Hilary Williams, the granddaughter of Hank Williams and daughter of Hank Williams Jr., has announced her first-ever album. Titled My Lucky Scars, the LP will be released May 25th. Williams, whose younger sister Holly is also a recording artist, produced the album with John Would and Lincoln Parish. The siblings …
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Maynard James Keenan travels light on the road. For the last 12 years, his main companion has been Miho, a tiny Yorkie currently asleep in his trailer backstage at Coachella, hours before A Perfect Circle hits the stage. Keenan’s history with the California desert music festival goes all the way …
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Tinashe gave a scintillating performance of her new single “No Drama” on Thursday’s Tonight Show, with Migos rapper Offset onstage for his guest verse. The R&B singer opened with a dizzying display of choreography. She and her backup dancers used black raincoats and white umbrellas for a series of eye-popping …
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Gruff Rhys goes on an adventure into the great unknown in his new video for “Frontier Man,” the first single and opening track off the Super Furry Animals singer’s upcoming solo album Babelsberg. The simple concept for the video – Rhys plays a musician whose efforts to clean up a …
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A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip will serve as co-teacher for a New York University class that will examine the connection between hip-hop and jazz, the rapper revealed on Twitter. The seven-class course, among the first of its kind, will begin in the fall semester at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of …
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Kenny Rogers has reportedly been advised by a doctor to cancel all performances through the end of the year. The Fox Carolina news site reported that Rogers’ May 26th concert at Harrah’s resort in Cherokee, North Carolina, had been canceled, with other venues, including Pennsylvania’s Kirby Center in Wilkes Barre, …
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Influential rapper, producer and Anticon record label co-founder Brendon “Alias” Whitney died Friday at the age of 41. Anticon confirmed Whitney’s death in a statement Saturday. “Just received news of a major loss – the passing of our dear friend and Anticon co-founder @AliasAnticon,” the Los Angeles-based hip-hop label tweeted. …
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the slate of artists that will be on hand at Cleveland Public’s Hall to induct the class of 2018 on April 14th.Brandon Flowers will do the honors for the Cars, Mary J. Blige will fete Nina Simon, Heart’s Ann Wilson will …
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DJ Esco attends a lavish house party with Future and Schoolboy Q in his quirky “Code of Honor” video. The clip opens like an outdated sitcom, with DJ Esco confronting his overbearing boss. After hearing he has to work overtime on the day of his friends’ barbecue, he storms out …
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Taylor Swift is supporting the March For Our Lives campaign, a series of marches organized by the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The Reputation singer made a post on Instagram noting that she has made a donation to the campaign. “No one should have to go to …
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