A TV project inspired by the 2002 film "Narc" is in talks to bring on rapper Eminem as an executive producer and music supervisor, making the musician the latest to take on a major behind-the-scenes role on a TV show. Deadline first revealed that Eminem could contribute original songs to the Detroit-set crime thriller "Narc," […]
Lady Gaga helped open the 2015 European Games last week with an operatic solo performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Seated behind a piano adorned with flowers, the singer brought the massive crowd at Baku, Azerbaijan’s Olympic Stadium to a reverent hush. Gaga stayed faithful to the original, the title track from Lennon’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Sara Evans has been outspoken ever since radio consultant Keith Hill called women in country music the tomatoes to their male lettuce counterparts in the salad that is country radio, and backstage at the CMT Awards last week she certainly wasn’t biting her lip about that inflammatory comment, the night’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Sara Evans […]
In addition to their five full-length records, indie-rock firebrands Pavement often recorded several non-album songs and live sessions that came out in dribs and drabs around each album. Now the band’s label, Matador, is giving these rarities, B-sides, unreleased tracks, Peel sessions and live concerts a new home with a… Source: RollingStone Link: Pavement Kick […]
The 1980s are widely seen as the absolute low point of Bob Dylan’s career, a time when he drifted from gospel music to half-assed albums like Knocked Out Loaded and even forgotten movies like Hearts of Fire. But he did release seven solo albums and the first Traveling Wilbury’s LP in… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
Beastie Boys’ long-running legal battle against Monster Energy may finally be nearing conclusion after the judge overseeing the case ruled that the energy drink company must pay the Ill Communication group an additional $668,000 to cover legal fees. The group had been seeking $2.4 million, but after reviewing their bills,… Source: RollingStone Link: Beastie Boys […]
Third Eye Blind, “Dopamine” (Mega Collider) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Third Eye Blind is back with solid 'Dopamine'
Five decades after galvanizing the Brazilian music scene with the "Tropicalia" movement, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso are going back on tour, older and wiser but still border-blurring troubadours. Gil, a politically engaged musical ambassador who once served as Brazil's culture minister, and Veloso, a wispy, gender-bending poet with a sublimely mellow voice, have been […]
Earlier Tuesday, the property tycoon threw his hat into the ring for the 2016 US presidential race, striding onto stage after sailing down an escalator to the strains of Young's 1989 hit. Trump identifies as a Republican and has supported Republican candidates in the past. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Don't use my music, Neil Young […]
Four days after breaking his leg during a stage fall in Gothenburg, Sweden, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has penned a lengthy open letter explaining the fall, the extent of the injury and his regret at being forced to cancel five European shows. “Two songs into our set at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg, I made… Source: RollingStone Link: Read […]