A six-year legal battle between Jimi Hendrix’s siblings over the use of the guitarist’s image on merchandise has been settled. Since 2009, Janie Hendrix, Jimi’s adopted sister and the operator of the rocker’s estate, has been locked into a copyright infringement fight with Jimi’s younger brother Leon Hendrix over Hendrix Licensing,… Source: Music News

President Barack Obama briefly interrupted his summer vacation Friday to share what he’s been listening to while on break in Martha’s Vineyard. “Due to popular request, here are my vacation playlists,” the President tweeted, linking to a pair of 20-song Spotify playlists. Obama divvied up “The President’s Playlist” into two categories: “Volume… Source: Music News

For Meryl Streep’s new film Ricki and the Flash, the actress actually spent six months learning how to play guitar for the role of the titular rocker. Streep also had an impressive teacher aid in her transformation from Academy Award-winning actress to guitar goddess: Neil Young. In this video from the… Source: Music News

Drake has spoken out publicly for the first time following the August 4th OVO Fest after party shooting that left two people dead and three more seriously injured. “The last few days I have been in a moral bind,” the rapper wrote on his October’s Very Own blog. “I am used to the fact… Source: Music […]

Talib Kweli surprise-released his new album Fuck the Money for free on Friday, featuring the capitalism-blasting title track. “Fuck the Money” features South African rapper Cassper Nyovest and opens with the titular phrase repeated over and over while being treated with pitch-shifting effects. Kweli goes on to blast lying politicians and “bankers who… Source: Music […]

Ever since 1973, when the Who called up a fan-drummer to replace Keith Moon (after he passed out from horse tranquilizers and brandy), rock audiences have been pining for the next great Cinderella concert moment. Meet Brian, who commanded the Foo Fighters’ August 12th gig in Edmonton, Alberta – channeling his… Source: Music News

What’s the biggest misconception about female pop stars? Marina Diamandis, the U.K. singer who makes music as Marina and the Diamonds, relishes the chance to answer this question: “That they can’t possibly be creating the art themselves — there must be a man behind it,” she laughs.  Three albums into a career… Source: Music […]

In a new interview with Billboard, True Detective music supervisor T Bone Burnett revealed the meaning behind using Leonard Cohen’s Popular Problems track “Nevermind” as Season Two’s opening music alongside why different verses of the song were used in various episodes. “To me, ‘Nevermind’ is the song of the century so far, coming from one… Source: Music […]

Blues vet John Primer played in Muddy Waters’ band, and he sounds like it — he has the late giant’s slashing guitar tone and slurry vocal phrasing nailed. This handsome CD-book set of Muddy covers is his show. But the guests shine: Derek Trucks adds slither to a bad-ass triple-guitar take… Source: Music News

The latest act to emerge from a young Boston scene making rock worth geeking out over again (see Speedy Ortiz and Krill) is Palehound — a.k.a. 21-year-old Ellen Kempner, whose songs morph as unmappably as her emotions. She also plays the hell out of a guitar, but only when necessary to… Source: Music News