Artists from the worlds of country, bluegrass and gospel music are coming together for a musical celebration in memory of traditional country hitmaker Daryle Singletary, who died last month at 46. The Daryle Singletary Keepin’ It Country Tribute Show, slated for Tuesday, March 27th,will take place at downtown Nashville‘s historic …

Mickey Hart extends a hand over his desk and smirks. “Would you like some water?” the 74-year-old longtime Grateful Dead drummer asks. “Beer? Vodka? Anything? Opium?” It’s hard to tell if he’s joking. In his sprawling compound on the top of a hill in the rural paradise of west Sonoma …

Willie Nelson‘s Outlaw Music Festival Tour is becoming a summertime tradition. Sturgill Simpson, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss and Old Crow Medicine Show are among the dozen or so acts who’ll join Nelson during the festival’s upcoming run. A summertime package tour that focuses not only on music, but also on …

Pearl Jam rewarded members of their Ten Club fan club Saturday with a new song titled “Can’t Deny Me.” Following its Ten Club unveiling – which coincided with bassist Jeff Ament’s 55th birthday – the song premiered on Sirius XM’s Pearl Jam Radio. The snarling new track is a protest …

A lot of people try to slap labels on Jessica Jones. If you’ve watched the first season of Netflix‘s Marvel show, you know that’s a bad move if you want to keep your limbs intact. In the series’ sophomore season, which starts streaming today, our detective with the strength of …

Wilco guitarist Nels Cline is introducing a new jazz band, the Nels Cline 4. The group’s upcoming debut LP, Currents, Constellations, is out April 13th. The quartet includes guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Scott Colley and drummer Tom Rainey. The band previewed the album with lead single “Imperfect 10,” a funk …

Russ Solomon, founder and overseer of the Tower Records empire, died Sunday at his home in Sacramento, California. He was 92. Solomon’s family told the Sacramento Bee that he likely suffered a heart attack. “Ironically, he was giving his opinion of what someone was wearing that he thought was ugly, …

Alec Baldwin‘s Donald Trump held a bipartisan meeting on gun control in the latest Saturday Night Live cold open that lampooned the actual president’s response to the Parkland, Florida shooting. “It’s clear something has to change. We have to take a hard look at mental health, which I have so …

Robert Plant performed a meditative version of “New World…” on Thursday’s Late Late Show With James Corden. The former Led Zeppelin singer maintained a quiet tone while the bassline and electric guitars surged around him. His backing band, the Sensational Space Shifters, carried the song through a climactic instrumental section …

The last thing Jack White wants to see, when he’s standing onstage, is a sea of fans more involved with their phones than the music. So after pleading with fans not to use smartphones at earlier shows, he’s going hardcore for his sold-out spring tour – hiring Yondr, a tech …