When the Kennedy Center Honors aired last night on CBS, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members the Eagles were supposed to be in the balcony, ribbons around their neck, listening to a variety of artists sing their praises. But founding member Glenn Frey’s intestinal surgery required the California country-rock pioneers… Source: RollingStone Link: See Miranda […]
Now that Guns N’ Roses is all but confirmed to reunite in its original configuration for Coachella and a stadium tour, excitement is hitting fever pitch among folks who lived through the late Eighties and early Nineties. That certainly goes for some of the harder rocking performers of country music, who… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: […]
Sara Haines reports the buzziest stories of the day in “GMA” Pop News. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Guns N'Roses to Reunite at Coachella Music Festival
Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors during the ceremony’s tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote one of Franklin’s signature songs, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.” Franklin performed that 1967 single at the Kennedy Center Honors, which aired Tuesday night following its December 6th ceremony in… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Aretha […]
Zendaya Coleman, known best simply as Zendaya, became a burgeoning cultural superstar this year, from her role on Disney’s K.C. Undercover to having a Barbie doll created in her honor. Beyond her career in the entertainment world, the 19 year old has also made waves by never shying away from… Source: RollingStone Link: Best of […]
With his new single “Power of Positive Drinkin’,” Chris Janson continues country music’s long tradition of booze anthems. But the Missouri singer-songwriter, who broke out in 2015 with his Number One hit “Buy Me a Boat,” doesn’t drink himself — he gave it up years ago when he met his wife. While… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris […]
This year, the world of music lost some its brightest lights: Lemmy Kilmister, Allen Toussaint, Ben E. King, Scott Weiland and many more. Blues titan B.B. King was 89; up-and-coming rapper Capo was just 22. But no matter how many years they spent on this planet, all 54 of these artists — singers and… Source: RollingStone Link: 2015 In […]
The organizers behind the first-ever “Legion” festival have released dates for the five-state event, set to kick off in Australia next year. “Legion” rose from the ashes as a replacement festival for annual Australian music gig “Soundwave”, which was canceled on December 17, 2015 by founder and music promoter AJ Maddah due to “poor ticket sales”. […]
In 1958, singer Jody Reynolds had his one and only Top 40 pop hit with a haunting tune called “Endless Sleep.” Written by Reynolds while he was living and working in Yuma, Arizona, the song came into being after Reynolds played Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” on a jukebox five times in… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is the latest rocker to pay tribute to Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, who passed away December 28th after a brief battle with cancer. Like many of his rock star brethren – Kirk Hammett, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich and many more – Taylor writes that the legend he grew up idolizing soon… Source: RollingStone Link: Slipknot's Corey […]