Sonically, Mumford & Sons, Mark Hoppus and Eurythmics have probably never belonged in the same sentence – let alone on the same stage. But that changed during the Mumfords’ Tuesday night gig at the Forum in Inglewood, California, when the Blink-182 bassist and tour openers the Vaccines and Jack Garratt joined the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Mumford […]
When Brandi Carlile hit the road late last year, she left her guitar cables at home. The singer-songwriter’s Pin Drop Tour was revolutionary: an international tour by one of Americana’s leading ladies, with nary a P.A. speaker or microphone in sight. Backed by longtime partners Tim and Phil Hanseroth, Carlile played every show… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Carly Rae Jepsen was 26 when “Call Me Maybe” hit the U.S. charts in 2012, making her an instant tween idol. Everything about the track felt young: the MIDI-like string flourishes, the subject matter (references to wishing wells, ripped jeans, the way “maybe” was tacked on to the chorus in Valley… Source: RollingStone Link: How Carly […]
Dee Barnes, a journalist whom Dr. Dre attacked while still a member of N.W.A, is speaking out against the way the biopic Straight Outta Compton overlooked the assault. “Like many of the women that knew and worked with N.W.A, I found myself a casualty of Straight Outta Compton’s revisionist history,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Dr. Dre […]
Pussy Riot member Nadya Tolokonnikova (aka Nadya Tolokno), joined by husband Pyotr Verzilov and collaborator Matt Kulakov, recently sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss the band’s efforts to draw attention to police violence and other injustices in both the United States and Russia. As part of that conversation, the Russian… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Morrissey addressed a wide array of topics during a recent chat on Larry King Now, touching on his alleged sexual assault at the San Francisco airport, Republican presidential candidates, depression, cancer and the “brutal” music industry. In regards to his recent allegations of sexual assault at the hands of a TSA agent,… Source: RollingStone Link: Morrissey […]
Writer, comedian and longtime banjo ace Steve Martin has been especially active on the musical front in recent years, issuing a couple of highly acclaimed bluegrass efforts both on his own and with the Steep Canyon Rangers. He also forged a fruitful partnership with singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, which debuted on 2013’s Love Has Come for You…. Source: RollingStone Link: Hear a […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Aerosmith's Steven Tyler will be performing with country band Loving Mary next month at the inaugural Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival in Tennessee. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Steven Tyler to headline music festival with country band
Sam Hunt’s thumping summer anthem “House Party” is enjoying yet another reign at Number One on the Hot Country charts, and, to celebrate, the boundary-pushing singer headed to New York City to perform the hit for his Tonight Show debut. With a three-piece band in tow, Hunt showed off his… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Sam […]
Last night in Nashville, country’s worthy-of-the-buzz duo Maddie & Tae hosted an intimate preview of their upcoming debut album Start Here. Due August 28th on Dot Records, the full-length builds on the success of the Number One single “Girl in a Country Song” and its quickly climbing follow-up “Fly.” The pair performed… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Maddie […]