It’s a stormy Good Friday afternoon in Nashville and the members of Blackberry Smoke are soundchecking on the stage of the Ryman Auditorium. A tornado warning siren sounds in the distance, but it doesn’t faze the long-haired players. They are focused squarely on that night’s milestone gig: a sold-out show… Source: RollingStone Link: Blackberry Smoke […]
Once again, we talked to 10 of the hottest artists who are climbing the charts, breaking the Internet or just dominating our office stereos. This month: Janelle Monáe’s Wondaland Records signee Jidenna, Nashville’s buzzing grunge-poppers Bully, Sherlock composer Michael Price, Kendrick Lamar beatmaker Knxwledge and more. Source: RollingStone Link: 10 New Artists You Need to Know: April […]
Always willing to go as big as possible, Jay Z surrounds himself with a full orchestra for the new video for “Glory,” the 2012 track he penned and released after the birth of his and Beyoncé’s daughter, Blue Ivy. The “Glory” clip toes the line between simple and grandiose, comprising footage filmed before Jay… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Singer-songwriter Mikky Ekko – best known as the male voice on Rihanna’s 2012 song “Stay” – hoped to capture some of what he calls the “raw emotion” of that Top 10 hit on his debut album, Time, which came out earlier this year. Featuring collaborators ranging from Kesha producer Benny Blanco to TV on… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Mikky […]
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman will release Back to Basics, his first solo album in 33 years, on June 22nd via Proper Records. Per a press release, the stripped-back album counts JJ Cale, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen among its influences, and came about after Wyman found approximately 60 unreleased songs while archiving… Source: RollingStone Link: Bill […]
Lady Antebellum singer Hillary Scott, her husband Chris Tyrell, their tour manager and driver were just about 45 minutes from AT&T Stadium, home to this Sunday’s ACM Awards, when their tour bus caught fire Thursday morning. According to the Associated Press, the group was traveling on Interstate 30 just northeast of… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady […]
Netflix has scooped up a new documentary on Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, The Other One: The Long Strange Trip of Bob Weir, which will premiere on the streaming service on Friday, May 22nd, Variety reports. Directed by Mike Fleiss — a producer for The Bachelor and numerous other shows, as well as the… Source: RollingStone Link: Netflix […]
Slayer guitarist Kerry King was in an unusually bad mood when he wrote the band’s crushing new single, “When the Stillness Comes.” “We were touring Europe and we had a three-hour ride in some fucking minivan, and I’m just miserable in the backseat, not into anything,” he says of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Slayer's […]
Kanye West dismissed his legacy and embraced selflessness and giving back to the world in a wide-ranging interview with Time as part of the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. “I don’t care about having a legacy, I don’t care about being remembered,” West said. “The most important… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye […]
Christina Aguilera has gone from dipping her toes in country music to diving right in. The singer’s appearance at this Sunday’s Academy of Country Music Awards comes just days after her guest-starring debut on ABC’s Nashville, on which she is playing a pop superstar who wants to do what she’d… Source: RollingStone Link: Christina Aguilera […]