Jeezy and Tory Lanez debuted a slick new love song titled “Like Them” on Wednesday. The track will appear on Jeezy‘sPressure album, out December 15th. On The Late Show, Jeezy rapped over melancholy synthesizers and a snappy breakbeat played by a live drummer. He delivered lines in his usual gruff, …
Read More »Bon Jovi, Dire Straits Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2018 Class
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Bon Jovi, Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Cars and Nina Simone will all join the class of 2018. Sister Rosetta Tharpe will be given an Early Influence award. The induction will be held at Cleveland’s Public …
Read More »Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Talk Life After Three-Year Tour
“Welcome to the end of the journey,” Garth Brooks told reporters at a 30-minute press conference prior to the first of seven shows in Nashville, where his three-year World Tour is concluding. On Saturday afternoon, Brooks and wife Trisha Yearwood, on the eve of their 12th wedding anniversary, spoke emotionally …
Read More »Hear Charli XCX Recruit Tove Lo on Booming New Mixtape Song
Charli XCX documents a manic romance on “Out of My Head,” her pulsating new single with Tove Lo and ALMA. The track previews Charli’s newly announced mixtape, Pop2, out December 15th via Atlantic. “You got me doin’ all this stupid shit/ You fuck me up like this/ Secretly I’m into …
Read More »Eric Clapton on Addiction, Cream's Brilliance, the Future of the Guitar
There is a remarkable scene early in Eric Clapton:Life in 12 Bars, the new Showtime documentary about the guitarist’s career, that sums up his meteoric rise as a British-blues prodigy and worldwide superstar: Bob Dylan in a London hotel room in 1965 watching John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers on television and raving …
Read More »Behind the Set List: Green Day
Green Day never have an easy time assembling their setlist. A two-and-a-half hour show somehow needs to touch on their massive catalog of hits, cuts from their new album, deep cuts the hardcore fans love to hear and unexpected covers. In May, we went backstage with Green Day at the …
Read More »Watch Billy Corgan's Psychedelic Silent Film 'Pillbox'
Billy Corgan unveiled a kaleidoscopic 40-minute silent film, Pillbox, featuring music from his new solo album, Ogilala. Corgan wrote the film and directed it alongside longtime collaborator Linda Strawberry. Pillbox tells the story of a couple who are forced to part when the man heads overseas to war. The opening …
Read More »David Cassidy: Kim Carnes Recalls Wild Times With Teen Idol
A decade before she turned the 1981 single “Bette Davis Eyes” into a Grammy-winning phenomenon, Kim Carnes and her husband, Dave Ellingson, were living in Los Angeles and writing songs for music publisher and producer Jimmy Bowen at the same company that would launch the Eagles’ Glenn Frey and Don …
Read More »Miracles Singer Warren 'Pete' Moore Dead at 78
Warren “Pete” Moore, an original member of the legendary Motown singing group the Miracles, died Sunday at the age of 78. Motown founder Berry Gordy confirmed Moore’s death in a statement. No cause of death was provided. “I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Warren ‘Pete’ Moore, …
Read More »Hear Joe Purdy, Amber Rubarth's Duet From 'American Folk' Film
A musical cross-country journey in the wake of the September 11th attacks of 2001 is at the heart of a new, award-winning film called American Folk. Starring Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth as two folk-playing musicians who meet after their plane is grounded in California, the film was shot in …
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