With fall right around the corner, it’s time to be cool-weather ready.
If you’re in search of new flannel and Western shirts to add to your closet, look no further than Dierks Bentley‘s Desert Son.
The lifestyle collection, which is Dierks’ line with Flag & Anthem, features various vintage and Western shirts, including the Parker Vintage Washed Western Shirt, which Dierks wore at his recent show at Colorado’s Red Rocks.
“Love these new Desert Son shirts, thanks to @flagandanthemco for hand carrying them all the way to Colorado for the @redrocksco shows! New fall line available on flagandanthem.com,” Dierks captions an Instagram photo of him wearing the aforementioned shirt.
Chris LaCorte, Matt Rogers and Josh Osborne penned the track, and the breezy hometown ode finds Darius reliving heartwarming memories of life back home.
“That gentle breeze makes me think I’m three sheets to the wind/ When the fireflies light me up right makes the whole world spin/ If sunsets were like whiskey, man, I’d be seeing double/ Ain’t nothing in this bottle gets me drunk as Southern Comfort,” Darius sings over a rootsy neotraditional production.
“Southern Comfort” is the latest preview of Darius’ forthcoming album, Carolyn’s Boy, and follows earlier releases “Fires Don’t Start Themselves” and “Have A Good Time.”
Of the project’s title, Darius told NBC’s Today in November 2022, “I wanted to name the record Carolyn’s Boy because Mom never got to see any of my success. She died before any of this happened, so it’s just another homage to the greatest woman I’ve ever known.”
Carolyn’s Boy arrives October 6 and can preordered now.
Pretenders’ brand new album, Relentless, is out now, and they’ve just shared another single from the record, “Losing My Sense Of Taste,” which was inspired by the pandemic.
“That song was more a take on the whole lockdown experience,” Chrissie Hynde shares. “It is called ‘Losing My Sense Of Taste,’ though, as a matter of fact, I never lost mine during the Covid period.”
She adds, “But it did kick off the idea for the song – losing my sense of taste, my sense of smell, and sometimes the whole culture just seems tired. Not now of course, because there’s a new Pretenders album out.”
Relentless is Pretenders’ first studio album in three years. “Losing My Sense of Taste” is the fourth single they’ve dropped from the album following “A Love,” “Let The Sun Come In” and “I Think About You Daily.”
Pretenders currently have a handful of tour dates left for 2023. They play BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester, England, on Sunday, September 17, and return to the U.S. with a set at the Ohana Festival in Dana Point, California, on October 1. A complete list of dates can be found at thepretenders.com.
Koryn Hawthorne is giving fans a glimpse of what to expect from her forthcoming third album with the release of her new single, “Look at God.”
Koryn takes a moment in the new track to reflect on God’s blessings and reminds listeners to do the same.
She sings in the first verse, “Sitting here counting my blessings uh, Ain’t no need for stressing my life/ My enemies, they might form weapons Yeah, but I know I’m protected by the blood, Protected by the love of God.”
Along with the song’s release on September 15, Koryn delivered the official music video, which sees her in angelic fashion, singing among clouds and blue skies, and in nature settings of grass fields and mountains.
Known for her ability to transcend genres, including gospel, hip-hop and R&B, Hawthorne rose to notoriety after appearing on Team Pharrell in season 8 of The Voice, where she placed fourth in the finals.
After signing to RCA Inspiration, she released her smash hit “Won’t He Do It,” which went on to earn RIAA-certified Gold status.
Art of Anarchy has returned with new music and a new singer.
The band, which was previously fronted by Scott Weiland and then Scott Stapp, now features lead vocals by onetime Journey singer and Sons of Apollo frontman Jeff Scott Soto. They’ll release a new album, Let There Be Anarchy, on February 16.
The lead single from Let There Be Anarchy, called “Vilified,” is available now via digital outlets. Its accompanying video stars Cuba Gooding Jr., is narrated by ex-Queensrÿche frontman Geoff Tate and makes reference to the 2019 Joker movie. You can watch that streaming now on YouTube.
Art of Anarchy, which was founded by brothers Jon and Vince Votta alongside ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, was announced in 2015 with a lineup that also included Weiland and Disturbed bassist John Moyer. However, Weiland quickly distanced himself from the project, clarifying that while he did record with Art of Anarchy, he was never actually in the band.
The self-titled Art of Anarchy album was released in 2015 with Weiland’s vocals. Any chance of reconciliation between the two parties was lost when Weiland died later that year at age 48.
