Chris Young usually sleeps through all incoming calls and texts, especially if they arrive before 10:00 a.m. Yesterday was an exception. The 30-year-old’s phone started buzzing around 7:30 in the morning and kept going well into the next hour, forcing him to open his eyes and see what was the… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Young […]

Lucinda Williams is getting ready to release her latest album The Ghosts of Highway 20 later this week, and has populated the LP with characters inspired by the 190-mile stretch of I-20 that runs across the northern part of her home state Louisiana. The singer-songwriter’s 12th studio effort, Ghosts is… Source: RollingStone Link: See Lucinda […]

As we bite our nails through caucus and primary season, and hurtle toward Super Bowl 50 and Grammy night, here are seven tracks that are soundtracking our 2016 so far. Read on to hear a typically formidable new PJ Harvey offering, a swoonworthy Chairlift song, and the first-ever team-up from Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar. Source: RollingStone Link: Our Favorite […]

When Thomas Rhett released his first single “Something to Do With My Hands” to radio, President Barack Obama was still in his first term. Rhett got his first award nomination for New Artist of the Year at the 2013 American Country Awards. Since then, he’s received a “Best New” or “Breakthrough”… Source: RollingStone Link: Thomas Rhett […]

The nominations for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards were announced this week, and Eric Church and Chris Stapleton lead the field with five nominations each. But it’s the emergence of names like Brett Eldredge, Thomas Rhett and Cam that suggests a new crop of country award contenders is on the horizon. The… Source: RollingStone Link: Brett […]

Usher and Nas continue to address police brutality with the latest clip for their single “Chains.” Last October, the duo debuted an interactive clip on Tidal that used facial recognition technology to pause the song every time the viewers’ eyes deviated from the screen. In the new, standard video directed by Ben… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Lady Gaga, who was already booked to make an appearance at the Grammys, will now be paying tribute to David Bowie at the awards show. Chic’s Nile Rodgers, who produced Bowie’s Let’s Dance LP, will serve as music director for the performance. Producer Ken Ehrlich told The New York Times… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady Gaga […]

Zayn Malik has teased what appears to be his latest single from his upcoming solo album.  Source: Yahoo Music Link: Zayn Malik teases new music

Grammy award nominee DJ Khaled is bringing a new show — and a new album — to Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio starting Friday, February 5, 2016. A TV show under the same name is set for distribution via Apple Music every two weeks Friday. DJ Khaled's record label is also known as We […]

Various Artists, “Cold Chilling: Compton” (PRMD) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: 'Cold Chilling: Compton' just sort of tepid