In what’s become a tradition between cities involved in major sporting events, a Wisconsin rock radio station announced that they would refrain from playing any Seattle bands until the completion of the NFC Championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks. For the next few days, 94.5 The Lake…… Source: RollingStone Link: Seattle […]

With next to no radio support, Jefferson, Georgia, singer-songwriter Corey Smith has amassed for himself country’s most dedicated cult following. His concerts are consistently well-sold, from the southeast to the northeast, with a steady stream of passionate college-aged fans singing along to coming-of-age anthems like “Twenty-One” and “Carolina.” But such success…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Corey […]

Five months ago, MTV reached out to Nicki Minaj, hoping to get a follow-up to 2010’s My Time Now, a documentary in which the rapper showed herself to be a hard-working but fun pop star ready to take over the world. She refused to drink pickle juice, she laced her family…… Source: RollingStone Link: Nicki Minaj's […]

Suddenly, Stevie Wonder has become a hot commodity on primetime television. With CBS planning to air its Wonder tribute Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute on February 16th, NBC Entertainment president Robert Greenblatt revealed the network’s own plans for a project spearheaded by Wonder: A miniseries and…… Source: RollingStone Link: Stevie Wonder to […]

Following the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack’s chart-topping breakout success last year, the album finally came out on cassette, the format it was on as a prop in the movie, toward the end of the year. Released as a special edition for Record Store Day’s Black Friday event, Wondering Sound reports that 2,300 copies…… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Guardians of […]

Kim Fowley was the original viral rock star – circulating through American popular music for almost 60 years in fine print and back channels, as a producer, arranger, songwriter and vigorously transgressive instigator. However you listen to music now, Fowley – who died January 15th at 75 after a long battle…… Source: RollingStone Link: Farewell, Kim […]

Sam Smith earned six Grammy nominations for his acclaimed debut, In the Lonely Hour, in December, and now the soul-pop powerhouse has even more reason to consider purchasing shelving: five nominations – the most of any nominee – for the 2015 Brit Awards. Smith is up for British Male Solo Artist, British Breakthrough Act, British…… Source: RollingStone Link: Brit Awards […]

Mark Ronson began his career as a New York club DJ, spinning hip-hop for downtown trendsetters and warming up for Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex. Flying back and forth across the Atlantic, he has since produced rap records for Ghostface and Nas, pop-soul for Adele and Amy Winehouse and late-career gems…… Source: RollingStone Link: Mark Ronson: […]

Singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to kickoff at the Super Bowl has been an honor bestowed on world-class vocalists like Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé and most recently opera singer Renee Fleming, and now you can add Broadway stalwart Idina Menzel to the list. The NFL revealed that the “Let It…… Source: RollingStone Link: Super Bowl: […]

Don’t count on Sturgill Simpson to do anything by the book. Ten months after the independent release of Metamodern Sounds in Country Music — an album that was recorded in less than a week, with a budget of ,000 and an Estonian lead guitarist who’d grown up playing blues and rock & roll…… Source: RollingStone Link: Sturgill […]