Music

This spring, Elizabeth Stokes quit her day job teaching trumpet to kids in Auckland, New Zealand. The reason: She was ready to tour the world with the Beths, the exuberant pop-punk band she’d started with three classmates from her days studying jazz in college. “The Beths is almost reactionary to …

Bob Dylan announced his first North American tour dates of 2018, a string of 25 concerts that concentrates on the southern half of the U.S. Dylan’s fall trek begins October 9th in Midland, Texas and loops its way through Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, the Carolinas and Georgia before concluding at …

They say he’s just a friend, but on Maddie & Tae’s latest single, “Friends Don’t,” the country duo aren’t talking about platonic relationships. Now an angst-filled, alluring new music video helps bring the emotionally charged cut to life with scenes from a late-night house party. The first new music to …

Graham Nash celebrates the movements of 1968 and 2018 in the new animated video for the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic, “Teach Your Children.” For the video, Nash partnered with filmmaker and painter Jeff Scher (who recently directed a video for Joan Baez’s “The President Sang Amazing Grace”). The …

Dave Grohlannounced Play, a two-part documentary that culminates with him performing a new solo 23-minute song on seven different instruments. Grohl created the immersive Play project, arriving August 10th, to showcase “the rewards and challenges of dedicating ones life to playing and mastering a musical instrument.” “Watching my kids start …

Smashing Pumpkins are inviting a bevy of special guests to join them onstage during their show at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey on August 2nd. The Pumpkins’ special 30th anniversary show will feature Courtney Love, Peter Hook, AFI frontman Davey Havok, Deftones’ Chino Moreno, the Killers’ Dave …

Cardi B announced on Thursday that she would not be hitting the road with Bruno Mars in the fall following the birth of her daughter Kulture. “I thought that after giving birth to my daughter that 6 weeks would be enough time for me to recover mentally and physically,” she …

The Beach Boys‘ classic lineup – including Brian Wilson – will reunite for a special Q&A session moderated by director Rob Reiner that will air August 10th at 5 p.m. ET/PT on the band’s SiriusXM channel, Good Vibrations. The “Town Hall” event marks a rare live appearance for founding members …

An alt-country lifer, Rhett Miller has fronted the Old 97’s for 25 years, maintaining an acclaimed solo career along the way. He’s no less busy today than he was during his band’s infancy, with a handful of projects – including an Old 97’s Christmas album, an upcoming solo record and …

For the second time in a week, Drake has unleashed a new freestyle while promoting Scorpion in the U.K., with the rapper delivering his “Fire in the Booth” freestyle on BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Rap Show with Charlie Sloth. While Drake’s “Behind Barz” freestyle was about settling scores, “Fire in the …