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In February 2019, Robert Plant booked a trio of shows at tiny, off-the-radar theaters across England with a new band he dubbed Saving Grace. Each night they played an eclectic mix of covers like Donovan’s “Season of the Witch,” Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin,'” Patty Griffin’s “Standing,” and even a couple of Led Zeppelin songs largely utilizing acoustic instruments, including banjo and accordion.

“I did this basically to keep me away from the tedium between projects,” Plant tells Rolling Stone while chilling in a hotel room between shows in Lucca,...

FX’s The Bear Season 4 has been out for a week streaming on Hulu.

The series, which was renewed for a fifth season yesterday, has become known for its needle drops as well as its rotation of guest stars each season. While she didn’t have a song featured in Season 1, the show has come to include at least one Taylor Swift song since Season 2, because it wouldn’t be a heartfelt moment for Ebon Moss Bachrach’s Richie and his daughter without help from the songstress.

Season 2 of the show contained “Love Story” in the seventh episode, “Forks,” and Swift’s “Long Live” was featured in Season 3.

Find the full soundtrack to The Bear Season 4 — including songs from St. Vincent, Oasis, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, Bishop Briggs, The Ronettes, Pretenders and more.

Episode 1: “Groundhogs”

“That’s The Way” by Led Zeppelin “I Got You Babe” by Sonny and...

American Idolseason 23 Top 3 finalist Breanna Nix already has a thrilling career achievement just days after she placed third in the singing competition. At her American Idol season 23 audition, Breanna, a 25-year-old stay-at-home mom from Denton, Texas, received three votes of yes from the judges--Lionel Richie, Luke Bryan, and Carrie Underwood. She then went on to shine week after week until she made it to the finale, during which she placed third behind winner Jamal Roberts and runner-up John Foster. The following day, Breanna's single, "Higher," charted at number one on iTunes in the country genre.

American Idol season 23 Top 3 finalist Breanna Nix announced that she'll be making her Grand Ole Opry debut on June 5, 2025.

In an Instagram post, Breanna announced that she'll be making her Grand Ole Opry debut on June 5, 2025. Breanna shared a photograph of herself and wrote, "I’m beyond overjoyed to announce that I’ll be...

Warning! Spoilers about Virgin River season 6, episode 10 ahead.

The soundtrack of Virgin River season 6 includes iconic songs and less prominent ones that fully capture the themes and atmosphere of the emotional drama romance. Taking off months after the two-part Christmas special that comprised the last two episodes of season 5, Virgin River season 6 kicked off in the midst of the planning for Mel and Jack’s wedding. The major event guaranteed small and bigger bumps in the road related to its organization and the bigger problems the joyful town of Virgin River’s characters found themselves facing, including illnesses, daring saves, problems with the law and budding relationships.

With Virgin River season 5 introducing the surprise of Mel’s biological father hailing from Virgin River, a major storyline in season 6 involved the two getting to know each other, and music played an important part because of Everett’s hobby and his unfinished song for Sarah,...

“Virgin River” is all about the ambiance. The cozy romance transports viewers to a tight-knit community tucked away in the scenic town of Virgin River, but the sounds are just as important as the sights in setting that scene. Especially in Season 6!

Netflix’s “Virgin River” always sets its scenes to a soundtrack full of folksy melodies and gentle acoustics, but Season 6 puts music front and center in the love story between Mel’s biological parents, which transports viewers back to Virgin River in the ’70s when her father was an aspiring musician. It even prominently features an original song by The Lumineers’ Wesley Schultz titled “This Heart of Mine.”

It’s a jam-packed soundtrack as usual, so if you’re trying to keep track of the needle drops, here’s a handy guide to all the songs in “Virgin River” Season 6.

‘Virgin River’ Season 6 Soundtrack “Lavender Girl” by Caamp...

The highly acclaimed book "The Singers Talk" by Jason Thomas Gordon, which topped charts globally, has now evolved into an engaging podcast series. Produced in collaboration with Double Elvis Productions and Volume.com, this podcast delves into intimate conversations with some of the most iconic voices in the music industry.

The Singers Talk celebrates the raw passion and dedication of artists who step up to the microphone, pouring their hearts into every note. Sometimes it’s bloody, and sometimes it’s bloody hilarious.

