The trailer for Miss Sharon Jones!, the documentary that traces soul singer Sharon Jones’ career and ongoing cancer battle over the course of a harrowing year, has been released. The Barbara Kopple-directed film will open in New York and Los Angeles this summer with plans to expand nationwide. The inspiring clip… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Released on June 30th, 1986, today marks the 30th anniversary of Madonna’s third studio album, True Blue. At the time, the Material Girl was in love: She’d married Sean Penn the year before, and she said she named the song and the album it appeared on after a favorite expression of Penn’s. The album… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: […]
Vic Mensa joined The Nightly Show for a panel on the controversy surrounding Justin Timberlake’s BET Awards tweets. The pop star wrote that he was “#inspired” by Jesse Williams’ powerful speech in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, causing one follower to tell the singer to “stop appropriating our music and culture.” Timberlake hastily tweeted… Source: RollingStone Link: Vic […]
Sporting a T-shirt that says, “Dear Santa, I can explain,” Chris Young announced today via a live Facebook chat that he is making his first Christmas album. “This is something I’ve wanted to do for a really, really, really long time,” he said, “and I’m so glad RCA is letting me do… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris […]
The drum kit that contributed a cheerful backbeat to a version of the Beatles’ “Love Me Do” will be auctioned off on Thursday in California by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, according to Reuters. Bidding for the kit will begin at $150,000. “This is a piece of rock history,” auction house manager Michael Kirk… Source: RollingStone Link: Beatles' […]
In Schoolboy Q’s latest clip, shortly after sticking up a pawn shop and going on a spending spree, the rapper and his accomplices end up in jail. The cell blocks provide the setting for a bracing series of verses from Schoolboy Q, Traffic and TF. The rappers take turns re-asserting their commitment to… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Wilco’s set at Mountain Jam 2016 was a marathon run, with Jeff Tweedy and company headlining the festival’s second evening with a two-hour, 24-song performance. As the show wound its way toward a finish, the group was joined by Jason Isbell, who’d performed his own set earlier that Friday afternoon…. Source: RollingStone Link: See Wilco, […]
Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato kicked off their Future Now co-headlining tour in Atlanta on Wednesday night and showed their appreciation for the city by bringing out a special hometown hero: T.I. The rapper performed three of his songs during the set. Along with his new song “Dope,” the rapper got… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced the purchase of the North American rights to Contemporay Color, the documentary about David Byrne’s latest performance project. The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Byrne’s interest in color guard – an organized sport that involves groups of high school students executing coordinated movements while holding flags, rifles,… Source: RollingStone Link: David […]
Sara Watkins, "Young in All the Wrong Ways" (New West Records) Source: Yahoo Music Link: Music Review: Sara Watkins branches out