Nashville Songwriter Nicolle Galyon Shifts Gears From Hit Tunesmith to Freshman Artist With Debut Album, ‘Firstborn’

Back in February, zzzahara and Eyedress shared their first collaborative album as The Simps. zzzahara has dropped a string of strong singles singles since.

London eight-piece Kokoroko have just been announced as the next guests on the latest instalment of The Record Club. 

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThat pose that Amanda Shires strikes on the cover of “Take It Like a Man” — is it the look of allure, or alarm? Even after some time spent with the record therein, it still seems like it could be either. The singer-songwriter-violinist kicks off her seventh solo release with “Hawk for the Dove,” about as broodingly carnal a track as you’re going to hear this year.

Louis Tomlinson isn’t a big fan of One Direction‘s first album.

Looking back, Louis Tomlinson isn’t exactly proud of the first One Direction album.

Nicole Kidman, 55, and Keith Urban, 54, couldn’t seem more in love if they tried. You only need to take a glance at pictures of them arriving at the Balenciaga fashion show earlier this month for their latest red-carpet PDA.But it appears that public makeout sessions alone aren’t enough and we’re told the pair are planning to renew their vows this autumn, as well as hoping to welcome a new bundle of joy into their family.An insider tells heat that they have been planning on saying their “I dos” again for a few years, but their plans were delayed by the pandemic.

After three years in court, Amber Portwood has lost custody of her 4-year-old son, James, who will be moving from Indiana to California with his dad, Andrew Glennon.

Flohio's beat selection has always been top-notch, something the British-Nigerian rapper demonstrated handily on her 2020 mixtape No Panic No Pain. On "SPF," a new single from her just-announced debut album Out of Heart, Flohio adopts a '80s funk sound produced by Speech.

Sam Ryder has shared that he is in the final stages of finishing his debut album, ‘There’s Nothing But Space, Man’. Watch our video interview with Ryder above.Speaking to NME at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire this weekend (July 24), the Eurovision singer said it was looking like the record would be finished this month, adding that it’s been an “amazing” experience.Asked what the record might sound like, he replied: “I’ll tell you next week when I finish it.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticMarcus Mumford has announced a fall tour — his first as a solo artist outside of Mumford and Sons — that will take him to 31 cities in North America over a two-month period, starting Sept. 19 in Boulder and wrapping up Nov. 10 in Toronto.The tour dates consist mostly of gigs at historic theaters like New York’s Beacon (Nov.

Incongruously named singer-songwriter Skullcrusher has announced that she will release her debut album, ‘Quiet The Room’, this autumn. Out now is new single ‘Whatever Fits Together’.“I wrote ‘Whatever Fits Together’ while reflecting on my past and wondering how I might begin to explain it to someone”, says Skullcrusher, real name Helen Ballentine.

Flo Milli has surprised fans with an early release of her debut album today (July 20), ‘You Still Here, Ho?’ – you can stream it below.Speaking about the record in a statement, Milli said: “My album creative is based on early 2000’s nostalgia. As queen of Gen-Z, this is the new age of the Roaring 20s.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticWhat happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. The Academy of Country Music Awards will be sticking with Amazon Prime Video for a second year in 2023, but not sticking with Las Vegas, where the broadcast has been based almost every year since 2003.The next ACMs will take place May 11, 2023 in Frisco, Texas at the Ford Center at the Star, a 12,000-seat indoor stadium that hosts sporting events and serves as a practice facility for the Dallas Cowboys.It won’t be the first trip the ACMs have taken to Texas.

PVA have announced details of their debut album ‘Blush’ as well as sharing new single ‘Hero Man’ – check it out below.‘Blush’ follows on from 2020’s ‘Toner’ and is due for release 14 October on Ninja Tune.The album is being previewed with the haunting, rave-ready ‘Hero Man’ – check it out below.“We wanted to surprise people and do something more than just get across how we sound at a gig,” said drummer Louis Satchell of ‘Blush’. “It’s quite an anxious record sometimes that is relating to mental health issues and carries within it the anxiety of making an album. It’s been a rocky ride but we always pick ourselves up.”“This album is definitely exploring who we are as people,” vocalist Josh Baxter added.