Ringo Starr will release a new album and hit the road next year, the former Beatle revealed in a new video uploaded to his YouTube page. Starr said the LP has been recorded and mixed, and will see release via Universal Records. The as-yet-untitled album will follow up his 2012 effort, Ringo 2012. Though the drummer didn’t say when…… Source: RollingStone Link: Ringo […]
One brisk morning this past November in New York City, Ty Herndon went for a run. He woke up, slipped on his sneakers and headed out for his usual eight miles or so — just one of the ways he keeps himself looking at least a decade shy of his…… Source: RollingStone Link: Why 2014 […]
The Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways is packed with references to the musical legacies of the eight cities where the band wrote and recorded their eighth LP. Many of these were detailed in the band’s accompanying HBO docuseries of the same name, but frontman Dave Grohl offered a more in-depth look at album closer “The River” for…… Source: RollingStone Link: Dave Grohl […]
Years before she conquered hip-hop as Nicki Minaj, Onika Maraj studied drama at the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in Queens. But even if her career goals were different, her scene-stealing intensity was the same. Thanks to British TV series You Saw Them Here First, fans can check out a brief…… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch a […]
Two months ago, NASA compiled decades’ worth of sound samples and placed them on SoundCloud to create a library filled with space noises, rockets launching and transmissions between “Houston” and the astronauts. The NASA SoundCloud library even gathers historic moments in interstellar travel, including President John F. Kennedy’s speech promising, “We choose to…… Source: RollingStone Link: NASA Samples […]
Craig Wayne Boyd’s baby isn’t the only one sporting a smile this week. Just thirteen days after winning the seventh season of The Voice, the 35-year-old Nashville transplant sits at the top of the country charts with “My Baby’s Got a Smile on Her Face.” The newly-released single is only the second…… Source: RollingStone Link: Craig […]
R.I.P. to the iPod — long live the boombox! Twenty-fourteen was a mighty year for the cassette, as these humble yet sturdy little sonic contraptions just kept rolling along. Who knew the cassette would outlive the iPod, just as it’s outlived so many other pricey gadgets invented to replace it?…… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 Best […]
Paul McCartney understands the Beatles’ overwhelming impact on music history, but he’s still blown away by the band’s presence in literal history books used in school classrooms. “To be told – as I was years ago now – that the Beatles were in my kid’s history books? That was like ‘What?! Unbelievable,…… Source: RollingStone Link: Paul McCartney […]
“It takes a lot of balls to cover a whole Beatles record,” Tommy Stinson joked Sunday night at Brooklyn Bowl, dropping by the venue to join Deer Tick at the third of their six 10th anniversary shows. On Friday, the Providence band had covered NRBQ’s Tiddlywinks with Marshall Crenshaw and Jana Hunter;…… Source: RollingStone Link: Deer Tick […]
Nash Icon’s latest signing is one of the most iconic vocalists of her time. Martina McBride has officially joined the new label, which is a co-venture between Big Machine Label Group and Cumulus Media. McBride has some old friends at her new company. She teamed with sister imprint, Republic Nashville, for…… Source: RollingStone Link: Martina […]