For Sebastián Yatra, a miracle doesn’t have to be a grandiose happenstance; it can be a child’s smile, the perfect cup of tea or rain on a sunny day. “You find [miracles] in everything,” said Yatra in a video call from his Miami home. These tiny, often overlooked moments sparked the concept behind the Colombian … Read more
Nearly 25 years after he moved to Nashville to make it as a country musician, Eric Church can count among his achievements 11 No. 1 country radio hits, five platinum-or-better albums, four CMA Awards and one six-story bar on Nashville’s crowded Broadway called Chief’s. (You’ll remember the bar’s opening weekend last year, when Church’s pal … Read more
Highlights as Beyoncé kicks off new tour featuring her “Cowboy Carter” album – CBS News Watch CBS News Beyoncé is back on tour with her album, “Cowboy Carter.” The superstar will perform 32 shows across nine cities. Monday’s concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles was a family affair as Blue Ivy performed as a … Read more
David Thomas, the live-wire frontman for experimental rockers Pere Ubu, has died. He was 71. The band posted news of Thomas’ death on its official Facebook pagewhere the cause of death was given as “a long illness.” Thomas “died in his home town of Brighton & Hove, with his wife and youngest stepdaughter by his … Read more
Roy Thomas Baker, the hitmaking record producer behind some of the biggest and most proudly polished songs and albums of the rock era — including Queen’s chart-topping, multipart “Bohemian Rhapsody” — died April 12 at his home in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was 78. His death was announced by a spokesperson, Bob Merlis, who … Read more
Alexander Stevanovic BBC News, Essex Getty Images Stormzy said writing an album on Osea Island was a “surreal, spiritual experience” A secluded island where Stormzy wrote an album is on sale – and expected to go for more than £25m ($33m). Osea Island in the Blackwater Estuary near Maldon in Essex is owned by music … Read more
Nearly 25 years ago, Brooklyn band TV on the Radio took over the airwaves and MTV with their haunting, near-operatic synth-rock. Tracks like “Staring at the Sun” and “Wolf Like Me” seduced listeners with melodic hooks upon hooks, and an urgent, insistent percussive drive. Leading man, Missouri-born, L.A.-based Tunde Adebimpe’s restless creative spirit never lost … Read more
BBC/Studio Lambert/Getty Images This week, Race Across the World returns to our screens, with five teams setting off from the Great Wall of China. But that’s not all the week has in store. Self Esteem‘s new album is out, the next series of The Mangione Trial drops on BBC Sounds, and gaming fans have Clear … Read more
Stewart Copeland is best known as one-third of the Police, the chart-topping trio that called it quits after five acclaimed albums released between 1978-1983 and launched Sting to solo stardom. With the Police, which also included guitarist Andy Summers, out of the picture, the drummer-percussionist changed course and became an in-demand film and TV score … Read more
Stevie Nicks is at work on a new album filled with “memories of mine of fantastic men.” “I have seven songs, and they are autobiographical real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life,” the 76-year-old rock icon said. “They are not airy, fairy songs that you are … Read more
