American Aquarium lean into the punk side of their sound in the new song “Crier,” the first track off their upcoming album The Fear of Standing Still. Out July 26 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers, it’s the band’s second collaboration with producer Shooter Jennings, who oversaw Aquarium’s 2020 album Lamentations.
In “Crier,” frontman Bj Barham dissects the notion that men aren’t supposed to show open emotion. “If you are here then you’ve been hurt/it’s ok to be a crier,” he sings over a guitar...
In “Crier,” frontman Bj Barham dissects the notion that men aren’t supposed to show open emotion. “If you are here then you’ve been hurt/it’s ok to be a crier,” he sings over a guitar...
- 5/1/2024
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Randolph was tooling around Florida when the call came. The musician, whose sacred steel slide guitar has powered his own Family Band albums and has popped up on records by Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Thomas, Santana, and Dave Matthews Band, was behind the wheel when his office phoned to tell him that Beyoncé wanted him to record with her.
“I said, ‘Record what — you sure you have the right person?’” Randolph recalls, noting his own jam-band style. “I’m the kind who plays and plays and plays on.
“I said, ‘Record what — you sure you have the right person?’” Randolph recalls, noting his own jam-band style. “I’m the kind who plays and plays and plays on.
- 2/13/2024
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Every April growing up in East Texas, Vincent Neil Emerson and his family traveled to Louisiana for their tribe’s annual powwow. For that one weekend of the year, the future singer-songwriter was immersed in the culture of his mother’s people, the Choctaw-Apache. He was dazzled by the spectacle of the dances, the drums and song, which were performed, at times, in traditional regalia, jewelry, and beadwork.
Those memories were seared into his mind.
“It’s always been a huge part of my life. It’s how I was raised,...
Those memories were seared into his mind.
“It’s always been a huge part of my life. It’s how I was raised,...
- 11/24/2023
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Leading up to the Grammy nominations on Nov. 10, Rolling Stone is breaking down 16 different categories. For each, we’re predicting the nominees, as well as who will (and who should) win on Grammy night.
Lainey Wilson won Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May, and she’s the likely victor in this category. But there are so many strong albums making an impact, it’s hard to say — and the field may be even more crowded. Both Buzz Brainard,...
Lainey Wilson won Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards in May, and she’s the likely victor in this category. But there are so many strong albums making an impact, it’s hard to say — and the field may be even more crowded. Both Buzz Brainard,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The actress recently joined the adult website, and says she’s doing it to take control of her own career.
Drea de Matteo doesn’t care if people criticize her for deciding to join OnlyFans — because she’s embracing the career move.
Recently, de Matteo spoke with Fox News about her involvement with the adult content individual subscription site, and said she knows that people have their problems with her decision — either due to her age or due to being a mother — but she’s not going to let it deter her.
“I know some people have said some nasty things about me having joined OnlyFans. But, you know, the way we see it in this house is mommy’s a warrior, not accepting defeat,” de Matteo shared.
De Matteo told the outlet that it’s out of a desire to spend more time with her kids that she chose this path.
Drea de Matteo doesn’t care if people criticize her for deciding to join OnlyFans — because she’s embracing the career move.
Recently, de Matteo spoke with Fox News about her involvement with the adult content individual subscription site, and said she knows that people have their problems with her decision — either due to her age or due to being a mother — but she’s not going to let it deter her.
“I know some people have said some nasty things about me having joined OnlyFans. But, you know, the way we see it in this house is mommy’s a warrior, not accepting defeat,” de Matteo shared.
De Matteo told the outlet that it’s out of a desire to spend more time with her kids that she chose this path.
- 9/15/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Emmy-winning The Sopranos alum Drea de Matteo says that one of the reasons she opened an OnlyFans account in late August is because acting opportunities had dried up, due to her stance on workplace Covid vaccine mandates.
“Things have changed in the last three years…,” de Matteo detailed in an interview with Fox News Digital. “I didn’t know [that] all of a sudden … during a time I’m supposed to be relaxing a little bit, that I would have to switch careers and figure new things out because my own industry thinks I’m, you know, a savage.”
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“Things have changed in the last three years…,” de Matteo detailed in an interview with Fox News Digital. “I didn’t know [that] all of a sudden … during a time I’m supposed to be relaxing a little bit, that I would have to switch careers and figure new things out because my own industry thinks I’m, you know, a savage.”
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- 9/15/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
“People find that hard to believe that I was never really paid very much money for any of the jobs I’ve done,” Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo said about her decision to post racy content on subscription site OnlyFans. “People think I’m f***ing made of gold, and I’m not. I’ve worked job to job.”
OnlyFans started in 2016 and quickly gained notoriety as a place people could view Nsfw content. Celebrities who have embraced the platform include Denise Richards, Cardi B, Bella Thorne, Tyga and Chris Brown.
