On a worldwide basis, 63% of online adults listen to music streaming services on a monthly basis, with 10% of them taking up a paid option. Users in Asia Pacific and North America are most likely to pay for music streaming, according to data released June 28, 2016 by GlobalWebIndex. Internet users in Europe are […]
“Backstreet Boys was my first concert,” Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley told fans at the duo’s recent show in South Dakota, with partner Tyler Hubbard then reprimanding some fans on the front row: “Don’t laugh at us!” After Hubbard admitted the first record he ever bought was a Backstreet Boys album —… Source: RollingStone Link: Florida […]
Since his 2011 win on American Idol, Scotty McCreery has graced the Grand Ole Opry stage numerous times, but his most recent appearance there also ranks among the most emotional. Introducing “Five More Minutes” to the audience, a visibly emotional McCreery explained, “I wrote this song a couple weeks after I… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]
The deluxe edition of the Ramones’ self-titled debut, timed to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary, doesn’t arrive until July 29th. But on Tuesday, Rhino Records released the demo for “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You.” According to Wall Street Journal, who premiered the clip, the slowed-down demo was recorded by… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Darius Rucker unleashes skeletons from his closet in “If I Told You,” placing himself in the limbo of a relationship that’s starting to get serious and asking if his lady can look past his faults. Set for release to radio on July 5th, “If I Told You” is the first single… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
Graham Nash has plenty of experience with the vagaries of rock & roll documentaries. Take Woodstock, for one: “There were three days of really good music and the movie was three hours,” he says, “so there are a lot of great performances that have never been seen apart from bootlegs.” No… Source: RollingStone Link: Graham Nash […]
Following the surprise release of Freetown Sound at midnight, Blood Orange released a new video for the album cut “Augustine.” Dev Hynes directed and edited the clip, which captures the singer/songwriter playing instruments in an empty apartment and an assortment of dancers showcasing their moves on rooftops. Hynes also appears in front… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
Dev Hynes described his third LP under his Blood Orange moniker as something “like my version of [The Beastie Boys’] Paul’s Boutique.” It’s that and plenty more: Opening with a butter-smooth R&B chorale that segues into a poetry-slam jazz collage using Ashlee Haze’s incandescent “For Colored Girls (The Missy Elliott… Source: RollingStone Link: Freetown Sound
Thus far, 2016 looks like the first year that the center of the rap universe might not be New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta. The two most celebrated, critically acclaimed hip-hop albums of the year both came from Chicago rappers. Chance the Rapper’s Coloring Book was the climax of a four-year… Source: RollingStone Link: Best […]
While no one has yet accepted Kanye West’s invitation to “sue [him] already” over his provocative, controversial “Famous” video, Girls creator-star Lena Dunham has criticized the clip. The writer-actress blasted the project in a lengthy Facebook post, calling it “one of the more disturbing ‘artistic’ efforts in recent memory.” “I can’t watch it … if… Source: RollingStone Link: Lena […]