It’s been three years since VH1 last aired an episode of their acclaimed performance series Storytellers, but the show will make its grand return 2015 with a new slate of artists and a tinkered format: For the first time, the concerts will be broadcast live on VH1. First up is…… Source: RollingStone Link: Ed Sheeran […]
This March, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers will release an album of covers by late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. The album, titled Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith, is the product of three years of on-and-off collaborations between the two, and will feature…… Source: RollingStone Link: Seth Avett, […]
Sia originally dropped her Weeknd-featuring “Elastic Heart” as part of the Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack back in October 2013 – a Mockingjay Part 1 ago – but now Sia is rereleasing the track, minus the Weeknd, as the latest single off her 1000 Forms of Fear LP, one of Rolling Stone’s 20 Best Pop…… Source: RollingStone Link: See Shia […]
DOLDRUMS TILL VALENTINE’S DAY: Welcome to the saddest music-sales week of the year, when nobody has money left to buy CDs or downloads, and iTunes gift cards have long been spent. With one exception – the Number Eight Into the Woods soundtrack, based on a film that came out on Christmas Day – every album…… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
Nashville newspaper The Tennessean is shedding some light on the day-to-day struggles of working musicians in Music City, using a folk-rock band of professional songwriters, session players and producers — the New Dylans — as its source material. Back in the late-Eighties, the New Dylans were a band on the brink……. Source: RollingStone Link: 'Band […]
Marky Ramone may not be the last surviving member of the Ramones (he shares that honor with Richie, C.J. and even the short-lived Elvis Ramone), but he is the last man standing to play with the group in their 1970s heyday and he lasted far longer in the band than…… Source: RollingStone Link: Marky Ramone […]
Ellie Goulding has shared the Max Martin–produced power ballad “Love Me Like You Do,” her original song written for the 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack – and the results are grandiose, considering the film’s sensual subject matter. “You’re the light, you’re the night/You’re the color of my blood,” she sings over massive synths…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Ellie […]
January 8th marks what would have been Elvis Presley’s 80th birthday, and, to commemorate the King, Legacy Recordings have planned a yearlong celebration of Presley’s music for modern-day Elvis fans. First up, the singer’s The Complete ’60s Albums Collection Vol. 1 has been released onto iTunes. The set highlights all the…… Source: RollingStone Link: Elvis Presley's […]
Backstage at The Tonight Show, Slim Jimmy of the hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd raves about the bright orange faux-fur trench coat he’s about to debut on national television: “Man, Obama’s gonna make me the first son when he see this!” says the 21-year-old MC. Not to be outdone, his 19-year-old…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flex Appeal: […]
A former partner of Beats Electronics founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine has filed a lawsuit against the duo, accusing them of improper business dealings. Monster Cable founder Noel Lee alleges that Iovine and Dre duped him into lessening and then selling his stake in Beats Electronics prior to the company’s billion deal with…… Source: RollingStone Link: Beats' Dr. Dre […]