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Darius Rucker, Zac Brown Band among Windy City Smokeout headliners for 2023 fest

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the festival, which will run July 13-16 at the United Center.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 9, 2023

Windy City Smokeout headliners include Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan and Zac Brown Band

CHICAGO — Windy City Smokeout has announced its music lineup for this coming July, with headliners including Zach Bryan, Darius Rucker, Luke Bryan and Zac Brown Band. The four-day festival devoted to country bands and barbecue will be back outside of the United Center July 13-16. Tickets are on sale…

Chicago Tribune · Feb 9, 2023

How Zach Bryan’s ‘Something in the Orange’ was made at renowned Seattle-area studio

SEATTLE — Zach Bryan's music had been bubbling online for a few years. The country-adjacent singer-songwriter was serving as a Navy ordnanceman stationed in Washington state while his passionate following grew, sort of by accident. After workdays spent arming and disarming bombs or training for his next deployment, the Johnny…

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2023

Beyonce, Bad Bunny releases among best albums of 2022

Beyonce’s “Renaissance,” Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti,” and Rosalía’s “Motomami” were some of the biggest album drops of the year and are among the year’s best albums, as determined by a group of entertainment journalists at The Associated Press.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 22, 2022

The best pop music albums of 2022

If 2022 was a year of at least trying to return to normalcy, part of that process for music makers was putting all they had to say out there, releasing the pent up accumulation of ideas accrued over two years of pandemic living.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Dec 15, 2022

AP's top albums 2022: 'Renaissance,' 'Motomami,' Bad Bunny

Beyonce's “Renaissance," Bad Bunny's “Un Verano Sin Ti," and Rosalía's “Motomami” were some of the biggest album drops of the year and are among the year's best albums, as determined by a group of entertainment journalists at The Associated Press

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022

The 100 best songs of 2022

Whether you heard them on TikTok, on the radio or on a fresh slab of old-fashioned vinyl, new songs helped make sense this year of a world that seemed to need more interpretation with every passing month.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 7, 2022

Superstars Beyoncé, Adele and Kendrick Lamar top nominees for 65th Grammy Awards

LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé and Adele won't be the only superstars vying for music's most highly coveted trophies at the 65th annual Grammy Awards.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 15, 2022

Bon Iver, Zach Bryan to headline Upper Midwest's hippest music fest in (checks notes) Iowa

With Rock the Garden canceled, the Basilica Block Party still on hold and all of Minnesota's other big music fests involving bro country or dinosaur rock, 2023 might be the year many Twin Cities music fans warm up to the hottest music festival in the Upper Midwest: Hinterland near Des…

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022

As Beyoncé vs. Adele showdown looms, 2023 Grammys could be most star-studded, and fraught, in memory

LOS ANGELES — The nominations for next year's Grammy Awards are likely to include a number of historic firsts.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 7, 2022