For the second week in a row, America’s top-selling country record isn’t a big budget release by Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert or any of the usual suspects. It’s Aaron Watson’s The Underdog, an independent album released without the help of a traditional record label or a national… Source: RollingStone Link: Aaron Watson […]
Country music will be featured on Saturday Night Live for the second time this season when Zac Brown Band serve as musical guest on March 7th. Actor Chris Hemsworth (Thor) will host the episode, which comes hot on the heels of the NBC comedy sketch show’s recent 40th anniversary special…. Source: RollingStone Link: Zac Brown […]
Madonna returns to the cover of Rolling Stone in our latest issue (on stands Friday) giving her most revealing, introspective and fiery interview in years. In the in-depth Q&A with senior writer Brian Hiatt, Madonna discusses her real feelings about Lady Gaga, her marriage to Guy Ritchie, her relationship with Judaism,… Source: RollingStone Link: Madonna Fights […]
Since first storming MTV in 1983 with the poetic, lo-fi “Burning Up,” Madonna’s music videos have spent more than 20 years sparking conversations about fashion, feminism, sex, religion and what you could and could not show on television. To help her realize these 67 clips — one of the most rapidly changing… Source: RollingStone Link: Express Yourself: […]
For many years, Madonna avoided the Internet like gluten. But in December, the Internet decided to stop waiting for Madonna, and everything went wrong: Her music was stolen and leaked; her hasty, emotional responses on Instagram used terms like “rape” and “terrorism,” provoking (you guessed it) Internet outrage. Her swift… Source: RollingStone Link: Rebel Heart
Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood wasn’t the only band member working on film scores during the band’s hiatus. Between Thom Yorke’s surprise solo album Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes and working on the new Radiohead album, the singer managed to sneak in some minimalist soundscapes to help score the documentary UK Gold, which details Big Business’ history… Source: RollingStone Link: Listen to […]
A Texas jury found Eddie Ray Routh guilty of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Chris Kyle, the soldier whose biography was the basis of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated film American Sniper, and Chad Littlefield at a gun range in February 2013. Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole, the… Source: RollingStone Link: 'American Sniper' […]
Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and members of the Marvin Gaye family were on hand at a Los Angeles federal courtroom for the start of the copyright infringement trial. Source: Yahoo Music Link: 'Blurred Lines' Trial Opens With Jurors Discussing Racy Music Video
Bobby Emmons, a Nashville songwriter who also played an integral role in the Memphis studio scene for decades, died Monday, February 23rd, in a Nashville hospital following an undisclosed illness, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. He was 72. Born in Corinth, Mississippi, Emmons began his career as a member of the… Source: RollingStone Link: Legendary […]
Crescendo architects Godspeed You! Black Emperor will return with a new album, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, next month. The record, which “clocks in at a succinct 40:23,” according to the band’s label, contains four new, sure-to-be overwhelming compositions that the band recorded in 2013 and 2014 in North Carolina… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear a […]