With his honeysuckle drawl and unrivaled knack for lyrical detail, Jason Isbell is arguably the most revered roots-rock singer-songwriter of his generation. On his latest, Isbell, 36, sings plenty about romantic dedication and past recklessness, familiar territory that the singer mined to great success on his 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern. But… Source: RollingStone Link: Something More […]
Pitbull made himself a pop star through sheer charm and energy. Now, the Cuban-American rapper is pulling a rare reverse-crossover with this Spanglish LP. Like 2010’s Español release Armando, Dale is full of Spanish-speaking guest stars. But unlike that album, whose lineup included Lil Jon and Afrojack, he’s skipping EDM… Source: RollingStone Link: Dale
Every five years after Miles Davis hit New York in 1944, he instigated new forms of musical insurgency. Each genre we love today bears his expansive influence, not least because Davis was that rare artist who wrecked us as much with the notes he didn’t play as with those he… Source: RollingStone Link: Miles Davis […]
On this set of far-flung covers, Sam Beam (a.k.a. indie folk act Iron and Wine) and Ben Bridwell of indie rockers Band of Horses tackle everything from Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place” to Spiritualized and early-Nineties Sade. Bridwell renders a perfectly gentle vocal on David Gilmour’s “There’s No… Source: RollingStone Link: Sing Into […]
There’s a half-remembered quality to Kevin Parker’s songs for Tame Impala. Melodies and rhythms arrive in thunderclaps — carefully orchestrated or artfully accidental — or float by in soothing clouds. These are the epiphanies and freakouts of decades past: soul, space rock, nerd funk, studio-whiz pop. You feel sure you recognize something,… Source: RollingStone Link: Currents
Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ Cash Money Records is suing Jay Z’s streaming venture Tidal for $50 million, claiming that the artist-owned service has no right to host Lil Wayne’s Free Weezy Album, which arrived exclusively on the platform on July 4th, TMZ reports. According to the suit, Cash Money owns the exclusive rights… Source: RollingStone Link: Cash […]
Comcast is adding another hook to try to keep customers in front of the TV: video games in its set-top boxes. Source: Yahoo Music Link: In Tech: Comcast games, Microsoft music, HBO online
In the early Eighties, Randy Bruce Traywick, originally from North Carolina, could often be found frying up catfish in the kitchen at the Nashville Palace nightclub near Music City’s Opryland Hotel and theme park. Today, of course, he’s better known as Randy Travis, one of the most successful country superstars… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Four of country music’s most prolific, highly regarded tunesmiths have been named the newest members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Rosanne Cash, Mark James, Even Stevens and Craig Wiseman will join the 196 current members enshrined in the Hall of Fame during the 45th anniversary gala set for… Source: RollingStone Link: Rosanne Cash, […]
Public Enemy have released a harrowing, inspiring new video for “Man Plans, God Laughs,” the punishing title cut off the seminal hip-hop outfit’s recently released 13th LP. The clip follows a young boy navigating and trying to understand his place in a world rife with violence, an apt illustration of Chuck D’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Public […]