“The thing that impresses me about Lead Belly’s songs is that. . .you can interpret them in different ways,” Lucinda Williams said on Saturday night, speaking from the stage of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss and Buddy Miller were among the dozen… Source: RollingStone Link: Robert […]
Elvis Presley’s custom-designed airplanes – the Lisa Marie and the Hound Dog II – will remain permanent fixtures at Graceland. The late singer’s Memphis estate issued a statement on Sunday confirming the plans – a change from previous arrangements to relocate Presley’s tricked-out private jets to a nearby lot, The Associated… Source: RollingStone Link: Despite Opposition, […]
George Clinton, whenever he’s not on the road, likes to spend at least a portion of each day at his Tallahassee, Florida, recording studio. It’s nothing fancy, a former PC repair shop on an unremarkable commercial strip. In the rehearsal room, padded seats pulled from the backs of vans make… Source: RollingStone Link: George Clinton: […]
Corey Kent White may be the lone country contestant remaining on The Voice, but that doesn’t mean NBC’s singing competition isn’t spotlighting the genre in different ways. “I am so proud to represent country music and to continue in this competition. I can’t imagine a Top Eight without country music,” White… Source: RollingStone Link: 'The […]
This past weekend, Coachella’s country cousin the Stagecoach Music Festival set up its massive stages at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, for three days of country and Americana music. Against a desert landscape, with mountains rising in the distance, nightly headliners Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton… Source: RollingStone Link: Stagecoach 2015: […]
The long, raging collaboration between Neil Young and Stephen Stills erupted again Saturday during a full night of music to benefit autism research and advocacy at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The third annual “Light Up the Blues” concert organized by Stills and his wife, Kristen, included short sets by Steve… Source: RollingStone Link: Neil Young […]
Amy Winehouse’s family have slammed the upcoming documentary Amy, saying they consider the film to be “misleading” and biased against the family. “The Winehouse family would like to disassociate themselves from the forthcoming film about their much missed and beloved Amy,” a spokesperson for the Winehouse family said in a… Source: RollingStone Link: Winehouse Family […]
After unexpectedly announcing a wave of shows for 2015, including dates with Faith No More, Swedish hardcore band Refused have given fans the biggest and best surprise by revealing that they will release a new album, Freedom, the group’s first in 17 years. The follow-up to 1998’s revered The Shape of… Source: RollingStone Link: Refused Announce […]
D’Angelo and the Vanguard will hit the road this June in support of their acclaimed 2014 LP Black Messiah. The Second Coming Tour kicks off its 14-date trek June 7th at Oakland, California’s Fox Theatre and travels eastward before concluding June 28th at Sayreville, New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom. Tickets for most… Source: RollingStone Link: D'Angelo and […]
With a new, “celebratory” album hitting stores in July and a baby due by early fall, there’s about to be a lot of noise in Jason Isbell’s life. Maybe that’s why he chose to dial things back for his performance on the Late Show With Dave Letterman Friday night, hitting the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Jason […]