Carrie Underwood rode shotgun with James Corden as the CBS Late, Late Show host drove the streets of Los Angeles and the two played a lively round of Carpool Karaoke with some of Underwood’s biggest hits. In between dramatic renditions of “Smoke Break,” and “Jesus, Take the Wheel” — which… Source: RollingStone Link: See Carrie […]

Sia Furler’s forthcoming album, This Is Acting (due January 29th), has a novel concept: It’s full of songs rejected by A-list artists. Furler has been successfully writing for music’s biggest names, from Adele to Beyoncé, since she crossed over to writing pop music around five years ago, after solidifying herself as… Source: RollingStone Link: Sia's Reject […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Lollapalooza is adding a fourth day to the 2016 music festival to mark its 25th anniversary. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Lollapalooza to mark 25th anniversary by adding 4th day

CMT’s Artists of the Year event is a bit like an intimate awards show, minus all the pesky anticipation and stress of not knowing who’s going win. The 2015 installment — held December 2nd at Nashville’s Schermerhorn Symphony Center — honored the five Artists of the Year: Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Little… Source: RollingStone Link: See Chris […]

Kendrick Lamar had an Austin crowd howling the hook to “Alright” before he even launched into a riotous rendition of the To Pimp a Butterfly cut during a performance set to air on the second half of Season 41 of Austin City Limits. The clip finds the Compton rapper at his breathless best,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

“I guess I’m obsessed with writing Christmas songs,” admits Kristian Bush, whose new holiday single “Thinking About Drinking for Christmas” shines a light on the boozy place where Yuletide and, perhaps, Yuengling overlap. (Listen to the song below.) While the song marks his first holiday release as a solo artist, Bush has… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

CMA Country Christmas, the annual holiday music special presented by the Country Music Association, premieres tonight, and assembles some of the genre’s best voices. Hosted for a sixth time by Jennifer Nettles, the concert features performances by Darius Rucker, Charles Kelley, Jewel, Mickey Guyton, David Nail, Thomas Rhett and Brett… Source: RollingStone Link: Kelsea Ballerini […]

Slayer will bring their Repentless album on the road this winter as the thrash metal unit embark on the first leg of a North American tour this February. The jaunt kicks off February 19th at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre and winds the northern route of the U.S. and western Canada before concluding March 26th… Source: RollingStone Link: Slayer Announce […]

Happy 50th birthday to Rubber Soul, the album where the Beatles became the Beatles. It was the most out-there music they’d ever made, but also their warmest, friendliest and most emotionally direct. As soon as it dropped in December, 1965, Rubber Soul cut the story of pop music in half —… Source: RollingStone Link: 50 Years […]

The Killers broke out one of their Christmas classics on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday, performing a cheery rendition of “Joel the Lump of Coal,” with co-writer Jimmy Kimmel dutifully joining in as Santa Claus. The charming holiday cut tells the story of the titular lump of coal in the North Pole whose dreams of… Source: RollingStone Link: The […]