Last week, indie-pop duo Ex Cops made headlines with a scathing Facebook post, alleging that McDonald’s asked them to play a South by Southwest showcase for free in exchange for exposure – and burgers. The company initially brushed off the criticism, with Global Media Relations Director Becca Hary telling Rolling Stone… Source: RollingStone Link: McDonald's Decides […]
Florida Georgia Line and Kenny Chesney will also take the stage at the AT&T Stadium for the 50th anniversary of the awards show. Source: Yahoo Music Link: ACM Awards: Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton to Perform at Country Music Show
The walk back from meeting the Executioner can be a lonely one. A limber 19-year-old with black-and-silver braids, a sparkly shirt like a Chippendales dancer and shoes like Michael Jackson, Mahiro flew all the way from Saitama City, Japan to dance at Harlem’s iconic Apollo Theater. It’s safe to say —… Source: RollingStone Link: Amateur […]
Amateur Night at the Apollo, one of America’s most beloved musical institutions, is world famous for being one of the first places untapped talent emerges before evolving into superstardom. It was there when you could breathe the word “amateur” around people like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Frankie Lymon, Wilson Pickett,… Source: RollingStone Link: Amateur Night […]
As he did last year, Jimmy Kimmel is taking his late-night talk show on the road to Austin for a week of broadcasts from the South by Southwest Festival. And Brad Paisley is going along for the ride. The “Perfect Storm” singer, who released his latest album Moonshine in the Trunk… Source: RollingStone Link: Brad […]
There’s a cute little rescue dog and a hot, shirtless pool boy, but the minute Miranda Lambert steps out of her Airstream trailer and surveys the desert scene, the “Little Red Wagon” video is pure Lambert, off and running. The latest clip from the Platinum country superstar has her decked… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Miranda […]
Sufjan Stevens’ five-year gap between studio albums will end March 31st when the singer releases his intensely personal new collection Carrie & Lowell. Having already shared the first single “No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross,” Stevens now offers up another folk-tinged track, “Should Have Known Better.” The video itself,… Source: RollingStone Link: Sufjan Stevens […]
Eat Pray Thug, Himanshu Suri’s first major release since his satirical art-rap trio Das Racist disbanded in 2012, is travelogue, break-up diary and political rant. He unspools a catalog of neuroses and braggadocio on “Sometimes” (“Sometimes I got game, sometimes I’m mad shy”), harmonizes about lost sweaters on “Home” and ends… Source: RollingStone Link: Heems on […]
If you’re going to stage a country awards show in Texas, it’s state law that George Strait must perform. Well, maybe not, but when the Academy of Country Music announced the initial lineup of performers for the 50th ACM Awards held April 19th in Arlington, Texas, the Lone Star State… Source: RollingStone Link: George Strait, […]
In part one of Rolling Stone’s exclusive interview with Robert Hunter, the legendary (and fairly reclusive) Grateful Dead lyricist looked back on his early years with the band: meeting Jerry Garcia, signing on as the primary in-house poet and writing epic Dead songs from “Dark Star” through “Truckin’.” In this second and… Source: RollingStone Link: Grateful Dead's […]