The ubiquitous Brandi Carlile and her bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth add another credit to their resumes, taking the production reins of the Secret Sisters‘ latest album Saturn Return. Recorded at Carlile’s home studio in Washington state, the LP will be released February 28th on New West Records. It marks …

Sir Ian McKellen is 80 years old; Dame Helen Mirren is 74. Individually, these veteran thespians, each with decades of work on stage and screen under the belts, are capable of out-acting, outrunning and outgunning performers one third their age. This is not disputable. They can both go big, broad, …

Jimmy Kimmel has a brand-new edition of his “Mean Tweets” segment, this time featuring all musicians. The late night host tapped everyone from Billie Eilish to Chance the Rapper to Luke Bryan to Lizzo for the clip, which is hilarious. Eilish goes first, reading a tweet that says “Billie Eilish …

Norah Jones has released double A-side singles, “I Forgot”/”Falling” with the singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante. “I’ve been a fan of Rodrigo’s for a long time and was excited to make music together,” Jones said in a statement. “Turns out we had a great connection and a blast doing it! I hope …

A woman calls your phone with a siren in the background, claiming your estranged husband, the father of your children, has been hurt in a terrible accident. The only way to save him is to wire $12,000 — your entire bank account, which you’d hoped would cover the overdue mortgage …

Marquis A. Jefferson, whose only child, Atatiana Jefferson, was shot in her home by police less than a month ago, died on Saturday. He was 59 years-old. Atatiana was shot through a window of her house on October 12 by a police officer who was supposed to be conducting a …

Next week, the CMA Awards will make an attempt to change the deep gender imbalance in country music by devoting their entire show to women. Hosted by Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton, the night will “celebrate the legacy of women” within the genre, according to CMA Chief Executive …

“This place is so cool,” Billie Eilish exclaimed, glancing around Third Man Records’ low-lit Blue Room between songs of her unannounced show on Wednesday at the Nashville outpost of Jack White‘s monument to all things analog. Like all performances at the 250-capacity room, Eilish’s set was being recorded direct-to-acetate on …

Chris Stapleton is rendered as a Lego mini-figure in the new video for “Second One to Know,” a colorful, eye-popping montage that finds the Kentucky country singer doing battle with ninjas and ultimately slaying a dragon with a literally fiery guitar solo. Stapleton’s wife Morgane and members of his family …

One of Cuba’s sole heavy metal bands, Zeus, grapples with shifting cultural tides in the new teaser for the upcoming documentary, Los Ultimos Frikis. Zeus formed in Havana during the Eighties, when rock music was considered a capitalist threat and was effectively illegal inside Cuba. It was common for “frikis” …