Season One of “The Singers Talk” features exclusive interviews with legendary vocalists like Thom Yorke, Roger Daltrey, Norah Jones, Bryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Geddy Lee, Sammy Hagar, LeAnn Rimes, Joe Elliott, Simon Le Bon, Patty Griffin, Jim James, Michael McDonald, Belinda Carlisle, Chris Robinson, and John Lydon, among others. Additionally, listeners can look forward to special features including Wendy Melvoin's reflections on Prince, Tom Morello's tribute to Chris Cornell,...

With Monday’s episode of The Voice, NBC’s never-ending sing-off went live for the first time in Season 25. But did all 12 of the contestants really come alive? Read on, and we’ll discuss which members of Teams John Legend, Reba McEntire, Chance the Rapper and Dan + Shay gave the kind of performances that were likeliest to get them voted through to the Semi-Finals.

The Voice’s Season 25 Winner Is Obviously Going to Be…View List

Bryan Olesen (Team Legend), “Don’t Stop Me Now” — Grade: C+ | The season’s eldest contestant, 50-year-old Bryan knew that he had to...

The Top 12 artists perform live for the first time in front of coaches Chance the Rapper, Dan + Shay, John Legend and Reba McEntire for their spot in the live semi-final. Viewers will have the chance to vote for their favorite artist overnight, with the live results show taking place Tuesday, May 7.

The four-time Emmy Award-winning musical competition series “The Voice” returns with the strongest vocalists from across the country invited to compete in the show’s newest season, which premiered February 26 on NBC (8pm Pt/Et). The show’s innovative format features five stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts, Playoffs and Live Performance Shows.

See Everything to know about ‘The Voice’ Season 25: Coaches, mentors and finale date …

Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 25, Episode 16 to find out what happened Monday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off...

There’s a reason we would never advise someone to audition for American Idol using one of the judges’ own songs — it doesn’t always end well.

But that didn’t stop 22-year-old Madaí Chakell from attempting to soar where so many others before her have stumbled, performing “I Kissed a Girl” in front of Katy Perry herself. And while it wasn’t a total crash-and-burn moment, Katy was visibly confused by what she heard.

More from TVLineFormer Bachelor Juan Pablo Galavis' Daughter Auditions for American Idol - Did She Make It to Hollywood?Station 19 Showrunner Analyzes What's Going On...

When Tyler Childers was named Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards, he let loose with an acceptance speech for the ages, denying the very term “Americana” and pointedly declaring himself a country artist.

“As a man who identifies as a country music singer, I feel Americana ain’t no part of nothin’,” he said onstage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium that year. “It is a distraction from the issues that we are facing on a bigger level as country music singers.”

Despite that sharply worded speech,...

The annual All for the Hall benefit concert returns on Dec. 5 after a three-year hiatus — and Keith Urban and Vince Gill will be headlining the show.

On Thursday, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum announced the lineup for its annual show that raises funds for the Hall. The event, hosted at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, will feature artists such as Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, and Trisha Yearwood.

Also performing at the star-studded event are Brooks & Dunn, Hardy, Patty Griffin, Patty Loveless, Jordan Davis, and Mickey Guyton.

All For...

The promise of a vibrant and successful music career is definitely the draw of competition series like American Idol. Every year, tons of people audition and cross their fingers that they will win... and maybe get the opportunity to record an album (or five). Megan Danielle is no stranger to these types of shows. In fact, she was cast in The Voice season 18, but she didn't end up winning. She came much closer to reality TV victory when she was the runner-up in season 21 of American Idol.

Although Megan Danielle didn't win American Idol 2023 and that honor went to Iam Tongi, she still got very far and should be super proud of her accomplishments. But how does Megan Danielle really feel about her time on American Idol? Does she think that the competition series has given her a leg up and helped her stand out in the crowded music industry?...

Black Deer Festival has revealed its final wave of acts for 2023, including Richard Hawley, Damian Lewis, Patty Griffin, Brandy Clark and Grace Petrie.

The new additions join a star-studded list of performers that includes Bear’s Den, Bonnie Raitt, and The Pretenders.

The fourth edition of the Americana festival is set to collide with the release of Lewis’ first album, Mission Creep. The actor-turned-musician has appeared in dramas such as Homeland and Billions, and only recently released his debut single “Down on the Bowery”.

“I’m really looking forward to Black Deer Festival and so excited to play live for y’all in the deer park on the day my new album is officially released,” Lewis said.

