Archive | March, 2015

On the Eve of 'Sound of Music' Reunion, Julie Andrews Reveals "I Was a Very Sad Little Girl"

A half-century after winning an Oscar for her first film and starring in the biggest blockbuster to that point, the legendary actress, nearing her 80th birthday, reflects on a life that hasn’t always been supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Source: Yahoo Music Link: On the Eve of 'Sound of Music' Reunion, Julie Andrews Reveals "I Was a Very Sad […]

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“I cannot believe I still have to protest this shit,” spits Nellie McKay in “Murder in My Heart for the Judge,” a Moby Grape jam smartly reanimated for the Ferguson era. A renegade songwriter with an ultraflexible Great American Songbook sensibility, McKay finds modern resonances everywhere in this inspired covers… Source: RollingStone Link: My Weekly […]

Skrillex Brings Full Flex Express Train Tour Back to Canada

Skrillex will be bringing his Full Flex Express train tour back to Canada this July. The revival of the train tour was announced on Tuesday with a flashback video showing behind-the-scenes clips of past performers live and traveling together. Following a 2012 debut that saw Skrillex traveling coast-to-coast with Diplo, Grimes, Pretty Lights and more, he cancelled the… Source: RollingStone Link: Skrillex […]

Tom DeLonge Goes Acoustic on New Song 'The Invisible Parade'

Tom DeLonge is moving ahead with his ambitious post-Blink-182 plans, releasing a new song, “The Invisible Parade,” from his upcoming LP, To the Stars…Demos, Odds and Ends, the first of four albums he’s promised this year. “The Invisible Parade” finds DeLonge strumming a forlorn acoustic progression and singing in a voice… Source: RollingStone Link: Tom […]

Ted Cruz: 'On 9/11, I Didn't Like How Rock Music Responded'

Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz stopped listening to rock and roll and took up country music after 9/11. The 44-year-old Republican Texas senator, who announced he would be running for president this week, recently fielded questions about his personality on CBS This Morning, where he revealed the change in his listening… Source: RollingStone Link: Ted Cruz: […]

Watch Cory Branan's Surreal 3D Music Video for 'You Make Me'

Cory Branan’s concerts are unexpected, volatile things.  He’ll strum his acoustic guitar one minute, then shred his way up the fretboard like a metalhead, willing to change the song’s temperament — hell, even the tempo — if the mood feels right. With one foot planted in the blue-collar alt-country of Steve… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Hear Jennifer Nettles Duet With Jennifer Hudson for Oprah

When you’re talking about Oprah, two powerful voices are always better than one. On the inaugural anthem for the media mogul’s OWN Network, she didn’t just go big, she went double-diva, with Jennifer Nettles and Jennifer Hudson joining forces on “You Will,” their first duet written by longtime Winfrey friend… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Jennifer […]