Archive | May, 2016

Zac Brown Band Score Country Music Hall of Fame Exhibit

A new exhibit will launch this summer at Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, focusing on Zac Brown Band’s transition from hometown heroes into one of the largest, most celebrated bands in modern music. Instruments, stage clothes, personal photos and original lyric sheets are among the showcased items in… Source: RollingStone Link: Zac […]

Tom Morello on Prince's 'Inspired, Soulful, Fearless' Guitar Playing

“Underrated.” That is the word that best describes Prince, the Guitarist. Why? Because his phenomenal guitar-playing was just one arrow in a quiver full of remarkable talents. He was such a masterful singer, songwriter, producer, performer, bandleader, dancer, multi-instrumentalist and global sex icon that his overall Prince-ness often eclipsed what… Source: RollingStone Link: Tom Morello […]

Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen Ready Live Album 'Watch This'

Longtime buddies Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen have been touring together for almost a decade now and even released a joint album named after those tours in 2015, Hold My Beer: Vol. 1. Still, they’ve never captured the essence of those low-key yet highly entertaining shows until now. On June 3rd,… Source: RollingStone Link: Randy […]

Garth Brooks Announces New Video Series

“Size matters,” Garth Brooks proclaimed Tuesday morning while his car inched its way through rush-hour traffic in the Bronx. Up ahead lay Yankee Stadium, the sprawling ballpark that will host Brooks’ next New York City performance — his first gig in the Big Apple since August 1997, when he drew… Source: RollingStone Link: Garth Brooks […]

See Mickey Guyton's Soulful 'If I Were a Boy' Cover

Mickey Guyton has earned praise for her engaging stage presence as well as her empowering songwriting, but she’s also cast a wide net in gathering up songs to cover both on and offstage. From a gutsy rendition of Patsy Cline’s “Crazy,” performed at the White House in 2011, to a… Source: RollingStone Link: See Mickey […]

Elton John Plays Impromptu 'Nashville' Concert: The Ram Report

Charles Esten is bummed out. The leading man on ABC’s musical drama, Nashville wasn’t on set the day Elton John filmed his cameo, and it seems he missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime performance when the cameras weren’t rolling. “I heard it was fantastic,” he tells Rolling Stone Country. “I heard he… Source: RollingStone Link: Elton […]

Idris Elba, Macklemore Preside Over Epic 'Dance Off'

Idris Elba stars as the overlord of the dance in the hilarious, over-the-top new video for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Dance Off.” The British actor provides the song’s melodramatic vocal tag, and appears at the beginning and end of the video, donning a luxurious white fur coat and pounding on a… Source: RollingStone Link: Idris […]