The summer heat descended on Nashville Friday, June 10th, but CMA Music Festival had the artists to match, bringing the crowds out in droves to see performances on many different stages. Joseph Llanes is the only photographer allowed in the backstage hallways of Nissan Stadium, where country music’s biggest acts are… Source: RollingStone Link: CMA Music […]
Christina Grimmie, a 22-year-old former contestant on The Voice, was shot and killed Friday night while signing autographs after her Orlando, FL show. Kevin James Loibl, 27, opened fire after Grimmie’s concert with the band Before You Exit at The Plaza Live late Friday night. He fatally shot himself after Grimmie’s brother Marcus tackled… Source: RollingStone Link: 'Voice' […]
Radiohead have announced a “unique” event to take place on Friday, June 17th, the same day their new album A Moon Shaped Pool arrives on Spotify. Dubbed Live From a Moon Shaped Pool, the event will take place at record stores globally. The band released information on a site dedicated to their new… Source: RollingStone Link: Radiohead […]
The Tony Awards are upon us and, with Hamilton’s historic nomination sweep, Broadway is continuing to grow even more massive and wide-reaching than ever before. Still, Hamilton comes from a long lineage of tide-changing musicals that reshape the way we see theater, hear music and learn to tell stories on-stage. Now… Source: RollingStone Link: Weekend […]
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is this generation’s Spinal Tap, but the pop antics the Lonely Island tap into go back to the Eighties. In constructing Conner4Real, Andy Samberg’s goofy, cocky pop icon, the trio pulled from some of pop’s most famous moments and personalities to create one whole publicity stunt… Source: RollingStone Link: Which Superstars […]
Jeremih and G-Eazy have teamed up for the sultry “Saw It Coming.” The song will appear on the soundtrack for the Ghostbusters reboot, which hits theaters July 15th. Max Martin co-wrote the track, which features G-Eazy rhyming on the verses while Jeremih delivers the chorus. Because of a lyrical reference to the… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
It’s been eight years since Mark Chesnutt released his last full album of original material, yet the traditionalist has lost none of the honky-tonk edge that turned his 1990 major-label debut Too Cold at Home into a million-seller. Tradition Lives features 12 all-new tunes, including the Beaumont, Texas native’s self-penned… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Mark […]
Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def, sings amidst dissonant electronics on new track “Local Time.” “Wherever you are, the local time is now,” Bey sings atop horror movie whistling and a droning bass line. “Local Time,” like May’s synth-heavy “N.A.W.,” is credited to Dec 99th. Both tracks appeared on the A Country Called Earth Soundcloud page,… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear […]
When country trio Lady Antebellum announced a hiatus last fall, many speculated that the band was finished for good. Not so, according to the group’s Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley, both of whom say Lady A is already back in business. Scott was speaking in the CMA Music Festival press room… Source: RollingStone Link: Lady […]
It’s been two years since the release of Miranda Lambert’s last album, Platinum, and the trailblazing superstar – a modern fusion of grit and glam – is now saying the wait for her new music is almost over. Speaking Thursday night in the CMA Music Festival press room just before taking… Source: RollingStone Link: Miranda […]