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David Roach, singer and founding member of the late-Eighties hard-rock band Junkyard, died Friday after a battle with cancer. The group announced Roach’s death in a post on social media on Saturday. He was 59.

“After a courageous battle with cancer, David passed away peacefully last night at home, in the loving arms of his wife,” the statement read. “He was a gifted artist, performer, songwriter, and singer — but above all, a devoted father, husband, and brother.”

While a niche band on Los Angeles’ jam-packed Sunset Strip scene of the 1980s,...

2025 Country Music Hall of Fame electee Kenny Chesney is set to make his fourth Farm Aid appearance at this year’s annual music and food festival at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 20.

Wynonna Judd and Steve Earle have also joined the all-star lineup, the organization revealed today.

“We’re excited to have Kenny Chesney back on the Farm Aid stage this year,” said Jennifer Fahy, co-executive director of Farm Aid. “He’s one of many artists who have returned to Farm Aid, generously donating their travel and performances to raise awareness about the family farmers who grow good food for all of us. Kenny’s appearance, along with the addition of music legends Wynonna Judd and Steve Earle, will make this an unforgettable anniversary event.”

Chesney, an eight-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year award winner, is one of America’s biggest concert draws.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “The End of the Road,” Season 2, Episode 12 of “Poker Face,” now streaming on Peacock.

Every episode leading up to the Season 2 finale of “Poker Face” — Rian Johnson’s murder-of-the-week love letter to “Columbo” — has relied on Charlie Cale’s (Natasha Lyonne) unrivaled ability to sniff out lies to solve any mystery.

But in a surprising turn of events in the latest episode, “The End of the Road,” Charlie finds herself outsmarted at her own game by close friend Alex (Patti Harrison), who has been the Iguana killer all along. Alex managed to bypass Charlie’s detection by training herself to swallow all her natural impulses when lying, subverting the template of the show and what fans have come to expect.

Season 2 showrunner Tony Tost explains that the twist was pitched by co-executive producer Laura Deeley in the writers’ room. “She came in with...

The Rolling Stones’ reverence for blues and country is as well-established as Keith Richards’ penchant for scarves. But you may not immediately associate the band with zydeco, the French-sung, syncopated folk-dance music of Louisiana. Yet, according to Richards, they’re fans of that genre too. “We never just listened to the blues,” Richards tells Rolling Stone. “Zydeco has been a part of what we always listen to, the Mississippi blues, and it’s not a long way from there to Louisiana. We were always listening to stuff from down there.

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A few months ago, Joel Savoy, the Louisiana Cajun musician and label owner, was at a local pressing plant looking over the cover art for a just-finished tribute album to zydeco legend Clifton Chenier. The record already had a high-end roster — from veterans Lucinda Williams and Steve Earle to relative newcomers Charley Crockett and bluegrass picker Molly Tuttle — all singing and playing songs associated with Chenier, his accordion, and his blues-soaked singing. But then Savoy suddenly had to hit pause: The Rolling Stones had finally submitted their contribution, a year after they agreed to participate.

Travis Roberts is emphasizing the “alt” in alt-country. On his debut album, Rebel Rose, coming Aug. 1 on New West Records, the Amarillo, Texas, songwriter channels the punk sounds of Jimmy Eat World, the power-pop of Gin Blossoms, and the grit of the album that changed his life, Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road.

Roberts announced his album today with the release of the song “Bellmarie,” a hard-charging slice of country-rock.

“‘Bellmarie’ is a song about an old coworker and a dear friend of mine,” Roberts says. “She’s super into all the ‘stars determine your fate,...

Farm Aid is heading to Minnesota for the first time for its 40th anniversary festival on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

The event will launch a year-long celebration of four decades of impactful advocacy, historic cultural moments and unforgettable music.

Farm Aid 40 — a full day of music, family farmers, Homegrown food and agricultural experiences — will feature performances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young (and the Chrome Hearts), John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), and Margo Price, as well as Billy Strings, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Trampled by Turtles, Waxahatchee, Eric Burton of Black Pumas, Jesse Welles, Madeline Edwards and more artists to be announced.

