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No rapper has built their identity on an inability to settle down quite like Drake. For nearly a decade, he’s been the patron saint of the perpetually single whose romantic modes veer between heartbreak and apathy. So what happens when the peak millennial bachelor is suddenly catapulted into fatherhood? On …

Every story needs a hero or heroine and this week’s Nashville has two of the latter in Scarlett and Maddie, who act as voices of reason in otherwise chaotic situations, one much more life-threatening than the other. Deacon is invited to perform for a group of college students and his …

Boston indie-pop act Wet drafted former Vampire Weekend member Rostam Batmanglij to produce their jovial new song “You’re Not Wrong.” The multi-instrumentalist adds a classic soul flair with his stomping, staccato piano chords and stuttering, funky drum groove. Singer-writer Kelly Zutrau croons softly over a shifting arrangement that weaves in …

The affiliations that led to Kamasi Washington becoming the most talked-about jazz musician in recent memory can obscure what his music actually sounds like. Sure, he played on Kendrick’s Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly and put out his breakthrough triple LP, 2015’s The Epic, on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, but …

Sitting in a hotel lobby in downtown Los Angeles, David Macklovitch and Patrick Gemayel look exactly as you’d expect from the musicians better known as Dave 1 and P-Thugg from the funk duo Chromeo: Macklovitch in chunky black glasses, a leather jacket and skinny jeans, and Gemayel draped in Cuban-link …

The day before LeAnn Rimes releases her Re-Imagined EP, a collection putting unique new spins on some of her best-known songs, the country-pop powerhouse unleashes another surprise track from the collection. And this one comes with a bona fide rock superstar attached. Stevie Nicks, whose work as a solo artist …

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim Jamesannounced a career-spanning acoustic tour while hitting the road in support of his upcoming solo album Uniform Distortion. On the 14-date trek, which kicks off November 2nd at Los Angeles’ Cathedral Sanctuary, James and longtime touring drummer David Givan will plumb James’ entire catalog, from …

British singer Cher Lloyd strives for a new start on “4U,” a song she’s featured in by Swedish producer Joakim Molitor. The track starts with a swoon, as Lloyd softly croons about leaving old insecurities and demons behind: “Ending is near, just wait a few years/ I will repair, I …

“Is there anybody alive out there?” Bruce Springsteen yelled into the abyss on 2007’s “Radio Nowhere.” A decade later, Ryan Culwell poses a similar, but even more urgent question: “Can you hear me?” That query drives the Nashville-by-way-of-Texas singer-songwriter’s new song “Can You Hear Me.” Premiering today, it’s the first …

Sturgill Simpson turned 40 years old last Friday, and he celebrated the milestone in style, heading to Bonnaroo for a set on the festival’s biggest stage. Sandwiched between performances by Paramore and Muse, Simpson’s gig offered 75 minutes of raw, roadhouse country-rock, with the frontman abandoning sheet cake and other …