Superproducer Mark Ronson first branded himself via Sixties pop-soul flavors with Amy Winehouse. This LP moves on to Seventies and Eighties funk, with more sharp casting: Stevie Wonder offers a harmonica benediction alongside session guitarists Carlos Alomar (David Bowie) and the late Teenie Hodges (Al Green); Kanye point man Jeff…… Source: RollingStone Link: Uptown Special
This March, hundreds of bands from around the world will descend on Austin, Texas for the annual South by Southwest Music Festival, and today organizers revealed the third round of acts that will perform in Austin from March 17th to 22nd. Leading the way are Best Coast, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler,…… Source: RollingStone Link: SXSW Adds […]
Having a baby. Buying a house. For most bands on the rise, those life milestones would be good reasons to slow down and take a breather. For Elenowen, they mostly add fuel to the fire, inspiring the roots-pop songwriting and swooning harmonies that fill the duo’s second album, For the Taking. (Listen to an…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Elenowen […]
Darius Rucker’s return visit to NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night was full of surprises. The country star not only teased his upcoming Southern Style Tour, he also took the opportunity to reveal that his fourth solo studio album, which shares its name with the tour, will…… Source: RollingStone Link: Darius Rucker […]
With headlining performances by Foo Fighters, Zac Brown Band and Skrillex, the sixth annual Hangout Music Festival will be a particularly loud one, when it sets up camp on the beachfront of Gulf Shores, Alabama this spring. Beck, My Morning Jacket, Foster the People and Spoon are also set to…… Source: RollingStone Link: Foo Fighters, […]
Lil Wayne both bashed and brushed off his longtime label Cash Money in a new track, “Sh!t (Remix),” which is set to appear on the rapper’s upcoming mixtape, Sorry 4 the Wait 2, All Hip Hop reports. The track finds Weezy as wild, weird and restless as ever, rapping breathlessly over Mike Will Made It’s…… Source: RollingStone Link: Lil […]
If you've ever attended Coachella – or have shopped for clothing in the weeks that lead up to it – you'll know that the Indio, California-based music festival has managed to create an entirely new fashion season focused on its attendees, slotted between resort and spring.These bohemian "festival season" wares are highly popular among… Source: […]
The five-time Mirror Ball trophy winner will hang up his ‘DWTS’ dancing shoes for season 20 to take the stage in New York. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Derek Hough Leaves 'Dancing With the Stars' for Radio City Music Hall
An unreleased Beastie Boys video featuring Nas has surfaced online after being discovered on the website of Neal Usatin, a film editor who had worked with the group on other projects, including the Adam Yauch–directed short A Day in the Life of Nathaniel Hornblower. The four-and-a-half-minute video for “Too Many Rappers,”…… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
Craig Wayne Boyd, who shot to country stardom as the winner of NBC’s The Voice last month, is now headed to Las Vegas to be the opening act for Rascal Flatts’ “Vegas Riot!” residency at the Joint, a 4,500-seat venue inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The nine-show run for…… Source: RollingStone Link: Rascal […]