De Matteo told Fox News Digital that her own decision to join sprang from a production slowdown during the pandemic, what she says is a loss of work due to her vaccine stance and, above all else, a desire to take care of her kids.
“Things have changed in the last three years. My kids have always been my No.
OnlyFans started in 2016 and quickly gained notoriety as a place people could view Nsfw content. Celebrities who have embraced the platform include Denise Richards, Cardi B, Bella Thorne, Tyga and Chris Brown.
De Matteo told Fox News Digital that her own decision to join sprang from a production slowdown during the pandemic, what she says is a loss of work due to her vaccine stance and, above all else, a desire to take care of her kids.
“Things have changed in the last three years. My kids have always been my No.
- 9/15/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Actress Drea de Matteo is a perfect blend of beauty and amazing talent. The American actress of Italian descent has had several notable roles in film and television. An alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Drea de Matteo had earlier enrolled to study Directing before falling in love with acting. Born Andrea Donna de Matteo in New York City on January 19, 1972, the actress is known for her thick New York accent. She has been involved in three high-profile relationships with Michael Sportes, musician Shooter Jennings, and Whitesnake bass guitarist Michael Devin. With a focus on her...
- 9/12/2023
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
When the Turnpike Troubadours announced an indefinite hiatus in 2019, lead singer Evan Felker had a few personal issues to sort out: namely, his alcoholism and the fallout from an extramarital affair with Miranda Lambert. A Cat in the Rain, the band’s first album since 2017, predictably hits on familiar themes associated with recovery—redemption, renewal, and the bliss of domestic stability—but what’s most evident is that Felker and company are simply content to finally get back to being themselves again.
Choosing to record with the famously eclectic producer Shooter Jennings at Alabama’s legendary Fame Studios seems almost too obvious for a genre-straddling Southern band looking to reclaim its station in the Americana hierarchy. Outside of a swamp-blues cover of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils’s “Black Sky,” which sounds like something Randy Newman would write for a Pixar-produced Little Feat biopic, only the roiling opener, “Mean Old Sun,...
Choosing to record with the famously eclectic producer Shooter Jennings at Alabama’s legendary Fame Studios seems almost too obvious for a genre-straddling Southern band looking to reclaim its station in the Americana hierarchy. Outside of a swamp-blues cover of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils’s “Black Sky,” which sounds like something Randy Newman would write for a Pixar-produced Little Feat biopic, only the roiling opener, “Mean Old Sun,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Jeremy Winograd
- Slant Magazine
The First Lady of Outlaw Country has returned.
In an exclusive premiere with Rolling Stone on Wednesday, Jessi Colter debuted her first new single in six years, “Standing on the Edge of Forever.” The song opens her new album, Edge of Forever, the next chapter of her storied career, out Oct. 27 on Appalachia Record Co.
The 10-track collection is the long-awaited follow up to 2017’s Lenny Kaye-produced The Psalms. “It was really sheer enjoyment for me to be able to do, because I really hadn’t planned anything much further,...
In an exclusive premiere with Rolling Stone on Wednesday, Jessi Colter debuted her first new single in six years, “Standing on the Edge of Forever.” The song opens her new album, Edge of Forever, the next chapter of her storied career, out Oct. 27 on Appalachia Record Co.
The 10-track collection is the long-awaited follow up to 2017’s Lenny Kaye-produced The Psalms. “It was really sheer enjoyment for me to be able to do, because I really hadn’t planned anything much further,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
If listening to After the Flood Vol. 1 leaves you heartbroken, just know that Kyle Nix was heartbroken when he wrote it.
“I used a paper and pen for therapy,” says Nix, the multifaceted instrumentalist and frontman of Kyle Nix and the 38’s, of writing the album’s 14 tracks — 13 songs and a spoken-word intro delivered by Shooter Jennings. “I was just writing how I felt about what was going on in my life, going back several years”
Most country music fans recognize Nix as the fiddle player for the Turnpike Troubadours.
“I used a paper and pen for therapy,” says Nix, the multifaceted instrumentalist and frontman of Kyle Nix and the 38’s, of writing the album’s 14 tracks — 13 songs and a spoken-word intro delivered by Shooter Jennings. “I was just writing how I felt about what was going on in my life, going back several years”
Most country music fans recognize Nix as the fiddle player for the Turnpike Troubadours.
- 8/2/2023
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker sings a moving ballad about aging and mortality in her new song “When the Rodeo Is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go).” It’s the second release from the incoming Country Music Hall of Fame member’s latest album Sweet Western Sound, which arrives June 2.
“When the Rodeo Is Over” lives in the high-stakes world of riding and roping like George Strait’s “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” and Garth Brooks’ “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” before it, a world that’s got more than...
“When the Rodeo Is Over” lives in the high-stakes world of riding and roping like George Strait’s “I Can Still Make Cheyenne” and Garth Brooks’ “Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)” before it, a world that’s got more than...
