Back in his football-playing days, Sam Hunt was a promising college athlete quarterbacking for Middle Tennessee State University as well as the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While Hunt never got to play in the NFL, his rapid rise in country music has nonetheless earned him a ticket to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Sam Hunt […]
Rihanna is one of pop’s biggest hitmakers, but her recently released eighth album Anti proves that she has the ability to successfully depart from that chart-topping streak to create music that is both weird and vulnerable. Not only has her chart dominance been successful, but the quality and trailblazing nature of her singles… Source: RollingStone Link: Readers' Poll: […]
No amount of exclamation points can quite capture just how BIG! Shania Twain’s Come on Over LP was around the globe at the dawn of a new millennium. Initially released in the U.S. on November 4th, 1997, and subsequently throughout the world in a revised “International” pop version to appeal… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: See […]
As his Blackout Tour fills venues through the winter months, Brantley Gilbert is getting ready to fight for his right to party with his Take It Outside summer tour. Commencing June 2nd in Mansfield, Massachusetts, the trek currently has 22 dates lined up through October. The tour closes with a… Source: RollingStone Link: Brantley Gilbert […]
As the frontwoman of beloved indie-rock band Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis began singing songs of love, heartbreak and aging in 1998. After accruing a solid fanbase, Lewis showed she could stand on her own with her 2006 solo debut, Rabbit Fur Coat, which found her boldly embracing a more roots-oriented sound. Last month, in honor… Source: RollingStone Link: Jenny […]
In 2005, Rihanna was a 17-year-old dancehall pop singer just breaking on the scene. She released her breezy debut album, Music of the Sun, on August 30th; the day after its release, she made one of her first-ever award show appearances at the World Music Awards, where she joined Amerie and Teairra Marí… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Rihanna […]
Like the Roman god Janus, with an eye trained on both beginnings and endings, Mary Chapin Carpenter opens her new album The Things That We Are Made Of with a song that beautifully sums up where she’s been and sets the stage for what’s yet to come. In “Something Tamed… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Mary […]
“We’ll have to see how everybody feels, how the show feels,” Bruce Springsteen said, lounging on a sofa in his dressing room backstage at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. The singer was speaking the night before he opened his 2016 North American tour with the E Street Band, on January… Source: RollingStone Link: Bruce Springsteen […]
The cast of the Broadway hip-hop musical Hamilton will perform live via satellite from New York’s Richard Rodgers Theatre on this year’s Grammys, which takes place at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on February 15th. The cast joins previously announced Grammys performers like Kendrick Lamar, Adele, the Weeknd, Carrie Underwood, Ellie Goulding, James Bay… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Hamilton' Cast […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist and Bernie Sanders supporter Flea was watching a recent Republican presidential debate when he was struck by what he saw as a common thread among the candidates. “All they talked about was who could kill the most people the most efficiently. It’s disgusting and cold and mean because… Source: RollingStone Link: Flea: […]