Music

Dashboard Confessional and Brantley Gilbert have teamed to raise money to benefit the victims of the shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House last Sunday. The incident left four dead and injured several others. To raise money for those affected, the musicians are selling T-shirts that feature the words “I Believe …

Shawn Mendes endures literal and figurative storms in the new video for his anguished new single,”In My Blood.” The track marks the first single off the singer’s forthcoming third album. The Jay Martin-directed clip is centered around a single shot of Mendes lying on the ground and belting the heart-rending …

One of the more noteworthy songs on Thomas Rhett‘s most recent album Life Changes is “Leave Right Now,” a wistful love song that starts off with strums of acoustic guitar before building to an EDM-inspired drop at the first chorus. Now, Rhett has released a new EP, Leave Right Now: …

Vince Staples is a goosebumps-vivid storyteller, a scathing social critic, and a world-class smart-ass with a comeback in the chamber for anyone who dares to underestimate him. If you really want to get him going, though, try calling him an artist. “It’s not art if you’re not in control of …

“R&B is dead,” says Watts, California-based rapper 03 Greedo. The melodic-minded MC was answering an innocuous question about how his songwriting process might differ from that of an R&B artist. “If you sing and you don’t rap, nobody wants to hear that shit. Nobody wants to hear no fucking Trey …

Steel-toed country throwback Pat Reedy closes down Music City’s honky-tonk scene in his new video for “Nashville Tennessee at 3 AM,” a bleary-eyed standout from Reedy and his band the Longtime Goners’ new album That’s All There Is. Filled with gritty firsthand experience, steel guitars and twangy baritone vocals, Reedy …

Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley reflects on the drive and sacrifice of his father, reggae legend Bob Marley, in his new “Living It Up” video. The intimate clip opens with Damian and his son touring the Trenchtown neighborhood of Kingston, Jamaica. “It’s where reggae music comes from,” the singer says reverently. …

Cassadee Pope is looking for a deeper connection in her new song “Take You Home,” which debuted on Friday. The aggressive track is Pope’s first release since 2016’s “Summer.” A dense mix of sizzling hi-hats, pedal steel and electric guitar buzz, “Take You Home” comes on strong from the jump. …

Motown pioneer Smokey Robinson shares the stage with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Cam on the latest edition of the genre-blending CMT Crossroads. The episode premieres Wednesday, March 28th, at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on CMT. The one-hour show features the two swapping vocals on hits like Robinson’s global 1970 smash, “The Tears of …

Ariana Grande performed her Dangerous Woman hit “Be Alright” at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C. Saturday. Grande is a native of Boca Raton, Florida, a town adjacent to Parkland, Florida, the site of the tragic school shooting that served as the catalyst for the March for …