Since the 1980s, Minnesota has offered a groundswell of strength in the farm movement, championing rural advocacy, sustainable and equitable agriculture, and forward-thinking policy reform. Farm Aid President Willie Nelson says Minnesota is an ideal host as Farm Aid commemorates this milestone anniversary.

Neil Young isn’t just one of the most covered songwriters of all time, he’s also one of the most tributed. There have been several albums of people doing his songs released over the decades, first and most famously the 1989 LP The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young, populated by artists from the then-ascendant alt-rock generation such as Nick Cave, the Flaming Lips, the Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr., fans who were just as admiring of Young’s contrarian swerves as they were of his beloved 1970s chestnuts. One of...

The Devil and the Daylong Brothers snuck onto my radar last month. A musical/thriller, it’s likely one you’ve never even heard of, but it’s among the year’s best films.

Writer/director Brandon McCormick, who co-wrote the script with Nicholas Kirk, stages an epic cross-country search for the devil. Three brothers – Enoch (Nican Robinson), Ish (Brendan Bradley), and Abe (Jordon Bolden) – have had their souls ripped from their bodies and sold by their father. They must now track him down, all while passionately confessing their deepest, darkest, and innermost thoughts in song. Along their journey, they come across Frankie, who supposedly knows where their father, Nehemiah (Keith Carradine), might be hiding.

The film opens with the absolute barn-burner “‘Til the Burning’s Through,” set in a neon-soaked bar where the trio of brothers show a violent misogynist a lesson or two. It’s the perfect set-up...

Toward the end of his life, film critic Roger Ebert saved some of his most lavish praise for a young graduate of Columbia University who devoted his early career to making the kinds of movies not often promoted in the USA. Ramin Bahrani came straight out of the Ken Loach school of progressive storytelling, focusing on the lives and struggles of working-class people, the poor, and the displaced.

If you hurry, you can catch what may be Bahrani’s most crucial movie – 99 Homes – before it leaves Netflix at the end of April.

I don’t know if 99 Homes – released in 2014, a year after Ebert’s death – is Bahrani’s best movie. His three-picture run between 2005 and 2008, which included Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, and Goodbye Solo, is as good an early trio as you will find from an American director in the 21st century.

The first two are...

What is the definition of “Star Wars music”? Maybe, to paraphrase Jimmy Carter, you just know it when you hear it.

Most people would answer by pointing to the man who invented and canonized this unique subgenre: John Williams, composer of nine Star Wars films from 1977 to 2019, the original themes for two spinoffs and a district of Disneyland. Williams established an orchestral, operatic musical language, rich with tuneful character themes and draped in classical tradition, a style now so deeply familiar and revered that it is, for many fans, holy scripture.

But as this sprawling galaxy continues to expand, the artists behind every new adventure are questioning what the musical topography should — and can — be.

In the most recent Darwinian leap, a trailer for the second season of Andor was soundtracked with the countrified clang of electric guitar in Steve Earle’s Iraq War protest anthem, “The Revolution Starts Now.

Days ahead of the release of their new album, Life, Death & Dennis Hopper, The Waterboys have unveiled plans for a 2025 tour across North America.

The tour dates will bring the Mike Scott-helmed band to the US and Canada in September and October, kicking off on September 4th in Washington, DC. From there, they’ll perform in New York, Toronto, Nashville, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, and more cities, before wrapping in Oklahoma City on October 4th. See the full list of dates below to find a concert near you.

Tickets for the tour will first become available through an artist pre-sale opening on April 2nd at 9:00 a.m. local time, with some dates also offering a Live Nation pre-sale opening later that day at 12:00 p.m. (use code Dance). The general on-sale will then open on Friday, April 4th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

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Kenny Chesney, June Carter Cash, and producer-musician Tony Brown are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Nashville institution announced the 2025 inductees during a press conference Tuesday morning in the Hall’s rotunda, where the plaques honoring the new class will be installed later this year.

