Vinyl sales and music streaming both soared by more than 50 percent in 2014 in the United States, even as overall sales kept declining, a music industry monitor said. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Vinyl sales rare bright spot for US music industry
D’Angelo notwithstanding, there were no Beyonce-esque surprise albums for the end of 2014. But as the clock turned on another year Wednesday night, Kanye West unveiled “Only One,” a minimal, poignant new track featuring Paul McCartney on keyboard. The song is available to hear on West’s website or via the iTunes store. Written from…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Fall Out Boy’s caravan of SUVs has been barreling down Interstate 95 in Florida for about two hours when Pete Wentz realizes he doesn’t know where the band is headed. “Are we going to Tampa or Orlando?” Wentz asks his road manager. “Because if we’re going to Orlando, I want to…… Source: RollingStone Link: How Fall […]
The best of the year’s music books tell all about good tunes and bad behavior Source: Yahoo Music Link: Best of 2014: Top 10 Music Books
Empire, Fox's upcoming hip-hop soap opera, is aiming to win over radio programmers and music fans when it premieres on Jan. 7 . Unlike the network's Glee, Fox's last big scripted musical, Empire will feature almost all original songs instead of covers."That presents a whole lot of new challenges," says Geoff Bywater, senior vice president […]
It seems any year that Taylor Swift releases a new album becomes Taylor Swift’s year. Since her 2006 debut, she’s dropped an LP every other autumn, capping off the year with a new entry in her public diary, a young person falling in and out of love with herself and others……. Source: RollingStone Link: 2014: The […]
REMEMBER WHEN THERE WERE 10 OR 20 TAYLOR SWIFTS EVERY YEAR?: There is Taylor Swift, and there is everybody else. Adele, Beyonce and the Frozen soundtrack have managed to sell a lot of albums, but only Swift’s 1989 is a reminder of the old days — according to Billboard, it’s…… Source: RollingStone Link: On the […]
When Mickey Jack Cones moved to Nashville in 1996, he was a twentysomething Texan who’d already spent more than half his life onstage. As a pre-teen, he had landed a gig playing guitar in his mom’s vocal group, opening for bands like the Platters along the way. Later, he became…… Source: RollingStone Link: Dustin Lynch […]
If you went to a concert in 2014 you may have noticed that country music is a drunken mess. The year was country’s Summer of Lush and nowhere was the stumbling state of the bro-dominated genre more on display than at Luke Bryan’s Pittsburgh stadium show on June 21. Sure,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Why Country […]
Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams inhabit the mind of a soul-searching bear on “Shine,” a breezy ballad written for the computer-animated film comedy Paddington. “One thing about me / I’ll be there for my team,” Stefani croons over acoustic guitars and horn blasts. “I’ll do anything to protect my people’s dreams.” Pharrell makes a vocal…… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Gwen […]