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Cult R&B singer Swamp Dogg joins up with singer-songwriter John Prine on the duet “Memories,” a track from Swamp Dogg’s upcoming album Sorry You Couldn’t Make It, out March 6th. With a studio band that includes Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on guitar, “Memories” — a song the 77-year-old Swamp Dogg …

UPDATE: HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s On the Record, following the documentary’s premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. “Kirby and I are so proud to be teaming with HBO Max to give this film the outstanding platform it deserves and can’t wait …

The antiques-packed barn on Sheryl Crow‘s 50-acre Nashville property is home to both horse stables and the gorgeously appointed upstairs studio where she recorded her last three albums, including 2019’s Threads. She recently sat down in that barn (where Kacey Musgraves also recorded Golden Hour) for a revealing, in-depth conversation …

Hailee Steinfeld has shared the video for her new single “Wrong Direction,” directed by Alexandre Moors (Miley Cyrus’s “Slide Away,” Kendrick Lamar’s “i”). The stark clip features only a few close-up shots of Steinfeld, naked and in a fetal position inside a bathtub. From there, she delivers an emotional performance …

Ethan Russell remembers getting a call from writer Jonathan Cott in 1968. “He said, ‘Do you want to photograph my next interview?’” says Russell, who had at that point photographed only one band: psychedelic San Francisco band Blue Cheer. Cott’s interview happened to be with Mick Jagger for Rolling Stone. …

Van Halen fans were stunned this week when a previously unreleased take of “Runnin’ with the Devil,” complete with an extended guitar solo and an alternate David Lee Roth vocal, surfaced on YouTube. “Van Halen Fans rejoice!” wrote YouTube user Groovefunkel Second Helping. “As a huge Van Halen fan, it …

Michael Stipe celebrated his 60th birthday Saturday with the release of “Drive to the Ocean,” the former R.E.M. singer’s second new song in three months following a long musical dormancy. Stipe also shared the video he directed for his second-ever solo single. Like his previous track “Your Capricious Soul,” Stipe …

Most of Nirvana will reunite at The Art of Elysium’s annual Heaven Is Rock and Roll gala in Los Angeles, Saturday January 4th. Dave Grohl will perform with Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, with additional performances by Beck, St. Vincent, Marilyn Manson, L7, Cheap Trick and Grohl’s daughter, Violet. The …

Three years to the day after the death of George Michael, the singer’s sister Melanie Panayiotou has died. The siblings’ older sister, Yioda, found Melanie on Wednesday, the evening of Christmas Day, and notified the London ambulance service. Melanie, a hairdresser and makeup artist who shared the responsibilities for Michael’s …

Ozzy Osbourne recreates his fight for sobriety in the new video for “Under the Graveyard,” the first single from the rocker’s forthcoming album, Ordinary Man, out next year. Directed by Jonas Akerlund, the semi-autobiographical clip stars Jack Kilmer as a young Ozzy, who, in 1979, sneaks away to a West …