Chesney is this year’s Modern Era Artist inductee. Known for infusing country music with carefree, beachy vibes, Chesney has become a live touring powerhouse, headlining football stadiums for more than two decades. Since launching his career in 1993, the East...

Andor Season 2's second trailer promises a white-knuckle, high-stakes origin story for the Rebellion.

The first trailer for Andor Season 2 was unorthodox for a Star Wars project due to its emphasis on the show's critical acclaim and all to the surprising refrains of a song from this galaxy, Steve Earle's "The Revolution Starts Now."

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The final trailer for Andor Season 2 has arrived and hoo boy, does it set the tone for the series.

Where the first Season 2 trailer set an energetic energy as "The Revolution Starts Now" by Steve Earle bellowed against the Star Wars action, this latest trailer is more in line of what people were probably expecting. There is a somber and dire feeling over the entire thing, setting the stage for all the players.

A Klaxon horn sounds throughout this trailer, which is just the best bookend and by far my favorite part of the entire thing. The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story teaser trailer had a blaring Klaxon horn. If we don't get another official trailer for Andor, calling back to the piece of media where Cassian Andor's story began is such a lovely touch. That first Rogue One teaser was so incredibly iconic as it would introduce a...

If Jason Boland sounds as if he’s holding up a mirror to his quarter-century-plus career in The Last Kings of Babylon, it’s because he’s feeling all kinds of introspective these days.

“As a songwriter, I have found that — for bands that record and write most of their own music — if the album doesn’t have some great force behind it, like a concept record, then it’s just what you’re going through,” Boland tells Rolling Stone about his 11th studio album. “It’s where you are...

The Waterboys have recruited Fiona Apple as the narrator of their latest single “Letter From an Unknown Girlfriend.” The record, written by Mike Scott and performed by Apple, will appear on the forthcoming Waterboys concept album Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, out April 4.

“I used to say/No man would ever strike me/And no man ever did/‘Til I met you,” Apple sings on the song. “Yeah, you had the charm/Charm enough to sweep me/Took me in your arms/Swore you’d satisfy and keep me.” It...

Eddie Vedder and Stephen Marley have shared new covers of two Neil Young classics from Harvest for an upcoming tribute album benefitting the Bridge School.

While “Rockin’ in the Free World” has become a Pearl Jam live staple, for his contribution, Vedder covered “The Needle and The Damage Done,” Young’s devastating 1972 song about heroin addiction. The Pearl Jam frontman plays the cover pretty straight (not that that’s a bad thing), with just acoustic guitar accompaniment and a vocal performance that’s distinctly reminiscent of Young’s soft, quivering tenor.

The Waterboys have enlisted Fiona Apple to contribute her distinctive, gritty vocals and sweeping piano to their new song, “Letter from an Unknown Girlfriend.” Stream it below.

The track is taken from their upcoming album, Life, Death & Dennis Hopper, and is written from the perspective of a woman calling out her former abuser. “I used to say/ No man would ever strike me,” Apple sings. “And no man ever did/ ‘Til I met you.”

As the album’s liner notes point out, “‘Letter from an Unknown Girlfriend’ could be addressed to a controlling, abusive partner in any decade, any century.”

This isn’t Apple’s first connection to The Waterboys. In 2019, she covered their 1985 song “The Whole of the Moon” for the finale of Showtime’s acclaimed series The Affair.

Life, Death & Dennis Hopper (pre-order here) is set for release on April 4th via Sun Records. “The arc of [Hopper’s] life...

A cover of Neil Young’s “The Needle and the Damage Done” by Eddie Vedder has been released as the latest single from the upcoming compilation album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young Volume I, arriving today along with a cover of “Old Man” by Stephen Marley.

