For a guy who specializes in quiet, forlorn music, James Blake can deliver quite an emotional wallop. Though he started out as a star of the London electronic avant-garde, his ability to mix downtempo dubstep textures with gospel-leaning piano balladry has won him writing credits on Beyonce’s Lemonade and the… Source: RollingStone Link: The Colour […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Carrie Underwood, Chris Stapleton and Cam are tied with three nominations each for the 2016 CMT Music Awards. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Underwood, Stapleton, Cam vie for CMT Music Awards
“This album feels like it’s been a long, long, long time coming,” says Nothing frontman Domenic “Nicky” Palermo with a weary laugh. Tired of Tomorrow, the Philly shoegazers’ second full-length album, drops May 13th – but it came perilously close to never seeing the light of day at all. Along… Source: RollingStone Link: How Nothing […]
Back in 2007 when Tom Petty got his Seventies band Mudcrutch back together to make their first studio album, they had a simple agenda: to capture the live dynamic for which they’d been renowned during their early days in Gainesville, Florida, and to get it done in short order. This time,… Source: RollingStone Link: Tom Petty, […]
While their 2007 duet, “Tryin’ to Find a Reason” laments an inevitable breakup, Martina McBride and Keith Urban’s new collaboration could be its sunnier sequel. “Diamond” is a message to women about shining through the pain when life — and love — let you down. “We all have to remind ourselves… Source: RollingStone Link: Martina […]
The committee launched Saturday with a cocktail party, which drew around 100 composers, songwriters, agents, music supervisors and studio executives. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Women in Film Launches Music Committee With Help From Rita Wilson, Melissa Etheridge
Wolfgang’s Vault, a website of concert performances, strikes out in a countersuit against music publishers. Source: Yahoo Music Link: National Music Publishers Association Beats Defamation Claim Over Lawsuit Announcement
The award was established last year to support and highlight emerging artists. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Billboard Music Awards: Troye Sivan Named 'Kia's One to Watch'
Nearly nine years after Radiohead gifted In Rainbows on unsuspecting fans in 2007, their seismic, no-label, price point-be-damned surprise release has been co-opted by an exhaustive number of major label artists. This year alone has seen pop royalty like Kanye, Rihanna and Beyoncé springing albums on their fans, and in… Source: RollingStone Link: Radiohead's 'A […]
Drake’s new album Views enjoyed – by today’s standards – a platinum-selling Number One debut week as the rapper’s latest sold 1.04 million total copies while also setting a record for most streams in a week. Drake’s sixth consecutive chart-topping LP sold 852,000 traditional copies in its first week of availability,… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]