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The Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs has announced she is releasing a new archival album titled The Lost Record on October 18th via Baroque Folk Records. In anticipation, she has shared the original version of “Under a Cloud,” which was later released by The Bangles in 2011.

The material on The Lost Record was originally recorded in 1999 in Hoffs’ garage, where she was joined by Bill Bottrell, Brian MacLeod, and the Go-Go’s members Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin.

In a statement, Hoff said that time was a “sweet, special period of being home with a new baby, but also an exploration of identity, separate from the Bangles.” She added that the album was like a diary “reflecting on the things that mattered most in life: love and connection.”

On that note, Hoffs’ version of “Under a Cloud” solely features her vocals and is more jangly and string-laden than the version that...

When Shelby Lynne returned to Nashville after 25 years, she believed her record-making days were through. “I was over it and tired of it, and I didn’t think there was any interest,” the songwriter tells Rolling Stone in her signature raspy Southern drawl. Perhaps she’d write some songs and perform a few gigs at smaller venues, as she had done throughout the years. After all, releasing 16 albums was no small feat. A “true blue Southerner” as she describes herself, Lynne was more focused on readjusting from a quarter century...

When we last left Sheryl Crow, five years ago, she’d essentially retired from making albums. With its all-star cast, from Willie Nelson and Neil Young through St. Vincent and Jason Isbell, her 2019 LP Threads truly felt like a retirement party attended by all her musician pals; all that was missing was a gold watch. But like many before her, Crow couldn’t cure herself of the music-making bug, and out of record retirement she’s come with Evolution.

It would be easy to be cynical about it, but Crow...

The upcoming Tom Petty two-disc retrospective The Best of Everything is packed with familiar tunes like “American Girl,” “I Won’t Back Down” and “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” but it wraps up with a song that has never been released or even heard on bootlegs: “For Real.”

The song was recorded in August of 2000 when Petty and the Heartbreakers went to Bill Bottrell’s studio near Mendocino California to record a new version of “Surrender.” It’s essentially a declaration of purpose by the late singer/songwriter. “Didn’t do it for no magazine,...

Sheryl Crow is gearing up to release her first Christmas album, and People.com has an exclusive first-listen of one of the tracks, "I'll Be Home For Christmas." Listen to the song here: "It's the coolest Christmas record – the songs all have a Southern feel," Crow, 46, tells People. "It's my take on Christmas carols that I love and a lot of standard songs of the church, like 'O Holy Night.' " Crow's Home For Christmas CD features nine classic holiday tunes and one original song called "There is a Star That Shines Tonight." It will be available exclusively through Hallmark Gold Crown stores starting Sept.