Donald Trump bragged to Republican voters in November that he would “get along very well” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a suspicion he based on the fact that they once appeared on the same episode of a newsmagazine. “I got to know him very well because we were both on 60… Source: RollingStone Link: Pussy Riot's […]
A prepubescent King of Pop, singing a love song to a rat; a Southern rap trio, paying tribute to the trials and tribulations of being in “the game”; a Canadian chart-topping superstar crooning hard enough to shatter glass chandeliers; a Portland, Oregon indie troubadour gently singing his way through an… Source: RollingStone Link: 20 Greatest […]
On Sunday, Diane Warren will be up for her eighth Oscar nomination for her powerful collaboration with Lady Gaga, “Til It Happens to You.” The simple, raw ballad soundtracks director Kirby Dick’s documentary, titled The Hunting Ground, that explores rape on college campuses in the United States. For Warren, this could be… Source: RollingStone Link: Songwriter Diane […]
Wynonna and the Big Noise performed a trio of songs from the band’s self-titled debut LP for the CBS This Morning Saturday Sessions one week after the new album’s February 12th release. Backed by the four-piece band that includes her drummer-husband Cactus Moser (who also produced the record), Judd tore… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Wynonna […]
British punk veterans Wire have released a disquieting, foreboding new track, “Nocturnal Koreans,” the titular song from an upcoming mini-album out April 22nd via the band’s Pinkflag label. While “Nocturnal Koreans” is a fast-paced tune awash with dreamy guitars, the melody takes several sinister turns as singer Colin Newman soaks his vocals in reverb… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Simon and Garfunkel didn’t leave a lot of songs in the vault when they broke up in 1970, but that hasn’t stopped Columbia from spending the next 46 years reissuing the duo’s music in every possible sort of package they could think up. That includes too many greatest-hits albums to count easily, along… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Simon […]
Metallica have released an eight-minute video explaining the importance of vinyl to them and why they are this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors. All four members take turns explaining their history with the music-retail event, beginning with an in-store signing they held at Mountain View, California’s Rasputin Records in 2008,… Source: RollingStone Link: See Metallica […]
Next month, while the annual South by Southwest rages some 45 minutes to the southeast, the first-ever Luck Reunion will bring artists like Willie Nelson, Jenny Lewis, Billy Joe Shaver, Blitzen Trapper and Lucius to the streets of an old western movie set. Nelson has served as one of South by… Source: RollingStone Link: Willie […]
Surviving cancer twice has given Wade Hayes a profound appreciation for life and a desire to give back to those who helped him through his battle with the disease. Fittingly, Hayes is pulling out the stops for the Country Hits Back concert benefiting Nashville’s Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, enlisting Miranda Lambert,… Source: RollingStone Link: Wade Hayes […]
In a week where an album of hymns and gospel songs tops the Billboard Countrys Album chart, the polar opposite sits only a few notches below at Number Nine: Wheeler Walker Jr.’s debut album Redneck Shit. The demon brainchild of comedian Ben Hoffman, Redneck Shit leaves no group unoffended, as Hoffman’s… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]