Grammy-nominated Clark is also set to release her hotly anticipated self-titled album in the month before her Black Deer performance.

Other new names to the bill include Elephant Sessions, Jaime Wyatt, The Wandering Hearts and Ian Prowse.

Jeff Beck played his first gigs on a guitar he built himself, plugging in with local bands in the London suburbs from age 13, before honing his craft at Wimbledon School of Art, studying the artistry of rock and roll and rhythm and blues. Beck mixed the virtuosity and speed Les Paul displayed on radio broadcasts, and the heaviness of even the most melodic Gene Vincent records into his own sound. Beck transformed The Yardbirds from blues purists to proto psychedelia pioneers before inventing hard rock on The Jeff Beck Group’s 1968 Truth album. A new Jeff Beck Group came out with Rough and Ready, infusing fluid jazz phrasings onto R&b ensemble rhythms.

It’s been said Pink Floyd considered asking Beck to join after Syd Barrett left. Beck turned down an invitation to replace Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones for a project with Vanilla Fudge bassist and vocalist Tim Bogert,...

When the final five artists take the stage Monday and Tuesday night for “The Voice” season 22 finale, Morgan Myles will do so under the advisement of first-time coach Camila Cabello. Should Morgan win, it would be only the second time that a coach mentored an artist to win in their own first season. Kelly Clarkson was the first to achieve that feat on season 14 with Brynn Cartelli.

See Who deserves to win ‘The Voice’ season 22? Let your voice be heard! [Poll]

While the laurel of earning Camila a win is nothing to scoff at, Morgan winning would be an incredible feat for the artist that was not only the first performer in the Blind Auditions, but also the first four chair turn of the season. Morgan sang “Hallelujah” during that first impression and was so good that Camila jumped out of the gate with her only block to keep Morgan from joining Gwen Stefani‘s team.

Eight weeks into Season 22 of The Voice, NBC’s sing-off really came to life — at least in so far as it went live Monday for the Playoffs. All 16 remaining contestants performed in hopes of earning enough viewer votes to advance or so impressing Blake Shelton, John Legend, Gwen Stefani and/or Camila Cabello that their coach would save them or another coach would steal them during Tuesday’s results show.

Now, before we get to discussing the pivotal episode, I want to apologize in advance for my grading. Like the singing, it’s done live, in the moment, so all of my reactions are knee-jerk.

There’s only one disappointment about Rita Wilson’s new album: she doesn’t rap. In March 2020, a week after her husband Tom Hanks sent shockwaves around the world by announcing the couple had come down with Covid, Wilson posted a video of herself in quarantine flawlessly rapping Naughty by Nature’s 1992 anthem “Hip Hop Hooray”. The clip has since racked up more than two million views on Instagram, earning praise from everyone from Kim Kardashian (“The best video Ever!!!!!!”) to Barack Obama. When news of this unlikely viral hit reached Naughty By Nature, the Grammy-winning trio released a remixed version of the single featuring Wilson on the mic to raise money for the MusiCares Covid-19 Relief Fund. Surely, then, the stage was set for Wilson to offer us her takes on Tupac and Nwa? She howls with laughter. “I think that’s my next project!” she jokes. “It’s funny,...

The mantra of the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which returned to Manchester, Tennessee, this weekend after a forced two-year absence, is “radiate positivity.” For the group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks — queens of the scorched-earth, fiddle-and-banjo-tinged, stick-a-pin-in-your-voodoo-doll revenge-fantasy rallying call — those posi vibes came by way of killing Russian president Vladimir Putin in effigy. On Friday, the Chicks debuted as both the festival’s first-ever country and female-fronted headliner. And just like Earl, Vlad had to die.

Putin’s figurative demise came during a mid-set performance of...

Phoebe Bridgers is on the road to establishing a tradition in Asbury Park, New Jersey. During her latest tour stop there, the singer delivered a performance of Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 The River cut “Stolen Car” during the encore. When she was last stopped in Asbury Park, back in 2018, Bridgers went for the Born in the U.S.A. single “I’m On Fire.”

“I just screamed my guts out and now I’m gonna sing this,” Bridgers told the sold-out crowd. “So please, be patient with me.” The stripped-back cover...

Deborah McCrary, a member of the sibling vocal group the McCrary Sisters, died Wednesday. She was 67. A spokesperson for the Nashville-based group confirmed McCrary’s passing; no cause of death was given.

