The track, called “Sidelines,” was previously teased in the trailer for the upcoming Hulu limited series Conversations with Friends. You can now listen to it in full via digital outlets.
Conversations with Friends, based on the 2017 novel by Sally Rooney, premieres May 15.
“Sidelines” is Bridgers’ first original song to follow her Grammy-nominated 2020 album, Punisher. Her current tour in support of the record continues Friday with her debut set at Coachella.
Miley Cyrus‘ parents may be on the road to divorce, but Miley herself seems happy with her new love. E! Online has photos of Miley kissing musician Maxx Morandopassionately on a street in West Hollywood on Thursday.
Morando, who’s the drummer for the band Liily, and Miley were first seen together in November at a Gucci fashion show. He also attended Miley’s New Year’s Eve NBC special in Miami. Morando is evidently also a cartoonist: In September, Miley called him “one of my favorite emerging artists” in the pages of Vogue.
E! Online reports that the two took a trip to Cabo San Lucas in February. A source told E! in January, “They are both artistic and creative, so they bond over being musicians.”
Meanwhile, Miley’s mother Tish Cyrus filed divorce paperwork on April 6 to split with her husband of 29 years, Miley’s dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. The two had filed for divorce in 2010 and 2013, but subsequently dropped both cases.
After giving birth to her second child – a baby boy – in September, Cardi B is finally ready to share him with the world.
The rapper and her husband Offset each shared some adorable pictures of the little guy on Thursday and revealed his name: Wave Set Cephus.
Cardi tweeted it was Offset who came up with the unique name. “When Set suggested Wave, I was sold! THAT HAD TO BE HIS NAME!” she wrote.
Cardi gave birth on September 4, 2021, revealing the news on social media a couple of days later. Cardi and Offset are also parents to three-year-old daughter, Kulture, and Offset has three children from previous relationships.
This week, Cardi returned to social media after deactivating her Instagram and Twitter earlier this month. She has some new music out today — she’s featured on the new Kay Flock track “Shake It,” along with Dougie B and Bory3000.
After teasing fans earlier this week, Lizzo released her new single, “About Damn Time,” and the music video to match on Thursday.
The new track is an upbeat feel-good anthem, something the artist has a penchant for producing, and the video matches the song’s energy as she galivants through the halls of a building in a blue sparkling ensemble and sings of being “way too fine to be this stressed” before ultimately realizing that everything is “gon’ be alright.”
“Turn up the music, turn down the lights /I got a feelin’ I’m gon’ be alright /Okay (Okay), alright /It’s about damn time,” the Grammy-winner sings in the chorus.
In addition to dropping the new song, Lizzo announced on social media that her forthcoming fourth album, Special, is due out July 15. She shared the album’s black and white artwork along with announcement, which is a headshot of the “Truth Hurts” singer from the shoulders up as she looks off into the distance.
Special is available to pre-save/pre-order now, while “About Damn Time” is available to stream now.
Edgar Winter‘s new album, Brother Johnny: An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Winter, hit stores Friday. As its title suggests, the 17-track collection features Edgar teaming up with a variety of well-known musicians to pay homage to the music of his late brother, blues-rock guitar legend Johnny Winter.
Among the many stars who contributed to the project are Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons, Michael McDonald, ex-Allman Brothers Band members Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks, Toto‘s Steve Lukather, and late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.
“I thought this was gonna be a hard album to make, but this turned out to be just a joyous, inspiring, uplifting experience for me,” Edgar tells ABC Audio. “It was just so amazingly beautiful to do this with a lot of my longtime friends, and then a lot of people that I had never met.”
Edgar says one standout track is a version of Johnny’s soulful 1974 ballad “Stranger,” which features Starr, Walsh and McDonald.
Edgar explains that he initially envisioned Walsh playing guitar on a version of Chuck Berry‘s “Johnny B. Goode” that’s included on Brother Johnny, but notes that after Joe heard “Stranger,” he “flipped out,” and insisted on contributing guitar to that track.
After Walsh signed on, Edgar says he felt comfortable enough to ask Ringo, Joe’s brother-in-law, to play drums on “Stranger.” Winter admits that he “was blown away” when Starr agreed.
Edgar tells ABC Audio that it was his wife, Monique, who suggested getting McDonald to sing “Stranger,” which he immediately realized was a great idea.
“I just knew that it would be something special,” he notes. “And I really do feel like it’s a magical vocal, and one of the highlights on the album.”
Here’s Brother Johnny‘s full track list:
“Mean Town Blues” — featuring Joe Bonamassa
“Alive and Well” — featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd
“Lone Star Blues” — featuring Keb’ Mo’
“I’m Yours and I’m Hers” — featuring Billy Gibbons & Derek Trucks
“Johnny B. Goode” — featuring Joe Walsh & David Grissom
“Stranger” — featuring Michael McDonald, Joe Walsh & Ringo Starr
“Highway 61 Revisited” — featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd & John McFee
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Hoochie Koo” — featuring Steve Lukather
“When You Got a Good Friend” — featuring Doyle Bramhall II
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” — featuring Phil X
“Guess I’ll Go Away” — featuring Taylor Hawkins & Doug Rappoport
“Drown in My Own Tears”
“Self Destructive Blues” — featuring Joe Bonamassa
“Memory Pain” — featuring Warren Haynes
“Stormy Monday Blues” — featuring Robben Ford
“Got My Mojo Workin'” — featuring Bobby Rush
“End of the Line” — featuring David Campbell Strings
If you’re an up-and-coming artist making your Coachella debut this year, heed this advice from Gang of Youth‘s Tom Hobden: choose your footwear wisely.
