Billy Strings never really stops touring, so the fact that he visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night was no surprise. I was a little bit surprised to see he was there to promote Highway Prayers, an album that came out more than a year ago, but I then I realized my perspective was being tainted by flawed …

Joe Giudice is offering his own firsthand insight into what Sean Diddy Combs might experience at Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, the New Jersey prison where the music mogul is…

The ‘Friday’ franchise is gearing up for a long awaited return, and the excitement is already building as Ice Cube and his creative team shape what could be the final…

Lil Durk stands at the center of one of the most consequential federal cases the Hip Hop world has seen in years, with a murder for hire prosecution that has…

What’s beef? Biggie had a whole song about it. RIP. As for Bow Wow and Omarion, they used a November 20 Live session on the Gram to finally explain how…

On this day in Hip Hop history, Wu Tang Clan releases their third studio LP The W. As the follow up to the immensely successful Wu Tang Forever, this album fell a…

This year, the energetic young Pennsylvania rapper/producer Eem Triplin released his debut album Melody Of A Memory and his Come Undone EP, became a XXL Freshman, and did a Stereogum interview. That’s a lot of activity, but the year isn’t over yet. Today, Triplin releases a new single called “If I Wanted To.” Eem Triplin… The post Eem Triplin – …

UK rocker Sam Fender is an extremely big deal in his homeland. Last month, he won the Mercury Prize for People Watching, the album that he released earlier this year. The day after his big win, Fender released his Elton John duet “Talk To You.” It’s the lead single from his upcoming People Watching deluxe… The post Sam Fender – …

Esther Rose released her album Want back in May, and as is often the case, there were songs left over. Two of them see release today, and they have fabulous backstories. First up, a slow-burn folk-rock tune called “That’s My DJ,” about which Rose writes: When I moved to Santa Fe, I had a bit… The post Esther Rose – …

Bob Dylan and Van Morrison go way back. The two legendary contemporaries have covered one another tons of times over the years. They’ve performed together on multiple occasions — including, as Rolling Stone points out, a 1988 co-headlining tour. They were both in The Last Waltz. Dylan has played his own versions of Van Morrison’s classics many times; he just …