For their new video for debut single “Break Up With Him,” the band of songwriters known as Old Dominion went retro. But not the Seventies retro that is increasingly en vogue in country music — instead, they looked to the puffy vests and skinny skateboards of 1985’s Back to the… Source: RollingStone Link: See Old […]

Rosanne Cash will join an elite group in September when she becomes the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2015 artist-in-residence. The singer-songwriter, who earned numerous honors, including three Grammys for her outstanding 2014 album, The River and the Thread, will present a trio of intimate performances on September… Source: RollingStone Link: Rosanne Cash […]

Former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner, who departed the group in 1977, has been placed under court-ordered 24-hour supervision after allegedly threatening murder-suicide with an AK-47 and pills last January. An L.A. County Superior Court judge appointed a conservator to administer the musician’s prescriptions and oversee his well-being on Wednesday until… Source: RollingStone Link: Former Eagles […]

(Reuters) – Country singer Willie Nelson was named on Thursday as the 2015 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, joining the likes of Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Carole King in one of the highest U.S. music honors. The Library of Congress said Nelson, whose career spans six decades, would be given the […]

After an acclaimed stretch on the film festival circuit, a brief theatrical run and its HBO premiere, Montage of Heck will return to movie theaters this August. Abramorama will distribute the Brett Morgen-directed film at select cinemas starting August 7th. Montage of Heck has already booked engagements at New York’s IFC Center… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Kurt Cobain: […]

Rolling Stone didn’t comprehensively cover Nashville in the Seventies, but the magazine loved country music enough to not just keep up-to-date on crossover hits but to alert readers to unknown favorites in the world of country, bluegrass, and country-rock. These 10 LPs basically remained undiscovered by everyone except hardcore fans — although… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Country […]

When Don Henley was a boy growing up in rural Texas, he used to listen to country greats like Hank Williams and George Jones on the legendary Louisiana Hayride radio show. For Cass County, his first solo album in 15 years, Henley went back to those roots, recording in Nashville… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside Don […]

The Rolling Stones may be wrapping up their Zip Code tour next week, but Keith Richards doesn’t plan on gathering moss: The guitarist will release Crosseyed Heart, his third solo album and first since 1992’s Main Offender, on September 18th, with first single “Trouble” set for release July 17th.  Richards and drummer Steve Jordan… Source: RollingStone Link: Keith […]

The fourth annual Global Citizen Festival will feature performances by Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay. The benefit concert, whose goal is to raise awareness of the United Nations’ measures to fight inequality, protect the earth and end extreme poverty by 2030, will take place on the Great Lawn… Source: RollingStone Link: Pearl Jam, […]

Phil Rudd, the beleaguered former AC/DC drummer who pleaded guilty to charges of threatening to kill and possession of marijuana and methamphetamine earlier this year, was sentenced to eight months of home detention by a New Zealand judge. The judgment came down Thursday afternoon local time in a harsh admonition by Judge… Source: RollingStone Link: AC/DC […]