With opening slots on cross-country tours by Lee Brice, Chris Young and Miranda Lambert, Clare Dunn — one of Rolling Stone Country’s Artists You Need to Know —  is gearing up for a busy fall. Along the way, she’ll also make her major-label debut with a new EP, whose five… Source: Music News

Bono sings U2’s “Song for Someone” from a vantage point in the clouds in the new video for the group’s latest Songs of Innocence single. As a man trips and falls on the earth below, the frontman croons words of support, reaching into the night sky to grab a star as… Source: Music News

Taylor Swift’s 1989 world tour has featured an epic roster of special guests, with names getting bigger and weirder as it’s progressed. For her final show at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, Swift brought out actress Lisa Kudrow, who reprised her famous Friends character Phoebe Buffay. With acoustic guitar in hand, Swift introduced… Source: Music […]

A grown-up A$AP Rocky struggles with painkillers, plastic surgery and the passage of time in his new video for “Everyday,” the Rod Stewart-sampling cut off his new LP At.Long.Last.A$AP. Dubbed a “Hip-Hop Hollywood Story,” the “Everyday” video opens up the same way as Sunset Blvd. — another cautionary tale about fame and fortune — did 65… Source: Music News

Darlene Love’s new album Introducing Darlene Love – featuring newly written songs by Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Webb, Linda Perry and Steven Van Zandt - is still three weeks from release, but the legendary Wall of Sound singer has released a video for the Elvis Costello-penned single “Forbidden Nights.” Be on the lookout for cameos… Source: Music News

Lil B – Bay Area rapper, Based God and Bernie Sanders supporter – made plenty of waves during the NBA Playoffs when he cursed LeBron James and J.R. Smith for their hubris, and though he’d subsequently lift the bad juju on LBJ, apparently the rest of the league was paying… Source: Music News

Imagine: you are in a band that has entered Abbey Road just after the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper, to cut your own classic album which will be released after you cease to exist, with very little in the way of promotion. The album will garner favorable reviews and few sales,… Source: Music News

Two months after the release of Django and Jimmie, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are hitting the highway for a joint tour.  The shows run from October 15th through November 28th, mostly centered around multipurpose arenas whose seating capacities range as high as 10,000. That’s significantly larger than most of the venues… Source: Music […]

The Cadillac Three may be best known for eardrum-rattling country-rock, but the Nashville natives can dial it back when necessary. During a recent performance at the Grand Ole Opry, the trio went for versatility over volume with their take on Tim McGraw’s hit ballad “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s.” The song, off… Source: Music […]

Jon Batiste will begin his late-night tenure September 8th when the Late Show With Stephen Colbert premieres, and the New Orleans-born, New York-adopted jazzman recently sat down with Katie Couric and Yahoo! News to chat about his new gig. In this exclusive clip from Couric and Batiste’s conversation, the bandleader talks about… Source: Music News