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Burna Boy reckons with the legacy of British colonial rule over Nigeria — and marks the country’s independence day, which took place on October 1, 1960 — in his new video for “Another Story.” The track appeared in July on Burna Boy’s African Giantalbum. “Another Story” provides listeners with an …

Post Malone’s reign atop the Rolling Stone Artist 500 chart continued for a third straight week, with the rapper garnering 201.4 million song streams for the week of September 20th through 26th. Posty’s latest album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, continued to do massive numbers, moving 150,200 album units to cap off its …

Carole King appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her song “It’s Too Late” with the help of house band the Roots. The track comes off her 1971 album Tapestry and King played for Jimmy Fallon’s audience in honor of her upcoming appearance at the Global Citizen Festival in New …

Snoop Dogg has offered up a unique cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ “Red Right Hand,” which serves as the theme song for the BBC’s hit period crime drama Peaky Blinders. In a clip for the cover, the rapper reintroduces himself as “Snoop Shelby,” making himself an honorary …

Sometime in 2016, Sharon Van Etten was heading to her rehearsal space when she stumbled upon her past. “I walked by an old bar that had closed and I saw these kids living in a neighborhood that I couldn’t afford anymore,” the singer-songwriter said. “I started feeling old, but then …

Billy Joel‘s catalog is populated with vivid storylines and memorable characters — enough, apparently, to fuel a TV series. MGM is partnering with Universal Music Publishing Group to develop a scripted anthology series (or “arc-thology”) based around the songwriter’s music, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant …

Sturgill Simpson will play a handful of smaller venues on the heels of releasing his new album Sound & Fury this Friday, September 27th. The Kentucky-born singer-songwriter will kick off the trek September 29th at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. Spanning six shows in total, the brief tour will …

Taylor Swift has canceled her controversial performance at Australia’s Melbourne Cup horse racing event following outcry from animal rights activists over the treatment of the horses. Swift was scheduled to perform at the Victoria Racing Club on November 5th as the singer embarks on a promotional tour in support of …

This fall, Kinky Friedman will be releasing Resurrection, a new studio album of original songs produced by Larry Campbell. After all but retiring from songwriting for three-plus decades, Friedman’s latest album follows in the wake of last year’s Circus of Life, a meditative collection that rejuvenated the Texas singer-songwriter’s drive …

Creating the set list for Aerosmith’s Deuces Are Wild Las Vegas residency each night is a difficult task. Not only does the band have 50 years of hits, fan favorites, deep cuts, and beloved covers to cram into a roughly 90-minute show, but all five original members are still in …