Rita Ora has filed a lawsuit against Roc Nation claiming her contract is unenforceable and violates California law, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ora signed the contract in 2008 when she was 18 and claims that she has been “orphaned” from Jay Z’s company as it has changed personnel and expanded its business… Source: RollingStone Link: Rita […]
The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony managed to get Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Joe Perry, Ron Wood, Flea and Metallica in the same room together. It was inevitable the night would end with a ferocious guitar battle, and the most obvious song was “Train Kept-A-Rollin.’” The 1951… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Metallica […]
The just-announced inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next spring include one of the biggest acts of the Seventies and Eighties, a group that also revealed that their next album will be released on Nashville-based Big Machine Records. Rock-pop superstars Cheap Trick have joined the label that’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Sia has released another new single off her upcoming album This Is Acting, which is due out next month. “Cheap Thrills” was originally intended for Rihanna, as the pop songwriter revealed recently to Rolling Stone. Sia cowrote the track with frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin, who also produced the song. Above a… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
David Bowie’s new album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) hits stores in a little over three weeks, and he’s just released the single “Lazarus.” It will be familiar to anyone that has seen the new off-Broadway play Lazarus, since it’s the first song that Michael C. Hall performs in the stunning show…. Source: RollingStone Link: Hear David […]
Pusha T, pushing 40, is not afraid to forge ahead in his own lane. The Clipse rhyme backflipper’s second solo album has assists from a co-op’s worth of industry heavies, with multiple productions by Puff Daddy, Timbaland and Kanye West on just 10 lean tracks. And just as Pusha advises… Source: RollingStone Link: King Push: […]
Chris Brown, "Royalty" (RCA) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Chris Brown is multi-dimensional on 'Royalty'
A panel of federal judges ordered free internet radio services like Pandora to raise their royalty rates in a decision set to take effect next year, The New York Times reports. The decision will benefit artists and record labels. In their decision, the Copyright Royalty Board ruled that webcasters will have to pay… Source: RollingStone Link: Performance […]
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Thursday ordered Internet service provider Cox Communications to pay $25 million for copyright infringement in a dispute with music publisher BMG Rights Management. The jury in Alexandria, Virginia also said Cox’s infringement was willful. The decision, which came after a two-week trial, could have […]
In the spirit of the season, Rolling Stone invited a series of artists to cover their favorite holiday song. Our “Holiday Playlist” series kicks off with Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez, offering his stirring rendition of “White Christmas” — the perfect companion to his “Hello” cover — with help from his wife, Chondra,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Coheed […]