At times, the three-part harmonic convergence of Brandi Carlile with longtime bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth has felt so much like blood harmony that you could fool yourself into thinking you’re hearing triplets. Of course, it’s been a case of identical twins +1, but now fans of their band are getting a chance to hear […]

Miranda Lambert maintains homes in both Nashville and Austin — hardcore country music’s equivalent of being bicoastal. One of those locales gets a bit more emphasis than the other on her just-released tenth album, “Postcards From Texas,” the first album she’s actually recorded in the Lone Star State since she rose to fame just over […]

Sierra Ferrell, arguably the roots-music queen of the moment, made good on her ascendance with two top wins at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards, picking up trophies for both artist of the year and album of the year at Wednesday’s ceremony in Nashville. Song of the year went to Brandy Clark and her co-writer […]

Zach Bryan has ghosted X (formerly Twitter), at least for now, after stirring up a hornet’s next by tweeting out a preference for Kanye West over Taylor Swift — a post he subsequently apologized for, saying he was drunk at the time. The superstar singer-songwriter’s tweets sometimes go back and forth across the line between […]

JD Souther, the singer, songwriter and actor who co-wrote some of the biggest hits of the Eagles, like “New Kid in Town” and “Best of My Love,” and had a long solo career that included the top 10 hit “You’re Only Lonely,” died Tuesday at age 78. No cause of death was given but he […]

Singer-songwriter Allison Russell had a song called “Persephone” on her debut solo album, so there may be some destiny in the fact that she will soon step into a role with that name in the Broadway production of “Hadestown,” starting on Nov. 12. The announcement made Tuesday by the Tony-winning musical’s producer solves the mystery […]

Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell has apologized to bandmates and fans for “inexcusable behavior,” hours after news broke that the second half of the group’s reunion tour was being canceled after a fight broke out on stage Friday. In a short statement shared with Variety by a representative, Farrell said, “This weekend has been incredibly […]

The remainder of the reunion tour by the original lineup of Jane’s Addiction, the group’s first in 14 years, has been canceled. While a general statement issued under the band’s name collectively did not lay blame, guitarist Dave Navarro laid it squarely at singer Perry Farrell’s feet in a separate statement issued on his own […]

Tito Jackson, who along with brothers Michael, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon was a founding member of the iconic family group the Jackson 5, died Sunday at age 70. News of the death was first reported by Entertainment Tonight, which said word of Tito’s passing came from Steve Manning, a longtime friend and associate of the […]

The Kamala Harris/Tim Walz campaign took advantage of Donald Trump’s blunt “I hate Taylor Swift!” social media statement by releasing a rather longer Swift-related statement of its own — one in which they name-check 28 Swift titles or lyrics. The release that was issued by the Democratic candidates’ campaign Sunday morning was titled “Trump’s Bad […]

Here’s one cake that didn’t get left out too long in the rain: the eternal pop pastry that is “MacArthur Park.” The song’s epic length and unusual structure haven’t kept it from turning into a decades-spanning perennial, one that is just finding yet another new life as a result of its extensive use in “Beetlejuice […]

Etty Lou Farrell, the spouse of Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, has posted her own account of why the band’s show went deeply south Friday night in Boston, with a detailed explanation of who was doing what — and who was punching who — during and after a calamitous confrontation that brought the concert to […]

Been caught sparring: A concert by the reunited Jane’s Addiction in Boston came to a sudden end Friday night when a clearly enraged Perry Farrell threw a punch at guitarist Dave Navarro — and was restrained by crew members, still appearing physically agitated as he was hustled offstage. Multiple audience members shared their dramatic video […]

Shortly before U.S. citizens elect a president this fall, Elvis Costello fans will be able to return to the days when he was “King of America,” with a new six-CD super-deluxe set titled “King of America & Other Realms” that will focus not just on the classic album that gives it its name but a […]

Sometimes, when a woman is very unexpectedly put at the top of the ticket, things very unexpectedly go right. Now, in the course of reviewing Linkin Park’s first full comeback concert to feature the group’s new female lead singer, I promise not to make too many more electoral comparisons. It would be a stretch to […]

North American fans of Dua Lipa who’ve been clamoring for the U.S. to get a piece of the “Radical Optimism” tour will get their day… but they’ll have to wait for it, as Lipa won’t be coming to the States until September and October of 2025. The pop superstar announced 20 dates in the U.S. […]

The 60th anniversary of the peak year for Beatlemania in the United States, 1964, is being celebrated with the release of “The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono,” a forthcoming boxed set that compiles seven albums that were released by the Fab Four in the States during that year (or, in one case, early 1965). […]

Linkin Park is back and it means business. The reconstituted band, with Emily Armstrong stepping in to a lead singer role, played its first full performance since the death of former frontman Chester Bennington on Wednesday night at L.A.’s Kia Forum. And if there was any thought that the very short international tour the group […]

Taylor Swift has formally endorsed Kamala Harris after the candidate’s debate with Donald Trump, following up the ABC-hosted match-up with a strong message posted to her Instagram Story — saying that the vice president “fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted […]