By the summer of 1995 Rivers Cuomo simply had enough During the past year he’d seen his band Weezer go from playing tiny bars to headlining festivals around the world while MTV played the group’s video for “Buddy Holly” around the clock It was the dream of most musicians but…
With its rat-a-tat drum loop and slinking progression Jason Aldean’s new single “Burnin’ It Down” released this week is a departure even for the artist who successfully bridged hip-hop and country with “Dirt Road Anthem” The steamy mid-tempo ballad is the first single from Aldean’s upcoming sixth studio album the…
Billy Joel will receive the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song which each year honors the career of one musician and their dedication to “promoting the genre of song as a vehicle of cultural understanding; entertaining and informing audiences; and inspiring new generations” 9 Things We Learned About Billy…
To be clear it’s always been cool to like Dwight Yoakam Music listeners in the “everything but country crowd” only started figuring that out in recent years How else do you explain Dwight Yoakam — clad in his trademark cowboy hat and form-fitting denim with a backing band decked out…
Last summer Lil Jon was laying down vocals on an EDM track by the French producer DJ Snake when he thought of the line that resurrected his career “The beat just made me want to party” says the rapper 42 “The first thing that came to mind superquick was ‘Turn…
Over the past two years Jay Z’s Made in America festival has brought together diverse lineups including Pearl Jam Beyoncé Haim and Skrillex But what happens when these artists actually get a chance to mingle backstage? In a clip from a new documentary that attempts to tell the festival’s story the…
A$AP Mob kingpin A$AP Rocky is facing a lawsuit after he allegedly slapped fan Lisamarie Wade at last September’s Made in America Festival so hard that she hit the ground The incident supposedly occurred as Rocky whose real name is Rakim Mayers made his way through the crowd Wade reports…
Reba McEntire’s new song is almost at the two-minute mark before she sings anything other than four powerful words over and over “please pray for peace” It’s the repetition of that lyric that helps the tune and its heartstring-grabbing video hammer home the message that voices are perhaps the only…
Brothers Joel and Scott Owen of country duo PawnShop kings were born in Texas but spent most of their lives between Southern California and Arkansas which explains their marriage of pop-rock and rootsy country 10 Artists You Need to Know PawnShop kings “Growing up here by the ocean and on the family…
Holler If Ya Hear Me the Tupac Shakur-inspired musical directed by Kenny Leon and starring Saul Williams was forced to close Sunday after one month and only 55 performances Last week producer Eric Gold blamed the “financial burdens of Broadway” on the musical’s demise which starred Williams as an ex-con in…
