Festival season is upon us, and Europe has some of the most exciting music on offer. From trance to pop via heavy metal, there's a stage for everyone's musical tastes this summer. Source: Yahoo Music Link: 10 of the top music festivals in Europe this summer

Snoop Dogg slammed the new Roots miniseries, which premieres Monday night on The History Channel, and called upon his fans to boycott the four-part series based on Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. “I’m sick of this shit. How the fuck are they going to put Roots on, on Memorial Day?” the rapper… Source: RollingStone Link: Snoop […]

Questlove has penned another tribute to Prince, this time a humorous Instagram post that lists 40 reasons why the legendary artist was a “hip-hop pioneer.” Inspired by the Prince-dedicated issue of The Source, the Roots drummer broke down what made Prince such an influential artist and cutting edge talent, from the fact… Source: RollingStone Link: Questlove Pens […]

Tonight, the first part of the new remake of the classic 1977 miniseries Roots will premiere. On the fourth night of the series, T.I. will figure prominently into the story as the character Cyrus, a slave fighting for freedom in the Union Army, and will join a star-studded cast that includes… Source: RollingStone Link: See T.I. […]

In April, Ronnie Spector released English Heart, a new LP that explores her surprisingly deep rock & roll roots. The legendary Ronettes singer told Rolling Stone how she hung out with the Beatles, toured with the Stones, dated David Bowie and fended off advances from Jimi Hendrix. In a more recent… Source: RollingStone Link: The Last […]

“Music was the first career decision I ever made for myself,” Jamie Lynn Spears tells Rolling Stone Country. The 25-year-old actress-singer isn’t denouncing her childhood days on Zoey 101, as the Nickelodeon show plucked her out of big sister Britney’s shadow and gave her a legion of fans. But as… Source: RollingStone Link: See a […]

In the annals of Beatles singles, we have what we might think of as a game-starter in “Please Please Me,” a game-ender in something like “Let It Be,” and a host of game-changers, the most important of which is rarely discussed as one of the band’s top efforts. And yet, “Paperback Writer”… Source: RollingStone Link: How […]

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s The River Tour headed to Dublin, Ireland this weekend, and at the second of two shows at the city’s Croke Park Sunday, the group was joined by U2’s Bono, who performed the Patti Smith classic “Because the Night” alongside Springsteen and company. This wasn’t the first time… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

Drake’s Views stayed Number One on the Billboard 200 for a fourth straight week, fending off heavy competition in the form of a pair of new releases, Ariana Grande’s Dangerous Woman and Blake Shelton’s If I’m Honest. In its fourth week of release, Views racked up another 189,000 total copies – although only 50,000… Source: RollingStone Link: On […]

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros took a stand against North Carolina’s controversial HB2 at the band’s concert Friday in Raleigh when they invited a married gay couple onstage to renew their vows in front of a sold-out North Carolina Museum of Art show. During the band’s performance of “Home,” frontman Alex… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]