The list of performers coming to Nashville for the 17th Annual AmericanaFest is growing with several new additions. Now scheduled to play sets during the annual roots music gathering scheduled for September 20th – 25th are John Prine, Amanda Shires and Sam Outlaw, among numerous others. This new announcement places the number… Source: RollingStone Link: John […]

Holed up in a Nashville recording studio over the winter months, Lera Lynn recorded this year’s Resistor without session musicians, backup singers or outside collaborators. Only her co-producer Joshua Grange was allowed through the studio doors. The two played every instrument themselves, resulting in an album that replaces the folk-rock… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Lera […]

Brandy Clark’s sophomore album, Big Day In a Small Town, is all about the people and moments that define living in a place where stoplights can sometimes be counted on one hand; and both shame and glory hide beneath what may seem to be a simple, all-Americana surface. One of its standout tracks,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Brandy […]

Michael C. Hall paid tribute to David Bowie at the CFDA Awards with a performance of the late rock star’s classic song “Changes.” Bowie was given the Board of Directors tribute award, which was accepted by friend and actress Tilda Swinton. Nice tribute to the ultimate fashion and music icon @DavidBowieReal… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

Death Cab for Cutie brought the rumbling grooves of Kintsugi’s “No Room in Frame” to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The group moved effortlessly through the slow-burning cut off their 2015 album. The song’s keyboard flourishes frame Ben Gibbard’s heartfelt vocals. “No Room in Frame” builds on the dreamy, cinematic twang of Gibbard’s… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

On what would have been Prince’s 58th birthday, Minnesota governor Mark Dayton has declared June 7th “Prince Day” in the music legend’s home state. In a proclamation signed Monday, Dayton praised Prince as the “creator of the ‘Minnesota Sound,’ a contribution not only to the global catalogue of music genres,… Source: RollingStone Link: Minnesota Governor […]

“I’m trying to figure out what one is supposed to do in a reading,” says Moby, on the phone from his New York City hotel room the day before his ongoing book tour starts – he has just released a new memoir called Porcelain, and he has no idea what to… Source: RollingStone Link: Moby on […]

Alexander Wang has teamed up with Apple to spearhead a fashion channel for the tech brand. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Apple Music launches fashion channel with Alexander Wang

Bruce Springsteen’s famed November 1990 concerts at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium, where the rocker staged solo acoustic performances in support of the Christic Institute, have received official release courtesy of Live.BruceSpringsteen.Net. The Christic Shows, November 16 & 17, 1990 are available to download now, with audio quality ranging from MP3 to 24 Bit… Source: RollingStone Link: Bruce […]

A night after Carlos Santana delivered “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Game Two of the NBA Finals in Oakland, two more Bay Area music legends, Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, were recruited to perform the national anthem before Game Four of the Stanley Cup Finals between the San Jose Sharks… Source: RollingStone Link: See Metallica's […]