The John Lennon Estate has released a never-before-seen video of John Lennon and Yoko Ono rehearsing “Give Peace a Chance,” just days before they premiered the song in May of 1969. The video was recorded by cameraman Nic Knowland and sound recordist Mike Lax and shows Lennon and Ono running …
Read More »Demi Lovato Releases Deluxe Edition of 'Dancing With the Devil'
Demi Lovato has dropped a deluxe version of her new album, Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over, which she released last Friday. The expanded LP includes four new songs, including a bonus track titled “Sunset” and three live acoustic versions of the first three “prelude” songs on the …
Read More »Miranda Lambert Harmonizes With Jon Randall, Jack Ingram on 'Am I Right or Amarillo'
Miranda Lambert’s collaborative Marfa Tapes project with Jack Ingram and Jon Randall has released another new song. The harmony-drenched cheating saga “Am I Right or Amarillo” made its debut on Friday, with the full album arriving May 7th. As with previously released Marfa Tapes tracks, “Am I Right or Amarillo” …
Read More »Reinventing Karol G
Last March, the Colombian singer Karol G was just weeks away from finalizing an album she’d been working on for months. The songs had been mixed and the album images had been shot. Then, one afternoon, she was sitting at home in Miami, going through all of her past work …
Read More »Marty Stuart Readies New Album 'Songs I Sing in the Dark'
Marty Stuart has announced the digital album Songs I Sing in the Dark, a collection of 20 acoustic numbers that he’ll debut on a monthly basis. The first installment is Stuart’s version of “Ready for the Times to Get Better” and, as the Country Music Hall of Fame member explains …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Yeek, 'Back N Forth'
Yeek tries to untangle a confusing web of attraction on his new track “Back N Forth.” “Girl, you got someone, so why you acting like you don’t?” he asks. “‘Cause I, I got my baby waiting for me back at home.” But nothing seems to end happily here — the …
Read More »Ottoman Turks Put on Their Tinfoil Hats in the Music Video for 'Conspiracy Freak'
Ottoman Turks open the hatch on the bunker and offer a peek at the crazies in their new video for “Conspiracy Freak.” A blast of skronk-blues that also blends punk with country twang, the song appears on the Dallas, Texas, band’s upcoming album Ottoman Turks II. In the video, Turks …
Read More »Loretta Lynn Surveys Her Classic Hits With a Multi-Generational Group of Friends on 'Still Woman Enough'
In 2002, country music legend Loretta Lynn released her memoir Still Woman Enough, reflecting on her journey out of hardscrabble Kentucky and into stardom, with all the triumphs and tragedies between. That book and Lynn’s story gives her new album its title as well as its lone new original song, …
Read More »Gretchen Lieberum Previews New Jazz Standards LP With 'Come Rain or Come Shine'
Singer-songwriter Gretchen Lieberum, who co-founded the Prince cover band Princess with Maya Rudolph, has released a rendition of “Come Rain or Come Shine” from her upcoming collection of standards, This May Only Be a Dream, out May 7th. Lieberum’s take on “Come Rain Or Come Shine” — penned in 1946 …
Read More »Lady A Play on Their Name in Eighties-Style Rock Anthem 'Like a Lady'
Hillary Scott leads Lady A through a free-spirited romp in the country music trio’s new song “Like a Lady.” Opening with stacked vocals reminiscent of Styx’s own “Lady,” the track is presented as a celebration of female empowerment. Scott co-wrote the song with four collaborators and propels “Like a Lady” …
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