Punk culture, American roots music and Walt Whitman’s poetry all come together on the Yawpers’ American Man, an album that mixes high-brow smarts with down-home stomp. Released October 30th by Bloodshot Records — the twang n’ tattoos label whose roster combines country music with the grit and gusto of something harder —… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear the […]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has said that he did not intend to offend anyone when he composed the music for an Iranian film on the Prophet Muhammad. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Indian composer: Music for Prophet film done in good faith

Classic Cuban recordings will soon have a new outlet to the world as Sony Music signed a deal Tuesday to distribute the catalog of the state-owned label. Sony, one of the three major global labels, said it would exclusively license overseas recordings from Cuba's Egrem dating as far back as the 1960s. "This landmark agreement […]

Glen Campbell’s wife Kim has opened up about coping with the late stages of her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease, revealing that the legendary singer-songwriter returned home in late July from a medical facility. “He calls me Mrs. Campbell. But he definitely understands smiles, hugs, kisses. He’s physically healthy, cheerful and… Source: RollingStone Link: Glen […]

Lana Del Rey premiered a glamorous, sensual new ode, “Salvatore,” on BBC 1, marking the latest offering from the singer’s upcoming album, Honeymoon, out this Friday, September 18th. From its title to its marching drums and swelling, aching string melody, “Salvatore” has a classic Italian feel, and Del Rey’s breathy, delicate vocals bring… Source: RollingStone Link: Lana […]

The members of chameleonic indie rock outfit Deerhunter sift dreamily amongst each other in the vibrant, trippy new video for “Breaker,” off the band’s upcoming LP, Fading Frontier. Guitarist and vocalist Bradford Cox directed the video, in which band members are superimposed on top of each other, their instruments and other visuals… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Green Day will finally release Heart Like a Hand Grenade, the “lost” documentary chronicling the making of their Bush-era protest album/rock opera, American Idiot, with a wide release scheduled for October 10th, DIY reports. Shot by John Roecker over a period of nine months, the film marks the first time Green Day allowed cameras into the studio. While American Idiot was… Source: RollingStone Link: Green […]

Sturgill Simpson may have tipped his hat to the Ray Charles classic Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music with the title of his last LP (2014’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music — more meta, less western), but he paid tribute to another soul hero at a concert last night… Source: RollingStone Link: See Sturgill […]

Quincy Jones detailed growing up in the gritty gangster culture of pre-World War II Chicago and explained how a robbery led him to music in a wide-ranging chat with Dr. Dre on his Beats 1 radio show, “The Pharmacy.” “I wanted to be a gangster until I was 11, in Chicago,” Jones told Dre, noting his… Source: RollingStone Link: Quincy […]

Kacey Musgraves closed out Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night with a charming performance of her globe-trotting single, “Dime Store Cowgirl.” In the song, one of the standouts from the Texas native’s recently released Pageant Material LP, Musgraves reminisces about some of her most memorable experiences and a few of iconic… Source: RollingStone Link: See Kacey […]