Alan Light

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alan Light

We’re one-third of the way through 2025, but still waiting for the year’s musical identity to come into focus. The jury is still out on how big Lady Gaga’s Mayhem will turn out to be, and other than a couple of big hip-hop albums (Playboy Carti, PartyNextDoor, and Drake), the charts still look like they did last year. Maybe things will shake up this month—we’re fully into festival season, and new records are on the way from Morgan Wallen, Lana Del Rey, and Miley Cyrus.

1 month ago | esquire.com.au | Alan Light

BEATLES SEASON never stops. In recent months, Paul McCartney closed the Saturday Night Live 50th-anniversary extravaganza with a (somewhat shaky) appearance after sending New York City into a frenzy with three nights of guerilla-style performances at a downtown club. Ringo Starr released Look Up, his best-received album in years, which went to number one on the UK Country and Americana charts and arrived complete with a network-TV special filmed at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

1 month ago | esquire.com | Alan Light

Beatle Season never stops. In recent months, Paul McCartney closed the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary extravaganza with a (somewhat shaky) appearance, after sending New York City into a frenzy with three nights of guerilla-style performances at a downtown club. Ringo Starr released Look Up, his best-received album in years, which went to Number One on the UK Country and Americana charts and arrived complete with a network TV special filmed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alan Light

Beatle Season never stops. In recent months, Paul McCartney closed the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary extravaganza with a (somewhat shaky) appearance, after sending New York City into a frenzy with three nights of guerilla-style performances at a downtown club. Ringo Starr released Look Up, his best-received album in years, which went to Number One on the UK Country and Americana charts and arrived complete with a network TV special filmed at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.

1 month ago | esquire.com | Alan Light

Jon Pardi has made his bones on straight-down-the-middle, old-school country. With his brawny twang, clever (but not afraid to be corny) wordplay, and fiddle-forward arrangements, he’s had six number-one country hits across the past decade—including back-to-back singles, “Head Over Boots” and “Dirt on My Boots,” that were both certified six times platinum. And yet, pop fans have probably never heard his name.