Janis Ian is set to be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at next month’s International Folk Music Awards.
The event will take place February 1 at the opening night of the Folk Alliance International’s annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri, and will be broadcast live online.
The Elaine Weissman Lifetime Achievement Awards are handed out each year “to honor the cultural impact of legendary folk music figures,” one Living, one Legacy and one Business/Academic.
This year’s other honorees include John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, and the late singer/songwriter and activist Josh White.
Wet Leg, Gorillaz and Björk are among the artists playing Coachella 2023.
The bill also includes Blondie, Yungblud, WILLOW, The Linda Lindas, Dominic Fike and Cannons. The headliners are Puerto Rican rap star Bad Bunny, K-pop sensations BLACKPINK, alternative R&B artist Frank Ocean and DJ Calvin Harris.
Coachella 2023 will take place April 14-16 and April 21-23. A presale for tickets — which are “very limited” for the first weekend, according to a press release — begins this Friday, January 13, at 11 a.m. PT.
For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit Coachella.com.
Memphis rappers Moneybagg Yo and GloRilla are uniting for a new song that is scheduled to drop later this week.
Moneybagg made the announcement Tuesday, sharing the name of the track, “On Wat U On,” and the cover art on his social media.
The news comes less than 24 hours after he and GloRilla, who is also his Collective Music Group label mate, teased their upcoming collab. A video posted to their Instagram accounts sees them dancing to a snippet of the unreleased song.
“On Wat U On” drops Friday and will likely appear on Moneybagg Yo’s next album, which he says has a total of 22 songs. “My Album Is A Heartless Edition Hope Y’all Ready,” he writes of the upcoming project.
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 2023 event, and it appears Kendrick Lamar will be headlining.
The rapper is slated to take the stage on the second of the four-night festival. Other headliners include Zeds Dead and Liquid Stranger, Odesza and Foo Fighters.
The 2023 Bonnaroo festival is scheduled for June 15-18 at the Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee. Big Freedia, Baby Keem, Three 6 Mafia, Lil Nas X and J.I.D are just a few of the artists tapped to perform at the annual event.
The early access sale begins Thursday, January 12, at 10 a.m. CT, followed by a general sale if tickets don’t sell out.
The life of Christine McVie was celebrated in Los Angeles Monday night. TMZ reports that a memorial service for the late Fleetwood Mac star took place at Little Beach House in Malibu.
Paparazzi photos show that several of Christine’s bandmates were in attendance to celebrate her life, including Mick Fleetwood andStevie Nicks, as well as former bandmate Lindsey Buckingham.
As previously reported, McVie passed away November 30 at the age of 79 following a short illness. The band released a statement following news of her death, sharing, “There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie,” calling her the “best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life.”
Dustin Lynch is inviting you to an alcohol-fueled rager in the woods!
While that’s not exactly surprising from the guy whose most recent hit was “Party Mode,” it’s actually just the setup for his new music video.
“Pumped to let y’all know that Stars Like Confetti will be my next single at country radio!” Dustin shared on Instagram, along with a clip complete with drinks, RVs and an inflatable pool. “We’re dropping the official music video Friday at 1pmCT!”
Both “Stars Like Confetti” and “Party Mode” are on Dustin’s latest album, Blue in the Sky, alongside his smash duet with MacKenzie Porter, “Thinking ‘Bout You.”
KISS has just announced their first U.S. show of 2023. The band is set to headline the Sonic Temple Arts & Music Festival, taking place May 25 to 28 at historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.
The rockers are set to headline Saturday night, with Tool kicking things off Thursday, Avenged Sevenfold on Friday and Foo Fighters closing the festival on Sunday.
The 2023 leg of KISS’ End of the Road tour is set to kick off April 15 at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Bogota, Colombia, with dates confirmed through July 15 in Tønsberg, Norway.
Presale tickets go on sale Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time, with the general sale set for Friday at 10 a.m.
Gwen Stefani raised a few eyebrows when she claimed she’s Japanese in a new interview.
The singer spoke to Allureabout her fascination with Japanese culture, saying she’s a superfan. She reflected on her father’s job at Yamaha, and how he traveled between the U.S. and Japan for 18 years.
“That was my Japanese influence and that was a culture that was so rich with tradition, yet so futuristic [with] so much attention to art and detail and discipline and it was fascinating to me,” Gwen explained.
Her appreciation for the culture grew when she visited Harajuku, a district within Shibuya, Japan. “I said, ‘My God, I’m Japanese and I didn’t know it,'” she said. When pressed by the interviewer, who is Asian, Gwen reiterated, “I am,” adding she’s “a little bit of an Orange County girl, a little bit of a Japanese girl, a little bit of an English girl.”
Gwen continued, “If [people are] going to criticize me for being a fan of something beautiful and sharing that, then I just think that doesn’t feel right … [It] should be OK to be inspired by other cultures because if we’re not allowed then that’s dividing people, right?”
Allure noted Gwen’s reps told the magazine they “had misunderstood what Stefani was saying,” but didn’t provide clarification when asked to provide a statement on her comments.
Gwen, who was born to Italian-American and Irish-American parents, has long been accused of cultural appropriation. She came under fire following the release of her 2004 debut album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which contained the single “Harajuku Girls,” and for launching the Harajuku Lovers Tour, where she was backed by four Japanese dancers called the Harajuku Girls.
Gwen has consistently denied she’s appropriating Japanese culture and is instead showing her appreciation of it.
Logic is getting ready to release his next album. In an animated trailer shared to Twitter on Monday, the rapper revealed College Park will come out on February 24.
The teaser begins with an emcee introducing Logic to the stage. It then cuts to a sequence from the earlier days of his career, showing him and his friends en route to D.C. for a performance. Other clips show the group being robbed at a gas station, Logic writing his lyrics and recording in the studio and more, soundtracked to sound bites from his live shows and one of the unreleased songs from the album.
The video ends with closing credits, which reveal the names of the artists he’s tapped to join on College Park. Joey Bada$$, RZA, Redman, Bun B, Fat Trel and more will make appearances on Logic’s new album.
It’s the second week of January, and if you’re still procrastinating about putting away your Christmas stuff, you’re not alone: Katelyn Brown‘s right there with you.
“The struggle of taking down the holiday decorations is real but at least I have my cozy new couch and coffee table from @sixpennyhome to keep me company!” Kane Brown‘s wife shared on Monday, adding #couchgoals.
Behind Katelyn’s white sectional sofa you can glimpse one of the items on her to-do list: a beautifully decorated Christmas tree.
Looming holiday decorations aside, things are pretty sweet for Katelyn these days. She has her first top five hit right now with “Thank God,” a duet with her superstar husband.
