Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is not only a #1 hit but a historic #1 hit. The song, a gentle country weepie about losing your cowboy paramour to his exes down in you-know-where, made Langley the first woman to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Country Airplay charts simultaneously. Based […]

Are you up on Shoes? They were a power-pop band who got started in mid-’70s Illinois. They had a few excellent minor hits in the late ’70s, and they were early music video adapters, which meant that a bunch of their clips were in rotation on the day that MTV launched in 1981. Shoes never […]

Metallica are coming to the Sphere. This fall, the legendary metal band will become the heaviest act so far to perform at the high-tech Las Vegas venue. Dubbed Life Burns Faster, the residency will encompass eight shows over four weekends: Oct. 1 and 3, 15 and 17, 22 and 24, and 29 and 31. Each […]