albums of the past decade, including Adele’s 21 and D’Angelo’s Black Messiah. But instrumental prowess rarely comes with the same cultural clout as singing, producing or even composing. “If you play drums, that’s what people look at …

UPDATE: Luke Bryan has fleshed out his summer tour dates. See the full list of shows below. Luke Bryan’s What Makes You Country Tour officially gets underway next month, but the country singer has already added a new run of dates that extends the tour into early fall. Bryan originally …

Lucius will release Nudes, a collection of acoustic recordings, on March 2nd.The band’s Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig currently sing backup for Roger Waters on the Pink Floyd bassist’s still-ongoing Us + Them Tour. They recorded the 10-track album during gaps in Waters’ tour. Lucius’ new album features covers of …

In June of 2013, one year after releasing his standout debut solo album, Rhythm and Repose, Glen Hansard and his band booked time at Wilco’s Loft studio on the north side of Chicago. The Irish singer-songwriter was in the midst of an extensive tour behind his solo debut, but he …

George Clinton revivedParliament for the new single, “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me,” the funk legends’ first new song in 38 years. The track is the first sample of Parliament’s upcoming album Medicaid Fraud Dogand also features Geto Boys rapper Scarface. “I’m Gon Make U Sick O’Me” glides along on …

Jimmy Fallon rejiggeredJames Taylor‘s 1970 classic “Fire and Rain” into a tune about White House dysfunction on The Tonight ShowMonday. The host fittingly titled the parody“Fire and Fury,” after Michael Wolff’s controversial new book about President Donald Trump and his administration. The bit found Fallon doing his best Taylor impression, …

Billy Joel welcomed Foreigner‘s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones onstage at New York’s Madison Square Garden Thursday to perform a pair of the rock band’s hits, “Urgent” and “Cold as Ice.” Before bringing the recently reunited Foreigner duo out, Joel told the audience that Jones co-produced his 1989 album Storm …

With a four-month tour as Little Big Town’s opening act on the horizon, Midland are hitting the road this week, warming up for the long run with a short tour of their own. Wednesday night will find the guys in Denver, playing the same honky-tonk that hosted their very first …

Father John Misty utilized a 16-piece orchestra for his grand Austin City Limits version of “So I’m Growing Old on Magic Mountain.” The web exclusive clip previews singer-songwriter Josh Tillman’s debut performance on the music series, which premieres January 6th. Tillman opens the track somberly crooning over a swirl of …

Bruno Mars and Cardi B have teamed up for a remix of “Finesse,” a song hailing from Mars’ 2016 album, 24K Magic. While the artists originally teased the unveiling of the song at midnight on Wednesday, they surprised fans by also releasing its video. The original Nineties R&B-tipped, upbeat song, …