LOS ANGELES (AP) — Can music tame the savage beast? Can it hush puppies and calm kitties? Source: Yahoo Music Link: Hush puppies: Vet says music cuts shelter barking and stress

Dierks Bentley leads a lineup of country stars saluting American soldiers in respectful, back-to-basics style this Veterans Day (November 11th).  Gary Allan, Hunter Hayes, Jake Owen, Justin Moore, Kip Moore, Lee Brice, Little Big Town and the Band Perry will also take part in Stars and Strings, a stripped-down benefit concert… Source: RollingStone Link: Dierks […]

When Katy Perry invited an excited fan onstage during her Sunday performance at Brazil’s Rock in Rio Festival, the pop star probably wasn’t expecting to get kissed on the neck. But the young woman, Rayane, gave Perry an intimate, awkward greeting, as evidenced in the above YouTube video. “Come here, baby… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

In a year filled with chart-topping country albums by Aaron Watson, Jason Isbell and Blackberry Smoke, the Turnpike Troubadours are the latest independents to climb their way up the Billboard charts without help from mainstream radio.  The band’s new, self-titled LP is currently sitting at Number Three on the Billboard Country Albums Chart,… Source: RollingStone Link: Turnpike […]

Moog Music recently announced that, after 13 years, they would discontinue production on one of their most innovative devices, the Minimoog Voyager. The instrument was crucial to Trent Reznor on both a musical and personal level, and in a new interview, the Nine Inch Nails mastermind talks about his love of Moog and… Source: RollingStone Link: Trent Reznor […]

Just like in the US and Europe, Apple Music will be subscription only following a three-month trial period Source: Yahoo Music Link: Apple Music: now live in China

Any teenage kid stuck on the outside looking in knows it in his or her bones: punks are punks and jocks are jocks and never the twain shall meet. A quick tour through Wavves’ latest album, V ­­– with its punchy, TV-static guitars, cinder-block bottom end and Nathan Williams’ wry,… Source: RollingStone Link: Wavves' Nathan […]

Yesterday it was announced that Nicki Minaj will produce and star in a scripted ABC Family comedy series based on her childhood in 1990s Queens. This is especially gratifying news to fans who have witnessed the punchline queen allude to many mythical moments from her childhood over the years. Here are some… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Things […]

Justin Bieber and Floyd Mayweather have been buddies for a few years now, doing the kinds of things 21-year-old pop stars and 38-year-old undefeated champs tend to do when they’re in the same room: launch apps, box shirtless, wear sunglasses indoors. You know, totally normal stuff like that. So it should… Source: RollingStone Link: Justin […]

Kelly Clarkson has the rest of the year off, per doctors’ orders. Earlier this month, the vocal powerhouse announced via a series of tweets that the remainder of U.S. dates on her Piece by Piece tour had to be canceled, as she was ordered to go on vocal rest. “I can’t… Source: RollingStone Link: Kelly […]