“Stay loose, hide your flasks and have a good time,” host LL Cool J declared from the Staples Center stage in Los Angeles moments before the broadcast portion of the Grammy Awards began. Backstage, the mood was even looser as newly minted winners chatted excitedly about the significance of winning a… Source: RollingStone Link: Sam Smith […]

Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Tinashe, Madonna, Gang of Four, Sam Smith, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Monday (2/9): This Week's New Albums + Videos

KRS-One will not take the State of Arizona calling his hip-hop teachings “illegal” lightly. Last month, the state’s department of education targeted the Tucson Unified School District in a “notice of noncompliance” saying the ways it taught ethnically focused classes were against the law. One class, which included an introduction to hip-hop… Source: RollingStone Link: KRS-One Weighs […]

“The last time I won a Grammy, Reagan was president.”  That’s how Rosanne Cash kicked off the first of three acceptance speeches at last night’s Grammy Awards pre-telecast, where the Americana pioneer took home three trophies for The River & the Thread. It was the first time in nearly three decades that… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: […]

On March 31st, Scott Weiland will release Blaster, the former Stone Temple Pilots frontman’s first original solo LP since 2008’s “Happy” in Galoshes and his debut set with new backing band the Wildabouts. Below, hear the group’s new single, a foot-stomping boogie titled “Way She Moves.” “The inspiration, lyrically, is my wife,” Weiland… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Tom Douglas, Jaren Johnston and Jeffrey Steele didn’t write “Raise ‘Em Up,” the fifth single from Keith Urban’s Fuse album, as a duet. But when Urban first heard the tune, he immediately heard himself singing it with an old friend. “There’s a particular theme… particularly in the second verse, that I… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

One of 2014’s breakout stars, Hozier, pulled off an impressive one-two punch on the Grammys, performing his brooding Song of the Year nominee “Take Me to Church” before teaming with Annie Lennox for a dramatic cover of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You.” The two songs blended… Source: RollingStone Link: See Annie […]

Backstage at last night’s Grammy Awards, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga looked like an elegant couple out on the town. As the vocal duo posed for portrait photographer Danny Clinch, Gaga held a trophy and leaned comfortably against Bennett’s shoulder. The two singers had just won the Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady Gaga […]

Cue the Prince Face — it was gloom night at the Grammys. Prince greeted the crowd last night with a magnificent smirk, cutting through hours of sanctimonious blather with one baby-I’m-a-star eyeroll. It summed up the whole night. After last year’s excellent Grammy bash, which was full of musical peaks… Source: RollingStone Link: Prince Steals […]

One of the stranger moments at the 2015 Grammy Awards was when actor Shia LaBeouf introduced Sia’s “Chandelier” performance in an exceedingly heartfelt manner. The singer and the actor had collaborated on the controversial “Elastic Heart” music video, but even that didn’t warrant LaBeouf’s poetic outpouring. However, as Us Weekly later discovered,… Source: RollingStone Link: Sia's Husband […]