Don Henley, who is currently enjoying the first Number One solo album of his career with Cass County, shared some nostalgia with viewers of ABC’s late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live. In addition to a raucous performance of the smash hit “Dirty Laundry,” (watch the performance below) from his very first solo… Source: RollingStone Link: See Don […]
If anyone has proved staying power in country music — without caving to trends — it’s Alan Jackson, the long, tall Georgian who burst onto the Nashville scene in 1989 and hasn’t gone a year since without having a hit. Among his laundry list of accolades are 60 million albums… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
Later this month Rod Stewart will release his new album Another Country, which features 11 songs he wrote or co-wrote, including his great new single “Please.” In a recent Rolling Stone feature, he explained the decision to return to songwriting. “I’d done the Great American Songbook albums,” he said. “I’d done… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
There’s a neighborhood in East Nashville known as “Little Hollywood,” but it seems the city as a whole is adopting that moniker. Following in the footsteps of ABC’s Nashville, Jack Black has partnered up with another Tenacious “D” — Dwight Yoakam — to produce a new comedy series set in… Source: RollingStone Link: Dwight Yoakam […]
Ever since Rolling Stone published an article exploring Depeche Mode’s influence on heavy metal earlier this year, people have been asking the group’s frontman, Dave Gahan, how he feels about groups like Marilyn Manson and Metallica. “Once it’s written, it must be true,” he says with a laugh. “It’s flattering… Source: RollingStone Link: Depeche Mode […]
Donnie Fritts, "Oh My Goodness" (Single Lock) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Fritts' 'Oh My Goodness' layered with emotion
Jakob Danger Armstrong, the 17-year-old son of Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and brother of SWMRS’ Joey Armstrong, recently paved his own pop-punk path when a few songs he posted on SoundCloud and YouTube made the rounds online, earning him a deal with Burger Records. The singer-songwriter and his band, performing under the name… Source: RollingStone Link: Billie Joe […]
Toby Keith, "35 mph Town" (Show Dog/Universal) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Toby Keith gets playful on '35 mph Town'
Joe Jackson, "Fast Forward" (Work Song/Caroline) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Joe Jackson returns to pop in 'Fast Forward'
John Grant, "Grey Tickles, Black Pressure" (Partisan) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Grant's baritone tackles range of subjects