This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Monkees’ television series and the release of their debut single “Last Train To Clarksville,” and the group will celebrate by releasing their new album Good Times! and embarking on an extensive North American tour. The album is the Monkees’ first collection of original material since 1997’s… Source: RollingStone Link: The Monkees […]
Sam Outlaw and Whitney Rose are hitting the hillbilly highway this month, kicking off a shared tour that finds the two songwriters — one, a literal country Outlaw who spikes his twang with mariachi horns and other Tex-Mex influences; the other, a Canadian crooner rooted in the vintage charm of the genre’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Sam Outlaw, […]
A big-screen film about the life and career of George Jones appears closer to fruition, with an Oscar-nominated actor in the role of the Possum. Josh Brolin, whose film credits include No Country for Old Men and Milk, for which he scored an Academy Award nomination, revealed he will star as… Source: RollingStone Link: Josh […]
Elton John opens his 32nd studio album by looking back in delight. “Some things you don’t forget/Some things just take a hold,” he sings with relish in the title song, a jaunty recollection of lasting love at first sight. The music framing that glee – “Loose clothes and a cool,… Source: RollingStone Link: Wonderful Crazy […]
Trey Smith, son of Will Smith, and Quincy Brown, son of Al B. Sure and stepson of P. Diddy, star in the latest ads. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Sneaker Brand Creative Recreation Taps Music Royalty for New Campaign (Exclusive)
Ozzy Osbourne is on the mend, according to his wife Sharon, but it hasn’t been an easy recovery. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Black Sabbath had to postpone several dates on its current tour after Ozzy Osbourne suffered a sinus infection. Sharon opened up about the singer’s health struggles and how he… Source: RollingStone Link: Ozzy Osbourne […]
“I was writing about my life,” Maurice White once told the late journalist Timothy White. Yet in the mid-to-late 1970s, his funk juggernaut Earth Wind & Fire resonated with millions. They were arguably the biggest black rock band in the world, scoring nearly a dozen gold and platinum albums, and… Source: RollingStone Link: Earth, Wind […]
Earth, Wind and Fire vocalist and co-founder Maurice White died in his sleep in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening. A rep for the band confirmed his passing to Rolling Stone. He was 74. The singer had been battling Parkinson’s disease since 1992, according to TMZ. His health had reportedly deteriorated in recent… Source: RollingStone Link: Maurice […]
The Dead Weather have released a stark, darkly funny and strange video for “Impossible Winner,” off their latest album, Dodge and Burn. The clip premiered via Tidal, where it can be watched ahead of a wide release Friday. The video finds band members Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence playing paranormal… Source: RollingStone Link: Dead […]
Ashley Monroe’s album The Blade has no shortage of exquisitely sad songs, but even by her standards “From Time to Time” is a doozy. Landing right in the middle of the Grammy-nominated collection, the sweetly lilting song alludes to the death of Monroe’s father when she was 13 years old. She… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]