Tom Petty kicked off an American tour this month with his old band Mudcrutch, but don’t buy a ticket to the show expecting to hear “American Girl,” “Free Falling” or any of his other big hits. This is a Mudcrutch tour, and they’re doing Mudcrutch songs with the possibility of maybe… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]

Country music star Dustin Lynch has launched his own fashion label titled "Stay Country," with the first offering to include a selection of hats, shirts for both men and women. The collection is specifically comprised of two hats ($20), six men's shirts ($30-$45) and three women's ($30), with the range to be promoted via Lynch's […]

Blake Shelton will headline a show at the Mother Church of Country Music next month. The Voice coach is Nashville-bound for both CMA Music Fest, where he’ll perform at Nissan Stadium, and the Stars for Second Harvest show at the Ryman Auditorium, which will raise money for families in need… Source: RollingStone Link: Blake Shelton […]

“I wrote this song so people could dance and love each other,” singer-songwriter Randy Rogers remarks to the audience at the top of “In My Arms Instead” from the live album Watch This with pal Wade Bowen. But it’s not a high-energy workout he’s got in mind — the plaintive tune from… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]

“I wrote a lot of songs in a quick amount of time,” said Bob Dylan of the creative explosion that resulted in his second album, 1963’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. “I could do that then, because the process was new to me. I felt like I’d discovered something no one else had… Source: RollingStone Link: 'The Freewheelin' […]

Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan unveiled her new video for “Sunday Love,” the latest chapter in the singer’s upcoming concept album The Bride. Inspired by Khan’s short film I Do, The Bride tells the story of a woman who embarks on her honeymoon solo after her fiancé dies in a crash… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

For many, Kimberly Michelle is the breakout star of VH1 guilty pleasure Love & Hip Hop Atlanta: a reality TV maven whose frequent social media beefs, high-profile romances and Instagram stunting makes for gossip site gold. But her drama-filled antics often mask the fact that she has evolved into one… Source: RollingStone Link: K. Michelle […]

If it seems like Lukas Graham came out of nowhere, it’s because the Danish pop group sort of did. Frontman Lukas Forchhammer grew up in a small, rough Copenhagen neighborhood called Christiania that was founded by anarchist squatters and boasts a population, he estimates, of around 800 people. So seeing the… Source: RollingStone Link: Lukas Graham's […]

A few years ago, country-folk road-warrior Todd Snider abandoned his acoustic guitar and formed a new supergroup – Hard Working Americans – with veteran instrumentalists from the jam-band scene. Their 2014 debut was a surprisingly pointed post-Occupy covers collection centered around working class consciousness. The follow-up Rest in Chaos, with its dozen original songs, is the… Source: RollingStone Link: Rest in […]