Archive | June, 2016

Craig Morgan on New Season of 'All Access Outdoors'

Craig Morgan wears a lot of hats: singer, songwriter, military veteran, husband, father, grandfather, police deputy, EMT, motivational speaker, philanthropist and, last but not least, host of his own TV show. Season Seven of Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors premieres July 1st, and the industrious entertainer tells us he filmed… Source: RollingStone Link: Craig Morgan […]

Radiohead: A Complete Album Guide

In May, Radiohead returned in a big way, releasing a brilliant new LP, A Moon Shaped Pool, that ranks with their finest work. Here we survey the full album discography of contemporary rock’s most innovative band. Must-Haves OK Computer (1997)A reputation-securing masterwork. Jonny Greenwood’s guitar wizardry made for sweeping space-rock epics, while Thom… Source: RollingStone Link: […]

Carrie Underwood Records a New 'Sunday Night Football' Theme Song

“Somethin’ Bad,” Carrie Underwood’s duet with Miranda Lambert has been turned into something new — the latest opening theme song for NBC’s highly rated Sunday Night Football. Sung by seven-time Grammy winner Underwood, the new theme “Oh, Sunday Night” mixes country, rock, and pop sung to the tune of Underwood and… Source: RollingStone Link: Carrie Underwood […]

Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 7 Best Things We Saw

The Telluride Bluegrass and Country Festival is defined by its Colorado location, nestled in a box canyon in the San Juan Mountains with only one road in. People have been traveling to the four-day festival for 43 years, drawn by campground picks, a family reunion vibe and a lineup that… Source: RollingStone Link: Telluride Bluegrass […]

Mastodon, Alice in Chains Supergroup Plots Debut LP

Giraffe Tongue Orchestra – a rock supergroup featuring current and former members of Mastodon, Alice in Chains, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dethklok and the Mars Volta – will release its debut LP Broken Lines, on September 23rd via Party Smasher Inc/Cooking Vinyl.  “During the time Mastodon was there for Soundwave, I was at the zoo in Sydney,… Source: RollingStone Link: Mastodon, […]

See BJ Barham's Bucolic 'Rockingham' Video

Though his band American Aquarium is based out of Raleigh, North Carolina, singer BJ Barham decided to go revisit home for his solo debut Rockingham.  Named for the North Carolina county where he was raised, Rockingham takes an unflinching look at the lives of people in rural areas and how they shaped… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

Amanda Shires Embraces Marriage, Motherhood on New Album

Two days before joining husband Jason Isbell for a main stage performance at this month’s Bonnaroo Festival, Amanda Shires played her own set, tossing several new songs into a set-list filled with moody Americana and fiddle-heavy folk. The new material will be released later this year on Shires’ fifth solo album,… Source: RollingStone Link: Amanda Shires […]

Neil Young: 'No Where, No Way' To Play Protest Songs Today

Neil Young dropped by Marc Maron’s garage for the latest episode of the WTF podcast. The pair’s wide-ranging discussion covered the rocker’s new “live” album Earth, his climate change concerns and his belief that a protest song like “Ohio” would have minimal impact in today’s society. On the latter subject, Young pointed to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Neil […]

Music Affects How Beer Tastes, Study Says

According to an abstract, the study — which was led by Dr. Felipe Carvalho of Vrije Universiteit Brussel — comprised of three experiments "in which participants tasted a beer twice, and rated the experience, each time under the influence of a different sound stimulus. The participants were not informed that they were, in fact, tasting the same […]