10 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: Sturgill Simpson, Clairo, Cassandra Jenkins, and More

Johnny Blue Skies Passage du Desir

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. […]

Frank Lloyd Wleft – ‘The Actual Kids In Actual America’

Frank Lloyd Wleft - 'The Actual Kids in Actual America'

London’s Frank Lloyd Wleft journeys across the U.S.A with sprawling new single ‘The Actual Kids in Actual America’ Frank Lloyd Wleft image via Lucas Edwards July 3, 2024 Ahead of a special headline show at […]

Del McCoury On Billy Strings, Willie Nelson, And The State Of Modern Bluegrass Music (Interview)

Del McCourey plays guitar at DelFest in Cumberland, Maryland

via Gary Jared / courtesy of Del McCoury / DelFest “Hold on a second!” Del McCoury interjects with a chuckle, pausing our conversation to reminisce about a pivotal moment in his early career. I had […]

Interview With Bluegrass Legend Del McCoury Talking About Phish

Del McCourey plays guitar at DelFest in Cumberland, Maryland

via Gary Jared / courtesy of Del McCoury / DelFest Across his six decades of making classic albums, Del McCoury knows what he’s looking for in a song. “I like a challenge. I’ve always liked […]

METALLICA’s JAMES HETFIELD Names New Band That ‘Surprised’ Him And Made Him Smile

CATEGORY 7 Feat. OVERKILL, EXODUS, ARMORED SAINT And Ex-MACHINE HEAD Members: Debut Album Details Revealed

During an appearance on the latest episode of “The Metallica Report”, the podcast offering weekly insider updates on all things METALLICA, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was asked if there has been any new music that […]

Sturgill Simpson Introduces Johnny Blue Skies for New Album and Tour

Johnny Blue Skies: Passage du Desir

Promoting The Ballad of Dood & Juanita in 2021, Sturgill Simpson emphasized that he wanted to release only five albums of original material. “This is the last Sturgill record,” he told Marissa R. Moss for […]

Instrumental L.A. band La Lom to open for Vampire Weekend

Instrumental L.A. band La Lom to open for Vampire Weekend

Dating back to 1927, the historic Roosevelt Hotel still maintains its old Hollywood charm. An antique-looking chandelier hangs from the patterned ceiling of the lobby, shining a soft yellow light onto a collection of colorful […]

CATEGORY 7 Feat. OVERKILL, EXODUS, ARMORED SAINT And Ex-MACHINE HEAD Members: ‘Exhausted’ Music Video Released

CATEGORY 7 Feat. OVERKILL, EXODUS, ARMORED SAINT And Ex-MACHINE HEAD Members: Debut Album Details Revealed

CATEGORY 7, the new band featuring former MACHINE HEAD and current KERRY KING guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando, ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX singer John Bush, OVERKILL/SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner and EXODUS bassist Jack […]

Billy Strings Unveils Fall 2024 Tour, Announces Live Album

Billy Strings is having a big year for live performances. Beyond hitting the road for spring and summer tours, plus tagging along for Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival, he’s now announced fall 2024 tour dates, […]

A Billion Reasons to Believe: Avicii's "Hey Brother" Joins Elusive Spotify Streaming Club

A Billion Reasons to Believe: Avicii's "Hey Brother" Joins Elusive Spotify Streaming Club

A billion streams later, Avicii‘s “Hey Brother” is still proving dance music’s power to bridge divides. The folksy dance anthem, which the late EDM great released back in October 2013 alongside bluegrass singer-songwriter Dan Tyminski, today eclipsed […]

The 25 Best TV Theme Songs Ever Written — Best Life

The 25 Best TV Theme Songs Ever Written — Best Life

In the streaming era, the TV theme song has become something of a relic of a bygone era. Many new shows eschew elaborate title sequences altogether, and even the shows that have great themes see […]

John Oates calls Daryl Hall ‘one of the greatest singers of all time’ after Hall & Oates split

John Oates calls Daryl Hall ‘one of the greatest singers of all time’ after Hall & Oates split

There’s Batman & Robin, there’s Bert & Ernie, and there’s Hall & Oates. And when news broke last November that Daryl Hall got a restraining order against John Oates — his blue-eyed-soul brother in the […]