Vedder’s take on “The Needle and the Damage Done” conveys the hard-earned wisdom of the 1972 composition, and showcases the Pearl Jam singer’s signature gravelly baritone. It also isn’t the first time he’s sung the song — Pearl Jam first covered it in 1995, and it’s appeared a few times in their setlists since then. In 2009, Vedder dedicated a rendition of it to Michael Jackson, two months after the pop star’s death.

As for Marley’s cover of “Old Man,” it augments the rootsy sound of the original with a easy-flowing reggae vibe, with the pièce de résistance being the warm,...

“Everybody’s just in the best mood and it gets better and better throughout the day,” I overheard a fan say Thursday afternoon at the 2025 Luck Reunion. His observation was spot-on. For its 13th year, the boutique festival held on Willie Nelson’s Luck Ranch in Spicewood, Texas — just outside of Austin, as the song goes — proved to be unlike any music fest on earth.

With stages set up in and around the Old West buildings that dot the grounds, a movie set where Nelson filmed his 1984 Western Red Headed Stranger,...

The second season of Tony Gilroy’s Andor, also known as Andor: A Star Wars Story, will arrive next month on Disney+. It will be the final season of Star Wars’ most complex and mature story and it will mark Gilroy’s final project with the space universe. Diego Luna plays Cassian Andor, a thief turned rebel spy, and his journey for five years before the events of Rogue One.

Tony Gilroy during the promotions of Andor | Credits: @HeyUGuys/YouTube

The first season explored a year of Andor’s story when he first became a rebel. The second season will cover the next four years leading up to the events of Rogue One. During his interviews for the promotion of Andor Season 2, Gilroy revealed several interesting details about the new season. Here are a few of them:

6. Tony Gilroy says the Ghorman Massacre is a “very significant part” of Andor...

Of all the things Julien Baker and Mackenzie Scott miss about the South, food ranks way up there. Scott is lucky: Her wife, a celebrated artist and Knoxville native, makes a mean biscuits and gravy, and she lives near an excellent catfish joint in Brooklyn. Baker, who resides in Los Angeles, can’t get a decent catfish to save her life. “It’s such a shame,” says the 29-year-old indie rocker and boygenius member, shaking her head in disapproval.

When Scott, 34, mentions that they make the catfish to order so...

Disney+ released a new "Special Look" for Andor Season 2. The preview offers a more authentic glimpse into the upcoming Star Wars series than the initial trailer, which featured Steve Earle's "The Revolution Starts Now" – a thematically relevant but tonally mismatched protest song.

The second season premieres April 22 on Disney+, continuing the prequel story to Rogue One through four self-contained adventures, each episode spanning a year.

Andor Season 2 Preview Showcases Galaxy-Wide Rebellion Is The Ghorman Massacre Due For Live-Action Depiction?

Tensions are rising in the Andor Season 2 sneak peek, befitting the upcoming episodes acting as the final stop on the road to Rogue One. The new footage spotlights the escalating conflict between the Empire and disparate resistance forces. The separate, uncoordinated resurgence paints a picture of burgeoning opposition that will inevitably evolve into the Rebellion, and the preview's closed captioning may have revealed what event will force the retaliatory cells to combine.

48 days. Just under seven weeks. After two and a half years of waiting, that's all that stands between us and the release of Andor Season 2 now. And as showrunner Tony Gilroy prepares to take his Star Wars spin-off series all the way up to the three days before Rogue One, Disney+ are ramping up the promotion for their critically acclaimed space drama. Following that first trailer drop just last week (Steve Earle’s ‘The Revolution Starts Now’ is still ringing in our ears), today we've been treated to a new behind-the-scenes look at the season ahead — one that teases the imminent rebel revolution and hints at a seismic event in the history of the Empire's fascist regime. Brace yourselves, and watch it below;

If you thought the first season of Andor was intense, then this new look at Season 2 is here to say "hold my Revnog!" From Diego Luna's...

The Star Wars fanbase is gearing up with anticipation for the second and final season of Andor. The teaser trailer dropped and made the faithful fans excited for the upcoming season.

