The dates for the Academy of Country Music’s third annual ACM Party for a Cause Festival have been announced, and in keeping with this year’s relocation to Texas for the ACM’s 50th anniversary celebration, the lineup of performers is a big one. Set for April 17th and 18th at Globe Life… Source: RollingStone Link: Luke […]
Mary Lambert is snowed in, which means that the 25-year-old who performed with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis – and, briefly, Madonna – at the 2014 Grammy Awards, singing “Same Love” as Queen Latifah married 33 couples, finally has a minute of downtime. After spending almost all of 2014 traveling for… Source: RollingStone Link: Mary Lambert […]
Bumbo's will be serving drinks during the festival. Contemporary Polish restaurant, Bumbo's, is still in the process of being built-out, but those who want to take a peek inside the rapidly transforming restaurant are invited to visit during this weekend's Hamtramck Music Festival, according to a post on the restaurant's Facebook page. Owners Brian and Tia Krawczyk will […]
A new Eminem documentary, featuring interviews with Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, among others, tells the story of how the rapper’s self-released tape opened the doors to a hip-hop empire. Not Afraid: The Shady Record Story, which Complex produced, comes on the heels of last year’s Shady XV compilation, which… Source: RollingStone Link: Eminem, Dr. […]
In January, Kentucky duo Sundy Best made their maiden voyage to Canada, opening for Dallas Smith on a tour across the country. While the temperatures may have been frigid, the reception by audiences couldn’t have been more warm. Percussionist Kris Bentley, who with singer-guitarist Nick Jamerson make up the band, says the… Source: RollingStone Link: Salvation Cities: […]
Pharrell Williams is doing a little country music moonlighting in the time he has off from coaching budding artists on NBC’s The Voice. The hat-“Happy” music mogul has hooked up with the sibling trio of Kimberly, Neil and Reid Perry, better known as the Band Perry, to work on material… Source: RollingStone Link: Pharrell Helps […]
How Henry Diltz went from banjo player for the Modern Folk Quartet in the early Sixties to one of the most important music photographers of all time is no mere accident. But it actually sort of started that way. Traveling with fellow musicians and friends, Diltz first picked up a camera… Source: RollingStone Link: Henry Diltz: […]
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson suffered “considerable pain and discomfort” from the chemotherapy and radiology to treat a small tumor on the back of his tongue, but the singer remains optimistic for a full recovery, according to a note from the band’s manager Rod Smallwood. As Smallwood points out, radiology is cumulative, collecting in… Source: RollingStone Link: Iron […]
Zac Brown Band have always prided themselves on diversity, so it’s quite fitting that their new album is titled Jekyll + Hyde. Due April 28th, the new LP marks the group’s first via a new partnership with Southern Ground, John Varvatos Records and Big Machine Label Group. Clothing designer-turned-music exec… Source: RollingStone Link: Zac Brown […]
“I went from being the happiest guy in the world to a guy making a life-or-death decision. At that point, I decided that I was going to do more music than I have ever done in my life.” Nile Rodgers, frontman for pioneering disco group Chic and in-demand pop-funk producer, is… Source: RollingStone Link: Nile […]