Carlos López Casany’s plan was to become a Barcelona doctor. But in 2012, while in medical school, he posted a Spotify playlist full of Blur, Vampire Weekend, the Beach Boys and Outkast and called it “Just smile, Happy Songs.” The next thing he knew, he had 30,000 followers and a new… Source: RollingStone Link: Hot New […]
Just a few weeks from turning 81, Ronnie Hawkins admits he’s slowing down. But the early rock & roll career-maker — he assembled the players that would become The Band — is far from finished. “I got one foot in the grave and another in a puddle of WD-40, but I feel… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — When rapper David Banner was recording the music that launched a major label career, it came from a makeshift studio inside of a van in which he was also sleeping. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Rapper Banner donating music studio to Boys and Girls Club
NEW YORK (AP) — They love us, yeah! yeah! yeah! Source: Yahoo Music Link: Beatles say 'let it be': Fans can soon stream their music
The singer August Alsina has a term for his music. “I like to call it hope for the hopeless,” he explains over the phone. He has just released his second album, This Thing Called Life, and he is aware that his point of view makes him a dissident within mainstream… Source: RollingStone Link: How August […]
The year’s most outstanding hip-hop music includes protest anthems, melodic coups, the return of grime to Stateside awareness and a Broadway soundtrack about a Founding Father. Source: RollingStone Link: 40 Best Rap Albums of 2015
“I just want this year to be over with,” Slipknot’s and Stone Sour’s ever-stentorian frontman Corey Taylor says of 2015. Even though the year has had its personal highs for him — two triumphant Knotfests, two Stone Sour covers EPs, a book called You’re Making Me Hate You and Teenage Time Killers’… Source: RollingStone Link: Corey Taylor […]
The Beatles, who have long withheld their legendary catalog from streaming services, will finally offer up their discography to Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Amazon’s Prime Music and more starting December 24th at 12:01 a.m. local times around the globe. The Fab Four announced their entry into the world of streaming with a… Source: RollingStone Link: The Beatles […]
Country music has a long history with Christmas albums, and this year three releases in particular stand out: Kenny Rogers’ Once Again It’s Christmas, LeAnn Rimes’ Today It’s Christmas and Kristian Bush’s “Thinking About Drinking for Christmas.” In Bush’s case, his entry is a single song, but it doesn’t lack for… Source: RollingStone Link: Best […]
Re/Code cited industry sources in reporting that the British band’s music will be available for download on Apple Music, Google Play and Tidal, as well as Amazon’s Prime Music. Unlike artists like Taylor Swift, The Beatles' music will also be available on free tier versions of services, such as Spotify. Source: Yahoo Music Link: The […]