Steve Miller has played with 25 members over the past five decades under the moniker Steve Miller Band, which he launched in 1966, after moving from Chicago to San Francisco. But this year he’s being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as himself. “I think that’s probably the right choice,” he told… Source: RollingStone Link: 5 Things […]
The video for the ‘1989’ bonus track consists of concert footage and behind-the-scenes shots from her recently wrapped world tour. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Taylor Swift Releases "New Romantics" Video on Apple Music
Haggard died today, on his 79th birthday. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Merle Haggard: Country Music Stars Remember the Late Singer
One of his many nicknames was the “Okie From Muskogee,” taken from his song of that title that became a conservative anthem during the Vietnam War. But “conservative” was never the way to describe the country music phenomenon that was Merle Haggard. A pioneer of both the Bakersfield sound and… Source: RollingStone Link: Merle Haggard: […]
Today was the Hall of Famer’s birthday. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Merle Haggard, Country Music Legend, Dies at 79
Country music legend Merle Haggard died Wednesday morning at his home near Redding, Calif., ABC23 first reported. The "Okie From Muskogee" singer had been suffering from pneumonia and spent 11 days in the hospital earlier this year, according to TMZ. Last week he canceled concert dates with Willie … Read More > Other Links From […]
Merle Haggard, who over six decades composed and performed one of the greatest repertoires in country music, capturing the American condition with his stories of the poor, the lost, the working class, heartbroken and hard-living, died at his home in the San Joaquin Valley, California, after a battle with pneumonia,… Source: RollingStone Link: Merle Haggard, […]
Can you teach an old dog new beats? Maybe, especially if the ideas behind them really are tried-and-true. The EDM explorers on Star Wars Headspace – a Rick Rubin-curated compilation – let 16 producers play with R2-D2 bleeps and other bits of the sound library of the world’s best-known space opera…. Source: RollingStone Link: Dance Rock […]
In case you somehow forgot, Chris Daughtry got his start back in 2006 on a little show called American Idol. He stood out from the beginning, when he confidently walked into the audition room to face the judges for the first time and spoke of needing to support his family. Fast-forward… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Daughtry […]
Jenny Lewis has formed a new band called NAF – an acronym for Nice as Fuck – with Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Forster and the Like’s Tennessee Thomas. The trio made their live debut Monday at New York’s Bern NY Bern Bernie Sanders benefit concert and will next appear onstage later this… Source: RollingStone Link: Jenny Lewis […]