John Berry, an original member of hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, died Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at a hospice in Danvers, Massachusetts. He was 52. John Berry III, Berry’s father, confirmed his death Thursday afternoon to Rolling Stone. He said his son suffered from frontal lobe dementia, which had worsened in… Source: RollingStone Link: Original […]
Jake Owen revealed details about his forthcoming fifth studio album today. Titled American Love, the new collection will be available July 29th. Shane McAnally and Ross Copperman co-produced eight of the 11 songs on American Love, which includes Owen’s current single “American Country Love Song.” Owen also self-produced for the first… Source: RollingStone Link: Jake […]
Singer and her label have reached an agreement for her to perform after all. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kesha Will Perform at Billboard Music Awards Sunday
Mumford & Sons, J. Cole and Major Lazer are headlining this year’s Life Is Beautiful Festival, set to return to downtown Las Vegas September 23rd through 25th. The stacked lineup will features an eclectic range of bands like the Shins, Jane’s Addiction, the Lumineers, G-Eazy, Third Eye Blind, Die Antwoord, Bassnectar, Flume, Young the Giant,… Source: RollingStone Link: Mumford […]
Interpol’s Paul Banks and Wu-Tang Clan mastermind RZA started a new collaboration called Banks and Steelz with raw track “Love + War” that feature Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah. The track premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show. A lonesome trumpet provides the bedrock of Banks’ foreboding croons as Ghostface and RZA trade tortured, heartsick verses. RZA revealed he and Banks were working on music… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Clarence Bucaro was born in Chardon, Ohio, outside Cleveland, but has had musical homes in New Orleans, Los Angeles and New York City, not to mention on the road throughout the year. Beginning with his 2002 debut, the bluesy, Big Easy-influenced Sweet Corn, produced by Anders Osborne, up to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Clarence […]
A little over a decade ago, Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch was addicted to methamphetamine and didn’t know how to stop using. So he turned to Christianity, quit the pioneering nu-metal band and eventually got sober, all the while learning how to be a dad to his daughter Jennea, who… Source: RollingStone Link: Korn's Brian […]
Dylan plumbs his good ideas fully: consider the mid-’60s rock’n’roll speed-trial of Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde On Blonde, or his fin de siècle roots trilogy Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, and Modern Times. So it’s unsurprising that Fallen Angels continues his Great American Songbook foraging via songs made famous by… Source: RollingStone Link: Fallen Angels
Eric Clapton’s 21st century output has been erratic, but his best efforts have come from root-tending: his latter-day B.B. King collaboration Riding With The King, the mid-00’s Cream reunion and Robert Johnson tribute, the late ’00s tour with Blind Faith kin Steve Winwood, the 2014 J.J. Cale homage. Clapton’s latest follows… Source: RollingStone Link: I Still […]
With his new album Upland Stories, Robbie Fulks furthers his reputation as one of the most observant and wry songwriters of the past two decades. Released in April, the record showcases Fulks’ literary mind, one shaped just as much by authors as by songsmiths. For inspiration for Upland Stories, he… Source: RollingStone Link: See Robbie […]