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Irish rock band Inhaler got their name because of lead singer Elijah Hewson’s asthma. “Everybody saw the band as quite nerdy and geeky and we thought it was cool,” Hewson tells Rolling Stone. “I had asthma for a while and people just kind of started calling us the Inhalers. It …

Despite steps forward to level the playing field by CMT, AppleMusic, and the Change the Conversation org, gender imbalance in country music remains a problem. It’s even caught the eye of Samantha Bee, who devoted an entire segment to Nashville’s lack of women on country radio on this week’s Full …

Steely Dan and Steve Winwood will join forces this summer for the Earth After Dark Tour. Donald Fagen and company — who recently completed a fall trek — and the former Traffic and Blind Faith singer will kick off their 23-date joint tour June 2nd in Portland, Oregon. The jaunt, …

Songwriters Jessi Alexander and Brandy Clark return with fresh solo material, Lilly Hiatt cranks the amps up to 11 for some delicious guitar rock, and Texas supergroup the Panhandlers arrive. Jessi Alexander, “Mama Drank” More than a decade after writing Miley Cyrus’ Grammy-nominated mega-hit “The Climb,” Jessi Alexander has whittled …

Steve Martin reunites with the Steep Canyon Rangers for a dual-layered love song. “California” is both a love letter to the state and an attempt to rekindle a romance fallen on hard times. Specifically, the narrator tries to lure his lover out to the coast from Oklahoma. “Took a house …

With gyrating new wave synths and sheets of heavy guitar, the pioneering post-punk group Wire parse what the future could hold on “Primed and Ready,” a song off their upcoming record Mind Hive. The LP is due out January 24th. “Are you scoping the future? Are you scouting the trail?” …

In early 2000, just as a new year, decade, and millennium were getting underway, a year-old country-pop trio debuted on the charts with their first single for Disney’s Nashville-based label, Lyric Street. The group, made up of singer Gary LeVox, bassist and keyboard player (and LeVox’s second cousin) Jay DeMarcus, …

Thanks to a new law, Wade Robson and James Safechuck — two men who have accused Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them when they were children — will get the chance to sue two corporate entities tied to the Jackson estate. On January 1st a new California law went into …

Huey Lewis discusses the creation and legacy of his hit song with the News, “The Power of Love,” in the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s “The Breakdown.” “‘The Power of Love’ is very powerful,” Lewis says, “more powerful than we realized. And as we get older, it’s really the most …

Since 2014, when Austin City Limits celebrated the 40th anniversary of its pilot episode, the long-running public television series has inducted influential musicians, songwriters, and others into its Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. On Saturday, December 28th, a special episode of the series will take a look at highlights …