Officially recognized by the Kentucky state legislature as the “Father of Newgrass” for his influential musicianship, Sam Bush will release his latest album, Storyman, on June 24th. It’s the mandolin icon’s seventh LP for Sugar Hill Records, and his first solo studio project since 2009’s Circles Around Me. Many of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Sam […]
A day after an autopsy report confirmed that Prince died of an accidental opioid overdose, Andrew Kornfeld, the man who placed the tragic 911 call from Paisley Park April 21st and the son of a physician tasked at the last minute with helping the singer combat his addiction, has opened up… Source: RollingStone Link: Prince 911 […]
The Saturday night / Sunday morning dichotomy is an enduring one in country music, where the transgressions of the former can be figuratively washed away by the latter. New Orleans country outfit the Deslondes’ new 7-inch hinges on that notion, with both days represented by their own side. “Tres Grand Serpent,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
ROME (AP) — Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone is back on his feet after canceling a string of concerts because of two collapsed vertebrae that raised questions about the continued prodigious output of the 87-year-old music legend. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Morricone marks 60 years as Hollywood's go-to music man
Frenetic folk visionary Langhorne Slim and empyreal vocalist Jill Andrews of the everybodyfields have released a thought-provoking, artful clip for their duet, “Sea of Love.” Like the song they co-wrote and released back in February, the video resonates in a familiar way — like kismet. Or successfully devouring a Popsicle… Source: RollingStone Link: See Langhorne […]
Bob Dylan may have turned 75 last month, but he’s hardly slowing down. His Never Ending Tour picks up this week with a pair of shows in Woodinville, Washington and he’ll be on the road steadily through mid-July, and then back again in October for Desert Trip (a.k.a. Oldchella) where he’ll… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend Rock […]
Who says you can’t have serious speakers while you’re at the beach? New wireless tech design means you can throw these portable devices in your back pack or beach bag and not worry about how your tunes will sound while you’re by the pool or digging your toes in the… Source: RollingStone Link: Summer Speakers […]
In a year studded with all-out rock masterpieces – Aftermath, Pet Sounds, Revolver, Blonde on Blonde – a grungier offshoot of the genre was also reaching an apex. Garage rock, which has existed since rock & roll’s advent, and will probably always exist, had exactly one year when it was a national… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 […]
AC/DC singer Brian Johnson, whose hearing issues forced him to leave during the band’s Rock or Bust tour, has issued a statement on his treatment. Johnson met with Stephen Ambrose, an in-ear technology specialist, and is hopeful that his work will improve his hearing loss. “It works,” Johnson said of Ambrose’s ADEL hearing technology in… Source: RollingStone Link: AC/DC's […]
Mickey Guyton breezes into summer with “Heartbreak Song,” an incisive little breakup tune that serves as a worthy follow-up to the singer’s 2015 debut, “Better Than You Left Me.” Taking the latter song’s empowered spirit a few steps further, Guyton has no interest in a man-hating pity party, trading sob… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Mickey […]