Lil B – Bay Area rapper, Based God and Bernie Sanders supporter – made plenty of waves during the NBA Playoffs when he cursed LeBron James and J.R. Smith for their hubris, and though he’d subsequently lift the bad juju on LBJ, apparently the rest of the league was paying… Source: Music News

Imagine: you are in a band that has entered Abbey Road just after the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper, to cut your own classic album which will be released after you cease to exist, with very little in the way of promotion. The album will garner favorable reviews and few sales,… Source: Music News

Two months after the release of Django and Jimmie, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard are hitting the highway for a joint tour.  The shows run from October 15th through November 28th, mostly centered around multipurpose arenas whose seating capacities range as high as 10,000. That’s significantly larger than most of the venues… Source: Music […]

The Cadillac Three may be best known for eardrum-rattling country-rock, but the Nashville natives can dial it back when necessary. During a recent performance at the Grand Ole Opry, the trio went for versatility over volume with their take on Tim McGraw’s hit ballad “Meanwhile Back at Mama’s.” The song, off… Source: Music […]

Jon Batiste will begin his late-night tenure September 8th when the Late Show With Stephen Colbert premieres, and the New Orleans-born, New York-adopted jazzman recently sat down with Katie Couric and Yahoo! News to chat about his new gig. In this exclusive clip from Couric and Batiste’s conversation, the bandleader talks about… Source: Music News

In 1979, the Bee Gees were busy extricating themselves from the growing backlash against the decade’s biggest phenomenon – disco. Arguably the biggest recording act on the planet, the brothers Gibb (Barry, Maurice and Robin) attempted to move past the dance-floor phenomenon of Saturday Night Fever, for which they penned… Source: Music News

Taylor Swift, Beck and St. Vincent: the ultimate one-night-only power-trio. The arena-packing pop star brought out the latter guests during her Tuesday show at L.A.’s Staples Center, performing an energetic cover of Beck’s funky single “Dreams,” Stereogum reports.   In the fan-shot video above, Swift jumps around the stage and adds backing vocals,… Source: Music […]