Louisiana lost its "King of Honky Tonk Heaven" in 2025 when the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart died at 90 two weeks after suffering a heart attack in his Baton Rouge home. Swaggart, who headlined the Golden Age ...

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart died at age 90 in his Baton Rouge home. Swaggart was a pioneering televangelist in the 1980s whose influence declined after an adultery scandal. He was the last surviving ...

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we close out the year, we take a moment to look back at the country music stars and ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

As a billionaire businessman who already owns two popular, profitable casinos in Las Vegas, Phil Ruffin Sr. knows a thing or two about what brings in customers. So even though his new Gilley’s ...

In 2024, the song of the year was so undeniable and inescapable that we don’t even have to bother naming it. This year, the landscape is much trickier. Twenty twenty-five hasn’t produced a ...

BELLE TIME: Country singer-songwriter Hannah Belle says her greatest joy is connecting to people through music, and she'll have plenty of chances to connect on Dec. 17 when she plays in the Lobby ...

A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2025 Readers’ Poll. Thousands of readers voted on the best songs and albums of the half-decade, and here are the results. (Thanks for voting!) Compare your ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

MG MUSIC MAN: John "Papa" Gros, a native son and bedrock maker of New Orleans music for three-plus decades, will perform Dec. 12 at the North Star Theatre in Mandeville. He's a consummate live ...

Back when Lainey Wilson was new to country music — living in her camper van in West Nashville and accruing a variety of colorful life stories and resume experience — she already had a vision for her ...