The multi-instrumentalist played his first Coachella in 2009 as a member of the now-defunct indie band Noah and the Whale. Speaking with ABC Audio, Hobden shares that he remembers that performance “very well, for one particular reason.”
“It was one of those meltingly hot days,” he recalls.
Such is often the case in the desert of Indio, California, this time of year — especially during the daytime hours — but that didn’t stop Hobden from buying a fancy new pair of shoes for the occasion.
“I think we were on early in the afternoon,” Hobden shares. “And my shoes, I was wearing these really nice new shoes I’d bought, they must’ve had a slightly rubber sole, ’cause I found myself two or three songs in realizing that I couldn’t move my feet.”
“Part of my shoes had melted on the hot stage, and I was just stuck,” he laughs. “I had to do a sort of weird shimmy to release myself.”
Just as a piece of Hobden’s shoes may be permanently a part of Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre stage, that performance will always stick with him.
“I’ve got real fond memories of that,” Hobden says. “You always remember your first time you play a big festival like that. It’s special for those reasons.”
Coachella 2022 takes place April 15-17 and April 22-24. While Hobden and Gang of Youths aren’t playing this year, they’ll launch a U.S. tour April 21 in Madison, Wisconsin, in support of their new album, angel in realtime.
The Coachella lineup does include Billie Eilish, Arcade Fire, Måneskin, Phoebe Bridgers, Turnstile, The Regrettes, and Bishop Briggs, among others.
Sure, you already know he’s a talented singer and songwriter, but did you know that Old Dominion’s Matthew Ramsey’s also got an eye for the visual arts?
He shared his hidden talent on Twitter this week, posting a painting he made of an orange-hued sunset. Of course, the inspiration behind the work is the sunset he sings about in the band’s number-one single from 2018, “Make it Sweet.”
“Sunsets like a tangerine,” he wrote on Twitter, beside a video of him signing the piece of artwork, then zooming out to give the mirror a thumbs up.
The creative energy just might be flowing in other ways, too: Old Dominion recently detailed that their new single, “No Hard Feelings,” is the last one they’ll release off their Time, Tequila & Therapy album cycle. That might mean it’s full steam ahead on the group’s next chapter, and new songs in the works.
Matthew’s not the only country star who’s handy with a paintbrush. Brothers Osborne’s John Osborne has been sharing some of his artwork on social media, too. It’s a hobby that he was able to devote more time to during the COVID-19 pandemic, when shutdowns kept the duo off the road.
After treating fans to a festival experience on the high seas, Melissa Etheridge is returning to dry land for her next event.
Melissa, who hosted The Melissa Etheridge Cruise in 2019 and 2021, will now welcome fans to Etheridge Island, a six-night, all-inclusive vacation festival being held over Labor Day Weekend at the Dreams and Secrets resorts at Playa Mujeres, Mexico.
Fans who attend the event, taking place August 30 through September 5, will enjoy three live sets from Melissa, as well as performances from Wynonna, Ani DiFranco, Antigone Rising and other female acts. Lifestyle and wellness experts will also be on hand during the event.
In addition to the music, the package includes accommodations, meals, beverages, transportation to and from the Cancun airport and typical resort activities like snorkeling. Etheridge Island is also kid-friendly, so if you bring your children, you’ll get access to activities for them as well.
Florence + the Machine has unveiled the track list for the band’s upcoming album, Dance Fever.
The record, which frontwoman Florence Welch previously described as a “fairytale in 14 songs,” includes the previously released cuts “King,” “Heaven Is Here” and “My Love,” plus 11 more new tunes.
Florence has also shared a photo of what looks like the back cover of Dance Fever, and the album appears to be divided into three sections, with the first four songs making up part one, followed by five songs each in parts two and three.
Dance Fever, the follow-up to 2018’s High as Hope, arrives May 13. Florence will launch a U.S. tour in support of the record in September.
Here’s the Dance Fever track list:
“King”
“Free”
“Choreomania”
“Back in Town”
“Girls Against God”
“Dream Girl Evil”
“Prayer Factory”
“Cassandra”
“Heaven Is Here”
“Daffodil”
“My Love”
“Restraint”
“The Bomb”
“Morning Elvis”
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Peter Frampton, George Thorogood and doo-wop/rock ‘n’ roll legend Dion DiMucci are among the artists who will be taking part in acclaimed blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa‘s third annual Stream-A-Thon charity event scheduled for Saturday, May 1, at 3 p.m. ET.
The event benefits the Fueling Musicians program launched by Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation to help support supports musicians in need. Bonamassa will host the presentation, which will feature over two hours of music performed by more than 25 artists.
In addition to Frampton, Thorogood, Dion and Bonamassa, the lineup includes Litte Feat/Doobie Brothers keyboardist Bill Payne, Eric Gales, Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes.
To date, To date, the Fueling Musicians program has raised more than $500,000 for touring musicians who have faced financial difficulties and whose livelihood has been impacted by the the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry.
To find out more information about the Fueling Musicians program and to donate to the cause, visit KeepingtheBluesAlive.org.
“I am so thankful for the incredible support from our industry partners and for the fans who have donated to this program,” Bonamassa says. “Through the generosity of our contributors, we can continue to impact musicians who still need our help.”
