In a collaboration this past year that was even more unlikely than working with Kanye West, Paul McCartney wrote and recorded a song called “Hope for the Future” for the popular video game Destiny. On January 13th, McCartney will releasing the track as a 12″ vinyl single. The 180-gram record will feature McCartney’s original…… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul McCartney […]

Roberto Cavalli's second line has a cool new 1970s-inspired campaign shot by Michel Comte.  Source: Yahoo Music Link: Just Cavalli Spring/Summer 2015 campaign invokes music festival vibe

Earlier this week, Universal Music Group revealed that it was working on a new ad-focused venture with Havas Media that would pair artists with brands, based on demographic user data. Here’s how it will work: Let’s say Bud Light wants to hire a pop star to appear on a Super Bowl commercial. But…… Source: RollingStone Link: Universal Explains […]

On January 9th, 2004, the 11th installment of the genre-hopping CMT Crossroads series spotlighted future Country Music Hall of Fame member Emmylou Harris performing with rock icon Dave Matthews. Among the songs the pair covered during the episode was “The Long Black Veil,” a 1959 tune penned by Danny Dill…… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Dave […]

Peering into country music’s crystal ball, 2015 is poised to be a year of comebacks, throwbacks and grand events. The biggest revivals will include a new chapter of one country queen’s recording career while another returns to the big screen after more than a decade. Albums by the likes of Kacey…… Source: RollingStone Link: 2015 Country […]

Andrae Crouch, a seven-time Grammy winning gospel singer and composer whose influence was also widely felt in mainstream pop music, has died at the age of 72, US media reported Friday. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Gospel music great Andrae Crouch dies, 72

“I decided, finally, to get a tattoo,” sings Courtney Love in her stage debut as Athena in Todd Almond’s experimental opera Kansas City Choir Boy. “It’s gonna be a bruise.” Her voice, ravaged as ever, is not what one generally hears in musicals, let alone “opera.” But it remains a powerful,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Courtney Love's […]

Snoop Dogg has been teasing a new Pharrell Williams-produced album for a few months now, and at the Omnicom Media Group panel during the CES Expo in Las Vegas this week, the rapper finally revealed that the latest collaboration with his “Drop It Like It’s Hot” cohort will be titled Bush. Snoop –…… Source: RollingStone Link: Snoop Dogg […]

Ten months after playing his first Number One single, “Helluva Life,” during an episode of Conan, Frankie Ballard hit the late-night talk show circuit again last night. Armed with a four-piece road band, he ripped into his second chart-topper, “Sunshine & Whiskey,” kicking off the New Year with twin shots…… Source: RollingStone Link: Frankie Ballard […]

Elvis Presley’s first recording – an acetate disc from 1953 featuring “My Happiness,” backed with “That’s When Your Heartaches Begin” – sold for 0,000 at a Graceland auction, The Guardian reports. The auction took place on January 8th, the date that would have marked the singer’s 80th birthday. The prized item, the only one of its…… Source: RollingStone Link: Elvis Presley's […]