Bonnie Raitt has long been a singer-songwriter’s best friend, a deep-blues interpreter with sublime taste in composers, from Jackson Browne and Randy Newman to the Jazz Age siren Sippie Wallace. Raitt is as bold and sharp on Dig In Deep, made with her longtime road band. She takes sensual charge… Source: RollingStone Link: Dig In […]

For Loretta Lynn’s first album since 2004’s Van Lear Rose, her startlingly great 2004 collaboration with Jack White and his crew, the iconic queen of no-bullshit country music, now 83, looks more backwards than forwards. Culled from a decade’s worth of sessions and co-produced by John Carter Cash – Johnny’s son, whose… Source: RollingStone Link: Full Circle

Two decades ago, X-Files composer Mark Snow produced a compilation dubbed Songs in the Key of X: Music From and Inspired by the X-Files that included tunes by Nick Cave, Elvis Costello, P.M. Dawn and William S. Burroughs with R.E.M., among others. It also contained a cover of Gary Numan’s echoey, new-wavey… Source: RollingStone Link: Gillian Anderson […]

For the second year, snowboard icon Shaun White brought his Air + Style festival to Los Angeles for two days of athletes catching air and musicians dominating crowds. This year featured J. Cole, Incubus, Kaskade, Haim and more. Check out the photos from the stage and by the ramp. Source: RollingStone Link: Air + Style Los Angeles: See […]

Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon has teamed with Tomorrows Tulips’ Alex Knost for a new project called Glitterbust, with the duo’s self-titled debut LP due out March 4th on Burger Records. Glitterbust also unleashed the album’s “The Highline,” a nine-minute guitar odyssey that finds Gordon coolly singing over the droning riffs. Glitterbust is… Source: RollingStone Link: Kim […]

Following her turn as Frenchy in Fox’s Grease: Live, Carly Rae Jepsen is taking a different sort of step onto the small screen. Alongside producer Butch Walker, best known for his work with Taylor Swift and Pink, the Canadian pop star has recorded the theme song for Netflix’s Full House reboot,… Source: RollingStone Link: Carly Rae […]

Kendrick Lamar will induct pioneering hip-hop group N.W.A into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the April 8th ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Arena. Kid Rock will also be among the artists on hand to welcome Cheap Trick into the Rock Hall. Lamar and Rock join previously announced presenters the Black Keys, Metallica’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Kendrick Lamar […]

Puff Daddy reunites with director Hype Williams for his minimalist “Auction” video, rapping with Bad Boy alumni Lil’ Kim, Styles P and King Los. The swag-heavy clip – which finds the crew dressed in all-black against an all-white backdrop – recalls the high-energy vibe of Williams’ previous Puff-featured videos, including the Notorious… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Puff […]

Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Rihanna, Lush, FKA twigs, and Weezer, plus brand new streaming music from Santigold, School of Seven Bells, Bat for Lashes, and more. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at Metacritic Source: […]

On the heels of their recent Grammy and ACM nominations, Joey + Rory have achieved a career milestone with their new inspirational LP, Hymns That Are Important to Us, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album also charted at Number Four on the all-genre… Source: RollingStone Link: Joey + […]