For more than two decades, elusive French duo Daft Punk — comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo — have revolutionized dance music. Director Hervé Martin Delpierre gets fairly close to unmasking the robots in his documentary Daft Punk Unchained, which chronicles the duo’s career from the beginning to their massive Grammy… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Daft […]

Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, the TV-movie inspired by her childhood in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, premieres tonight, December 10th, and stars Jennifer Nettles in the role of Parton’s mother, Avie Lee. While not a Christmas film, Nettles says it nonetheless carries a message of the holidays: one of love for… Source: RollingStone Link: Jennifer […]

Bluegrass collective the Infamous Stringdusters’ last release, October’s Undercover, was an EP of the band covering classic tracks from Tom Petty to Bob Dylan. And while their newest release Ladies & Gentlemen contains all original songs, it is a tribute of sorts: to the art and power of the female vocal. Recruiting Joss… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Lee […]

Madonna staked out a spot on the Place de la République in Paris Wednesday and delivered an acoustic rendition of John Lennon’s “Imagine” as part of an impromptu set to honor the victims of the November 13th terrorist attacks. The video, shot by fan Jules Mahe, finds the pop star and guitarist Monte Pittman… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Metal grew out more than it grew up this year. Baroness got their groove back with anthemic triumphalism, “blackgaze” groups like Deafheaven and Bosse-de-Nage reveled in ecstasy and agony, Iron Maiden wrote their longest-ever epic, and Faith No More returned after 17 years with three-part harmonies. Here’s the year in… Source: RollingStone Link: 20 Best […]

Hozier was honored with the song of the year award for “Take Me to Church” at the Birmingham event that featured performances from One Direction and Rod Stewart. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Adele, Taylor Swift Win at BBC Music Awards

Jared Leto may not “give a fuck about” Taylor Swift, but he probably didn’t want anyone to know it. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he’s filed a lawsuit against TMZ and parent company Warner Bros. Entertainment after the site featured a video on Monday of the actor and Thirty Seconds to Mars… Source: RollingStone Link: Jared Leto […]

Songwriter Don Chapel, who penned hits for George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Ray Price — and was also the second of Wynette’s five husbands — died Sunday, December 6th, from complications from heart failure and pneumonia, according to the Tennessean. He was 84. Born Lloyd Franklin Amburgey, Chapel was reared in… Source: RollingStone Link: Tammy […]

While the superstar names recently nominated for a Grammy grabbed the headlines, the most unexpected nominees were a group of male and female maximum security prisoners in Malawi, many of whom are serving a life sentence. The Zomba Prison Project’s I Have No Everything Here scored a surprise nomination in the Best World… Source: RollingStone Link: Malawi Prisoners […]

The Christmas holiday season is often seen as a joyful, celebratory occasion to be spent with loved ones. But it also has a unique ability to generate melancholy for some people, particularly when home is far away or no longer resembles what it was. Kellie Pickler has tapped into that idea for… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]