“The part I have to work out with my psychiatrist is that I am emotionally identifying with a state,” Aaron Lee Tasjan tells Rolling Stone Country about his new single, “Florida Man.” Streaming exclusively below, it’s a chugging, steel guitar and piano-laced folk song about the Sunshine State and its… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Aaron […]
One of the most popular songs in history could soon be entering the public domain after a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that the longstanding copyright on “Happy Birthday to You” was invalid. (Just in time for Bruce Springsteen’s 66th birthday.) For decades, the rights to the century-old song… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Happy […]
Diddy, Jay Z, Drake, Dr. Dre and Pharrell are the world’s five “Highest Paid Rap Acts” of 2015, according to Forbes’ latest hip-hop cash round-up. Diddy, ranking Number One, reportedly earned $60 million in the past year from a variety of investments: Ciroc vodka, water brand AQUAhydrate, Revolt TV and clothing… Source: RollingStone Link: Diddy, Jay […]
In only its fourth year on the European festival circuit, Country to Country is pulling out all the stops for its 2016 festivities. The traveling tour will now visit three cities over three days, with Carrie Underwood headlining every evening of the weekend-long festival. Underwood makes her return to Country to Country… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie […]
Beyoncé, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Common and Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan will perform in New York City’s Central Park on September 26 for the 2015 Global Citizen Festival, a concert rewarding attendees for their actions promoting the goal of eradicating global poverty. The lineup was curated by Coldplay frontman Chris… Source: RollingStone Link: Global […]
The most recent modern-artist exhibit at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum focuses on Eric Church. Titled “Inside the Outsider,” the showcase looks at the against-the-grain career of the artist, who carved out his place in country music through years of sweating it out in smoky bars and… Source: RollingStone Link: Eric Church's […]
Rose McGowan has a lot to say, and this week, she found a new way to say it with the release of a striking new music video for her single “RM486.” French electro band Punishment collaborated on the track, and video pro Jonas Åkerlund (Madonna, Lady Gaga, Metallica) directed in collaboration… Source: RollingStone Link: Rose McGowan […]
The biggest move in the show’s history was made on the live finale. Source: Yahoo Music Link: 'Big Brother 17': The Trombonist Makes Music on Finale Night
David Bowie has written a song for an upcoming French-British crime series, in the rock icon's first foray into television music in two decades. Bowie in a statement Tuesday said that he had written an original song for "The Last Panthers," a six-part thriller on Balkan jewel thieves that debuts in November. "I was looking […]
Father John Misty has removed his Velvet Underground-style covers of Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” and “Welcome to New York” after detailing on Facebook a presumably apocryphal, ridiculous dream in which the angry spirit of Lou Reed visited the singer. A slew of absurdities precede Reed’s appearance, which essentially amounts to a prophetic cameo. Tillman posted the… Source: RollingStone Link: Father […]