What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We …
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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 …
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Awards shows are made-for-TV spectacles, full of quick cuts and closeups designed to reveal a performance’s emotional intensity. It’d be impossible to truly capture the excitement and, in some cases, bemusement of the nearly 20,000 fans (and a few rows of celebrities) who filled New York City’s Madison Square Garden …
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As 2017 comes to an end, a new year of country music is already beginning to take shape with high-profile tours and eagerly anticipated albums lined up for 2018. Summer touring king Kenny Chesney will return to stadiums on April 21st after mainly take last year off. He’ll launch his …
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Chris Stapleton was the most-played artist on TouchTunes jukeboxes, as the music company releases its year-end charts. As a whole, country music accounts for more than half of the most-played artists and songs on digital jukeboxes in 2017. The charts measure plays tallied by digital jukeboxes in 65,000 U.S. bars …
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Ahead of the Christmas holiday, Miranda Lambert‘s MuttNation foundation has unveiled a new line of pet products in collaboration with the Petmate brand, with all proceeds going to her dog-loving charity. The new line includes plush toys based on the 2018 Grammy nominee’s real-life shelter rescues along with “Free Love” …
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Finding a good dive bar band is a little like finding a good dive bar: There are plenty of imitators out there, but you know the real deal when you find it. Texas trio Midland knows a thing or two about dive bars – in fact, they just might be …
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Issa Rae didn’t find out how her dad, a Senegal-born doctor, felt about her HBO series Insecure until a couple months after the first season wrapped. In fact, she thought he might hate it. “Then in our family group chat, he dropped a really inappropriate reference about Lawrence’s back shots …
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