HAVANA (AP) — Pop star Rihanna drew a crowd Friday while cruising down Havana's Malecon shore boulevard in a classic American convertible from the 1950s. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Rihanna in Cuba's capital to record music video

“Your favorite rappers’ corpses couldn’t match up to my importance,” A$AP Rocky boasts. To put yourself above the sainted ghosts of Biggie and Pac, you’ve got to either be really good, crazily ambitious or just plain high — and on his second studio LP, the Harlem rapper is all these things… Source: RollingStone Link: At.Long.Last.A$AP

A protégé of Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso (born Alessandro Lindblad) is the latest Swedish DJ-producer aiming for global club domination with his debut album. Aside from a couple of ponderous, buzz-killing instrumentals, Forever is one long rave: Skyscraping synths, jackhammer beats and crossover-ready guest vocalists like Tove Lo… Source: RollingStone Link: Forever

Neil Young played a surprise show at Charley’s Restaurant and Saloon in Maui with his new backing band Promise of the Real earlier this week. The set focused on their upcoming album The Monsanto Years, but it also featured lesser-known Young tunes like “Country Home,” “Goin’ Back,” “Walk On” and… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]

Is there a secret (a how to) to listen to classical music?: originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question. Ask a question, get a great answer. Learn from experts and access insider knowledge. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.Answer by David Leigh, I'm an opera singerCourtesy of Derek GleesonThere […]

The only thing that sold out faster than tickets to the Grateful Dead’s three farewell shows in Chicago were the city’s available hotel rooms for the July 4th weekend. Thankfully, Airbnb has helped alleviate the lack of lodging for Deadheads by teaming with Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann for a contest… Source: RollingStone Link: Grateful Dead […]

She may not have been Pageant Material, but Kacey Musgraves did make a go at the competitive life back in 2007, when she was a contestant on Nashville Star, the same reality program that gave rise to Miranda Lambert and Chris Young. Musgraves lost to raspy Alabamian Angela Hacker, coming… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Kacey […]

Cameron Crowe’s new film Aloha opens in theaters today, and to celebrate, Sony Pictures has offered up the first eight minutes of the Hawaii-set romantic-comedy on YouTube. The opening sequence (via Variety) sets up the film’s love triangle between defense contractor Brian Gilcrest (actor Bradley Cooper), his Air Force liaison (Emma… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch First […]

Shelby Lynne is currently in the middle of a U.S. tour during which she offers up every track – in sequence – of two of the most remarkable albums she has ever released. During the second portion of her show, the singer revisits I Am Shelby Lynne, the jazzy, soulful… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Shelby […]

Pete Townshend was honored Thursday night during the 11th annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert in New York, where he received the Stevie Ray Vaughan award from fellow rock legend Bruce Springsteen. The evening was filled with musical tributes to the Who, including appearances from Joan Jett, Billy Idol and Willie Nile. Springsteen joined the… Source: RollingStone Link: Read Bruce […]