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Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler is heading out on a solo tour of the United States, Canada and Europe, backed once again by the Loving Mary Band. Upstart country duo the Sisterhood Band will support. Along with the rock vocalist’s signature hits, Tyler’s summer tour will be a showcase for songs …

The Decemberists do a very particular thing – darkly ornate, literary-minded, self-consciously verbose Anglophile prog-folk-rock – exceedingly well, so well that you can’t blame ’em for wanting to do something else. They do just that on I’ll Be Your Girl, at least in parts, the upshot being, well, a re-affirmation …

21 Savage performed his money-making ode “Bank Account” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday. He also announced the launch of the 21 Savage Bank Account Campaign, which will help teens achieve financial literacy. 21 Savage’s vocal tone – soft, rigid, resolutely un-melodic – is unusual in hip-hop at the …

The pairing of Ashley Monroe and producer Dave Cobb on the singer’s forthcoming LP Sparrow was bound to be a stellar combination, and her new song “Paying Attention” shows how it was also a gorgeously dramatic one. Recorded while Monroe was pregnant with her son, “Paying Attention” is a heartbreaking …

Few artists can command an audience with just a guitar and harmonica quite like Kris Kristofferson. But for two intimate club shows in May, he’ll share the stage with one of country music’s most famous bands: the Strangers, along with Merle Haggard’s son Ben. Billed as “Kris Kristofferson and Ben …

Chuck Klosterman once wrote that “sarcasm is when you tell someone the truth by lying on purpose.” He was right: nothing makes reality sink in quite like when it’s disguised as some light-hearted humor, a tactic that Courtney Marie Andrews uses to her advantage on her new song, “I’ve Hurt …

John Prine offers another sneak peek into his first solo album of all-new material since 2005 with the release of the track “Knockin’ on Your Screen Door.” Co-written with Pat McLaughlin, whose credits include cuts by Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, Gary Allan any many others, the tune is prime Prine, …

Chris Stapleton leads his peers in nominations for the 53rd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, which were revealed Thursday morning. Among his eight total nods, he picked up his first nomination for Entertainer of the Year as well as one for Male Vocalist of the Year, then scored double …

There wasn’t a lot of love for Devo in the early 1990s. The pioneering New Wave act probably felt they reached rock bottom when their 1988 effort Total Devo peaked at Number 189 on the charts, but then they faced the indignity of witnessing 1990s Smooth Noodle Maps– which contained …

Janelle Monáe unveiled two new songs “Make Me Feel” and “Django Jane,” set to appear on her upcoming album, Dirty Computer, out April 27th. Both tracks arrived with music videos. Alan Ferguson directed the “Make Me Feel” clip and Andrew Donoho, Chuck Lighting and Lacey Duke co-directed “Django Jane.” With …