- 5/5/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
At first glance, the newborn calf held its own. A few days old, nestled under a tarp in the cowboy’s shop, it lifted its head and surveyed the room when the cowboy walked in for a wellness check. The calf was sick. It had not attempted to nurse its mother even once. Fact is, cowboys — at least ones in East-Central Oklahoma — cannot fathom the notion of losing a calf.
“This little shit’s been trying to die since he hit the ground,” Evan Felker says, rinsing out the bottle...
“This little shit’s been trying to die since he hit the ground,” Evan Felker says, rinsing out the bottle...
- 5/3/2023
- by Josh Crutchmer
- Rollingstone.com
Just call them the Rolling Stoners.
You know you are music royalty when Keith Richards shows up to pay his respects. And the Rolling Stones icon was on hand Sunday for the second and final night of Willie Nelson’s epic, 90th birthday concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
At 79, Richards was the youngster in this pairing of living legends, and the two harmonized sweetly on two songs: Waylon Jennings’ “We Had It All” and the late outlaw Billy Joe Shaver’s “Live Forever,” particularly poignant with its refrain, “Just like the songs I leave behind me / I’m gonna live forever, now.”
The Richards surprise came shortly after 10:00 p.m. on this cool, overcast night in the hills above Hollywood, nearly three-and-a-half hours into the evening’s celebration.
Keith Richards
Earlier in the set, giant plumes of smoke were projected against the Bowl bandshell as Jack Johnson regaled the...
You know you are music royalty when Keith Richards shows up to pay his respects. And the Rolling Stones icon was on hand Sunday for the second and final night of Willie Nelson’s epic, 90th birthday concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
At 79, Richards was the youngster in this pairing of living legends, and the two harmonized sweetly on two songs: Waylon Jennings’ “We Had It All” and the late outlaw Billy Joe Shaver’s “Live Forever,” particularly poignant with its refrain, “Just like the songs I leave behind me / I’m gonna live forever, now.”
The Richards surprise came shortly after 10:00 p.m. on this cool, overcast night in the hills above Hollywood, nearly three-and-a-half hours into the evening’s celebration.
Keith Richards
Earlier in the set, giant plumes of smoke were projected against the Bowl bandshell as Jack Johnson regaled the...
- 5/1/2023
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Everyone loves Willie Nelson, a fact certified by the insane list of guests scheduled to celebrate the artist at two concerts marking his 90th birthday this April. Kacey Musgraves, The Chicks, Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, and more will perform at Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, A Star-Studded Concert Celebrating Willie’s 90th Birthday, going down at the Hollywood Bowl on April 29th and 30th.
So far, Willie’s birthday bash also promises performances from the man himself, as well as Allison Russell, Beck, Billy Strings, Bobby Weir, Charley Crockett, Chris Stapleton, Edie Brickell, Leon Bridges, Lukas Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Margo Price, Miranda Lambert, Nathaniel Rateliff, Norah Jones, Orville Peck, Particle Kid, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Sturgill Simpson, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, Tom Jones, Tyler Childers, Warren Haynes and Ziggy Marley.
Update: Nelson has confirmed additional guests, including Dave Matthews, George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Stills, Emmylou Harris, Jack Johnson,...
So far, Willie’s birthday bash also promises performances from the man himself, as well as Allison Russell, Beck, Billy Strings, Bobby Weir, Charley Crockett, Chris Stapleton, Edie Brickell, Leon Bridges, Lukas Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Margo Price, Miranda Lambert, Nathaniel Rateliff, Norah Jones, Orville Peck, Particle Kid, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Sturgill Simpson, The Avett Brothers, The Lumineers, Tom Jones, Tyler Childers, Warren Haynes and Ziggy Marley.
Update: Nelson has confirmed additional guests, including Dave Matthews, George Strait, Kris Kristofferson, Stephen Stills, Emmylou Harris, Jack Johnson,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Logan Ledger has a new album of original material coming later this year, but in a bit of spontaneity the California singer-songwriter puts his own spin on a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple.”
A track off the Dead’s 1970 American Beauty album, “Ripple” was written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter; Garcia handled vocals on the recording. Here, Ledger remains faithful to the original, with producer Shooter Jennings creating a warm, easygoing soundscape.
“I’ve long been a fan of the songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
A track off the Dead’s 1970 American Beauty album, “Ripple” was written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter; Garcia handled vocals on the recording. Here, Ledger remains faithful to the original, with producer Shooter Jennings creating a warm, easygoing soundscape.
“I’ve long been a fan of the songs of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
- 4/21/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Newly-announced Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker will release her latest album, Sweet Western Sound, on June 2, a record that finds her reuniting with production collaborators Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings. The country musician has shared the first preview of their latest efforts with the lead single “Kindness.”
“‘Sweet Western Sound’ is another revelation, and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor. It’s always a trip working with Brandi and Shooter,” Tucker shared in a statement, referencing her first go-round with them on her 2019 comeback album.