The editors at Lucasfilm made an interesting choice, opting to go with a rock song in the trailer rather than the traditional music we often see in Star Wars teasers. It was a bold choice that worked and provided a spark for the upcoming season, showing once again how Andor continues to break new ground in Star Wars storytelling.

The song featured throughout the promo is three-time Grammy award winner Steve Earle's "The Revolution Starts Now." The lyrics written to protest America's invasion of Iraq speak of the growing rebellion of the show and how its main character, Cassian Andor, continues his path toward becoming a leader.

The lyrics are not only about rebellion but the choice to take a stand against oppression.

Tony Gilroy is one of those rare screenwriters who has balanced commercial viability with incredible storytelling, proving that good craft always trumps easy fixes. The filmmaker will be returning to the Star Wars franchise with the second season of Andor. I absolutely loved the first season and the teaser for the second looks incredible.

Gilroy’s return comes at a turbulent time in the franchise as Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kenney is reportedly retiring from the top spot by the end of the year. As the replacement hunt for the controversial president begins, I believe the Andor showrunner would be the perfect fit after seeing his consistency.

Tony Gilroy’s statements about Andor’s season 2 proves he can think beyond the Skywalkers Diego Luna in Andor | Credits: Lucasfilm

Ever since Lucasfilm was sold to Disney, the franchise has moved away from George Lucas’ vision but has not let go of his legacy.

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When AndorSeason 1 premiered, the show was unlike anything fans had seen before. Andor is Star Wars for adults. This doesn't mean it's full of sexy Twi'leks or gory dismemberment with lightsabers or other such TV-ma fare. Rather, the series is an unflinching look at the way in which a rebellion gets underway. These are not the pure, moral heroes fans saw in the Original Trilogy. Cassian Andor, Saw Gerrera and Luthen Rael made their minds a sunless place and share their dreams with ghosts.

Rather than blowing up the Death Star, Andor and company are up close and personal with their enemies. They look in Imperials' eyes before sending them to the Force. This is...

Andor Season 2 trailer is finally here, and it’s safe to assume that fans were stunned the moment they heard that beat drop from the beginning. It’s quite unlike previous Star Wars trailers we’ve seen, and while it’s a breather for some, it’s quite intriguing for the rest.

Diego Luna in Andor / Credits: Lucasfilm

Apart from the show’s critically acclaimed production, Season 1 was lauded for exploring mature themes that led to the Rebel Alliance’s overthrow of the Galactic Empire. Now, why did they use this particular song for the Season 2 trailer?

Andor Season 2 trailer music acknowledges an important scene in the first season

We are used to hearing music scores for Star Wars trailers, but this isn’t quite new to the franchise. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew also utilized a song with lyrics, but Andor has a different take. While we’re seeing images of explosions and rigorous fights,...

Andor season 2 has dropped its trailer and it is far from the generic approach of the other movies or TV series from the Star Wars franchise. Where most of them follow a conventional instrumental track, Andor season 2 has introduced a real-world upbeat song with lyrics. The song “The Revolution Starts Now” created by Steve Earle plays in the background as the trailer continues. The song was released in 2004 by Earle and it raises many questions regarding the use of this particular song in this season of Andor.

Cassian Andor in Andor season 2 | Credit: Disney+

Using this song in the trailer of Andor season 2 makes more sense because the show itself is unique in taste. Instead of choosing a language used in the Star Wars universe, the makers of Andor have presented a real song to navigate the world of the people of the Star Wars Galaxy and their lives under the dominance of the Empire.

After the unfathomable success of Star Wars: Andor, the show will soon be returning with the second season and we are Sat. Diego Luna will reprise his role as Cassian Andor as season two takes us on a journey that spans the four years leading up to Rogue One. The trailer was recently released and it already has about three million views at the time of writing this piece. Needless to say, fans are stoked to see what Tony Gilroy has up his sleeve.

