In 2019, Pharrell Williams brought the inaugural edition of his Something In The Water festival to his Virginia Beach hometown. Pharrell headlined that first festival himself, performing with a succession of surprise-guest collaborators that included Jay-Z, Diddy, Usher, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, and Tyler, The Creator. That first festival migh...

Ashley Monroe, the rootsy country singer who’s part of Miranda Lambert’s group Pistol Annies, has had a trying year. Shortly after releasing her new album Rosegold, Monroe revealed that she’s undergoing chemotherapy, battling a rare form of blood cancer. But Monroe hasn’t let that diagnosis stop her from m...

While continuing to kick out her own original material, alt-rock legend Juliana Hatfield has in recent years begun releasing full-length tribute albums to iconic artists from her youth. In 2018 it was Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John. In 2019 it was Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police. And although a covers project hasn't emerged in 2020,...

The Flaming Lips just released their new album American Head yesterday. And last night, they went on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform one of its songs. They did a Kacey Musgraves-less version of "God And The Policeman," and just like they did on Colbert a few months ago, each member of the…

Way back in May, longtime Oklahoma City psych-rock travelers the Flaming Lips teamed up with an unexpected collaborator: Grammy-anointed country star and fellow LSD enthusiast Kacey Musgraves. Musgraves sang on the Lips' single "Flowers Of Neptune 6," and though the band hadn't announced their new album American Head yet, that Musgraves duet was...