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On April 14th, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 33rd class: Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in the Early Influence category), Bon Jovi, the Cars, Dire Straits and the Moody Blues. The induction ceremony, which took place in Cleveland, included tributes to Tom Petty and Chris Cornell, …

Robert Plant sings “The May Queen,” a lush acoustic number off his recent Carry Fire, amid dark blue lights in the song’s new live video. He leans into the microphone, tenses his shoulders during the courses, claps along and waltzes with the mic stand as his bandmates rock back and …

More often than not, descriptors of Jay Som’s indie rock balladry evoke a sleepy feel: dream pop, bedroom pop, chillwave, shoegaze. But in performance, Jay Som – the alias of 24-year-old Melina Duterte – has a way of transforming her intimate, home-recorded sweet nothings into a swinging party fit for …

Christina Aguilera belted her hits, gave diva singing lessons and dished about her former Mickey Mouse Club costars during her appearance on The Late, Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special on Monday. In an extended clip from the show, the singer and host James Corden launched into 2002’s “Fighter” from …

Stoner metal trio Sleep will celebrate 4/20 with their first album in nearly two decades, The Sciences, out tomorrow via Third Man Records. The six-track album boasts some very bud-friendly track names including “Marijuanaut’s Theme” and “The Botanist.” Another cut, “Giza Butler,” honors Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. The album …

The Moody Blues have been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since the 1990 ceremony, but it wasn’t until they were nominated last year – for the first time – that they made it in. This is in spite of the fact that the British …

Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday to perform a pair of tracks in support of their new LP,Ruins. Sisters Joanna and Klara Soderberg first performed their spacey waltz “Fireworks” on Kimmel’s stage before switching gears and launching into their biting rocker “You Are the …

Grammy-nominated singer Khalid joins fellow emerging R&B talent Sabrina Claudio on her new song “Don’t Let Me Down.”Khalid’s verses weave around Claudio’s, mirroring her heartfeltthoughts with his signature wistful tone. The song focuses on two lovers laying out their desires and reservations, yearning for the other to invest in the …

Willie Nelson‘s third annual Outlaw Music FestivalTour was already looking like a summertime roots music juggernaut, but the 2018 edition adds more firepower with a new round of dates that includes rock & roll legends Neil Young and Van Morrison. Young will be keeping things in the family for a …

A week before the arrival of the Elton John tribute LP Revamp, Lady Gaga released a cover of the rock legend’s “Your Song” from the album. On her cover version, Gaga opts not to reinvent or overhaul the 1970 classic – one of Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All …