Known for their euphoric, soul-stirring harmonies and gospel stylings, the McCrary Sisters have performed and recorded with artists from across a wide array of genres including Carrie Underwood, Gregg Allman, Chris Stapleton, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, Margo Price, Robert Randolph, and Widespread Panic. In 2016, they appeared with Maren Morris at the CMA Awards to perform Morris’s breakout hit “My Church,...

The trio formerly known as the Dixie Chicks are heading back out on the road this summer for the first time as the Chicks. The country band has scheduled a tour spanning 27 cities in North America in support of their 2020 album Gaslighter, the band’s first in 14 years. Jenny Lewis and Patty Griffin will join for select tour dates.

The Chicks Tour will begin on June 14 at the Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in St. Louis, Missouri, and make stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Los Angeles, and more. The trek will conclude at the Gorge in George,...

With the teams filling up on Night 5 of The Voice’s Season 20 Blind Auditions, the coaches were getting extra finicky. But they did manage to find a few standouts, among them a rocker whose “Zombie” cover left me dead (in a good way) and an R&b singer whose voice was so sweet, just listening to her felt like cheating on a diet. Read on, and we’ll go over all of Monday’s performances.

Savanna Woods (Team Kelly), “Zombie” — Grade: A- | Ahead of her Blind, this formerly globe-trotting 26-year-old was reminded by her dad that as a kid, she...

Patty Griffin will perform a series of three concerts to help support independent live-music venues in jeopardy because of the pandemic. The Austin singer-songwriter will livestream the shows from her hometown’s famous Continental Club.

In a statement, Griffin lamented the toll inflicted upon live music’s infrastructure. “This translates to job losses on so many levels — the hardworking people that run these venues, book these venues, clean and repair them, take your tickets and serve your beers there, not to mention many musicians like myself who have depended on...

Dave Hause interprets the songs of two wildly different artists on a new double EP. Patty/Paddy features the punk troubadour interpreting five songs by Americana songwriter Patty Griffin and five by Paddy Costello, of the Minneapolis punk band Dillinger Four.

Hause, the leader of Philadelphia group the Loved Ones, previews the project with the Griffin song “Long Ride Home,” off her 2003 album A Kiss in Time. For the recording, Hause enlisted the Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon and his brother Tim Hause to join him on harmonies. The result...

Early in Caylee Hammack’s career as a staff songwriter with Universal, she was on a writers’ retreat in Florida when she got the news that her house in Nashville had burned down. She lost nearly everything.

Fortunately, the 26-year-old Ellaville, Georgia, native had already learned a few things about resilience. She regrouped and came back stronger, wiser. With Thomas Finchum and Andy Skibb, she wrote the song “Forged in the Fire” about the experience and all the questions she had afterward. “When does a phoenix learn how to fly?...

Robert Plant shared “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn it Up, Pt. 1),” from the upcoming anthology Digging Deep, out October 2nd on his Es Paranza label.

“I’m lost inside America/I’m turning inside out,” Plant sings over a slow-burning guitar. “I’m turning into someone else/I heard so much about.”

“I spent time in the hill country of north Mississippi around Como, dropping back to Clarksdale, the incredible center of black music talent over the years,” Plant said of the track. “I weaved my car through the Delta back roads,...

Robert Plant has announced that he will be releasing a career-spanning anthology set titled Digging Deep to accompany the third season of his podcast Digging Deep With Robert Plant.

The two-disk CD set — also available for digital streaming and download — will include 30 songs from Plant’s four-decade, 11-album career as a solo artist, including a number of songs that premiered on his podcast. Highlights include the chart-topping rock hit “Hurting Kind” and the Grammy-nominated song “Shine All Around.”

A few previously released songs will also be included: “Nothing Takes the...

“I’m on some new shit,” Taylor Swift sings in the opening lines of Folklore, announcing with a smile and a wink that the many Taylor Swifts of her previous seven albums — even the not-quite-year-old Taylor of Lover — can’t come to the phone right now.

Swift has always conceived of herself, first and foremost, as a singer-songwriter. But she’s never presented herself to the world that way with quite so much clarity as on Folklore, the surprise LP that she spent the past four months recording with a...

