Dolly Parton offered information but no advice to the remaining contestants on NBC’s The Voice as she visited the TV singing competition on Tuesday, December 8th. She also performed a lovely version of her beloved 1971 hit “Coat of Many Colors” and talked about the upcoming “faith-based” film inspired by… Source: RollingStone Link: See Dolly […]
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor honored the late Scott Weiland on Monday at Hollywood club the Roxy, joining Royal Machines – a band featuring Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro – for a bruising rendition of Stone Temple Pilots staple “Sex Type Thing,” Classic Rock reports. In the fan-shot video, Taylor introduces the song by shouting, “Let’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The legend goes like this: In 1963, producer Lee Mendelson made a documentary about Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, for which he needed music. One night, Mendelson was driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, tuned into a San Francisco jazz station. “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” came on the air,… Source: RollingStone Link: 'A Charlie […]
The Replacements’ frontman Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson and guitarist Slim Dunlap have all participated in a new in-depth biography about the influential rock group. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, written by journalist Bob Mehr, will arrive March 1st from Da Capo Press. The 520-page biography tracks the… Source: RollingStone Link: Replacements […]
YouTube has revealed its top trending music videos of 2015, led by Wiz Khalifa's "See You Again" from the soundtrack of the blockbuster movie "Furious 7." Source: Yahoo Music Link: Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' named YouTube's top music video of 2015
Joanna Newsom hushed the Late Show audience on Tuesday with a commanding performance of “Leaving the City,” a track from her recently released fourth LP, Divers. Newsom’s inimitable coo and ethereal harp took center stage, with two keyboardists and a drummer interjecting for vivid dynamic shifts. Newsom told Rolling Stone that the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
The tragic death of Scott Weiland last week continues to reverberate across the rock world and beyond – this week his ex-wife Mary wrote a highly personal open letter about the singer that resonated with many people who don’t even care about Stone Temple Pilots or Velvet Revolver. For fans of Weiland’s music,… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
Yoko Ono’s upcoming record, Yes, I’m a Witch Too — on which a star-studded cast of collaborators refigure the avant-garde artist’s works — features an ornately textured remix of her 2001 song “Soul Got Out of the Box” by Portugal. The Man. Where the original on her Blueprint for a Sunrise album… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Rolling Stone Country’s list of the best country albums of 2015 is defined by its diversity. There are knockout albums by country-radio stars, must-hears by niche Americana singer-songwriters and under-the-radar gems from Red Dirt honky-tonkers. The mass appeal of Luke Bryan’s Kill the Lights shares space with James McMurtry’s literary masterpiece… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie Underwood, […]
In the fall of 1964 Roy Orbison was at the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic with “Pretty Woman,” a gem of a hit punctuated by a seductive growl that rivaled Tony the Tiger and the MGM lion. In addition to that multi-million-seller, Orbison recorded a… Source: RollingStone Link: Roy Orbison's […]