The rapper said, “It’s a comment on fame.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Kanye West Explains New Music Video: 'It's a Comment on Fame'

Celebrated Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil was released Friday from a Sao Paulo hospital where he was treated over the past week for kidney problems. Gil, 73, on his Instagram account posted a photo showing the rear of a car with the words "homeward bound" superimposed on the image, as he ended his stay at the […]

Kanye West debuted his music video for The Life of Pablo track “Famous” Friday night at a watch party at Los Angeles’ Forum, where a 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. PST crowd witnessed perhaps the most provocative, controversial video of West’s career thus far. The Forum event was live streamed via Tidal,… Source: RollingStone Link: Kanye West […]

Former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle will co-write and produce a biopic about his life with the Southern rock band. The film, tentatively titled Free Bird, also focuses on one of the music’s most tragic moments: The 1977 plane crash that claimed the lives of six people, including his friend and… Source: RollingStone Link: Former Lynyrd […]

A federal judge ruled Friday that auctioneers could not proceed with the sale of Whitney Houston’s 1986 Emmy Award. A temporary restraining order was issued against both Heritage Auctions and the late singer’s estate to prevent the auction of Houston’s Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music… Source: RollingStone Link: Whitney […]

One of the most wildly innovative and technically dazzling musicians in pop music history, Parliament-Funkadelic’s Bernie Worrell was like “Jimi Hendrix on the keyboards,” according to one-time bandmate Bootsy Collins, and that’s not a hyperbolic estimation. A classical-music child prodigy who attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Juilliard,… Source: RollingStone Link: Bernie Worrell: […]

Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for Parliament/Funkadelic and Talking Heads and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 72. “Bernie transitioned Home to The Great Spirit,” Worrell’s wife Judie wrote on Facebook Friday. “Rest in peace, my love — you definitely made the world a better… Source: RollingStone Link: Bernie […]

With echoes of old-timey string bands, singalong folk revivalists,boozy Americana roots rockers and big-box singer – songwriter softies, the Avett Brothers have carved out a remarkably successful 21st-century space for themselves. On each of their last three albums, producer Rick Rubin has helped shape their sound without changing the artisanal recipe. On… Source: RollingStone Link: True Sadness

In a historic referendum, Britain voted to leave the European Union, leaving a wave of economic uncertainty that has left many musicians and entertainment industry members crestfallen and outraged.  On Friday, British musicians like Blur’s Damon Albarn and British indie pop band Bastille used the stages of Glastonbury Festival as a platform. “Democracy failed… Source: RollingStone Link: Damon […]

Erykah Badu directed the humorous clip for her collaboration with Robert Glasper, “Maiysha (So Long).” Glasper’s versions of Miles Davis’ recordings, Everything’s Beautiful, is out now. In the video, Badu plays a “neurotic, beatnik chanteuse” named Sarah Bellam who is seen backstage before a show. She argues with her keyboardist and… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]