“‘Sweet Western Sound’ is another revelation, and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor. It’s always a trip working with Brandi and Shooter,” Tucker shared in a statement, referencing her first go-round with them on her 2019 comeback album.
- 4/5/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker began releasing new music for the first time in years back in 2019, and she’s not slowing down any time soon. The country legend and newly inducted member of the Country Music Hall of Fame has readied another LP called Sweet Western Sound, due out June 2nd via Fantasy Records. To coincide with today’s announcement, she’s shared lead single “Kindness.”
Tucker’s new album reunites her with Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, the writers and producers who coaxed her out of retirement for 2019’s While I’m Livin’. In a statement, the artist said collaborating with the modern country stars is like “magic.”
“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” Tucker said. “It’s Always a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn’t know if we’d be working together again on...
Tucker’s new album reunites her with Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, the writers and producers who coaxed her out of retirement for 2019’s While I’m Livin’. In a statement, the artist said collaborating with the modern country stars is like “magic.”
“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” Tucker said. “It’s Always a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn’t know if we’d be working together again on...
- 4/5/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
The Country Music Hall of Fame has announced its inductees for 2023, with two of the genre’s most successful artists, Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, marking the first time since 2011 that two solo women have been inducted in one year. Songwriter Bob McDill rounds out this year’s inductees.
Tanya Tucker, who joins as the Veteran Era inductee, had already scored her first major hits when she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone at age 15. Her long-awaited inclusion as a Hall of Fame member finds her basking in the...
Tanya Tucker, who joins as the Veteran Era inductee, had already scored her first major hits when she appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone at age 15. Her long-awaited inclusion as a Hall of Fame member finds her basking in the...
- 4/3/2023
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
There’s been a well-deserved resurgence in Warren Zevon’s music of late, 20 years after the songwriter’s death. Billy Joel raved about his work to the L.A. Times in a recent interview, Shooter Jennings devoted two full concerts to playing only Zevon songs, and, in February, Zevon himself was nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023.
But Fantastic Cat — a mostly anonymous Americana supergroup whose members prefer to issue press photos wearing feline faces — have been singing Zevon’s praises since their very...
But Fantastic Cat — a mostly anonymous Americana supergroup whose members prefer to issue press photos wearing feline faces — have been singing Zevon’s praises since their very...
- 3/7/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile gave a scorching performance of her song “Broken Horses” at the 2023 Grammy Awards on Sunday night. The multiple Grammy winner was nominated in seven categories this year.
With a sweet introduction by her wife Catherine Shepherd and their two children, Carlile led off the guitar-heavy song flanked by her longtime collaborators, twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth. She showed off her incredible vocal power on the classic-rock-flavored song from 2021’s In These Silent Days, assisted by Shooter Jennings on piano and the vocal duo Lucius. Full of searing...
With a sweet introduction by her wife Catherine Shepherd and their two children, Carlile led off the guitar-heavy song flanked by her longtime collaborators, twin brothers Phil and Tim Hanseroth. She showed off her incredible vocal power on the classic-rock-flavored song from 2021’s In These Silent Days, assisted by Shooter Jennings on piano and the vocal duo Lucius. Full of searing...
- 2/6/2023
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Carly Pearce and Ashley McBryde won their first-ever Grammys when the bulk of the country music categories were presented during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon in L.A. The country vocalists’ collaboration “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance, besting nominees like Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
“I’m still working on pulling my dress up,” McBryde said after rushing hand-in-hand to the stage with Pearce. “I’ve known Ashley for a long time and...
“I’m still working on pulling my dress up,” McBryde said after rushing hand-in-hand to the stage with Pearce. “I’ve known Ashley for a long time and...
- 2/5/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The 65th Grammy Awards take place on Sunday 5 February, with music fans preparing for the rematch of the century: Adele vs Beyoncé.
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
- 2/4/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
The 65th Grammy Awards take place on Sunday 5 February, with music fans preparing for the rematch of the century: Adele vs Beyoncé.
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
- 2/4/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
The 65th Grammy Awards take place on Sunday 5 February, with music fans preparing for the rematch of the century: Adele vs Beyoncé.
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
Both artists are up for Album of the Year, six years after Adele took home the top prize for her third record, 25. The win over Beyoncé’s critically adored surprise album Lemonade was highly controversial; Adele herself famously declared that Beyoncé deserved the prize during her acceptance speech.
This year, the British singer is competing with her record-obliterating fourth album, 30, released in 2021. A four-star review in The Independent praised the songs as “handsomely crafted ballads about love and its various agonies”, with Adele’s voice, as ever, the main draw. “Adele possesses that perfectly imperfect voice, gargantuan and frail all at once,” critic Annabel Nugent wrote. “It’s epic without resorting to showy, melismatic affectations. It yawns into unexpected shapes and makes intonation fun.”
