Archive | November, 2015

Watch the Trailer for Grand Ole Opry's Silver Screen Debut

“There are two places you play,” says Brad Paisley. “There’s the Grand Ole Opry and everywhere else.”  That line closes the just-released trailer for the big-screen film American Saturday Night: Live From the Grand Ole Opry, featuring appearances by Paisley, Blake Shelton, Darius Rucker and other Opry members, along with newer… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Scotty McCreery Talks New Album, Book and Denny's With Rascal Flatts

When Scotty McCreery thought about casting cheerleaders in the video for his new single “Southern Belle,” he knew he didn’t want them to be seen as gratuitous eye candy. Instead, he wanted to shine a light on their inherent strength. “Obviously they’re pretty and everything, which is awesome, but it’s showcasing how strong they… Source: RollingStone Link: Scotty McCreery […]

The Cure Plot 2016 North American Tour

The Cure will return to North America in 2016 for a 27-show, 22-city tour for their first significant continental trek since 2008. The tour begins May 11th in New Orleans and is scheduled to wrap June 26th at the Bayfront Park Amphitheater in Miami, Florida. According to a note on the band’s website, the… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]

Watch Alanis Morissette, James Corden Update 'Ironic' Lyrics

While promoting the 20th anniversary reissue of Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette has been refurbishing her classic hit, “Ironic.” Following a clucking cover with Meghan Trainor on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the singer-songwriter paired up with James Corden to debut a more current take on the track. For their Late Late… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Cam on 'Untamed' Years Before Record Deal: The Ram Report

Cam credits the unique sound that’s made her one of country music’s most promising new faces to something pretty simple: oblivion. The California native wrote and recorded most of her debut LP, Untamed before she had a record deal. “I got to make this whole album with my friends who started… Source: RollingStone Link: Cam […]

Holiday gift-giving: 7 memoirs for music-lovers

In her memoir, the Sleater-Kinney guitarist covers her turbulent family life in the Pacific Northwest, the rise of Sleater-Kinney in the feminist punk-rock movement of the 1990s, and how her experiences in that subculture inspired some of the satire behind "Portlandia," the TV series she co-created. This journey into the mind of the artist goes […]

Hear Lana Del Rey's Aching Daniel Johnston Cover

Lana Del Rey’s subdued, aching take on Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last a Long Time” was previewed in the trailer for Gabriel Sunday’s new short film “Hi, How Are You Daniel Johnston?” — available for streaming tomorrow — and can now be heard in full. Listen to Del Rey’s take on… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Lana […]