Music

The Grand Ole Opry has opened a new location in New York City’s Times Square. Dubbing the complex Opry City Stage, it stands at 1604 Broadway in the heart of New York’s tourist mecca and marks the Opry’s first venture outside Nashville – the historic radio program’s home and base …

Stone Temple Pilots will embark on their first tour with new singer Jeff Gutt this spring. “We are thrilled to see all of you and share in the music that belongs to all of us,” Stone Temple Pilots‘ Dean DeLeo said in a statement. After revealing Gutt as the band’s …

Backed by finger snaps, Wurlitzer and a lone tambourine, Anderson East downsizes his newest song, “All on My Mind,” into a bare-boned piano ballad in this special performance. “All on my Mind” is the lead single from East’s upcoming release, Encore, which finds the soul singer reuniting with producer Dave …

Liam Gallagher roared his heavy new single “Come Back to Me” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show. The former Oasis frontman adopted his distinctive nasal tone throughout the track, belting over a wall of dual-guitar distortion and jangly piano. The singer stood motionless during the instrumental sections, hands stuck in the pockets …

Having not written an LP dominated by her own compositions until 2000’s Red Dirt Girl, Emmylou Harris has nevertheless cultivated a sterling reputation for unique cover songs since her 1975 Warner Bros. debut album, Pieces of the Sky. Much of the material Harris has interpreted since that time has been …

In the program notes to his scruffy, roaring Velvet Underground tribute at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night, John Cale, 75, noted he’s “reluctant to spend too much time on things past.” Fair enough. But as foundational member and key sonic architect of a band that ranks with rock’s …

The week before Thanksgiving is a seasonally appropriate time to dust off the Christmas carols, and it’s also a welcome moment to hear new music from Kelleigh Bannen, one of Nashville’s most promising country voices and one held up in Music Row limbo for far too long. Bannen’s versions of …

Dashboard Confessionalunveiled a new song called “We Fight.” The empowering tune will appear on their forthcoming album, Crooked Shadows, which is their first since 2009’s After the Ending set. It’s set for release February 9th via Fueled by Ramen. The powerful song explores the fighting spirit and strength found within …

Jared Leto‘s Thirty Seconds to Mars document all facets of America – its physical beauty, cultural diversity and social injustice – in the sweeping video for “Walk on Water,” the alt-rock band’s first new song in four years. This summer, the group recruited fans in all 50 states – plus …

Morrissey moves from melodic guitar rock to ominous political pronouncements on his new song “Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on the Stage.” The track will appear on the singer’s upcoming album, Low in High School, which is due out on November 17th. “Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on …