Less than a year ago, the great Long Beach rapper Vince Staples released his short, insular self-titled album. Before that LP came out, Staples said that it was the first of two albums that he was planning on releasing in 2021, and he wasn’t far off. Today, Staples has followed that self-titled record with his new album Ramona Park Bro...

The Louisville, KY-based festival Bourbon & Beyond has announced its 2022 lineup. Headliners for the four-day event include Jack White, Alanis Morissette, Kings Of Leon, Brandi Carlile, Pearl Jam, Greta Van Fleet, Chris Stapleton, and the Doobie Brothers. Also on the roster is Father John Misty, Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell, Lukas N...

The big story of Oscar night was, unfortunately, not about movies. It was about one man slapping another man to defend his wife’s honor. Right before Questlove accepted Best Documentary Feature for his excellent Summer Of Soul, Will Smith walked on stage and smacked Chris Rock, who’d just cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett-Smi...

Willie Nelson is about to turn 89 years old — 89! — and this year he will celebrate his birthday by releasing a new album. The date is April 29, and the album is A Beautiful Time. Nelson wrote most of the album with Buddy Cannon, but there are also covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Tower Of Song” and th...

Wilco have covered Pavement’s Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain hit “Cut Your Hair” before. But last night, they did it with Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus himself. Wilco have been bringing out guests like Kurt Vile, Soccer Mommy, and Mavis Staples at their Sky Blue festival in Mexico, and for their third and final set,...