When Maddie & Tae made their first visit to NBC’s Today show in August 2014, “Girl in a Country Song” was just one month old. Things were decidedly different this morning, when the girls returned to the show after a year’s absence to play their kickoff single — which has… Source: Music News

“Right now I feel as if I’ll be satisfied after the tour to not perform anymore,” Shania Twain told Rolling Stone Country back in June before kicking off her Rock This Country trek — the superstar’s first tour in 11 years and what is pegged as her last. But now… Source: Music News

Sitting through award shows often feels like a sad marathon; at least when running 26 miles, you can brag on Facebook. Every so often, though, someone at MTV’s Video Music Awards pierces through the artifice of thank-you speeches and politicking to show what happens when people stop being polite and start being real…. Source: Music News

Janet Jackson launched her world tour in Vancouver Monday night, and though her set was reportedly a hit-heavy 32 songs long, the show opened with a new Unbreakable track featuring Missy Elliott. A fan-shot video captured the opening moments of the show, which featured a Hitchcockian intro video filled with swarming birds as Jackson delivered a spoken… Source: Music […]

Talib Kweli gets political with his explosive video for “Fuck the Money,” setting the chaotic cut against images of riots, dollar bills scribbled with graffiti and confrontations between police and protestors. “Money,” the title track from the rapper’s recently surprise-released LP, finds Kweli outlining the destructive consequences of chasing paper: “When… Source: Music News

Thomas Rhett takes vacationing to the extreme in his new video for the funky rump-shaker, “Vacation.” The track comes off his soul and R&B peppered second album, Tangled Up, as Rhett leads up its September 25th release with a series of new videos. The “Vacation” clip is chock full of adrenaline-pumping… Source: Music […]

It’s been four years since the stage at the Indiana State Fair crashed to the ground minutes before a Sugarland show, killing seven people who’d shown up early for front-row seats. More than 100 others were injured. Bandmate Kristian Bush is still reeling from the disaster, which kicked off a… Source: Music News

Sleater-Kinney guitarist/Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein will release a memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, on October 27th via Penguin. That same day, the versatile performer will kick off a book tour at Brooklyn bar Saint Vitus, joined in conversation by Roots drummer-producer Questlove. The 11-date jaunt, which runs until November 17th, will… Source: Music News

“Phish” and “country music” aren’t usually mentioned in the same sentence. Nonetheless, throughout the legendary jam band’s three-decade career, they’ve been punctuating long sets with short bluegrass interludes, forgoing any sense of ego or concern as to where they stand in relation to the canon of country greats. Phish fans… Source: Music News

“I don’t understand award shows!” Kanye West declared last night with real agony in his voice during a long, emotional speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles. He was there to pick up the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, but had other worries on his mind. So if… Source: Music News