Beyoncé, meanwhile, surprised fans...
- 2/3/2023
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - Music
When Justin Townes Earle died at 38 in 2020, the Americana world was robbed of one of its brightest talents, a songwriter able to distill sadness, aspiration, and an undercurrent of alienation into vibrant, well-crafted folk songs. On Wednesday night in Nashville, those songs were brought back to vivid life during a year-delayed tribute concert to Justin.
Originally scheduled for last year on what would have been Justin’s 40th birthday but bumped until 2023 because of a surge in the pandemic, A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle gathered some of the artist’s contemporaries,...
Originally scheduled for last year on what would have been Justin’s 40th birthday but bumped until 2023 because of a surge in the pandemic, A Celebration of Justin Townes Earle gathered some of the artist’s contemporaries,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
At the end of every tour of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, country music fans have the opportunity to ascend a small staircase and have their photo taken on the very stage where legends like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash once stood. On this November afternoon, a few gray-haired stragglers of the day’s final tour group are doing just that — paying little mind to the Southern rap star trying to soundcheck behind them. To be fair, Yelawolf doesn’t much resemble his fearsome moniker. Dressed in khaki pants, a striped sweater,...
- 12/29/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The lengthy list of nominees for the 2023 Grammys have officially been unveiled.
On Tuesday (15 November), the Recording Academy announced the artists who have been nominated in each category, with Adele and Beyoncé battling it out for the top award, Album of the Year.
Winners will be announced on 5 February 2023 during the ceremony, which will broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. US audiences can tune in on CBS and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
You can see the full list of nominations below...
Album of the Year
30 – Adele
Voyage – Abba
Un Verano Sin Tee – Bad Bunny
Renaissance – Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) – Mary J Blige
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
Mr Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Special – Lizzo
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Record of the Year
“Don’t Shut Me Down” – Abba
“Easy on Me” – Adele
“Break My...
On Tuesday (15 November), the Recording Academy announced the artists who have been nominated in each category, with Adele and Beyoncé battling it out for the top award, Album of the Year.
Winners will be announced on 5 February 2023 during the ceremony, which will broadcast live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. US audiences can tune in on CBS and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
You can see the full list of nominations below...
Album of the Year
30 – Adele
Voyage – Abba
Un Verano Sin Tee – Bad Bunny
Renaissance – Beyoncé
Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe) – Mary J Blige
In These Silent Days – Brandi Carlile
Music of the Spheres – Coldplay
Mr Morale & The Big Steppers – Kendrick Lamar
Special – Lizzo
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
Record of the Year
“Don’t Shut Me Down” – Abba
“Easy on Me” – Adele
“Break My...
- 11/15/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
So, who doesn’t love the story of a comeback, the rise from the ashes soaring into greater glories and triumphs? Well, this particular performer at the heart of this new feature-length documentary isn’t too keen on it. It actually annoys her a bit, as she prefers something closer to a “resurgence” or a “re-appreciation”. If anyone has truly earned the right to specify a “labeL’ then it’s this artist, who’s been part of the music charts for over fifty years now. She’s amassed lots of fans in that time, but happily one of the youngest fans is making quite a name for herself now, and she’s using her clout to forge a new collaboration with her longtime inspiration. Which explains the lengthy title, The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile.
The “making of” part of the doc really begins with that “featured” performer.
The “making of” part of the doc really begins with that “featured” performer.
- 11/4/2022
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
At age 43, Shooter Jennings has called Los Angeles home for over half of his life. The City of Angels remains an endless well of unique, once-in-a-lifetime characters — whether glorious or depraved, righteous or demonic — for the Grammy-winning producer. And it’s those figures that inspire Jennings’ creativity, both onstage and in the studio. He can be alternately fueled by the literary madness of Charles Bukowski and the musical explorations of Warren Zevon, two characters who represent the many layers of L.A. to Jennings.
During last week’s inaugural Rebels & Renegades Music Festival in Monterey,...
During last week’s inaugural Rebels & Renegades Music Festival in Monterey,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
In August, Brandi Carlile had a viral moment when footage was released from Joni Mitchell’s magical performance at the Newport Folk Festival, which Carlile had organized. As Mitchell sang with an age-defying grace and power, Carlile sat a few feet away, playing guitar and beaming in a mixture of pride and awe.
Two months later, you can see a variation on that same look in “The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that shows how Carlile has helped bring back more of her idols than just Mitchell. The film, by Kathryn Horan, follows the recording of “While I’m Livin’,” the 2019 album that marked the first collection of new material in 17 years for the fiery country singer who first hit the country charts at the age of 14.
Even when she was barely into her teens, Tucker was a powerhouse with a love for rock ‘n’ roll...
Two months later, you can see a variation on that same look in “The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that shows how Carlile has helped bring back more of her idols than just Mitchell. The film, by Kathryn Horan, follows the recording of “While I’m Livin’,” the 2019 album that marked the first collection of new material in 17 years for the fiery country singer who first hit the country charts at the age of 14.
