CMAs: Watch Performances By The Highwomen, Halsey, Kacey Musgraves, & More
The coolest thing that happened at last night's CMA Awards: Ashley McBryde won New Artist of the Year. (Not bad for a Girl Going Nowhere.) Also, a lot of big names performed.
View ArticleCarly Rae Jepsen’s Joyous Low-Stakes Rom-Com Continues Unfettered
The television landscape in this era of Peak TV comprises many overlapping tiers and ecosystems. Within this moment of seemingly infinite choice, there are genres -- dramas, comedies, talk shows,...
View ArticleLady Antebellum, Citing Racial Sensitivity, Change Their Name To Lady A
The Nashville country trio Lady Antebellum have been around for well over a decade, and they've found huge success while using a name that most of us would consider to be questionable at best. Today,...
View ArticleBlues Singer Lady A Condemns Lady Antebellum’s Name Change
Yesterday, the Nashville country trio Lady Antebellum announced that they would be changing their name to "Lady A" due to the term antebellum's inescapable association with slavery and racism. The only...
View ArticleDrive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood Apologizes For His “Drunken Joke” Of A Band...
Recently, several music industry institutions have decided to change their names due to the renewed dialogue about racism in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Nashville country trio Lady Antebellum...
View ArticleLady A, The Band, Sue Lady A, The Singer
Last month, the popular Nashville country trio Lady Antebellum announced that they were changing their name to Lady A due to the term antebellum's unfortunate association with slavery. Which was all...
View ArticleLady A Responds To Lady A(ntebellum) Lawsuit
Yesterday, the Nashville country trio Lady A(ntebellum) filed a lawsuit against blues singer Lady A over their right to use the same name after they announced last month that they were changing it due...
View ArticleLady A Explains Why Co-Existence With Country Band Will Not Work: “Lady...
After changing their name to Lady A for racial sensitivity reasons, the pop-country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum then decided to sue a blues singer also named Lady A over their right to use...
View ArticleWatch Lady A Discuss Her Conflict With Lady Antebellum On Desus & Mero
Nashville pop-country band Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A last month. As they explained to their fans, they dropped the Antebellum because "we did not take into account the associations...
View ArticleBlues Singer Lady A Countersues Country Band Lady A For Trademark Infringement
The saga of Lady A vs. Lady Antebellum continues: As Rolling Stone reports, Lady A, the Seattle blues singer born Anita White, countersued Nashville pop-country band Lady A -- fka Lady Antebellum --...
View ArticleBattle Of The ‘00s Hard-Rock Bands
Change is inevitable. The clock ticks, the earth travels around the sun, we age and celebrate birthdays/anniversaries, and time marches on. But if you tab over to Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay...
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