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Vince Gill: Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 8 Streams • 3 months ago

Lars Gotrich | May 18, 2026
Once you're inside of a Vince Gill song, you enter an entire world. In power ballads and two-steppers, he crafts intimate songs about how we treat each other: a relationship that has weathered the decades, one that's broken and another fighting to revive the spark. Some are silly, most are tearjerkers, but in these three-minute songs, you always come away with a full shape of humanity.

For 50 years, that tender storytelling — paired with the voice of an angel and guitar licks that playfully dance on the fretboard — has taken Gill to the Country Hall of Fame. He's collaborated with the likes of Patty Loveless, Dolly Parton and Maren Morris. He's a member of the Eagles. He's Mr. Amy Grant ("The best thing I ever pulled off," he told me.) How do you encapsulate that career into a Tiny Desk? By showing us what's been and what is, with the same care that's guided Gill all along.

This set sandwiches '90s hits with new material in the middle. There's the party song "One More Last Chance" — somewhere, George Jones' ghost is raising hell on a tractor. "Whenever You Come Around," written about the first time Gill saw Grant's smile, will make you swoon. "Heroes" is yet to be released, but will eventually appear on the 50 Years from Home project, where Gill will release one EP per month for one year. "When a Soldier Dies," inspired by a visit to Arlington Cemetery, is one of many songs already featured in that series.

As he strums the familiar chords and the keys play the last song's mournful melody, Gill simply says, "This song came from losing my brother 33 years ago." There are several reasons why "Go Rest High on That Mountain" was just added to the National Recording Registry, Library of Congress' list of significant recordings that reflect the nation's heritage, but mostly, it's a masterful song that not only understands our need to grieve but our capacity to love someone beyond this life.

SET LIST
"One More Last Chance"
"Whenever You Come Around"
"Heroes"
"When a Soldier Dies"
"Go Rest High on That Mountain"

MUSICIANS
Vince Gill: vocals, guitar
John Meador: guitar, background vocals
John Jarvis: keys
Jimmie Lee Sloas: bass
Billy Thomas: drums

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Lars Gotrich
Director/Editor: Kara Frame
Audio Director/Mix: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Kara Frame, Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern
Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
Production Assistants: Ashley Pointer, Alina Edwards
Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

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From Gold Records to ROCK BOTTOM in Just 2 Years: Cold’s Tragic Story Hotney 8 Streams • 3 months ago

The story of Scooter Ward's band Cold best known for songs like Stupid Girl

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Cold’s story is one of brutal bad luck, label disasters, and personal tragedy that nearly destroyed them.

The band began as Grundig in Jacksonville, Florida in the late 80s, with Scooter Ward, Sam McCandless, and Jeremy Marshall forming a moody, heavy “redneck goth” outfit inspired by everyone from Depeche Mode and Sade to Nirvana and Alice in Chains. They hustled hard, working day jobs, playing up to 100 shows a year, and sinking money into an 8-song demo that still left them thousands of dollars in debt. A move to Atlanta was supposed to bring them closer to the industry, but instead they found cliquish scenes, tiny hostile crowds, and mounting frustration, all while Ward battled Crohn’s disease and ended up hospitalized.

Their luck seemed to change when old friend Fred Durst, now fronting Limp Bizkit, reconnected with them. Durst produced a demo that impressed famed producer Ross Robinson and led to a six-album deal through Flip and A&M. Just as things were taking off, the German electronics company Grundig threatened to sue over their name, forcing a rebrand to Cold. Their 1998 self‑titled debut drew praise from Kerrang! and Guitar World, but radio support was spotty. Then disaster struck: A&M was dissolved in a major label merger, staff were cut, and Cold’s first album was essentially left for dead before being quietly shuffled over to Interscope/Geffen.

Cold regrouped with a stronger lineup, adding guitarist Terry Balsamo and crafting a darker, more melodic sound. Their 2000 album “13 Ways to Bleed on Stage” was a slow‑burn success, earning a gold certification on the back of relentless touring and singles like “No One” and “Just Got Wicked.” They followed it with 2003’s “Year of the Spider,” written amid personal tragedies: Ward’s sister’s ovarian cancer, a breakup, deaths in the band’s circle, and his struggles with substance abuse. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, went gold, and produced their biggest hit, “Stupid Girl,” a song they hadn’t even wanted as a single.

At the peak of their success, everything unraveled. Cold clashed with Geffen over single choices and felt the label had stopped supporting them after recouping its investment. Guitarist Terry Balsamo left to join Evanescence, and Amy Lee’s public comments about Ward’s personal issues exposed his private struggles. Kelly Hayes soon exited as well. Ward’s sister’s cancer returned, his addiction worsened, and he spiraled to the point of not wanting to live. He found faith, bought his childhood home, and poured his pain into Cold’s fourth album, “A Different Kind of Pain,” a dark but hopeful record released through Lava in 2005. Yet label turnover and weak promotion echoed their earlier A&M nightmare, and the album underperformed.

By 2006, worn down by lineup changes and industry battles, Ward announced Cold’s breakup on MySpace, thanking fans but clearly exhausted. A few years later, fan demand and the enduring bond of the “Cold Army” pulled them back. The classic core regrouped, new guitarists came in, and Cold returned with albums like 2011’s “Superfiction” and 2019’s “The Things We Can’t Stop.” Their legacy became less about charts and more about survival: a band that kept getting knocked down by illness, addiction.

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Young M.A On Health Scare, Alcohol Battle, Relationships, Brother’s Death, God, Brooklyn & Music Hotney 8 Streams • 3 months ago

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Young M.A joins Club Shay Shay for one of her most personal and revealing interviews. Young M.A opens up about the serious health battle that shocked fans after viral videos surfaced showing her in a hospital bed, riding a scooter in public, and dealing with yellow eyes caused by alcohol-related complications.

The Brooklyn rapper speaks candidly about her struggles with drinking, revealing how partying, fame, personal pain, relationships, family issues, and the pressures of the music industry slowly spiraled into daily alcohol consumption. Young M.A explains how her health scare became a turning point, leading her to build a deeper relationship with God, prioritize fitness and healing, and completely reevaluate her lifestyle. She also addresses the viral barber video, the fan secretly recording her in a wheelchair, and the emotional betrayal she felt after private hospital footage was leaked online.

Young M.A shares why she chose to heal herself instead of staying in rehab, how supportive nurses and her mother helped her recover, and why she believes God pulled her through one of the darkest periods of her life. She reflects on her move from New York to Atlanta, getting involved with a liquor brand during a difficult chapter, and how Covid changed her mindset and career trajectory.

The conversation also dives deep into Young M.A’s upbringing in Brooklyn and Virginia, growing up as a tomboy, playing tackle football with boys, wanting to rap since childhood, and always feeling more connected to “the bros” than traditional girl culture. She opens up about her close relationship with her mother, her Puerto Rican father being incarcerated for most of her childhood, and the heartbreaking loss of her older brother, who was stabbed to death by a former friend when she was just 17 years old.

Young M.A emotionally recounts the night she learned her brother had been killed, how the tragedy changed her forever, and why she feels she lost her innocence that day. She explains how grief, trauma, and emotional pain shaped her outlook on life and music. The rapper also discusses her independent grind, the massive success of “OOOUUU,” building a career without depending on major labels, and navigating fame while protecting her privacy.

This powerful interview gives fans a rare look into Young M.A’s personal struggles, faith, family, trauma, recovery, and the resilience that helped her survive one of the hardest periods of her life.

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