Justin Bieber remembered The Voice singer Christina Grimmie by dedicating his somber piano ballad “Purpose” to her onstage Monday night at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “Thinking my journey’s come to an end,” Bieber sings. “Sending out a farewell to my friends, forever peace … I’m more than grateful for the time we spent,… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
A crisp aesthetic dominates the lyric video for “Nobody Speak,” DJ Shadow’s explosive collaboration with Run The Jewels. The frame moves in ordered ways, with text often appearing hemmed in by clean geometric shapes. But nothing can contain the words of El-P and Killer Mike – as the song progresses, the… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch DJ […]
Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and guitarist Lincoln Wayne “Chips” Moman, who wrote and produced hits for Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, B.J. Thomas, Dusty Springfield and many others, died at a hospice facility in his hometown of LaGrange, Georgia, on Monday, one day after his 79th birthday. Long regarded as the… Source: RollingStone Link: Legendary […]
Lady Gaga gave a powerful speech during a Los Angeles vigil for the victims of the shooting in Orlando Sunday morning. The singer broke down and tears while speaking in front of City Hall. “We mourn the tragic loss of the innocent, beautiful people,” she said in front of the large crowd lighting… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]
What’s a hip-hop-loving dad like Jimmy Kimmel to do when he wants to listen to his favorite tracks in the company of his young daughter? Make a Hip-Hop Kidz Bop. Rappers Ice Cube, Lil Jon, Ty Dolla $ign and more joined Kimmel in reinventing their bawdiest tracks for, as Cube said, “the little… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Ice […]
They may not have pleased John Paul Jones very much, but the Jimmy Page and Robert Plant tours of 1995/96 and 1998 were as close to Led Zeppelin reunion tours as the world ever saw. They were billed as Page and Plant and there was a studio album of new material in… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: Page […]
“All epic anthems must measure themselves against ‘Stairway to Heaven,’” Rolling Stone wrote of the Led Zeppelin classic on its 500 Greatest Songs list in 2011. Guitarist Jimmy Page said the song “crystallized the essence of the band.” And ever since a copyright infringement suit was brought against Zeppelin in 2014, people have questioned… Source: RollingStone Link: Does It […]
On Monday morning (June 13th), Frankie Ballard dropped by the set of Live With Kelly to share his latest single “It All Started With a Beer,” a warm-and-fuzzy toast to true love and being set up by a few good “Buds.” The song is the first single off Ballard’s just-released… Source: RollingStone Link: See Frankie […]
While country artists have often paid tribute to the men and women who serve in the various branches of the military, Craig Morgan’s 17 years of service (10 on active duty in the U.S. Army and seven in the reserves), have given him a unique perspective. Morgan has been on… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Craig […]
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Louise Pascale, an American music teacher, pulled a three-decade-old Afghan children’s songbook from her bookcase, she realized she was likely holding a treasure lost to Afghan children following a music ban imposed by the Taliban. Playing instruments was banned during the period of Taliban rule in […]