When disaster strikes, whether nature or humanity is the cause, we’ve come to expect rock stars to respond. And when they do, they’ve not only raised money and awareness, but have given us surprising collaborations, moving interpretations of familiar songs and ways to collectively process our grief. Shining a Light: A… Source: Music News
Wynonna Recruits Jason Isbell for Self-Titled New Album
After a dozen full-length albums over the past 30-plus years — including five as one-half of mother-daughter duo the Judds and seven acclaimed solo LPs — Wynonna Judd will soon release her first-ever “band” album. Due February 12th, the self-titled Wynonna & The Big Noise brings a raw, unvarnished approach… Source: Music News
Inside Danny Elfman's Twisted Cult Film 'Forbidden Zone'
Long before he wrote the wild, dramatic score for Batman and the twisted song cycle that runs through the beloved Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman’s original claim to cinematic fame was far quirkier than anything he’d ever dream up for Tim Burton: He portrayed Satan, dressed in a long-tail white… Source: Music News
Mix Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' on 'Cutting Edge' Site
Bob Dylan released his new deluxe set The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 on Friday, examining the making of three of his greatest LPs – Bringing It Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde – with two, six or 18 discs of alternate takes, demo versions or… Source: Music News
Justin Bieber: 'I Want People to Be More Kind to Young Celebrities'
Justin Bieber delved into the damaging, brutal world of being a young celebrity in a new Billboard cover story, telling the magazine, “I wouldn’t suggest being a child star. It’s the toughest thing in the world.” While the profile captures Bieber in the midst of his 2015 redemption, much of it finds the pop… Source: Music […]
Inside R. Kelly's Most Adventurous Album Ever
“I’m not in no lane,” says R. Kelly. “I’m music and I just want people to know me as music. Not some R&B guy.” Bearded and nursing a cigar, the 48-year-old singer-songwriter-producer is at New York’s Jungle City Studios one September night, spinning tracks from his upcoming 13th album, The Buffet… Source: Music News
Hear Sia's Epic New Song 'One Candle' From 'Racing Extinction' Trailer
On August 1st, digital images of endangered species were projected onto the side of the Empire State Building. It was the first time moving images had been projected on the historic NYC skyscraper, according to The New York Times, and it was soundtracked by new songs from Sia and Antony… Source: Music News
CMA Awards 2015 Prove Unpredictable: The Ram Report
When Rolling Stone Country hit the 49th annual CMA Awards’ red carpet to ask our favorite stars what they were most anticipating about country music’s biggest night, nine out of 10 of them answered with five words: Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake. And they were all on the edge of… Source: Music News
See Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood Read 'Mean Tweets' on 'Kimmel'
After the 49th CMA Awards telecast concluded on ABC, the party continued with the network’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel putting a country spin on his popular “Mean Tweets” segment. More than a dozen of the genre’s stars proved they’re able to laugh (or in Darius Rucker’s case, giggle) at themselves… Source: Music News
Watch A Blistering 'Ramrod' From Bruce Springsteen's 'River' Box
The day after Ronald Reagan was elected America’s 40th president, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band brought their River tour to Tempe, Arizona with a four-camera crew to capture the vast majority of the blistering 1980 show on film. The footage has been sitting in a vault for the past 35… Source: Music News
