When J.P. Harris wrote the kickoff track to last year’s Home Is Where the Hurt Is, he had one image in mind: last call at Robert’s Western World, a rowdy, throwback honky-tonk in downtown Nashville. “On any Friday night, you’ve get a whole horde of drunk dudes wanting to dance with… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Things were louder than normal Thursday night at the Smithsonian’s usually staid National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. Not only was there a rowdier crowd on hand, but there was also an amplifier and three guitars — and they weren’t museum pieces. Yet. Living guitar deity Eddie Van Halen was being… Source: RollingStone Link: […]
Country music may be the genre of the Bible Belt, but when it comes to avenging sins, its lyrical weapons are plenty and potent. Carrie Underwood swings a baseball bat, Johnny Cash uses fists, Miranda Lambert loads a gun and Toby Keith fires up footwear. Forget looking good as the… Source: RollingStone Link: Booting Ass […]
Björk is much more than a musician – she’s also an innovator in performance art, film, fashion, visual art and instrument design. All of those talents will be recognized with the retrospective exhibition Björk, which will run from March 8th to June 7th at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In… Source: RollingStone Link: Bjork Previews […]
At the first-ever Austin City Limits Hall of Fame presentation ceremony, inductee Willie Nelson performed “Pancho and Lefty,” the Townes Van Zandt tune he recorded with Merle Haggard in 1983, with another set of country legends: Emmylou Harris and Lyle Lovett. The performance will air this weekend as part of… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Willie […]
LONDON (AP) — Eddie Murphy biggest success in music came on his first try, with the 1985 smash "Party All the Time." After that, not much was heard from the entertainer on the musical front — but he kept on plugging away at it out of the spotlight. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Eddie Murphy looks […]
Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are some of pop’s most unlikely heroes: self-proclaimed wicked clowns who built an empire rapping the most gruesome stories they — or anyone else — could think up. The pair, better known as Insane Clown Posse, are usually remembered for their intimidating face-paint and intense fans,… Source: RollingStone Link: Insane Clown […]
Babes in Toyland formed in a post-punk musical underground where boys could wear dresses and girls could rage in combat boots. Their powerful music made most bands sound anemic by comparison, and this remained true up until their farewell gig in 2001. Last night’s searing 45-minute comeback set – featuring 13 songs… Source: RollingStone Link: Babes in […]
Bob Dylan delivered a memorable, riveting 30-minute acceptance speech at last week’s all-star MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony, thanking his early supporters and the artists who covered his work and denouncing “detractors” like Merle Haggard and songwriting duo Leiber & Stoller. As a postscript to his epic, career-spanning monologue, Dylan chatted with author Bill… Source: RollingStone Link: Bob Dylan […]
Last night, Kanye West delivered a brief, high-octane performance for the first annual Roc City Classic — a show delivered to an estimated 10,000 people in New York’s Flatiron district and broadcast around the globe. If you caught the performance, you’d know that West came loaded with special guests, including Pusha T,… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West's […]