When Stephen Colbert first announced the slate of Late Show guests for his premiere week, one act especially stood out: Troubled Waters, “the world’s preeminent Paul Simon tribute band” that was scheduled to perform Friday night. As it turned out, the Paul Simon tribute band was none other than Paul Simon, who… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Stephen […]

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The late Whitney Houston will return to the stage as a hologram next year. The project is being organized by Hologram USA in conjunction with Pat Houston, the singer’s sister and president of her estate. The virtual recreation of Houston will be a multimedia endeavor. Not only will the hologram premiere at… Source: RollingStone Link: Whitney […]

Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival will return to Los Angeles’ Park at L.A. Coliseum this November, and a surprise act is among those recruited for the festival’s lineup: The rapper’s Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill ‘Em All collective. Earlier this year, Tyler indicated that Odd Future was “no more,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Odd Future […]

Years before meeting Wynonna Judd and Cactus Moser to cut a country album, Pete Scobell paid the bills as a Navy SEAL and a professional athlete. Two traumatizing head injuries and a solid dose of music therapy later, Scobell was well on his way down the road to recovery. This… Source: RollingStone Link: Former Navy […]

Elvis Costello will release his autobiography Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink this October, and the rocker has announced that his memoir will be accompanied by a two-disc “soundtrack album” culled from Costello’s expansive catalog. Costello himself curated the 38-song collection, selecting tracks with the deepest emotional connection to the themes and stories from his… Source: RollingStone Link: Elvis Costello […]

With 35 MPH Town due out October 9th, Toby Keith stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night to drum up some buzz — literally — for his upcoming album. Backed by horns, pedal steel and synthesized steel drums, he debuted the record’s newest single, “Rum is the… Source: RollingStone Link: See Toby […]

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Gary Clark Jr. delivers a scorching rendition of the aching, uplifting “The Healing,” live at Austin’s Arlyn Studios in the first video from the guitarist’s new album, The Story of Sonny Boy Slim, out Friday. Despite the intimate, candle-lit setting, Clark Jr. and his band are loud and powerful. Clark Jr. unleashes… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Muse have unveiled a guitar-heavy cover of Chvrches’ synth-pop track “Lies,” recorded during a recent session for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge. The band attacks the track with distorted guitars, fuzz bass and propulsive drum fills, as frontman Matt Bellmany adds his trademark melodramatic vibrato. It’s a dynamic reimagining of Chvrches’… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Muse's […]