Judge Brenda Penny has been the calm eye of the storm surrounding Britney Spears and the conservatorship that controls her life. Now all eyes are on her. The Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has thus far been able to act more as a caretaker than a dictator in the case, but at a potentially pivotal […]

When the Country Music Association unveiled its ballot for the organization’s 55th annual awards on Sept. 9, steel guitarist Paul Franklin picked up the 30th nomination of his career. A whopping 29 of those nods — including this year’s — were for musician of the year. His one nod outside of that category was for musical event of

Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Hammond organist who pushed musical boundaries and was recognized by fans and peers as one of the finest to ever play the instrument, died Tuesday (Sept. 28) at home in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was 79. Born in Buffalo, New York on July 3, 1942, Smith was turned on to gospel,

A problem shared, a problem halved. G-Eazy and Demi Lovato put that the test when they performed “Breakdown” Tuesday night (Sept. 28) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The new song appears on G-Eazy’s new album These Things Happen Too, which dropped last Friday, and is the followup to 2014’s These Things Happen. “This is one of

David Vogel clearly digs the big stage. The 23-year-old singer and guitarist made his mark on Tuesday night’s (Sept. 28) episode of NBC’s The Voice, when he performed one of Ariana Grande’s very own songs for his blind audition. Risky, yes. Not a problem. Hailing from Valhalla, New York, Vogel — which translates to “bird”

For years, decades even, allegations swirled that R&B superstar R. Kelly was abusing young women and girls, with seeming impunity. They were mostly young Black women. And Black girls. And that, say accusers and others who have called for him to face accountability, is part of what took the wheels of the criminal justice system

Will a criminal conviction do to R. Kelly’s music what years of ugly allegations couldn’t? It’s unlikely that Monday’s moment of justice — when a federal jury in New York found the 54-year-old R&B superstar guilty of all nine counts in a sex trafficking trial — will mean much for his fans, given all the

Sam Riddle, the popular Los Angeles “Boss Radio” deejay of the 1960s who went on to produce the Ed McMahon-hosted TV talent show Star Search, has died. He was 83. Riddle died Monday at his home in Palm Desert after a battle with Lewy body dementia, a publicist announced. In an era when radio disc

Between her fashionably late appearance at the Met Gala on Sept. 13 and Friday’s Amazon Prime premiere of her Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 3, Rihanna has been all over the headlines lately — but not because of new music. The last album from the Bajan pop star was 2016’s Anti, which topped the Billboard

Amid a top 10 dominated by pop and hip-hop tracks from the likes of Drake and Lil Nas X, Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like” carved out a No. 5 finish on the Billboard Hot 100 this week for the second week in a row. It previously peaked at No. 9 after catching fire on TikTok and