Even when she was barely into her teens, Tucker was a powerhouse with a love for rock ‘n’ roll...
- 10/21/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Brandi Carlile anchors this weekend’s 48th-season premiere of Austin City Limits, bringing a little bit of church into Austin’s Moody Theater with her.
Specifically, Carlile recalled attending vacation bible school as a kid and doing little projects around parables such as the wise man who built his house on a rock. It ended up inspiring the song “You and Me on the Rock,” which appears on Carlile’s album In These Silent Days, and on its deluxe edition In the Canyon Haze as a duet with her wife Catherine Shepherd.
Specifically, Carlile recalled attending vacation bible school as a kid and doing little projects around parables such as the wise man who built his house on a rock. It ended up inspiring the song “You and Me on the Rock,” which appears on Carlile’s album In These Silent Days, and on its deluxe edition In the Canyon Haze as a duet with her wife Catherine Shepherd.
- 9/28/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
“I have a love/hate relationship with the term ‘outlaw,'” Eric Church says in the opening moments of the the trailer to They Called Us Outlaws: Cosmic Cowboys, Honky Tonk Heroes And the Rise of Renegade Troubadours, a six-part documentary due next year.
Executive produced by country music luminaries Jessi Colter, Ray Benson, and Jack Ingram (who narrates), the 12-hour film, released in association with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, will feature interviews or performances from names like Church and Miranda Lambert to contemporary singer-songwriters Tyler Childers and Charley Crockett,...
Executive produced by country music luminaries Jessi Colter, Ray Benson, and Jack Ingram (who narrates), the 12-hour film, released in association with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, will feature interviews or performances from names like Church and Miranda Lambert to contemporary singer-songwriters Tyler Childers and Charley Crockett,...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Nominations for the 21st Americana Honors and Awards were announced during a special event at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville on Monday. The annual celebration of roots music will return to the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 14.
Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, and Yola all picked up three nominations this time around, thanks to their strong 2021 albums and singles. All three performers are nominated the same categories: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year (which Carlile actually won in 2021), and Song of the Year. Other Artist of...
Brandi Carlile, Allison Russell, and Yola all picked up three nominations this time around, thanks to their strong 2021 albums and singles. All three performers are nominated the same categories: Album of the Year, Artist of the Year (which Carlile actually won in 2021), and Song of the Year. Other Artist of...
- 5/16/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Kelsey Waldon’s new song “Sweet Little Girl” opens with a dramatic introduction from Jim Lauderdale, who intones, “All the way from Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, here’s Kelsey Waldon.” And with that, she’s off, delivering a country music tale of hard living, self-medicating, and yearning for home.
“I’m gonna drink myself drunk/I’m gonna get myself high/anything just to make the time pass by,” Waldon sings in “Sweet Little Girl,” the first taste of the songwriter’s upcoming album No Regular Dog, out Aug. 12. Her...
“I’m gonna drink myself drunk/I’m gonna get myself high/anything just to make the time pass by,” Waldon sings in “Sweet Little Girl,” the first taste of the songwriter’s upcoming album No Regular Dog, out Aug. 12. Her...
- 5/4/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
The 2022 Grammy Awards broadcast wrapped up with an upset victory of sorts, with Jon Batiste beating out the likes of Taylor Swift and Kanye west to take home Album of the Year for his excellent “We Are.”
That was his fifth win of the night, following four wins during the “Premiere Ceremony,” where all of the awards not deemed cool enough for television were handed out, hosted by the always wonderful Levar Burton.
Batiste also accomplished a rather ignominious milestone for the Grammy Awards themselves: He’s the first Black artist to win Album of the Year since Herbie Hancock back in 2008. You read that right: It’s literally been 14 years and 3 presidents since the Academy recognized the work of Black artists with this honor. And in case you’re wondering, the only nonwhite artist to win Best Album during that time was Bruno Mars in 2018.
Speaking of Mars, Batiste...
That was his fifth win of the night, following four wins during the “Premiere Ceremony,” where all of the awards not deemed cool enough for television were handed out, hosted by the always wonderful Levar Burton.
Batiste also accomplished a rather ignominious milestone for the Grammy Awards themselves: He’s the first Black artist to win Album of the Year since Herbie Hancock back in 2008. You read that right: It’s literally been 14 years and 3 presidents since the Academy recognized the work of Black artists with this honor. And in case you’re wondering, the only nonwhite artist to win Best Album during that time was Bruno Mars in 2018.
Speaking of Mars, Batiste...
- 4/4/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Brandi Carlile kept her recent run of memorable Grammy Awards performances alive on Sunday, giving a soaring rendition of her song “Right on Time” during the ceremony.
