As the drum majors led the Dow High musicians through the formations that accompanied the song "Pink Pony Club" on a brisk Tuesday morning, Steve DeRees had his whistle at the ready.

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Pearl Jam isn’t quite the last band standing from the glory days of grunge—their Seattle brothers Mudhoney still fight the good fight, delivering good new records every few years—but they are among an ...

Over the past year, folk singer Jesse Welles has become an unlikely star thanks to protest songs about everything from ICE raids and the health care industry to the opioid epidemic and the invasion of ...

Billboard sizes up the 23 new songs on Bieber's semi-surprise sequel set. By Andrew Unterberger Swag, swag, swag… on II. The suddenly very prolific pop superstar Justin Bieber announced over social ...

Kate Hudson is expanding her singing career with a role in a buzzy new film. The actress, who revealed her desire to be a songstress earlier this year, is starring alongside Hugh Jackman in "Song Sung ...

Country musician John Rich, an ally of President Donald Trump best known as one half of the duo "Big & Rich," released a fiery protest song against the Tennessee Valley Authority after leading recent ...

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The 2025 college football season opened in earnest with incredible weather in most locales (Lubbock, Texas, aside), exciting and jam-packed environments ... and very few points. No one topped 17 ...

I've tested everything from TVs to phones, PCs, tablets and more. As the Forbes Vetted consumer tech editor, I test a lot of earbuds. To earn my recommendation, they need to have great sound, stellar ...