Music

Whitey Morgan is not really thinking clearly. “I’ve been drinking margaritas for three fucking days,” he says, calling from outside the Airbnb in Pensacola, Florida, that he rented for a few rest days on tour. He and his band, the 78’s, have been hanging out there grilling, consuming alcohol and …

Blues prodigy Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, 19, grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, 10 minutes away from the crossroads where Robert Johnson supposedly did some business with Beelzebub. Ingram swears he hasn’t done the same (“Nah, I didn’t do any of that”) but he’s one of the only young people he knows …

On Tuesday evening, Kanye West denied the claim that he had designed a logo and merchandise for a political branding exercise called “Blexit,” which urges black voters to leave the Democratic Party. The concept, originated by alt-right provocateur Candace Owens, advertised that West designed the group’s merchandise, which he denies. …

Beto O’Rourke’s final Get Out the Vote concert before the midterm elections will have a distinctly country flavor, with a handful of renowned Texas singer-songwriters joining the El Paso congressman’s October 30th event in Irving, outside Dallas. Among those performers are Ryan Bingham and Hayes Carll, both of whom are …

Voters will have the opportunity to gain free entry, and in some cases a free non-alcoholic drink, to concerts on election day, Billboard reports. Shows by Drive-By Truckers, My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James, Superchunk and many others who are performing nationwide on November 6th are participating in the #IVoted initiative. …

Destiny’s Child member Michelle Williams will return to Broadway this fall as part of the cast of Tony Award-winning musicalOnce on This Island. She will play Erzulie, Goddess of Love. Williams will appear as Erzulie from November 30th through June 2nd of next year. Erzulie is one of four gods …

Florence and the Machine paid a visit to The Late Late Show with James Corden Tuesday night to unveil a rendition of “Patricia,” a song off the band’s latest album High As Hope. Singer Florence Welch took center stage under a spotlight as she and the band performed the dramatic, …

Lucinda Williams, John Prine and Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. Which one of these things is not like the other? Or how about Lee Ann Womack, Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir and comedian Marc Maron? Those acts and others shared the bill at this weekend’s Across the Great Divide charity …

The jump from figure skating to country singer is a rare one, but Ruston Kelly uses skills from his competitive skating days to dramatic effect in the beautiful new music video for his song “Son of a Highway Daughter.” Kelly and a female companion, both of whom are dressed in …

After the release of Lord Huron’s acclaimed third album Vide Noir, the Los Angeles-based indie rock band took a few steps back during a session at Spotify Studios to cover a formative influence: Neil Young. For singer Ben Schneider, Young was a “perennial presence” growing up since his parents were …