Archive | June, 2015

Apple Music: Everything You Need to Know About the Launch

Apple will officially enter the music streaming subscription market on Tuesday with the launch of Apple Music and its accompanying Beats 1 radio station. An estimated 41 million people paid for a streaming music subscription service in 2014, according to IFPI, a London-based recording industry trade group that represents more than 1,300 record labels. Apple's […]

Flashback: Watch Johnny Cash Duet With Daughter Rosanne

Twenty-eight years ago this week, Rosanne Cash released King’s Record Shop, the hit follow-up to her hugely influential 1985 LP, Rhythm & Romance. While the latter album produced a pair of Number One hits, the Tom Petty- and Benmont Tench-penned “Never Be You” and the Grammy-winning “I Don’t Know Why… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Watch […]

Music Monday (6/29): This Week's New Albums + Videos

Our guide to this week's album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Big Sean, Tinashe, and Mogwai, plus brand new streaming music from Toro y Moi, Owen Pallett, Low, Frog Eyes, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music […]

How Hudson Mohawke Became One of Dance's Most Exciting Auteurs

Pale, sheepish, boyishly profane Scottish bloke Ross Birchard, a.k.a. Hudson Mohawke is the rare producer to bridge the hip-hop elite (he’s on retainer with Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music) and the DJ jet set (as one-half of EDM boom-bap, er, “trap” duo TNGHT), while still maintaining his own artistic vision. For the… Source: RollingStone Link: How Hudson […]

Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman Remember Yes' Chris Squire

Following the death of Yes bassist Chris Squire, the co-founder of the prog rock legends and the only member to appear on every studio album, Squire’s former band mates have penned touching tributes to the late bassist. Former singer Jon Anderson, who founded Yes with Squire in 1968, and keyboardist Rick… Source: RollingStone Link: Jon Anderson, […]

Hear Puff Daddy, Pharrell's Hypnotic 'Finna Get Loose'

After premiering “Finna Get Loose” onstage during Sunday’s BET Awards, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs has released an official version of the hypnotic single. “Loose” finds the Bad Boy Entertainment mogul trading rhymes with Pharrell over throbbing synth-bass, skittering programmed drums and chanted backing vocals layered into a choir.   Combs also tweeted an in-studio… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

Billboard to host first ever Hot 100 Music Festival

Billboard music magazine has announced that it will hold a music festival August 22-23 in the state of New York. Produced in partnership with LiveNation, Billboard magazine will host its first Hot 100 Music Festival at the Jones Beach Festival Grounds. Over 30 artists will perform on three main stages over the two-day music festival. […]