Chris Shiflett toured American alongside Blackberry Smoke earlier this year, kicking off the promo cycle for his upcoming solo album, Hard Lessons, with a handful of shows supporting the Georgia-based country-rockers. Months later, he sits down with frontman Charlie Starr and drummer Brit Turner for a new episode of Walking …
Read More »New Country Music Study Examines Scarcity of Women on Radio
It’s well established that women in country music are underrepresented when it comes to radio, award nominations and headline spots at festivals, and now Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative have some new research data to back it up. Using the year-end Billboard HotCountrycharts from 2014 …
Read More »Hear The National's Introspective New Song 'Light Years'
Ahead of their eighth album I Am Easy To Find, The National have released a new track “Light Years.” The delicate, emotional song goes heavy on the piano as frontman Matt Berninger croons with a palpable ache. The band also revealed a video for the track, which pulls scenes from …
Read More »New Mexico Decriminalizes Marijuana
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that will decriminalize marijuana, significantly reducing possession penalties, Albuquerque’s KRQE reports. The law, which makes New Mexico the 24th state to decriminalize marijuana, will take effect July 1st. Under the new act, possession of less than half an ounce of weed …
Read More »'Warrior' Review: A Bruce Lee Vision Brought to Vivid Life
Among the more fascinating legends in the short but memorable life of Bruce Lee is the TV show the martial-arts icon pitched in the early Seventies about a Chinese immigrant traveling through America in the late-19th Century. The studio politely declined, the Lee family story goes, then stole key elements …
Read More »See Brothers Osborne's Stately 'I Don't Remember Me' on 'Ellen'
Brothers Osborne made their daytime television debut with a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where they performed their current single “I Don’t Remember Me (Before You).” The duo is also set to perform at the 54th ACM Awards on April 7th. Though Brothers Osborne’s second album Port Saint Joe …
Read More »Christina Applegate Turns Grief into Dark Comedy in New 'Dead to Me' Trailer
Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini explore the sinister and sometimes hilarious corners of grief in the trailer for their new Netflix series, Dead to Me, premiering May 3rd. In the show, Applegate and Cardellini play Jen and Judy, two women who meet at a support group and form an unlikely …
Read More »Read the Zombies' Euphoric Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speeches
The Zombies had been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for nearly 30 years — and nominated four times. Yet the group showed no signs of bitterness when they finally walked up to the podium, after introductory remarks by Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs, to accept the honor. …
Read More »Review: Billie Eilish's 'When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?' Is Noir Pop With Bite
Billie Eilish is a 17 year-old homeschooled choir singer turned pop music prodigy. And she’s every bit as awesomely messed up as that pedigree implies: She’s the demon spawn of Lana Del Rey’s California dreams, who first compared a sweetheart’s gaze to napalm skies on her arresting 2016 single gone …
Read More »Beatlemania 2.0: The Making of 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'
In February of 1964, you could see it everywhere you looked — in high school hallways, diners and malt shops, your local record store (definitely in your local record store). It started with a cold sweats and clammy palms; later symptoms also included screaming, swooning, heart palpitations, a burning desire …
Read More »