Art of Anarchy then released their second album, The Madness, in 2017, with Stapp on lead vocals. However, that relationship also turned sour, ending in a lawsuit claiming that Stapp did not properly commit to Art of Anarchy and refused to take part in certain promotional activities.
With Let There Be Anarchy, the Art of Anarchy lineup includes the Vottas, Thal, Soto and new bassist Tony Dickinson in place of Moyer.
Queen is once again highlighting their connection to their fans in episode 33 of their weekly YouTube series, Queen The Greatest Live.
In this week’s episode, the band looks at one of their iconic stadium rock anthems “Radio Ga-Ga,” showing the fans’ contribution to their live performance.
The clip features the band performing the Roger Taylor-penned track at their first Eastern European concert in Hungary’s Népstadion stadium while on the 1986 Magic Tour. It shows 80,000 fans clapping in the air in perfect unison during the chorus, something that happened every time the band performed the song.
Released in January 1984, “Radio Ga Ga” appeared on Queen’s album The Works and peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song became a staple at Queen’s live shows, including at Live Aid in 1985, where all the fans in a packed Wembley Stadium clapped along.
Next week on Queen The Greatest Live: “Freddie Mercury.”
Neil Young is reissuing the live album Time Fades Away in celebration of its upcoming 50th anniversary.
Time Fades Away 50 will be released November 3 on limited edition clear vinyl. It will feature not only the original nine songs on the album but a bonus track, “The Last Trip To Tulsa,” which Young previously included on his Archives Vol. 2 box set.
Released October 1973, Time Fades Away came out after Young’s successful Harvest album and featured previously unreleased songs. It was recorded during the Harvest tour, with backing band Stray Gators, and also featured David Crosby and Graham Nash on harmony vocals and acoustic guitar.
Time Fades Away was previously reissued in 2014 as part of Young’s Record Store Day Official Release Series Discs 5-8 Vinyl Box Set. It wasn’t released on CD until 2017.
Time Fades Away 50 is available for preorder now at the Greedy Hand Store at Neil Young Archives. All purchases come with a high-res download of the album.
Richie Sambora is once again getting Bon Jovi fans’ hopes up, suggesting in a new interview that his return to the band may happen.
Sambora recently appeared on the Shred With Shifty podcast, hosted by Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, and he asked him whether a reunion with his old bandmates was going to happen, to which Sambora replied, “We’re talking about it.”
Shiflett then asked Sambora to clarify what that meant, wondering whether Sambora was saying he and Jon Bon Jovi are actually talking. Sambora replied, “Yeah, it’s that” and added, “There’s a demand out there for it, you know — especially outside of the USA.”
Sambora didn’t offer any further details, but if it does happen, it will be the first time he has played with Bon Jovi since 2013 when he left the group prior to a show in Calgary, Canada.
Back in February, he hinted that a reunion with Bon Jovi could be happening, telling Absolute Radio, “We’re talking about it. I don’t think there’s any reason not to at this point.”
After a four-year hiatus, gospel star JekalynCarr returns to music with her new, self-titled album, Jekalyn.
“Wow, family.. It’s been four years since I’ve recorded an album,” she wrote in her Instagram announcement. “I’ve grown both musically & spiritually. Now, I want to invite you all to hear what God has given me for the world.”
The upcoming project, expected out on Friday, October 20, is preceded by “I Believe God,” the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart topper released in February this year.
Also taking place on October 20 is the broadcast of the 54th Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, where Carr is currently nominated for Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year for her Blanca collaboration, “New Day.”
Viewers can watch to see if Carr takes home her win at the 2023 Dove Awards, which airs exclusively on TBN and the TBN app at 8 p.m. ET.
Beartooth has released a new song called “The Better Me” in collaboration with country-rock crossover artist HARDY.
In a statement describing the message of “The Better Me,” frontman Caleb Shomo says, “There are times where we feel like there is a way better version of ourselves somewhere deep inside that we need to find and bring back to the forefront of our lives.”
“This song is about going through the things that brought me to that conclusion,” Shomo adds. “Simply put, I made a choice to be a better me.”
You can listen to “The Better Me” now via digital outlets, and you can watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.
“The Better Me” will appear on Beartooth’s upcoming album The Surface, due out October 13. The Surface also includes the songs “Riptide,” “Doubt Me,” “Sunshine!” and “Might Love Myself.”
