Music

Nas has shared the new trailer for the upcoming PBS concert film that teamed the Illmatic rapper with the National Symphony Orchestra for a unique performance. Great Performances — Nas Live From the Kennedy Center: Classical Hip-Hop finds the rapper performing his 1994 masterpiece at the venerable Washington, D.C. venue …

Crosby, Stills and Nash first played together in 1968, but it was nearly a decade before they toured as a trio. That’s because a certain shaggy Canadian fellow joined their ranks right before they hit the road to support their debut LP. They sold millions of records without the guy, …

Oscar winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham returns to film with the new track “How Shall a Sparrow Fly,” a bleak-but-beautiful ballad that appears in the new Western drama Hostiles. Written and performed by the gritty roots rocker and modeled on a traditional Scots-Irish dirge, the song is anchored by mandolin and …

When Jimmy Buffett found his audience during the mid-Seventies, it was as a sandy-toed beach bum in Key West, Florida, with songs that glorified the happy hours and last calls of island life. Years before he hit the tropics, though, he spent time in Nashville as an unknown folksinger, recording …

Steven Van Zandt and the Disciples of Soul have a beachside holiday in the new video for their cover of the Ramones’ “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight).” The clip finds Van Zandt and his 15-piece outfit decked out as Santa, elves and reindeer, playing toy instruments along …

Drew Baldridge was conflicted. The young country singer was shaken from having performed at Las Vegas‘ Route 91 Harvest Festival just two days before 59 people were killed at the concert in the deadliest shooting in modern American history. Now, a few days after the October 1st tragedy, Baldridge had …

Ed Sheeran recruited Andrea Bocelli for an orchestral version of “Perfect,” a song from his recent LP, Divide. The Italian classical-crossover star offers elegance to the ballad, belting in a robust vibrato over Sheeran’s guitar arpeggios. The singers alternate lead vocals throughout the track, with Sheeran briefly crooning in Italian. …

“Merry Christmas Darling,” first recorded by the Carpenters in 1970, consistently ranks among the perennial Christmas favorites. With the late Karen Carpenter’s dreamy, pristine vocals at the forefront of what is essentially a bummer tune about being separated during this special time of year, the song has become even more …

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Taylor Swift made a rare Reputation-era magazine appearance by landing the cover of British Vogue‘s January issue, and instead of giving an interview, she wrote a poem titled “The Trick to Holding On.” In the new piece of writing, Swift reflects on the importance of resilience. “The only thing cut …