The star also answered fan queries about her pups and Lenny Kravitz in a Reddit AMA. Mariah Carey is keeping her Lambs on their toes when it comes to her legendary unreleased grunge album, teasing in a recent “Ask Me…
Forget quitting playing games (with my heart). Pop veterans Backstreet Boys are very much not quitting playing games: they’re recruiting professional gamers as part of a move into the esports industry. The group have launched a pro team called Backstreet…
On this day (October 30) Ruby Blevins was born in Beaudry, Arkansas. The world remembers her better by her stage name Patsy Montana. She was a singer, yodeler, and multi-instrumentalist who influenced superstars like Patsy Cline and Dottie West. Her signature…
Leonard Cohen rarely took on the trivial stuff in his lyrics. He was always pondering life’s most pressing questions and quandaries. And he generally did so with a beguiling mixture of humor and heart, of cool cynicism and open-hearted earnestness.
In 2001, Brooks & Dunn released “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You”. The song, part of their Steers & Stripes record, is their most successful single, staying in the No. 1 spot on the country chart for an impressive six weeks. Not only that, but “Ain’t…
Kaitlin Butts wants to bring back the honky tonk. With her latest album, Hello, Honky Tonk, the rising country star aims to get people out, get people dancing, and get people to leave their problems on the other side of…
Jake Uitti is a Seattle-based writer from Princeton, New Jersey. The son of two French professors, Jake grew up with tomes of French literature around the house, but over the years he discovered that heartfelt music, compelling conversation, and a…
These 1960s country songs sound like the artist who made them had way too much fun in the studio. Each artist leaned into country music’s tongue-in-cheek side. These songs make us laugh as we listen, delivering playful remarks about life and…
So many great songs came out at the end of the 1970s, including in 1978. Some of the best hits of all time came out that year, including these three Top 40 tunes. They are all so good, it’s almost a guarantee that…
On this day (October 30) in 1947, Timothy B. Schmit was born in Oakland, California. He is perhaps best known for his time as a bassist and singer with the Eagles, singing lead vocals on the band’s 1980 Top 10 hit “I Can’t Tell You…
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