Country music legend Charlie Daniels has a section on his website called “Soap Box,” where he waxes poetic in his notoriously uncensored voice on topics ranging from gun control to foreign affairs to the “media circus and a personality pageant” that is the 2016 presidential election. “If I didn’t say… Source: Music News

Usher and Nas have teamed for an interactive music video for Usher’s politically charged “Chains,” which debuted exclusively on Tidal. “Chains” literally forces the viewer to confront the issue of racial profiling and police brutality head-on: By utilizing the webcam on the viewer’s computer as well as facial recognition technology, “Chains” will… Source: Music News

The reigning kings of Americana crossed paths in Alabama last night, with home state hero Jason Isbell joining Sturgill Simpson for a performance at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. The two songwriters have shared shows in the past, but last night’s bill felt different, arriving at the tail end of a highly-celebrated… Source: Music News

Check the calendar: It’s another new music Friday, with tons of new music for you to buy or stream. Feed those headphone cravings with something from this menu of albums released today, October 16th. Today’s biggest new release is Demi Lovato’s fifth solo album, Confident. Demi already has a hit on her… Source: Music […]

It’s always been easy to pick out the strands of dance music in the DNA of Alan Palomo’s music as Neon Indian, but it’s taken three albums for the dreamy synth-pop artist to really let his hair down. On this LP, Palomo peels back the layers of psychedelia that have… Source: Music News

Carrie Underwood has unveiled another track from her upcoming Storyteller LP, and after a relaxing, laid-back “Smoke Break,” this one’s a four-alarm rocker. Hinting at yet another aspect of the sounds in store from the upcoming album, “Renegade Runaway” uses some Wild West imagery (think tumbleweeds and shootouts) to tell… Source: Music News

Upon launching in late June, Apple Music was supposed to take over the streaming-music business and save musicians everywhere. Thanks to a three-month free trial period and Apple’s marketing power and prolific advertisements, including a TV commercial co-starring Mary J. Blige, Kerry Washington and Taraji P. Henson, the service racked… Source: Music News

Sturgill Simpson makes his Austin City Limits debut this weekend, nearly 41 years to the day since Willie Nelson headlined the show’s pilot episode on October 14, 1974. Paying respect to the outlaws who came before him, Simpson turns in a respectful, reverent version of “I’d Have to Be Crazy” halfway… Source: Music News

Will Smith recently dropped his first verse in a decade on a remix of Bomba Estereo’s “Fiesta,” and now the actor-returned-rapper is ending his similarly lengthy video drought by appearing in the group’s clip. The new “Fiesta” video takes place at the tail end of a neon-coated warehouse party, with the arrival… Source: Music News

Eric Clapton recently celebrated his 70th birthday with a series of performances marking the milestone. That included a seven-night stretch at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall, an event the guitarist will document in the upcoming concert film titled Slowhand at 70. The set won’t arrive until November 12th, but Clapton shared a… Source: Music News