Every year, the CMA Awards broadcast typically grasps viewers in the first few seconds with some sort of explosive collaboration. This year, that honor goes to Hank Williams, Jr. and Eric Church. Bocephus’ big CMA comeback, along with the show’s other unpredictable elements are the focus of today’s Ram Report. After… Source: RollingStone Link: Hank […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Yoga is serving as inspiration for Christina Aguilera's upcoming album. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Yoga serving as inspiration for Aguilera's new music
The secret to Luther Dickinson’s signature wailing slide-guitar groove? Start with the basics. “In my community, everybody played with their fingers and everybody played slide guitar and open tuning,” the North Mississippi Allstars frontman tells Jackie Greene, who sat down together during Nashville’s Americana Fest to discuss Dickinson’s approach to his… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Billy Joe Royal, who scored the 1965 Top Ten single “Down in the Boondocks” and also made frequent appearances on the country chart in the Eighties, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his Marietta, North Carolina home, according to the Tennessean. He was 73 years old. Born April 3, 1942, in Valdosta, Georgia,… Source: RollingStone Link: Billy […]
“I curated the album to create a feeling that the listener was sitting in Kurt’s apartment in Olympia, Washington, in the late Eighties, and bearing witness to his creation.” That is how Brett Morgen — the writer-director and co-producer of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the controversial HBO documentary about the… Source: RollingStone Link: Inside 'Montage […]
TOPANGA, Calif. (AP) — Although he wrote the classic Americana songbook, it took John Fogerty more than 30 years to come to terms with the realization he really was one of rock music's fortunate sons. Source: Yahoo Music Link: John Fogerty on ups, downs, becoming music's fortunate son
After a busy summer spent gigging with both the Grateful Dead and Phish — including a three-day Magnaball run in late August — Trey Anastasio releases a new solo album, Paper Wheels, on October 30th. We’re premiering the first video from the record, an animated clip for “Lever Boy.” The video was directed by George… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Phish […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez is taking on hosting duties at next month's American Music Awards. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Jennifer Lopez to host the 2015 American Music Awards
Joe Jonas and Charlie Puth will announce nominations in the key categories on ‘Good Morning America’ ahead of the Nov. 22 ceremony. Source: Yahoo Music Link: American Music Awards: Jennifer Lopez to Host, Perform
John Mayer defended members of the Grateful Dead, whom he’ll be joining on tour this fall, for regrouping after the legendary band played what were billed as their final shows this summer, The Associated Press reports. “I don’t know of any Deadhead in the world who said, ‘When I paid my money, I paid to… Source: RollingStone Link: John […]