The Killers are the latest artist to get a SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award, which recognizes the most streamed acts of the past two decades.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby has shared another track from The Future Is Our Way Out, which is due out July 26th. Check out “Pink Palace” on YouTube.
Amos Lee has shared another track from Transmissions, which is out August 9th. Check out "Darkest Places" on YouTube.
Margo Price has opened up about her decision to have nose surgery earlier this year.
In a Substack post she titled “As Plain as the Nose on My Face” Price writes that she had depression before and after undergoing septoplasty and rhinoplasty, and that afterwards “I didn’t recognize the person staring back at me. I was bruised and battered, like I had just been in the boxing match of a lifetime and my face was swollen and covered with bandages. What had I done? Who was I without my giant, crooked Barbra Streisand-esque nose?”
Price adds that her nose was first broken when she was born, that she broke it multiple times over the years, and that cocaine abuse and drinking-related injuries made it worse. Then in 2017 she started having migraines, sinus infections and nosebleeds. That all came to a peak when she flew to last year's Newport Folk Festival and experienced hearing loss in her left ear.
A doctor diagnosed her with a deviated septum and nasal cavity bone spurs, and recommended surgery. Price writes that she thought pairing that with cosmetic surgery would help her feel better about herself. She's feeling better three months post-surgery and singing and breathing better, but still has a poor self-image. “I thought that ‘fixing my nose’ was going to solve everything, but it was much more complicated than that. I try not to look in the mirror too much these days. I try not to think too much about my looks in general but of course, being a woman in the country music industry, that’s impossible...
"I know I may fit into some people’s perception of what is considered more traditional beauty, but I find myself feeling nostalgic about the way I used to look. I still have the slightest hint of a bump on the bridge of my nose and I’m happy for that."
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will unveil a new exhibit on July 29th called 1984 and centered on that watershed year in music.