With the release of Crosseyed Heart, Keith Richards’ first solo album in more than two decades, due out next month, the musician will be offering up his two previous LPs online for the first time later this week. The 1988 solo record Talk Is Cheap and 1992’s Main Offender will be available… Source: Music News

Jay Z and Timbaland will appear in court to testify about using the sample of a flute line by composer Baligh Hamdi as the hook in the 2000 hit “Big Pimpin’.” The nephew of the composer, who died in 1993, filed the suit in 2007, calling into question the way… Source: Music News

Hip-hop’s history on the silver screen is as wild and wide-ranging as the story of the genre itself. It’s full of straightforward biopics, like the just-released N.W.A history Straight Outta Compton, as well as fictitious stories inspired by real life, such as Krush Groove’s dramatization of Russell Simmons and Def Jam’s rise in the… Source: Music News

With more than 28 million sales of nearly two dozen Number One singles, Carrie Underwood has become the top-selling country artist in the digital world. She joins bestsellers like Jason Aldean, who was crowned the top-selling male country artist last summer with 21.5 million digital sales, as well as global pop stars Katy… Source: Music News

Since catching the attention of radio execs, Nashville insiders and music journalists with her ferocious live performance, singer-guitarist Clare Dunn has been building a steady buzz with her songwriting. Her song about her father’s near-fatal heart attack, “Old Hat,” elicited tears from fans during a SiriusXM taping at CMA Music Festival… Source: Music News

Rock legend Patti Smith is teaming with Showtime for a limited series adaptation of her 2010 memoir, Just Kids. Showtime president David Nevins announced the project Tuesday during the Television Critics Assocation’s summer press tour, noting that Smith will co-write and co-produce the series with Penny Dreadful creator John Logan, according… Source: Music News

To many fans of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Allen Klein is nothing but a one-dimensional villain. He’s the guy that swooped down at the legendary bands’ most vulnerable moments, somehow tricked these otherwise smart people into making him their manager and then took off like a thief in the night… Source: Music News

When you hear a Beach House song, there’s no mistaking who’s behind it. Over 10-plus years and five albums — counting Depression Cherry, out August 28th — Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally have forged a singular sonic identity. The boilerplate descriptor for the band’s sound has always been “dream pop,” and there’s… Source: Music News

High-profile music documentaries on Janis Joplin, Arcade Fire, Aretha Franklin and Sharon Jones will be included as part of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which commences September 10th.  Janis: Little Girl Blue, directed by Academy Award-nominated Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil), will make its North American premiere at the… Source: Music […]

When Depeche Mode titled their 1990 album Violator, it was supposed to be taken ironically. The previous year had seen smarmy hair-mongers like Bon Jovi, Bad English and Poison scoring Number Ones with saccharine power balladry, and the leather-clad, synth-pop group had understandably “gotten enough.” So they exacted vengeance on… Source: Music News