Darius Rucker Pens Emotional Essay About Country Music’s ‘Stigma Of Rebel Flags And Racism’: It’s ‘Changing Drastically’

Nathalie Stutzmann, the French-born contralto turned conductor, will succeed Robert Spano as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra starting with the 2022-23 season and become the second woman to lead a major American orchestra.The 56-year-old agreed to a four-year contract, the orchestra announced Wednesday, and she plans to spend 10 weeks annually in Atlanta starting in 2022-23.Marin Alsop was the first woman to head a major American orchestra as music director of the Baltimore

Kacey Musgraves‘ new album, star-crossed, is not eligible to be nominated for Best Country Album at the 2022 Grammys.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers were stunned after judge Craig Revel Horwood made a saucy comment to dancer Gorka Marquez.

The Rolling Stones have discussed why they haven’t been playing their hit ‘Brown Sugar’ on their current US tour.The band’s ‘No Filter’ tour kicked off in St Louis, Missouri on September 26, which the band dedicated to their late drummer Charlie Watts, who died at the age of 80 in August.In a new interview with The Los Angeles Times Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were asked about ‘Brown Sugar”s omission from the setlist so far, and whether it’s related to its slavery-referencing opening line:

Neon has acquired the North American rights to “The End,” a musical directed by Joshua Oppenheimer that will star Tilda Swinton, George Mackay and Stephen Graham. Oppenheimer is the director of the acclaimed documentaries “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence,” and his next film will be a musical about the last human family.

Mexico City were returned, either voluntarily by foreign collectors or through police seizures abroad. They were returned from the United States, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands.For most, it is the first time they have been seen in Mexico.Many of the other 644 pieces had been seized in Mexico or had long sat in warehouses.

Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter Willow Smith are getting candid about cosmetic surgery.

Dancing is their love language! Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert began captivating audiences with their stage chemistry well before they started dating.

Chris Willman Music WriterAmong many other reasons to applaud Mickey Guyton for her long-in-the-works debut album, give her extra credit for being the millionth country artist to sing about “Daisy Dukes” — and the first to immediately follow that with a mention of “dookie braids.” Juxtaposing a white-girl cutoffs cliché with a Black-girl hair reference figures into a song, “All American,” that brings up class, race, gender and music differences to anthemically suggest that maybe we can all just

Roger Mitchell, the director of Notting Hill, passed away this week at the age of 65 and now one of the stars of the film, Julia Roberts, is paying tribute.

Mickey Guyton, the last 18 months have been nothing short of a whirlwind.The 37-year-old finally broke into the mainstream after almost 20 years of push backs with the powerful and polarising songs, Black Like Me and What Are You Going To Tell Her?She went on to become the first black woman to perform at the American Country Music awards, the first black woman to host the Country Music Awards, and the first black woman to be nominated for a Grammy in the country music category.MORE: Country star

Selome Hailu editorIn 2016, Esteban Arango enrolled in Hola Mexico Film Festival’s mentorship program, Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today, with a short film — a coming-of-ager about two brothers from Colombia who love metal music and feel disillusioned by the American dream. Arango and his co-writer, Erick Castrillon, needed guidance on adapting the piece into a full-length project, and the pair found that support in the program.

Drake and The Weeknd.From early next year, author, podcaster and writer Dalton Higgins is set to begin teaching the course, titled ‘Deconstructing Drake and The Weeknd.’“On the U.S.

Romeo Beckham and Mimi Regan had a lot to celebrate on Tuesday as the US announced the easing of restrictions for vaccinated travellers from November.MORE: David and Victoria's son Romeo Beckham relocates to Miami - and is following in his dad's footstepsDavid and Victoria Beckham's son is now living in Miami, where he is following in his dad's footsteps as a professional footballer, and has been unable to see his girlfriend of more than two years because of the current travel

Aly Raisman is opening up about how she's doing after the emotional testimony she gave before senators last week about the sexual abuse she and other U.S. gymnasts suffered by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

Roger Brown was a defensive tackle and six-time Pro Bowler with the Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams in the 1960s.Brown played college football at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he was a two-time NAIA All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009.

Simone Biles holds hands with McKayla Maroney as they leave the Senate Judiciary hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon (September 15).