By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tax inspectors in Serbia have turned their attention to a parade of local pop and folk music stars summoned to explain their earnings and extravagant lifestyles in the wake of a government pledge to rein in a vast gray economy. For the past week, a succession of singers have […]
On the occasion of Bush’s sixth album, Man on the Run, lead singer Gavin Rossdale sat down to tell Rolling Stone the saga of the band’s two-decade run, from the U.K.’s leading grunge rockers to stalwarts of modern rock radio. Rossdale didn’t become successful overnight: He shares the story of…… Source: RollingStone Link: Now and […]
Tupac Shakur’s clothing, lyrics and other personal effects will be on display at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum beginning next month as part of a special exhibit, “All Eyez on Me: The Writings of Tupac Shakur.” It will cover the rapper’s entire career, from his stint in Digital Underground in the…… Source: RollingStone Link: Tupac Exhibit […]
Photographer Art Kane wasn’t one to get overly impressed by the stars he was shooting. “When Art Kane took our picture, he told us, ‘Go there, do this, do that, be asleep, put your head on his shoulder,’ ” Pete Townshend said of the iconic 1968 photo of the Who asleep…… Source: RollingStone Link: Art Kane's […]
The singer-songwriter (and daughter of Carole King) tells #pretapodcasts why she’s done being “taken for granted” Source: Yahoo Music Link: 'Off the Cuff' Podcast: Louise Goffin Makes Her Own Mark In Music History
Runaways producer and notorious L.A. music legend Kim Fowley has died. In recent months, he had been undergoing cancer treatments, though no cause of death has been announced. He was 75. Charismatic and eccentric, Fowley is best remembered as the record producer for the all-female rock group the Runaways. He introduced Joan…… Source: RollingStone Link: Kim […]
A little over a year after last playing together, the Black Crowes have officially announced that they are ending the band. “It is with great disappointment and regret,” guitarist Rich Robinson said in a statement, “that after having the privilege of writing and performing the music of the Black Crowes over…… Source: RollingStone Link: Black Crowes' […]
The fledgling label Pornhub Records – run by the self-proclaimed Number One porn site in the world – has named two new songs as the “official anthems” of the site. Last year, the company launched a contest to find the “ultimate” Pornhub theme song, and a judging panel that included…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear the […]
Johnny Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 — and on this day 12 years later, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame afforded him the same honor. It was a natural fit. For all his Southern raising and lyrics about gunfighters, trains and prison, Cash was…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: […]
“Weird Al” Yankovic will lend his singular vocal stylings to a new animated Batman movie, Batman vs. Robin — voicing one of the Dark Knight’s foes, the Dollmaker, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Dollmaker debuted as a Batman villain in 2011 (he’s the son of a cannibalistic serial killer) and his modus…… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Weird […]