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This week’s crop of new tunes features music from Texas honky-tonker Jake Worthington, “Villain” hitmaker Lily Rose, traditional country-leaning Karen Waldrup, as well as Americana singer-songwriter Kelsey Waldon and bluegrasser Gena Britt. Meanwhile, duo Ryan and Rory team up with Jamey Johnson, while Chris Housman offers up a swampy tune with an upbeat vibe and plenty of “backwoods justice.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Check out all of these and more in Billboard‘s roundup of some of the best country, bluegrass and/or Americana songs of the week below. Jake Worthington, “Not Like I…

Ariana Madix is giving Love Island USA viewers a reality check. A clip from the Peacock dating competition show went viral after fans noticed a stray object on the ground during the current seventh season’s third episode that many thought appeared to be an intrauterine device (IUD), a type of birth control. During the moment in question, the Islanders—what Love Island contestants are known as—walk into the villa’s main courtyard for a competition, as the cameras cut to their feet walking up onto the deck, a white, T-shaped item can clearly be seen on the ground. After TikTok user posted a video of…

Liberty Media has got a checkered flag from the European Commission to acquire motorcycle racing circuit MotoGP. The approval allows the Formula 1 owner to buy an 86 percent stake in the MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports. Liberty Media will pay cash for the majority stake, with the target company’s management, led by CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta, retaining 16 percent of the business. The transaction puts an enterprise value for Dorna at €4.3 billion (US$4.94 billion). The EU approval is also the last obstacle keeping Liberty Media from completing the transaction, now expected to shortly close on July 3. “We are…

A robin redbreast has alighted on Barbra Streisand’s windowsill. Sitting with Jay Landers, her A&R executive at Columbia Records for three decades, the multihyphenate legend, 83, is taking a moment amid her busy schedule to appreciate the little gifts nature provides. Her new album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two (out June 27), is her first since 2018’s Walls and a sequel to 2014’s Partners. The duets project finds her singing old chestnuts (“The Very Thought of You” with Bob Dylan) and songs written by her collaborators (“My Valentine” with Paul McCartney and “Letter to My 13 Year Old Self”…

“It was really difficult for me to talk about the man I love and I want to be with,” she confessed. “But going through something like this, I felt like my friends that were there, I had so much support. I feel like the only way you could get through something like this is your friends and your family that are there to love you, to support you and to give you advice.” But despite some of her costars questioning her decision to rekindle the romance, Alexia isn’t paying attention to the doubters. As she noted, “Now, I have to…

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Barbra Streisand is having breakfast. It’s Wednesday afternoon, just after 1 p.m., and the legendary artist is sharing blueberries with her three beloved Coton de Tulears. She’s happy to multitask, however, as there’s work to do in promoting The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume Two, a new album of duets that drops Friday, June 27. The sequel to 2014’s Grammy-nominated Partners finds Streisand sharing lyrics with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Sting, James Taylor, Hozier, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande and more. The roster reads like a who’s who of the music business, a list that it seems only Streisand could land…

At first blush, the mere idea of a Big Freedia gospel album sounds like musical Mad Libs. After all, Freedia is the queen of New Orleans bounce music, an ass-shaking, party-starting hip-hop dynamo; save for Sodom and Gomorrah, there’s not a ton of booty popping in the Bible. But like many LGBTQ+ Black artists raised in the American South, Freedia’s musical awakening was far more parochial. “Growing up in the Black Baptist church here — in New Orleans especially — a lot of gay individuals are involved,” the 47-year-old tells Billboard from her colorfully festooned New Orleans home, where she’s…

“I don’t know if it was for the right reasons, but I did want us to have a healthy lifestyle,” she continued. “I was like, ‘I’m gonna be the best mom if I do this.’ It was a really good choice for me because it educated me more, but then I feel everything comes with balance.” After all, whenever Weslie was out of her mother’s sight, she took every opportunity to enjoy as many gas station snacks as she could get her hands on. That’s when Allison realized that balance, rather than restriction, was the best approach to instilling healthy…

Early-stage venture capital firm 3one4 Capital secured a profitable exit from its investment in Bengaluru-headquartered deeptech startup ToneTag.ToneTage provides soundwave-based technology to enable digital payments. 3one4 Capital said the startup has generated a high return on the invested capital since its involvement in the pre-series A funding round in 2017.A statement from the VC firm said, “Our conviction in ToneTag’s transformative potential, combined with deep operational involvement, has now translated into a full secondary exit at the same valuation as its $78M Series B2 primary round, delivering exceptional returns.”<figure class="image embed" contenteditable="false" data-id="575349" data-url="https://images.yourstory.com/cs/2/220356402d6d11e9aa979329348d4c3e/3one4capital-1599034582841.jpg" data-alt="3one4 capital" data-caption="3one4 Capital Managing Partners:…