Music

Willow Smith surprised her mother Jada Pinkett Smith with a reunion performance from her mom’s former metal band Wicked Wisdom. The early Mother’s Day gift arrived during Wednesday’s Red Table Talk episode. Before the performance, Willow reminisces about the influence the band had on her growing up. “When I was …

Ed Ward — a respected music critic and scholar, former Rolling Stone editor, and author of several authoritative histories of the history of rock & roll — has died at the age of 72. According to fellow writer and friend Joe Nick Patoski, Ward passed away at his home in …

Hayes Carll was in the middle of a performance last week when he managed to sum up what many musicians and fans have been feeling for months. “I tell people for the first four years of my career and for the last 16 months of my career, I’d finish a …

Ringo Starr revealed his favorite Beatles song and his thoughts on the afterlife during a bonus interview from the drummer’s recent virtual visit to The Late Show. Taking part in Stephen Colbert’s 15-question “The Colbert Questionert” — a segment Starr initially recorded when he appeared on The Late Show in …

The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival will return in 2021 with headliners Dave Matthews Band and the Black Keys. After the cancellation of the 2020 festival in Franklin, Tennessee, because of the Covid pandemic, this year’s two-day gathering will be held September 25th and 26th. Along with the two nightly …

Last week, we posted an emotional interview with Meat Loaf where he reflected on his history with the late songwriter Jim Steinman. “Since I met Jim, he has been the centerpiece to my life,” the singer said. “And I was always the centerpiece of his.” The interview goes all the …

Adrianne Lenker announced a brief fall tour in support of her recent albums Songs and Instrumentals. The trek kicks off on November 5th in Burlington, Vermont, making stops along the East before wrapping in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 21st. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon E.T. The dual solo …

Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers and Christine Baranski have announced new editions to the upcoming Stage & Screen Broadway auction. Andrew Lloyd Webber has submitted a package that includes two tickets to The Phantom of the Operaas Lloyd Webber’s personal guests, as well as the rare “Lot 665” prop from the …

Saweetie has released a new video for “Risky,” featuring Drakeo the Ruler. The track appears on the rapper’s new release, Pretty Summer Playlist: Season 1. “Risky” finds Saweetie riding a bouncy, bass-driven beat with playful ease — “I’m Mrs. Untouchable, I’m like a Lunchable/Play like it’s all fun and games …

Rod Stewart will reissue four of his mid-Seventies albums as part of a vinyl box set that also includes an extra LP filled with rare and unreleased studio outtakes from the era. Due out June 4th via Rhino, the five-LP 1975-1978 includes the first four albums Stewart recorded during the …