Shane McAnally Could Win a GRAMMY

Shane McAnally is nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2024 GRAMMY Awards. The songwriter co-wrote “We Don’t Fight Anymore,” by Chris Stapleton and Carly Pearce, among other hit songs of the past year. He also co-wrote the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical, “Shucked,” which is up for Best Musical Theater Album. […]

Tate McRae Announces THINK LATER Tour

Tate McRae’s THINK LATER album is packed with attitude, confidence and energy—all of which she’ll be bringing to a live audience. Starting in April, Tate McRae will be performing hit tracks like “exes,” “greedy” and “cut my hair” across the world.   An Eight-Month World Tour The show kicks off on April 17th in Dublin, […]

On Jeremy Renner’s Latest Single “Wait”

Jeremy Renner, 'Love and Titanium.' Retrieved from @jeremyrenner Instagram.

On the first day of 2024, Marvel actor and surprise singer Jeremy Renner released his new song “Wait,” as well as news on new music. The song commemorates the anniversary of the actor’s almost fatal snow plow accident when a snowplow ran him over. The emergency brake wasn’t working, and when Renner’s nephew was about […]

The Lemon Twigs Welcome 2024 With ‘My Golden Years’

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Take a step into the past with The Lemon Twigs and their New Year single, “My Golden Years.” Blast From the Past: The Lemon Twigs & “My Golden Years” Sibling duo, The Lemon Twigs, pay homage to the 1960s with an upbeat track that is reminiscent of some of our favorite old-timey artists. With tastes […]

Playboi Carti & Travis Scott Head Into the ‘BACKR00MS’

Posted to Playboi Carti's Instagram alongside the song's release on Youtube, this is presumably the album art for the Atlanta MC and Travis Scott's joint single, "BACKR00MS."

If you count yourself as a hardcore Opium fan, you’ll know that the following sentence is a precarious statement to make. But, it seems like Playboi Carti is ramping up for an album release. “BACKR00MS” is his fourth single in recent months. It’s also the first of the set to carry a feature, this time […]

MD Disc: Edgar Barrera, Producer to the (Latin) Stars

A photo of songwriter-producer Edgar Barrera from the Latin Grammys, a ceremony at which he's taken home plenty of hardware. In 2024, he's up for Songwriter of the Year (Non-Classical) at the Grammys.

With the Grammy’s just a few months away at this point, it’s officially awards season. That’s especially true given the time to marinate on the list of nominees announced late in 2023. One of the newer categories introduced in last year’s edition was Songwriter of the Year, an addition to the show that aims to […]

SXSW 2024 Lineup

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SXSW’s 2024 lineup is jam-packed and includes 149 new and established acts. Prepare for the 38th annual gathering on March 11-16 in Austin, Texas. Straight from the SXSW official website, below is a brief glimpse at who to pay attention to at the music festival: “4AD’s genre-hopping maximalist NYC punks cumgirl8 and UK post-punks Dry […]

Revisit MD Discovery: Emo Pop Artist AViVA and Her “HATE 2 LUV U”

The cover for Australian born, LA based emo pop singer AViVA's fourth studio album, "HATE 2 LUV U."

LA-based, Australia-born AViVA’s path to fame isn’t one you stumble upon every day, but speaks to the changing definition of what it is to be an “artist.” She’s grown to a career fit with four studio albums, but began as a YouTuber and made a stop along the way to branch out as a YA […]