Carlile began the song, off her latest album In These Silent Days, seated alone at a piano. After playing the intro, she picked up a Les Paul and joined her longtime musical collaborators the Hanseroth twins on an elevated platform, where the stage lights projected all the colors of the prism behind them. Carlile’s sequined jacket acted like its own prism too,...
Carlile began the song, off her latest album In These Silent Days, seated alone at a piano. After playing the intro, she picked up a Les Paul and joined her longtime musical collaborators the Hanseroth twins on an elevated platform, where the stage lights projected all the colors of the prism behind them. Carlile’s sequined jacket acted like its own prism too,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Celebrity comebacks don’t often go exactly as planned, but it helps when the planner is someone with as much of a knack for military precision and as broad a sense of the big cultural picture as a Rick Rubin or a Brandi Carlile. Rubin, of course, built Johnny Cash from a casino-playing relic back into some kind of god with the records he produced for the Man in Black in the ’90s and 2000s, and Carlile had the idea she could do something like that with her own personal heroine, Tanya Tucker, in 2019. There was at least one critical difference, though: Carlile, unlike Rubin, thought to hire a director and camera crew the day before recording began.
The end result of that foresight, “The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” documents just how well it went when Carlile and Shooter Jennings more or less coerced Tucker into letting...
The end result of that foresight, “The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” documents just how well it went when Carlile and Shooter Jennings more or less coerced Tucker into letting...
- 3/14/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Four decades after Fear’s debut album shook up punk-rock morals for a generation, the band is recognizing its legacy with an expansive box-set reissue. Earlier this year, frontman Lee Ving and his bandmates reacquired control of the original master tapes of The Record from Warner Music, which they’re remastering. (The rights officially reverted to the group on Monday.) They’re complementing The Record with a collection of 28 demos, rough mixes, and outtakes as well as live recording from 1982. Preorders for the reissue will begin on May 16 — the 40th...
- 3/1/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Since becoming one of Red Dirt and Texas country’s flagship acts in the late Nineties and early 2000s, Jason Boland & the Stragglers have been a steady, reliable source of smart, gritty songwriting and hearty country-rock albums. But after 20-plus years, it’s not always easy for Boland to continue generating new ideas at the same pace.
“We’re nine studio albums in and I’m starting to get to that point of, ‘What do you say to people?’” he says, sipping coffee in the lobby of Nashville’s boutique...
“We’re nine studio albums in and I’m starting to get to that point of, ‘What do you say to people?’” he says, sipping coffee in the lobby of Nashville’s boutique...
- 1/4/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
After a two-year hiatus, the PBS program Bluegrass Underground will return from its pandemic pause with a new season in 2022. The tapings for the new episodes run March 18 to March 20 at the subterranean concert venue the Caverns in Grundy County, Tennessee, with performers including Asleep at the Wheel and Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway.
Singer-guitarist Tuttle and her band will perform Friday, March 18, alongside the New Orleans Mardi Gras funk band Cha Wa, bluegrass-rap crew Gangstagrass, and the singer-songwriter Brit Taylor. Performers on Saturday, March 19, include folk duo the Milk Carton Kids,...
Singer-guitarist Tuttle and her band will perform Friday, March 18, alongside the New Orleans Mardi Gras funk band Cha Wa, bluegrass-rap crew Gangstagrass, and the singer-songwriter Brit Taylor. Performers on Saturday, March 19, include folk duo the Milk Carton Kids,...
- 12/13/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile offered a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s song “Woodstock” during a performance for SiriusXM’s Small Stage Series. The track comes off Mitchell’s 1970 album Ladies Of The Canyon.
Carlile is famously a fan of Mitchell’s work and has covered the singer numerous times. Last month, Carlile announced plans to cover Blue in its entirety at Carnegie Hall on November 6th, her second time covering the legendary LP. She first performed the album in October 2019 in Los Angeles, shortly after she met the singer-songwriter at her 75th birthday tribute concert.
Carlile is famously a fan of Mitchell’s work and has covered the singer numerous times. Last month, Carlile announced plans to cover Blue in its entirety at Carnegie Hall on November 6th, her second time covering the legendary LP. She first performed the album in October 2019 in Los Angeles, shortly after she met the singer-songwriter at her 75th birthday tribute concert.
- 9/6/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile performed live at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York on Friday, her first stadium performance since announcing her new album, In These Silent Days. The album reunites her with By the Way, I Forgive You producers Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, the latter of whom was also on the stage on keyboards for the rousing evening.
Amythyst Kiah opened the show solo (Carlile later explained that the band members were stuck at the airport), performing songs from her new album, Wary + Strange, which was released in June.
Amythyst Kiah opened the show solo (Carlile later explained that the band members were stuck at the airport), performing songs from her new album, Wary + Strange, which was released in June.
- 7/24/2021
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Bob Weir, Steve Earle, Billy Strings and Marcus King are among those paying tribute to guitarist Neal Casal on an upcoming box set. Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal, due November 12th, features a diverse lineup of musicians covering 41 songs by the late guitarist. Casal, who played with everyone from Willie Nelson and Shooter Jennings to Ryan Adams and Phil Lesh, took his own life in 2019.
