Sam Smith brought his soulful tunes to New York’s Apollo Theater on Tuesday night and he also took along a surprise guest R&B goddess Mary J Blige joined the singer for a duet on the ruminative “Stay With Me” delighting attendees at the crowded venue Sam Smith Breaks Down 10 Great… Source
Willie Nelson’s Family band gained a new relative Tuesday night at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston when cousin Johnny Depp joined the country legend onstage Readers’ Poll 10 Best Johnny Depp Movies The only mention made of the erstwhile Captain Jack Sparrow was when Nelson introduced the musicians noting “You… Source
Three years after Lady Gaga was accused of plagiarism and hit with a lawsuit a judge has thrown the case out In 2011 singer Rebecca Francescatti sued the Artpop singer claiming that the Born This Way hit “Judas” was a rip-off of Francescatti’s own 1999 track “Juda” The Hollywood Reporter… Source
Brad Paisley told Rolling Stone Country earlier this month that he wanted his next album to “feel like a party” and he certainly accomplishes that with its title track “Moonshine in the Trunk” is an uptempo adventure that could’ve been the soundtrack to a Dukes of Hazzard episode (In fact… Source
TV on the Radio continue to do all the promotion that comes with releasing a new album without actually releasing a new album The Brooklyn quintet has already lined up a good chunk of festival dates including Pemberton Riot Fest Denver and the recently announced Treasure Island fest Now 4/5ths… Source
The Gregg Allman biopic Midnight Rider continues to find itself embroiled in legal drama Following a February 20th train incident that resulted in the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones the production company – Allman included – has been sued by Jones’ family and crewmembers who were injured when a… Source
Last month Craig Campbell was watching the highest-charting single of his career “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” inch its way closer toward the coveted Top 10 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart It was Number 13 and rising 10 New Country Artists You Need to Know Prior to releasing the compact uptempo tune… Source
Next year Björk’s influence on art will get its due Beginning in March the Museum of Modern Art in New York will hold a full-scale retrospective of the Icelandic musician’s works titled Björk which will include her contributions to performance art recordings film costumes instruments and visuals It will be… Source
When Tiësto plays a festival — in the next few months he’s got Electric Daisy Carnival Ultra Europe Tomorrowland and Made in America on his schedule — his sets last for little more than an hour Last night before a New York City gig celebrating the release of new LP A Town… Source
Twenty years ago Richard James better known as Aphex Twin planned to release an LP under the name Caustic Window but the record only made it to a test-pressing and that test-pressing only made it to the hands of four people According to James Thomas the man who set up… Source