Mavis Staples was planning on yet another busy summer. The gospel/soul legend had three months of dates with Norah Jones and Patty Griffin booked, but after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Staples will now be holed away in her Chicago apartment for the foreseeable future. Staples has been catching up with old friends, Facetiming her bandmates, and re-organizing her closets, but the energetic 80 year-old is feeling restless. “I have my health and my strength,” she says, “and I know that in order to keep that, I have to stay in.

The Battle Rounds for Season 18 of “The Voice” concluded last Monday, and Kelly Clarkson, champion coach in three of her four seasons on the show, has narrowed her newest team down to just six contestants. After building a group of 12 comprised of only one male artist based on the blind auditions, Kelly has since added one more to her roster through a steal from John Legend. Enjoy revisiting our live blogs from each of the three battle episodes from Monday, March 23, Monday, March 30 and Monday, April 6.

The Knockouts will begin on Monday, April 13 and conclude on Monday, April 20. Teammates will face off with one another in hopes of advancing to the Live Shows. The advisor for all teams in this round will be the legendary, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, James Taylor.

Below are our power rankings of these six artists based on their likelihood of advancing to the Live Shows. Do You agree with our power rankings?...

As The Voice dropped the curtain on Season 18’s Battle Monday nights, the fates of a whopping 16 singers were decided. Which contestants inspired Blake Shelton and Nick Jonas to use their Steals? Who’d Kelly Carlson turn out to be holding onto her Save for? And which wannabes wound up being given — all together now — “the dreaded montage treatment”? Read on and find out!

Team Nick: Arei Moon (Grade: B-) defeated Samuel Wilco (Grade: C) on “Missing You” | After the Jonas Brothers and Arei sang a quick “Happy Birthday” to Samuel, who was turning 40 on rehearsal day, the gang got...

As the battle round prepares to conclude on Monday’s episode of “The Voice,” here is a summary of where each team stands:

John Legend has no steal and no save remaining.

Blake Shelton has one steal and no save remaining.

Nick Jonas has one steal and no save remaining.

Kelly Clarkson has no steal and one save remaining.

There are still 16 artists remaining for a total of 8 battle match-ups on Monday. Advisors for the coaches this round are Dua Lipa for Team Kelly, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas for Team Nick, Ella Mai for Team Legend and Bebe Rexha for Team Blake. The coaches are able to steal one losing artist from other coaches and save one losing artist on their own team. However, the team coach may only hit their button to save an artist once it is clear that no other coach is going to steal them.

Katie Crutchfield has always had a knack for noting subtle shifts in the weather. “I watch you anxiously/You paint it celestial, you paint it serene,” she sang over thrashing guitars on “Poison,” from 2015’s Ivy Tripp, making serenity sound like a death knell. On her latest album Saint Cloud, the 31-year-old songwriter trades in the indie-rock neurosis of her previous work for a mellower, twangy sound that nods towards her roots in Birmingham, Alabama. But her piercing observations have only grown sharper with time: “I have a gift, I’ve been told,...

Less than three weeks after Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon covered Bob Dylan and Leon Russell at a Bernie Sanders rally in Iowa, the singer announced a trio of Wisconsin shows Monday that requires a “pledge to vote in order to gain access to presale tickets for all three shows.”

The fall concerts, set to take place at La Crosse’s La Crosse Center on October 5th, Wausau’s Grand Theater on the 7th and Appelton’s Fox Cities Pac on the 8th, will take place one month before the presidential election.

The Grammys and the Oscars are in the rear-view mirror, and South by Southwest is still a month away. That means the music industry gets to take a deep breath and contemplate the more important things in life, like whether a song is any good. One of the oldest axioms of the music business is, “It all starts with a song.” That was proved true this week with the reaction caused by the release of a new film’s theme, which caused people to immediately take sides.

This week in music:

Billie Eilish Bond Song – The theme for the forthcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die, has been released by pop music’s newest superstar and her producer brother. So far, it’s spawned more debate than that meme over gold dress versus blue dress. Those used to the soaring anthems spawned by Shirley Bassey thru Adele may not...

Sunday night's Grammy Awards had some of the fiercest competition in years, and music's biggest night saw more than a few deserving artists take home a trophy (or two). Not only were artists like Ariana Grande, Lizzo, and Billie Eilish all set to hit the stage, but they were also nominated for some of the top awards of the night.

In the end, Eilish took home a trophy for all four of the major awards, with artists like Lizzo, Tyler the Creator, Nipsey Hussle, and Lil Nas X nabbing their own awards. See which artists took home a gramaphone ahead!

