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Gloria Estefan praised Aretha Franklin as the ultimate inspiration for any girl aspiring to sing, or any fan that wanted to appreciate a true master of their craft. Franklin died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at age 76. In a note on Instagram, Estefan said of her VH1 Divas partner, “For …

“Now are you ready to go back?” a tuxedoed band leader asked the crowd at Staten Island’s St. George Theatre on a rainy night in May. “I’m talking about all the way back … allow me to introduce the one and only vocal group voted number one of all time!” …

After a series of rollout delays, Nicki Minaj dropped her long-anticipated fourth album, Queen, on Friday. Paired with a track-by-track commentary broadcast on Apple’s Beats 1 Radio and a hefty social media campaign (bolstered by her ever-enthusiastic army of Barbz), Nicki and her team did everything in their power to …

There are certain inescapable touchstones for modern musicians, and almost anyone who commits to a vocal harmony in 2018 probably owes a debt of gratitude to the Beach Boys. Dan Smyers of Dan + Shay is no exception, which is why he released the isolated vocal tracks from his duo’s …

Taylor Swift’s currentReputation tour is heavily centered around material from her new album, but there’s one major exception. On a spare second stage, Swift ditches choreography, picks up an acoustic guitar and revives an old song “I haven’t played in so long.” So far, they have included fan favorites “Our …

When Travis Scott failed to earn a Grammy nomination for 2016’sBirds in the Trap Sing McKnight, “that was a real dark day,” says Sickamore, the rapper’s longtime A&R, who now works at Interscope Records. Scott returned on Friday withAstroworld,an imposing LPthat’s at once baroque and bludgeoning, sludgy and slick. The …

Before he became one of country music’s leading men, Vince Gill left his mark on the genre as a top-shelf instrumentalist, logging time in Pure Prairie League’s late-Seventies lineup and Ricky Skaggs’ backup band. As the guest on this week’s installment of Walking the Floor, he happily geeks out with …

Starting this weekend, CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown is set to fire up a new in-episode special they’re calling ’90s Country Forever, a weekly series highlighting the songs and stars that shaped country music in the 1990s – and how those tunes have impacted the country genre of today. Featuring Nineties …

Post Malone recently went viral after getting the phrase “Always Tired” tattooed across his face, but it wasn’t much fun. “He said it felt like I was tattooing his eyeballs,” says his tattoo artist Chad Rowe. Malone isn’t the only artist making his mother’s worst nightmare come true. Getting face …

It’s been 13 years since System of a Down released their last record – for a variety of reasons, though the alt-metal band’s members claim to get along – so this album from guitarist Daron Malakian’s other project represents a welcome return to the SOaD sound. Although Scars on Broadway’s previous …