Singer-songwriter Frankie Lee’s new tune “Where Do We Belong?” has a dreamy quality to it that feels like a late-night jam session between friends — a delicate blend of country songwriting and indie rock sensibilities. The Minneapolis resident brings a lot of that restless, nocturnal energy to the table, having… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Frankie […]
The upcoming Desert Trip mega concert is full of opportunities for incredible onstage collaborations. It’s easy to imagine Bob Dylan singing “Like a Rolling Stone” with the Rolling Stones on the first night (as they’ve done before) and Neil Young and Paul McCartney have many songs they could do together,… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: The […]
Serj Tankian, who is best known as the spasmodic vocalist and surrealistic lyricist for art-metal group System of a Down, has always held a deep respect for film soundtracks. “When I’m exercising or driving, a lot of what I listen to is soundtracks,” he says. “I think it’s great that people are… Source: RollingStone Link: Serj Tankian […]
Nancy Bundt’s photos capture the nostalgia of the music icon’s life. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Photographer Chronicles Prince's Early Days in Nostalgic Look Back at Music Icon's Life
It all came from that evening, in spring 1946. Merle Haggard was nine. He had been at a Church of Christ prayer meeting outside Bakersfield, California, with his mother, Flossie. The young boy didn’t like church. This night he meant to race home, where he knew his father, James Haggard –… Source: RollingStone Link: Merle […]
Grimes turned The Tonight Show into a neon-lit dreamscape Wednesday for her performance of Art Angels single, “Flesh Without Blood.” Strapped with a sticker-covered Stratocaster and dressed in a billowing ball gown, Grimes belted the pop cut in her stunning, helium-high voice and traded guitar, sampler and synth duties with another musician. The singer also… Source: RollingStone Link: Grimes […]
Last year’s Country2Country (C2C) Festival, which recruits some of Nashville’s biggest names over for massive shows in London, Glasgow and Dublin, gave Kip Moore the confidence needed to plot his own headlining run across the pond. “I could look out and see the fans not sure what to think of us,… Source: RollingStone Link: Kip […]
While much of Sturgill Simpson’s chart-topping A Sailor’s Guide to Earth brings a positive spirit in the advice he’s dishing out to his son, there are still moments that register like warnings about the inevitability of heartbreak and random, senseless tragedy. The moody “Breakers Roar” is one such song, and its… Source: RollingStone Link: See Sturgill […]
When describing their songs — or the third-party songs they’ve chosen to record — many country stars lean on the word “real.” Authenticity is the ballyhooed hallmark of country music, but more often than not, such talk of “realness” can come across as lip service. Not so with Chris Janson. His… Source: RollingStone Link: How […]
Bianca De Leon, "Love, Guns & Money" (Lonesome Highway) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Energetic interplay from Bianca De Leon