After weeks of Twitter tease photos at Nashville hot spots and with Music City songwriters, Steven Tyler is ready to share the music he’s been recording since relocating to Tennessee earlier this year. On Wednesday, he’ll release “Love Is Your Name,” the first single from his upcoming country solo album. To… Source: RollingStone Link: Steven […]
Bill Graham was the most influential concert promoter in rock history, a music-biz visionary with a legendary take-no-prisoners style. “When Bill said he’d take care of it, it was taken care of,” said Keith Richards. “Whether you liked it or not.” Now his three decades of work are on display… Source: RollingStone Link: Bill Graham's […]
Multi-award winning musician Kanye West is to close out the Billboard Music Awards in a May 17 ceremony hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kanye West added to Billboard Music Awards show
Snoop Dogg’s 13th album plays like the flip side to Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly: Where Lamar used funk to dramatize the struggles of a Compton native, Bush uses the genre’s rhythmic groove to portray Los Angeles as a smoky, sexy, sunshiny wonderland where every day feels like a… Source: RollingStone Link: Bush
The fourth live album to come out of Leonard Cohen’s 2008-2013 world tour is a fascinating glimpse into his creative process. More than half of its 10 songs were recorded in soundchecks, where Cohen and his band were able to test new tunes and refurbish standards like 1971’s “Joan of… Source: RollingStone Link: Can't Forget: […]
Warner Music Group has announced a major uptick in recorded music streaming, as the industry continues to look beyond downloads to paid subscriptions. The company announced on Monday that its recorded music division had received more revenue from streaming than paid for digital downloads in the quarter ending March 31, an unprecedented announcement from any […]
The awards show will air live May 17 on ABC. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Billboard Music Awards: Kanye West to Close Show
Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like The Chemical Brothers, Panda Bear, and Mark Ronson, plus brand new streaming music from the likes of Faith No More, Hot Chip, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo […]
BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Philharmonic’s musicians were unable to agree Monday on a new chief conductor and artistic director to succeed Simon Rattle, who will leave in 2018, the orchestra said. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Berlin Phil's musicians can't decide upon Rattle successor
“Isn’t there a philanthropist motherfucker out there with ten million dollars who wants to kill it as much as I do?” asks Nikki Lane, seated at painfully hip East Nashville coffee shop Barista Parlor with two iced coffees and two biscuits, to go — one for her, one for her… Source: RollingStone Link: Nikki Lane […]