Earlier this week, what sounded like a new D'Angelo song appeared online, plucked from the wildly popular new video game Red Dead Redemption 2. Today the company behind the game, Rockstar Games, has confirmed details on the soundtrack, and it's official: "Unshaken" really is new D'Angelo. It's one of several new vocal performances recorded by&am...

Willie Nelson debuted his new song "Vote 'Em Out" at a Beto O'Rourke rally last month. O'Rourke is a Democrat running for senate in Texas against Republican incumbent Ted Cruz. The closely-watched race could represent a major shift in the political life of a deep-red state, and Nelson has given his support to O'Rourke and…

Texas Senate candidate and DIY punk veteran of sorts Beto O’Rourke played pro-pot songs with Willie Nelson back in July, and last night, Nelson performed a new song, "Vote ‘Em Out," at a rally in support of O’Rourke. "The biggest gun we got is called the ballot box," Nelson sings. "And if you don’t like…

Beto O’Rourke might just be the coolest candidate in US Senate history. It’s a well-known fact that he grew up playing in punk bands with At The Drive-In’s Cedric Brixler-Zavala, and he also jammed with Willie Nelson at the songwriter’s annual Fourth Of July picnic this year in Austin. Now, as Splinter points out, the…

Bob Dylan has seemingly devoted the past few years of his artistic life to Frank Sinatra, releasing one album after another of Sinatra covers. It's been weird! But now another American music icon is following his lead. In a few months, the seemingly immortal country music great Willie Nelson will release My Way, his own…