Diego Luna in Andor Season 2 trailer | Credits: Lucasfilm / Disney+

However, if we had to pick the trailer apart and point to one element that just doesn’t sit right with us, it would have to be the music choice. While the song playing in the background perfectly sums up the rebellious theme of the series, was it really necessary? Let’s see how fans have reacted to it so far.

“Star Wars” fans need this. So badly.

Though “Skeleton Crew” was warmly received by much of the fanbase, there hasn’t been an all-out rousing success for the galaxy far, far away franchise on Disney+ since the first season of “Andor” in 2022.

Now the “Andor” Season 2 trailer is here, showing us the most extensive look yet at the new episodes, the first three of which drops April 22 on Disney+.

This writer says “Yippee!” like Anakin Skywalker, because is there ever a lot of goodness here. First and foremost: A ton of connections to 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars” story, which introduced Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor character. There’s Forest Whitaker as partisan leader Saw Gerrera, Ben Mendelsohn as Death Star project mastermind Orson Krennic, and Alan Tudyk’s beloved droid, K-2So.

If this looks a lot like “Rogue One,” it’s because “Andor” Season 2 will use its...

The revolution is here and so is the Andor Season 2 trailer!

As the critical acclaim of Season 1 peppers around the screen as Steve Earle's anti-Iraq war ballad "The Revolution Starts Now" croons in the background, we return to our Ferrix favorites throughout the trailer.

"We're in a war," says Cassian in the opening moments. "You want to fight or you want to win?" Quick shots of Cassian flying in a vessel and shooting Imperial targets on the ground sets up the highly political trailer. This season has been something Tony Gilroy has spouted as being the most important thing he's ever worked on. And yes, it is highly political.

All Star Wars is political. George Lucas and newer writer George Nolfi have said it. If you don't believe that, then you have never been paying attention.

The teaser trailer peeks in on several of the fan favorites from Season 1. Bix Calleen,...

As you’ve likely heard people saying for years now, Andor is truly excellent TV – whether you’re a Star Wars super-fan, or someone who only dabbles in the galaxy far, far away. And now, with just two months to go until the second (and final) season of Tony Gilroy’s revolutionary drama gets underway, we finally have a teaser trailer, promising an explosive return from a Star Wars story like no other. Get ready for the return of Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor – alongside a rich tapestry of rebels from across the galactic firmament – and give the Season 2 trailer a here:

First up, let’s talk about the show itself: there’s plenty to look forward to in Andor’s return, which will span the four years running up to the events of Rogue One, jumping forward a year every three episodes. That means a rapid escalation of the Galactic civil war,...

Luck Reunion, the bucket-list music festival held each March at Willie Nelson’s ranch in Spicewood, Texas, has announced its 2025 lineup. Along with a set by perennial headliner Nelson and his Family Band, the daylong fest will include performances by Charley Crockett, Steve Earle, Taj Mahal, Shane Smith and the Saints, Lukas Nelson, Jesse Welles, Lily Meola, and Julien Baker and Torres.

This year’s Luck is scheduled for March 13, as usual, smack dab in the middle of the music portion of the South by Southwest conference in nearby Austin.

Eddie Vedder, Fiona Apple, Mumford & Sons, and Brandi Carlile are among the artists who will cover Neil Young classics for an upcoming tribute album benefitting the Bridge School.

Sharon Van Etten, Lumineers, Steve Earle, and the Doobie Brothers with Allison Russell also contribute renditions to Heart Of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, the first volume in a planned two-album series.

Ahead of Volume 1’s April 25th release, Courtney Barnett has shared her take on Young’s Comes a Time standout “Lotta Love,” while Chris Pierce puts his spin on “Southern Man.

Neil Young will be honored with a new tribute album titled Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, featuring Fiona Apple, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Brandi Carlile, and many more. Today, the album’s first two singles have arrived: covers of “Lotta Love” by Courtney Barnett, and “Southern Man” by Chris Pierce.

