Author: Press Room
Few names unite the spectrums of country, rock, and folk music quite like Ray Wylie Hubbard. Since Jerry Jeff Walker first covered his “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother,” more than 50 years ago, Hubbard has been name-dropped by artists from Eric Church and Hayes Carll to Blackberry Smoke and Cross Canadian Ragweed. He counts Ringo Starr among his friends. It’s a circle of respect and admiration that the 79-year-old Hubbard is quick to embrace. “It’s gratifying in a way that validates — OK, yeah, I can write these songs,” Hubbard tells Rolling Stone. Occasionally, too, it leads to some head-spinning…
It’s been fifteen years since Alabama Shakes released their debut EP, which catapulted the small-town southern band into an unlikely few years of stardom. The group’s early music was lo-fi, vintage-leaning, and just twee enough to make the scrappy garage rockers an emblem of early-mid aughts Urban Outfitters hipsterdom. Brittany Howard, the band’s lead singer and charismatic frontwoman, has spent much of the past decade refuting that notion. With the band’s daring second album, 2015’s Sound + Color, and her subsequent solo records, Howard has established herself less like the retro revivalist her band were pegged as and more as…
Cardinals caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2026, where the Cork indie upstarts told us about progress on the “darker” follow-up to their acclaimed album ‘Masquerade‘. Watch our full interview interview or read all about it below. The former NME cover stars and NME 100 alumni made their Reading & Leeds debut at the southern site yesterday (Friday August 28) – a moment not lost of them having been raised on the classic Nirvana ‘Live At Reading’ album and movie. It’s been a steady ascent for the Cork band. This writer first saw them in a tiny Oslo basement…
Earlier this week, Meta settled a lawsuit brought by a coalition of state attorneys general and the District of Columbia, which claimed that the company’s products — namely Facebook and Instagram — were harmful to children. One week into trial, Meta agreed to a settlement that would require them to pay up to a $17 billion penalty, as well as enact a handful of safety precautions for accountholders 17 and under. These stipulations are extensive. Kids will only have access to Facebook and Instagram for two hours a day, and the apps will be blocked between midnight and 6 a.m.…
The state of Tennessee has announced plans to rename the Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton following the death of the country legend earlier this week. Both Governor Bill Lee and the Metro Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) are aligned on a proposal to rebrand the Music City hub (airport code BNA) in honor of Parton, with a September 17 meeting scheduled to plan the next steps. “Dolly Parton’s extraordinary life is forever woven into the fabric of our state,” Gov. Lee said in a statement. “From her rural mountain home in East Tennessee to global stages, Dolly carried the Volunteer Spirit with…
Sixty years ago, on Aug. 29, 1966, the Beatles played their final live show, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It was a turning point for the Fabs — the night that John, Paul, George, and Ringo quit the road. They signed off with one last bash at “Long Tall Sally,” four boys in the freezing fog and wind, proving to themselves one last time that they’re still the greatest rock & roll group, the toppermost of the poppermost. But then they took their goodnight bows, and that was it: the final twist. The final shout. The last stand of…
The United States and Iran appear locked into their six-month-old war, with both lacking a clear path to victory and each clinging to unrealistic ideas about what their adversary will accept to end the conflict. Iranians are already suffering immensely. Thousands have been killed in strikes by America and its allies, while thousands more have been murdered by Tehran’s ruthless security apparatus, and the country’s economy has been devastated by decades of sanctions and war. More than 750 U.S. service members have been wounded since the war began on Feb. 28, with 18 killed in action. America is spending tens…
From biblical epics to Lady Gaga dramas, Black Hawk Down to Blade Runner — our complete rundown of Sir Ridley’s greatest hits (and misses) Science-fiction landmarks, sword-and-sandal epics, slick neo-noirs, gritty crime thrillers, gory horror flicks, female-bonding road movies, war films, romantic comedies, lavish costume dramas, coming-of-age parables — Sir Ridley Scott has made virtually every type of movie you could imagine, short of musicals and Westerns. (And there’s a strong argument to be made that his latest, an adaptation of the dystopian novel The Dog Stars, is actually a Western in disguise.) He’s dealt with stories that take place…
Taylor Swift has donated to a mother who was hit by a car while trying to help someone else. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘The Life Of A Showgirl’ review: magical when the songwriter just lets herself be The pop star donated $50,000 (£37,000) to a GoFundMe created to assist Ashley Taunton, her husband, and their three children with daily expenses while Taunton recovers from the accident. According to the fundraising page, Taunton saw someone in need after a car accident and pulled over during a heavy rainstorm to help. As her husband, Joe, writes, it was “Ashley doing Ashley things”.…
Sombr teamed up with The Cranberries to cover ‘Zombie’ at Electric Picnic in Ireland last night – check out footage below. The three-day event kicked off last night (August 28) at Stradbally Hall in County Laois, where the US pop artist took to the stage with a flamboyant entrance that saw him arrive backstage in a Mercedes, and later attempt to split the G. He later surprised fans by bringing out Noel and Mike Hogan of The Cranberries to perform the 1994 classic ‘Zombie’ – and you can find footage of the moment below. It’s the second time he’s done…