A version of Casal’s “You Don’t See My Crying” performed by Beachwood Sparks and Gospelbeach premiered with Wednesday’s announcement.
The box set,...
A version of Casal’s “You Don’t See My Crying” performed by Beachwood Sparks and Gospelbeach premiered with Wednesday’s announcement.
The box set,...
- 7/21/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Brandi Carlile will release the follow-up to her Grammy-winning By the Way, I Forgive You this fall. The new album, titled In These Silent Days, arrives via Low Country Sound/Elektra Records on October 1st and includes the first single “Right on Time,” premiering Wednesday.
“Right on Time” leads off In These Silent Days and bears some of Joni Mitchell’s influence, which Carlile has celebrated on numerous occasions, even performing the songwriter’s album Blue at a special event in 2019. Building from solo piano to a full-band arrangement, the...
“Right on Time” leads off In These Silent Days and bears some of Joni Mitchell’s influence, which Carlile has celebrated on numerous occasions, even performing the songwriter’s album Blue at a special event in 2019. Building from solo piano to a full-band arrangement, the...
- 7/21/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Tanya Tucker has canceled two concerts and rescheduled another for later this year after undergoing hip surgery earlier this week.
The “Delta Dawn” country vocalist, whose comeback album While I’m Livin’ netted her two Grammy awards, shared the news on social media on Thursday night.
“Hey Loves,” she wrote. “My hip has been giving me hell for awhile now and the docs discovered a hip fracture. I had to have surgery right away. The operation went well and I’m on track for a speedy recovery. I’ll be...
The “Delta Dawn” country vocalist, whose comeback album While I’m Livin’ netted her two Grammy awards, shared the news on social media on Thursday night.
“Hey Loves,” she wrote. “My hip has been giving me hell for awhile now and the docs discovered a hip fracture. I had to have surgery right away. The operation went well and I’m on track for a speedy recovery. I’ll be...
- 7/16/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
When Brent Cobb was in grade school, he used to look forward to guest visits by Okefenokee Joe, a local singer-songwriter who taught kids about nature with songs about the Georgia swamp from which he took his name.
“I grew up in a rural place, going to public school and I remember Okefenokee Joe coming to talk. He had these recordings about swamp life and stuff and I remember how cool that was to me,” Cobb says.
Fast forward to when Cobb, now 34, was writing his latest album, Keep ‘Em on They Toes,...
“I grew up in a rural place, going to public school and I remember Okefenokee Joe coming to talk. He had these recordings about swamp life and stuff and I remember how cool that was to me,” Cobb says.
Fast forward to when Cobb, now 34, was writing his latest album, Keep ‘Em on They Toes,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
American Aquarium released a new album early Friday morning, a record that represents a solid pivot for the longtime roots-rock band. On the heels of Bj Barham’s homespun livestream covers series, the North Carolina singer-songwriter convened his players in an Asheville, North Carolina, studio last November to record a full record of Nineties country tunes.
The result is Slappers, Bangers and Certified Twangers: Vol. One, a straight-forward if loose collection of covers by artists like Trisha Yearwood (“She’s in Love With the Boy”), Sawyer Brown (“Some Girls Do...
The result is Slappers, Bangers and Certified Twangers: Vol. One, a straight-forward if loose collection of covers by artists like Trisha Yearwood (“She’s in Love With the Boy”), Sawyer Brown (“Some Girls Do...
- 5/7/2021
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
A few nights ago, Tanya Tucker was listening to Apple Music at her Texas ranch. She heard songs by her favorite singers including Nina Simone, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson — and then she heard herself. The song was “Mustang Ridge,” from her 2019 album While I’m Livin’, produced by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings.
“I thought, ‘You know what? I’m so much better now,'” says Tucker, who turned 62 in October. “I feel like I sing better, I sound better. I don’t know, I guess the stars lined up again for me.
“I thought, ‘You know what? I’m so much better now,'” says Tucker, who turned 62 in October. “I feel like I sing better, I sound better. I don’t know, I guess the stars lined up again for me.
- 2/9/2021
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Throughout history, humans have relied on music to carry stories and bring people together. So Rolling Stone and Can-Am are embarking on a road trip to spotlight the artists, venues, and recording studios keeping the storytelling legacy alive today. We’re calling the project Common Tread. Join us as we explore the people and places that bridge the divide between music’s past and future.
As a teenager in the Nineties, Shooter Jennings was less than smitten with the honky-tonk scene in Music City, where he grew up. “Nashville was a small town,...
As a teenager in the Nineties, Shooter Jennings was less than smitten with the honky-tonk scene in Music City, where he grew up. “Nashville was a small town,...
- 2/4/2021
- by Clint Carter
- Rollingstone.com
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