At last September’s Americana Music Honors & Awards Shovels & Rope were the night’s Cinderella story winning Emerging Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for their Dylan-esque “Birmingham” Almost a year later the duo will release their second album Swimmin’ Time on August 26th with a tour… Source    

Like a lot of fans under a certain age Adam Lambert first learned about Queen when he saw the “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene in Wayne’s World in 1992 “I said to my dad ‘Who’s that?’” Lambert says “He was like ‘You know those songs ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘We Are… Source    

Three Rhode Island residents were charged with throwing beer bottles and hurling expletives at security officers patrolling outside the Watch Hill village property of country-pop superstar Taylor Swift on Sunday (June 15th) See Where Taylor Falls on Our 100 Greatest Country Songs Countdown The Westerley Sun newspaper reports that Michael Horrigan 29… Source    

Last month Destiny Child’s Michelle Williams linked up with her former bandmates Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland for the praiseful upbeat “Say Yes!” On Wednesday the trio revealed the music video for their mini-reunion The Hottest Live Photos of 2013 Destiny’s Child The music video highlights the song’s feel-good vibes without any heavy-handed… Source    

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