Due on April 25th, Heart of Gold will be the first release in a two-volume project, with proceeds benefiting The Bridge School. In addition to aforementioned artists, the 14-song tracklist will feature fresh takes on Young’s cherished catalog by Sharon Van Etten, The Lumineers, Stephen Marley, The Doobie Brothers, Allison Russell, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and more.

Check out the artwork and full tracklist for Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young below. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.

The singles, “Lotta Love” and “Southern Man” show each artist honor Young’s sound with thoughtful interpretations.

Peter Frampton has officially announced his Let’s Do It Again Tour, which will see him perform at ten venues across North America through spring 2025.

In the announcement on social media, Frampton shared, “I am so thrilled to be able to come out and play again for you,” continuing, “It’s been a spectacular year; looking forward to seeing everyone soon.”

The former frontman of Humble Pie, Frampton, retired from playing live music in 2019 after he was diagnosed with Inclusion Body Myositis. However, last year, the 74-year-old musician declared that his retention of musical dexterity had surprised him—and he intended to make the most of it.

In addition to his tour, Frampton is also slated to perform at the Nashville tribute concert for late rock ’n’ roll guitarist Duane Eddy, Titan of Twang: A Celebration of Duane Eddy. The show will take place at the Grand Ol Opry House...

Forty-five years after “Honeysuckle Rose,” Amy Irving is set to release an album of her interpretations of 10 Willie Nelson songs — all picks suggested to her by Nelson, who also contributes a guitar solo to a song plucked from that film, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.”

The forthcoming album, “Always Will Be,” is teased today with a title track that features a guest appearance by Amy Helm, a singer-songwriter in her own right and the daughter of Levon Helm. (Listen below.) Steve Earle is among the other featured artists on the album, due out April 25 on Queen of the Castle/Missing Piece Records. Irving will promote the new record with a handful of gigs, starting with a show May 4 at City Winery in New York City and another at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY on May 31.

“Always Will Be” is the second musical effort from Irving, known for...

After 15 years, two months, and 30 days, Cross Canadian Ragweed’s hiatus is over.

The Oklahoma four-piece, whose mid-2000s heyday laid the groundwork for the current surge in popularity of Red Dirt music, reunited to play six songs late Thursday, closing down the main stage on a cold night at Mile 0 Fest in Key West, Florida.

“I was honestly nervous, and I didn’t think I was going to be,” frontman Cody Canada tells Rolling Stone of the set, “but, man, that felt great.”

Ragweed took the stage after a 14-song Ragweed tribute set,...

As promised, the Waterboys have shared the first single from their upcoming concept album about the life of actor Dennis Hopper, “Hopper’s on Top (Genius).”

Stationed near the midway point of the epic, 25-track Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, the new song captures the film icon at a pivotal moment in his career, when the actor — after a string of bit parts in classics like Cool Hand Luke and True Grit — found himself behind the camera to direct the landmark 1969 counterculture hit Easy Rider.

Keeping with the spirit of that film classic,...

The Waterboys will return in 2025 with a new album revolving around the life of legendary actor Dennis Hopper, with an impressive guest list — including Bruce Springsteen and Fiona Apple — helping the long-running U.K. rockers along the musical journey.

Life, Death and Dennis Hopper, due out April 4th via the band’s new label Sun Records, is an ambitious 25-track “song cycle” that charts not only the late actor’s life story but also the past 75 years of Western pop culture.

“The arc of his life was the story of our times,...

When Nickelback’s Get Rollin’ tour hit Nashville last year, the Canadian rock stars went all out — and Nashville gleefully rolled out the red carpet for them in return. Their headlining gig at Bridgestone Arena was full of special guests, many of whom grew up listening to the massive — and frequently divisive — band.

During the show, stars like Daughtry, Hardy, Bailey Zimmerman, Brantley Gilbert, Josh Ross, and Ernest performed a mix of their own hits, Nickelback classics, and covers with the group. The result is featured on Nickelback’s Live From Nashville album,...

