Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones and Chris Brown are among the musicians set to take the stage on Independence Day. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Fourth of July: 10 Biggest Music Acts Playing Shows Across America

Forest Whitaker and Aloe Blacc will join His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who will give a talk on wisdom, love and compassion July 4th at Rancho Los Lomas in Silverado, California. Tickets for the event, which is being held by the Peak Mind Foundation, are on sale now, starting at $50.The… Source: RollingStone Link: Forest […]

He's taking suggestions from the public. Source: Yahoo Music Link: José Andrés Will Curate Food Court at Landmark Music Festival

Songwriter Red Lane, whose works have been recorded by Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Roger Miller, among many others, died Wednesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 76. A 1993 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Lane was born Hollis Rudolph DeLaughter in… Source: RollingStone Link: Merle […]

Twenty-one years after releasing “Independence Day” — a song about a mother’s escape from an abusive relationship on the Fourth of July — Martina McBride is gearing up to headline Nashville’s biggest July 4th celebration to date.  McBride, whose Everlasting Tour stretches until late October, tops off a two-day bill that also includes Mikky… Source: RollingStone Link: Martina […]

Aphex Twin returned last year after a nearly 13-year absence with the lauded LP Syro, and now mastermind Richard D. James has revived his other alter ego, AFX, who will drop a new EP, Orphaned Deejay Selek (2006-2008) on August 21st via Warp. Album cut “Serge Fenix Rendered 2” is currently available… Source: RollingStone Link: Aphex […]

Cassadee Pope’s first solo single, “Wasting All These Tears” follows a long tradition of devastating, pop-country power-ballads. The track opens with the singer prostrate “on the bathroom floor,” so distraught that her “loneliness was rattling the windows.” This tune remains the Florida native’s biggest success to date, but you won’t… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Cassadee […]

Last night in Los Angeles, Rihanna celebrated the debut of her tough, NSFW video for “Bitch Better Have My Money” by taking hostages. Nearly 100 fans were invited to a Tidal-sponsored event, blindfolded and then put onto luxury buses with the windows covered by black curtains — destination unknown. Invites were emailed… Source: RollingStone Link: We […]

Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds of Summer sees himself as a visual person, so it’s no wonder he’s become the band’s King of Instagram. “I like visual things, so I think Instagram is more appealing to me than things like Twitter or Facebook,” the drummer tells Rolling Stone. Here are three… Source: RollingStone Link: 5SOS's Ashton […]

Ask Leon Russell a straight question — say, about the documentary made about him in the early Seventies that’s just now seeing the light of day — and the iconoclastic singer-songwriter’s answer will eventually wind its way back to the subject after rambling down the crookedest of backroads. “We had… Source: RollingStone Link: Leon Russell […]