Tom Petty called the Rolling Stones “my punk music” during an interview with CBC crediting the British rockers with convincing him — and thousands of other aspiring American musicians at the time — that they could make rock and roll music “They were grittier [than the Beatles]; it was rawer”…
Five years before Kanye West perked hip-hop fans’ ears with his production on Jay Z’s 2001 single “Izzo (HOVA)” and eight before he released his debut album The College Dropout the rapper was just another would-be MC jockeying for a mic The Chicago-bred rapper got one such opportunity at the…
Aside from visiting Nashville and taking one of the Grand Ole Opry House’s guided tours not many country music fans get a glimpse backstage at the esteemed institution’s home As part of its Travel Insider series CNN revisited a segment with country singer Craig Morgan who surprised artists like Old…
Lucinda Williams will release her first-ever double studio album in September Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone features 20 new tracks and is another first for the 61-year-old singer in that it includes a song crafted from a poem written by her father Author college professor and published poet…
Robert Plant may be reluctant to revisit his early days in Led Zeppelin telling Rolling Stone earlier this year that he is not part of a jukebox but the singer seems to have enjoyed a trip back to the area of western England where he grew up In a three-minute…
The Rolling Stones just wrapped up their epic “14 on Fire” European tour which found them traversing 15000 miles and playing for a combined 782000 fans over the course of 14 sold out concerts To thank the hordes that came out the Stones have released a quick fiery clip that opens…
CMT’s ever-evolving Hot 20 Countdown is getting even bigger The country programming network has announced the addition of its first-ever summer concert series Sponsored by Mountain Dew the performances will kick off Saturday July 19th with Kip Moore who also headlines the annual CMT On Tour trek this fall Readers’ Poll…
Legendary blues musician Johnny Winter died in his hotel room in Zurich Switzerland on July 16th at 70 years old There are plenty of reasons why that’s notable — Winter was one of the first blues rock guitar virtuosos releasing a string of popular and fiery albums in the late…
On Wednesday Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan teased fans with news that he would be releasing the track list for the band’s upcoming deluxe reissue of their 1998 album Adore but hours later he realized a digital retailer beat him to the punch “Amazon decided to break an agreement and…
“Weird Al” Yankovic has already corrected your grammar and foiled the Illuminati this week — now he’s here to fix your dishwasher In the latest video from his new album Mandatory Fun the prince of pop parody sets his sights on Iggy Azalea’s ubiquitous “Fancy” turning it into “Handy” an ode to a…
