When Miguel realized his spiky guitar riff for Wildheart track “leaves” reminded him of Smashing Pumpkins’ 1996 hit “1979,” he reached out to the band’s mastermind, Billy Corgan, and ended up giving the musician a co-writing credit. “Kind of after we finished the song, it was like, ‘You know what, this is reminiscent of this… Source: Music News

Back in January, when Scotty McCreery made his first Grand Ole Opry appearance of 2015, the former American Idol champ closed his set with a cover of Conway Twitty’s “Hello Darlin’.” McCreery kept that tradition alive during last week’s Opry performance, which found him taking a stab at George Jones’… Source: Music News

Chris Brown’s Los Angeles home was invaded early Wednesday morning by three armed men in masks who ransacked the property of valuables. The singer was not in the residence at the time of the robbery, but the suspects locked Brown’s aunt in a closet. Brown’s aunt, whose name was not released… Source: Music News

U.S. Marshals arrested Young Thug early Wednesday morning for allegedly making terroristic threats. Authorities claim the 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, threatened to shoot a security guard at Atlanta’s Perimeter Mall in the face, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. An arrest warrant claims the rapper was… Source: Music News

Kim Carnes will forever be linked to her massive 1981 hit, “Bette Davis Eyes,” a song that spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but she readily acknowledges that since that Grammy-winning hit she’s had something of a “PR problem.” Although the song’s success both at… Source: Music News

Joseph Robinson Jr., heir to hip-hop’s first label, Sugar Hill Records, passed away on Saturday at the age of 53, as confirmed by NorthJersey.com. The executor of Sugarhill Music Publishing succumbed to cancer, according to his family. Though Sugar Hill was founded by recording artist Sylvia Robinson and her husband Joe… Source: Music News

One day after filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, 50 Cent downplayed the move as a normal, preventive measure while at a junket for Southpaw, the new boxing movie he stars in alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, E! reports. “I’m taking the precautions that any other good businessperson would take in this situation,” 50 Cent, whose real… Source: Music […]

Andy Grammer’s hit single, “Honey, I’m Good,” may be about staying faithful to his wife while he’s on tour, but the pop songwriter is more than willing to play the field when it comes to experimenting with genres. Which is why he recruited Eli Young Band to add some quick-step… Source: Music News

Just over a year since the release of her most recent album Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey has released a new single, “Honeymoon,” her first song off her upcoming LP of the same name. The lyric video begins with the song’s overture soundtracking a grainy, Seventies-style home video of Del Rey lounging… Source: Music […]

South Carolina’s decision to lower the Confederate flag on their statehouse has caused a wide range of reactions in the rock community. While many acts are cheering the decision of the South Carolina legislature, some acts are continuing to sell Confederate flag merchandise and rockers like Kid Rock remain defiant. “Isn’t Kid Rock from the Midwest?”… Source: Music News