Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile have blended their voices on a few occasions in impromptu or concert settings, but not for an official recording until now. The occasion that finally brough…
Fresh lettering has gone up on the marquee at Antone's nightclub in Austin: "Forever." That may err on the side of slightly wishful thinking, but the club at least has a better head start on…
The 40th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony lasted for about five nonstop hours Saturday, at least for those watching live at L.A.'s Peacock Theatre or as a stream on Dis…
Before there was the self-proclaimed Midwest Princess, there was the queen of Queens in New York. They came together in a glittery cosmic convergence Saturday night at the Rock & Roll Ha…
David Letterman, who in 2002 hosted Warren Zevon's final television appearance before his death, paid tribute to his friend Saturday night with a lengthy induction speech at the Rock & R…
For nearly the entirety of the "Wicked: One Wonderful Night"Â TV special, which aired on NBC Wednesday night, the performances were focused on Stephen Schwartz's songs from the two "Wicked…
Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller seem like birds of an eternal feather, having played together frequently over the decades, but there is a first time for everything. And for these two, that f…
If only we could hear Norma Desmond rise up and sing: Don't cha wish your girflriend, that little tart Betty Schaefer, was hot like me? That does not happen in Nicole Scherzinger's current r…
Two rarities during the musical performances on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend: actual rock 'n' roll was performed. Even rarer than that, Thomas Jefferson was quoted " prominently and at…
Is there such a thing as… an intimate arena? That may seem like the type of oxymoron that could only belong to the show-biz hype lexicon. But plenty of southern Californians would swear th…
Brandi Carlile's "Returning to Myself" album, her first solo release in four years, is likely to debut in the top 10 when album chart results come in this weekend. Her appearance on "Saturda…
As her new album opens, Brandi Carlile is having a slight argument with herself. The title track of the record, "Returning to Myself," wonders aloud about how much value there is in going de…
What does it say that a Warren Zevon tribute concert Friday night featured more than 30 songs, was performed by well over 50 musicians, and stretched nearly to four hours in the end … and …
Out of the many thousands " surely tens of thousands " of albums I've listened to in my time, I can't recall one that had me on the edge of my seat from the first moments to the last on firs…
It's Warren Zevon season. That may sound like a funny thing to say, in 2025, or in any year since the legendary rock singer-songwriter died in 2003, given a perennial underdog status that ne…
Brandi Carlile begins her new album with a verse raising the issue of mortality, and the question of what a godly design for these fleeting lives might be, if any at all. "Is there some free…
Boxed sets celebrating classic rock albums offer the joy of discovery, in all those abandoned alternate versions being brought into the light as bonus tracks, but usually also some simultane…
Two days before releasing her new "Returning to Myself" album, Brandi Carlile has announced a global tour for 2026, set to touch down in arenas in the U.S. in the early part of the year and …
Sabrina Carpenter, the host as well as musical guest for this week's "Saturday Night Live," used her monologue to riff on her risque image, suggesting that she wants to be known for more tha…
If ever a play seemed tailor-made " tailor-braided? " for the Mark Taper Forum stage, at least in the 2020s, it's "Jaja's African Hair Braiding." The most intimate of the three Music Center …
"Can you believe it? We're in Los Angeles!" exulted Chappell Roan, about halfway through the first of two appearances at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. It was understood, what she was saying. L…
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has rolled out a list of performers and presenters who will be appearing in tribute to the honorees at the Nov. 8 ceremony in Los Angeles. The lineup ranges …
The Troubadour has probably never been mentioned as many times from the stage of the Greek as it was Friday night. This was because the headliner, country star Megan Moroney, had to keep pin…
Cyndi Lauper may have said farewell to touring, but it wasn't a farewell to live shows altogether. Making good on her promise that her goodbye tour this year did not mean an end to concerts …
The equation has been reversed on CBS' recent "Grammy Salute" specials: They were traditionally all-star salutes where the legendary artist being feted makes a cameo appearance at the end (a…