Related: Hold On to Your Headphones: Here Are the 2020 Grammy Nominees

Record Of The Year

"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish

Album Of The Year

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, Billie Eilish

Song Of The Year

"Bad Guy," Billie Eilish

Best New Artist

Billie Eilish

Best Pop Solo Performance

"Truth Hurts,...

Album of the year

?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish

Record of the year

?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish

Song of the year

?Bad Guy,? Billie Eilish

Best new artist

Billie Eilish

Best rap album

?Igor,? Tyler, the Creator

Best rap performance

?Racks in the Middle,? Nipsey Hussle featuring Roddy Ricch and Hit-Boy

Best rap song

?A Lot,? 21 Savage featuring J. Cole

Best rap/sung performance

?Higher,? DJ Khaled featuring Nipsey Hussle and John Legend

Best RandB album

?Ventura,? Anderson .Paak

Best RandB song

?Say So,? Pj Morton featuring JoJo

Best RandB performance

?Come Home,? Anderson .Paak featuring Andr??3000

Best urban contemporary album

?Cuz I Love You,? Lizzo

Best pop vocal album

?When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,? Billie Eilish

Best pop solo performance

?Truth Hurts,? Lizzo

Best pop duo/group performance

?Old Town Road,? Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus...

Winners in the country music, Americana/roots, and bluegrass categories were announced during the Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony on Sunday afternoon.

Tanya Tucker won two awards, Best Country Album for While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song for “Bring My Flowers Now.”

“After almost 50 years in this business, after many dreams, it’s still unbelievable to me that I’d still have a few firsts left. After 14 trips, 14 nominations, this is the first win,” Tucker said upon accepting the trophy for Best Country Song, which she shared with her co-writers Phil and Tim Hanseroth,...

In many ways, 2019 was a remarkable year for country and country-adjacent performers who didn’t conform to traditions, in spite of a persistently tough radio environment for anyone not male, white, and straight. Lil Nas X, a gay black man, took over the world and confounded chart watchers with “Old Town Road,” a smash that worked just as well at Cma Fest as it did Coachella, while masked singer Orville Peck introduced the world to his queered spin on cowboy masculinity and sexuality. On a victory lap after a huge...

The Lantern Tour II will get underway in Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening with performers including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, and Steve Earle. A winter 2020 concert in Nashville has been added to the itinerary, with Sheryl Crow and Amy Ray also joining the bill.

The Lantern Tour II will visit the War Memorial Auditorium in Music City on Saturday, January 11th and performers at the show will include Harris, Crow, Jerry Douglas, Earle, Buddy and Julie Miller and Amy Ray. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, November 8th.

“Well, the moon is broken and the sky is cracked, come on up to the house,” sings Natalie Closner-Schepman, mixing weariness with comfort in her band Joseph’s stark but reassuring rendition of Tom Waits’ song of resolve. Originally appearing on Waits’ 1999 album Mule Variations, it’s the title track of a new tribute album to the songwriter, Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits.

“We made this recording with our longtime friend and collaborator Andrew Stonestreet. He sent over a few of his favorites as options and...

There was a lot for us fans of The Voice to process going into Night 6 of the Blind Auditions. First of all, Nick Jonas taking a seat as a Season 18 coach. Big thumbs-up to that, no? I like Gwen Stefani as an artist quite a lot, but as a coach, she leaves something to be desired. And a little bit of her cooing over her “Blake-y” goes a long way.

Second, John Legend’s reluctance to turn his damn chair Monday night. He didn’t swivel for seven contestants in a row, among them Joana Martinez, whose lower register still...

With The Voice’s Season 17 Battles fast approaching — they start in the second half of the Monday, Oct. 14, episode — Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend and Gwen Stefani worked to complete their teams Monday. Looking over their rosters ahead of Night 5 of the Blind Auditions, I’d have given the edge to reigning champ John, whose sophomore-season lineup included three singers who really seemed to make an impression on the audience (Katie Kadan, Mendeleyev and Preston C. Howell). Of course, any of them could fall apart in the Battles. And new frontrunners could have emerged Monday. But did they? Let’s review the performances,...

