U.K. electronic band Years and Years jumbles together an unlikely mix of sounds, including some that don’t seem particularly fashionable — think Hot Chip and the Wanted covering Savage Garden, with a dash of Jamie Woon. They have several major hits overseas, the biggest being anthemic summer jam “King,” but their next stop… Source: RollingStone Link: Years and […]
Two days before the official release of her critically-acclaimed new album, The Blade, singer-songwriter Ashley Monroe launched her third solo LP with a glittering performance at an East Nashville club. Throughout the evening, the Tennessee-born chanteuse invited several of her Music City friends and collaborators to share the stage. Among… Source: RollingStone Link: Ashley Monroe: […]
The Weeknd wins over a vicious crowd with a blazing performance of “Can’t Feel My Face” in the simple, but riveting, new video for the R&B singer’s summer hit, which arrived via Apple Music’s Connect. The clip, directed by Grant Singer, opens on a closeup of The Weeknd — real name Abel… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]
Birdman expressed sadness over his ongoing feud with Lil Wayne in a preview for an upcoming tell-all interview with Power 105.1’s Angie Martinez. The Cash Money honcho said Wayne’s screed against him and the label “was shocking to everybody. I never thought Mula [Wayne] would be saying nothing negative about me,… Source: RollingStone Link: Birdman Breaks […]
Ben Bullington wrote songs while working as a country doctor in White Sulphur Springs, Montana (population: 939), often scribbling away in the early morning hours before work and during down times in the emergency room. He wrote lyrics on cards, boarding passes, propane receipts — anything at hand — and… Source: RollingStone Link: Darrell Scott […]
After more than a decade’s worth of monthly variety shows in Los Angeles, the Watkins Family Hour have turned themselves into a traveling band, embarking on a tour that kicked off at the Newport Folk Festival last Thursday. Stealing the show that night was the band’s version of “When I Get Low I… Source: RollingStone Link: See Watkins […]
Keith Richards: Under the Influence, a new documentary about the Rolling Stones guitarist, will premiere via Netflix on September 18th. Filmmaker Morgan Neville, who recently won a “Best Documentary” Oscar for a documentary about backup singers called 20 Feet From Stardom and who directed Richards’ recent “Trouble” music video, directed the film. Producers… Source: RollingStone Link: Keith […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Miranda Lambert wants more women to have the kind of success she’s had, so she founded a new scholarship at Belmont University. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Miranda Lambert scholarship to help female musicians
“It was like hardcore karaoke with a bass,” the ever-affable Dave Grohl says of recording with the all-star punk and metal project Teenage Time Killers. “I just sat there, ripping to my favorite drummer [Corrosion of Conformity’s] Reed Mullin and my favorite vocalists — Randy [Blythe] from Lamb of God, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Dave Grohl, […]
Two monsters of metal will hit the road together this fall as Mastodon will open for Judas Priest on an 11-date tour. The trek will kick off October 16th in Paso Robles, California. Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 31st. In addition to their tour, both Judas Priest and Mastodon… Source: RollingStone Link: Mastodon, […]