Nickelback have announced a new live album, Nickelback: Live in Nashville, arriving November 15th. The opening track “San Quentin” can be streamed now.

The 18-song set was recorded at a sold-out Bridgestone Arena in Nashville during the band’s 2023 “Get Rollin’ Tour.” Numerous guests took the stage that night, including Chris Daughtry for a rendition of “Savin’ Me.”

Other highlights include a cover of Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road” with Brantley Gilbert and Josh Ross, “Rockstar” with Bailey Zimmerman, and “Sold Out” with Hardy. Of course, the band touched on their most well-known tracks such as “How You Remind Me” and “Photograph,” as well.

While Nickelback have three official live video DVD releases, the upcoming live album marks only the second official live audio release from the band following the 2021 release of the digital-only Live from Red Rocks. Additionally, Live in Nashville will mark the first Nickelback live recording to...

“You can’t really retire from this business,” Willy Braun says. “It’s impossible.”

Two years into Reckless Kelly’s three-year plan to retire from touring, the frontman and co-founder of the Texas by way of Idaho band has not wavered in his desire to slow down. But with a brand new album, the appropriately titled The Last Frontier, released last Friday and fresh off a run of high-profile shows co-headlining with Steve Earle while also acting as Earle’s backing band, Reckless is coming to grips with a finish...

You’d have to look pretty far and wide to find anyone in music who has been as consistently good or eternally enjoyable as Miranda Lambert. Almost 20 years into her run, she’s defined her career by always going her own way, both musically and lyrically. Her ninth solo set was recorded in her native Texas with help from peers and longtime collaborators like Brent Cobb, Natalie Hemby, and Jack Ingram, and the album’s co-producer Jon Randall. Postcards From Texas doesn’t have as many genre swerves as Lambert sometimes delivers.

The annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park from October 4th-6th, 2024. The three-day event features 70 artists performing across six stages, and the best part is that it’s completely free to attend.

Sleater-Kinney, Mavis Staples, and Patti Smith lead this year’s lineup, which also boasts sets from the likes of Emmylou Harris, Yo La Tengo, Jessica Pratt, Cunningham Bird (Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird) performing Buckingham Nicks, Cat Power (singing a set of Bob Dylan covers), Glen Hansard, Devandra Banhart, Ibibio Sound Machine, Levitation Room, Greensky Bluegrass.

There will also be collaborative sets, songwriter circles, and jam sessions galore. In addition to Cat Power singing Dylan and Cunningham Bird, Kelly Willis, Chuck Prophet, Ismay, and Steve Earle will honor the catalogue of Lucinda Williams, Aoife O’Donovan will perform with Hawktail and the San Francisco Girls Choir, and Steve Earle will play a...

A new tribute album to David Olney puts the late songwriter’s poetic lyrics in the hands of artists like Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Mary Gauthier. Can’t Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney will be released Oct. 18 via New West Records.

Ahead of the album’s release, two songs are available now: a rare live recording of Townes Van Zandt, who ranked Olney alongside Mozart, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and Bob Dylan, singing “Illegal Cargo,” and the Steeldrivers’ version of “If My Eyes Were Blind.”

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The Bear season 2 soundtrack features an impressive selection of 1990s rock hits and older classics, as well as modern songs and Christmas classics. Each episode of The Bear season 2 is accompanied by an expansive and diverse soundtrack that enhances the tension and subplots of the characters. Songs from bands like Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Counting Crows, and The Smashing Pumpkins contribute to the overall success and elevated experience of The Bear season 2.

Along with the restaurant chaos, Chicago explorations, and personal storylines, The Bear season 2 soundtrack elevated the successful series pulling from memorable songs of the 1990s. The Bear season 2 picks up shortly after the end of the first season, as Carmen Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) prepare for the opening of their new restaurant, The Bear, with the returning staff from The Beef. As the tension picks up in The Bear season 2, the FX/Hulu...