Whenever you read comments on our “The Voice” articles, people are always complaining about how Kelly Clarkson talks too much. For the current Season 17, do you think she has gotten better or is she talking now more than ever? Enjoy our live updating blog below for Night 5 of blind auditions tonight and and for Night 1 on September 23, Night 2 on September 24, Night 3 on September 30 and Night 4 on October 1 to see what’s happened so far.

Clarkson was the winning coach for Season 14 and Season 15. She is now up against reigning coaching champ John Legend, six-time winner Blake Shelton and returning coach Gwen Stefani, who has yet to have a winning singer. Longtime coach Adam Levine is missing his first season ever for the program.

All throughout the two-hour episode, refresh this screen for the most up-to-date recap while this episode is airing Monday on the East coast. Blind auditions continue on,...

As migrants and asylum-seekers at the United States’ southern border continue to have their entry into the country stymied by the Trump administration, a group of acclaimed musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, and Patty Griffin, are preparing a nationwide tour in support of those affected at the border.

The Lantern Tour II: Concerts for Migrant and Refugee Families opens with shows set for Tuesday, November 5th, at Washington, D.C.’s Warner Theatre, and Wednesday, November 6th, at the Town Hall in Manhattan. (Tickets for the shows...

Gary Clark Jr., Vampire Weekend and H.E.R. are among the artists who are slated for the first half of Austin City Limits‘ forthcoming Season 45. The longstanding music television series, which airs on PBS, unveiled the musicians featured in the season’s first seven episodes. The lineup for an additional seven episodes will be revealed in the near future.

The new season features Acl veterans and newcomers alike. Clark Jr. opens the season on October 5th. The Austin native performs “Pearl Cadillac” during his third Acl appearance, which he dedicates to his mother,...

The 30A Songwriters Festival will return to the panhandle of Florida January 17th, 2020, with an all-star group of artists set to perform. Among them are formidable tunesmiths who represent a range of genres, including John Prine, Brian Wilson, Indigo Girls, and Tanya Tucker.

With 200-plus artists on tap to perform during the four-day festival, the 30A Songwriters Festival will be spread across 30 venues bordering the Gulf of Mexico before it wraps on January 20th. Wilson will bring his nine-piece band to perform some of his Beach Boys classics, and Prine...

Patty Griffin turns Tom Waits’ elegiac, cinematic “Ruby’s Arms” into a sparse, somehow even more heartbreaking piano ballad for a new compilation, Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits. She adds a minute to the runtime of the original song, which appeared on Waits’ 1980 album Heartattack and Vine, and allows her voice to ache all over the lyrics in a way that shows a new depth to the lyrics, contrasting Waits’ gruff original.

The tribute album, due out November 22nd, features covers of Waits’ song performed by women,...

Hey, "America's Got Talent" fans. Tonight, August 6, 2019, the Judge Cuts number 5 episode did indeed air, and when it was all said and done, we found out who else is moving on to the Live shows. This was the final round of Judge cuts. The judges: Howie Mandel, Gabrielle Union, Julianne Hough and Simon Cowell were all on hand. Former Tonight Show host and comedian Jay Leno was the guest judge with the Golden Buzzer option. Tonight's performances kicked off with Dominguez Poodles. It was a dog act. After the performance, Howie told Dominguez, "I love the chaos, but I'm not sure it’s a step up." Julianne said, "It was a beautiful hurricane.” Jay said, “It was a lot of fun.” Simon said, "You're the most fun family. I want a Lion King theme next time." Dm Nation was up next. They're a female dance group that previously competed on...

No one in music was happy this week, or so it seemed, as the best of intentions blew up in several faces in the industry. Bts fans claimed segregation, Taylor Swift fans screamed collusion, and A$AP Rocky fans lashed out at the Swedes over their decision to prosecute the street-brawling rapper.

Meanwhile, a few multi-million dollar deals were brewing, making the complaints seem like teapot tempests.

This week in music:

Rocking The Vote: Perhaps forgetting that Democrats And Republicans buy tickets, two music industry executive are planning to hold 46 concerts in key swing states to help the Democratic presidential nominee win in 2020. The series, “46 For 46,” was conceived by former music managers Kyle Frenette and Christopher Moon. The campaign is paid for by the bpoliticalPAC and has already enlisted Nathaniel Rateliff, Lissie, Bon Iver, Dashboard Confessional, Sylvan Esso, and Patty Griffin.

AI Music Moves Forward: Music made by artificial intelligence got a boost this week,...