Bruce Springsteen has quickly written, recorded and released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” in response to the shooting deaths of two civilians, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were protesting the actions of ICE agents during immigration raids in the state. The track appears to be available only on YouTube and Instagram at the […]
The first single Noah Kahan has been teasing from his upcoming album will indeed be its title track. “The Great Divide” will emerge Friday (Jan. 30), with its parent LP due April 24 from Mercury. Kahan co-wrote the track with longtime collaborator Gabe Simon and has been playing it routinely since its live debut in […]
The extraordinary life of original Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di’Anno is chronicled in the upcoming documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, which will be released this summer by Cleopatra Entertainment. The project was directed, produced, written and edited by filmmaker and journalist Wes Orshoski, whose previous work includes Lemmy (about Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister) and The […]
If you want to know who’s on the rise in live music, The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) just dropped its annual cheat sheet of the most exciting up and coming artists of the past year. These aren’t just artists trending on playlists, but bona fide performers driving around the country, unglamourously roughing it, and […]
The Paul McCartney/Wings documentary Man on the Run will screen for one night only Feb. 19 at cinemas worldwide, eight days ahead of its streaming premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video. The theatrical showings will also include an exclusive, pre-recorded conversation between McCartney and director Morgan Neville. Click here for tickets. Beginning in 1970, the film […]
Lainey Wilson pulls back the curtain on her rise to country stardom in the documentary Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool, which Netflix has acquired for an April 22 global release. The film was directed by Amy Scott and produced by Teton Ridge Entertainment, Sandbox Studios and MakeMake. Per its logline, Keepin’ Country Cool follows Wilson […]
For half a century, Sly & Robbie reached into every corner of popular music. They were reggae icons and an in-demand rhythm section and production team, working alongside Bob Marley and Peter Tosh early on, but later appearing on records by a staggering variety of artists, from Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones to Madonna […]
Molly Tuttle is a dedicated student of awesome musical traditions. She grew up on bluegrass, and has been rewarded with acclaim and Grammy awards for two consecutive albums that showcased her high lonesome songs of deep feeling and true mastery on guitar. But for the last five years, Tuttle also quietly plotted a different path, […]
No one enjoys Crispian Mills’ sense of humor more than the Kula Shaker frontman himself. His conversation is punctuated by chuckles and laced with a sly wit that I don’t recall from our previous interviews for Kula Shaker’s first two albums, K (1996) and Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (1999). At the time, the group was […]
Lizzo’s last proper tour visited arenas and festivals in 2023, but the artist is hunkering down in much smaller musical environments next month. She’ll perform at Blue Note Jazz Club locations in Los Angeles Feb. 20-22 and New York Feb. 27-28 and March 1 as part of shows featuring “unique jazz and flute arrangements” of […]