One year after the release of her Americana Award-winning double album, Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone, Lucinda Williams has put the finishing touches on another record. The Ghosts of Highway 20 is due out February 5th, bringing with it another batch of raw, ragged alt-country songs. This time, Williams… Source: Music […]

The Crystal Method have released a statement objecting to the use of their song “High Roller” as the soundtrack to drone footage that Russia’s state broadcaster released. The sleek footage, embedded below via The Telegraph, surfaced online Monday and claimed to depict Syrian forces moving into Jobar, a Damascus suburb controlled… Source: Music News

The Beatles will reissue their Number One singles compilation 1 as a 2-Blu-ray/1CD collection – now titled 1+ – that boasts 27 songs and their accompanying promo videos alongside 23 more restored videos used for promotional purposes but never formerly released. That Blu-ray of alternate versions and rarely seen short films… Source: Music News

With a CMA nomination for Vocal Duo of the Year and a Top 15 hit in “Stay a Little Longer,” John and TJ Osborne, collectively known as Brothers Osborne, are gearing up for the release of their debut album. Titled Pawn Shop, the LP is set for release January 15th… Source: Music News

“There was a spirit and reverence they brought to it,” Derek Trucks said in a recent interview, marking the one-year anniversary of his final performance with the Allman Brothers Band, at New York’s Beacon Theater on October 28th, 2014. “I hoped it would be that way,” the guitarist went on, “but… Source: Music News

They don’t call it “country music’s biggest night” for nothing. The 49th annual CMA Awards, airing on ABC November 4th, will boast at least 16 performances, with about two dozen of country music’s biggest names and special guests from outside the genre hitting the stage over the course of the show’s three-hour… Source: Music News

Just days after releasing her fifth studio album, Storyteller, Carrie Underwood has been named the headliner of one of the world’s largest celebrations — the New Year’s Eve countdown from Times Square in New York City. Underwood will be the star performer in the live telecast of Dick Clark’s New Year’s… Source: Music […]

Steep Canyon Rangers and Jerry Douglas clearly enjoyed the time they spent together recording the bluegrass group’s latest album RADIO, since they decided to hit the stage together recently in Asheville, North Carolina. Douglas, who nabbed the Dobro Player of the Year trophy at the recent International Bluegrass Music Association awards,… Source: […]

Peter Dougherty, a TV executive credited with bringing hip-hop to MTV as the co-creator of Yo! MTV Raps, passed away October 12th following a heart attack at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, The New York Times reports. Dougherty was 59. Dougherty was working in the on-air promotions department of MTV… Source: Music […]

Madonna’s Rebel Heart world tour has featured an A-list curtain call of “Unapologetic Bitch,” with the pop icon bringing out guests like Amy Schumer, Anderson Cooper and Diplo onstage. During Madonna’s Tuesday show in Los Angeles, Katy Perry joined the ranks, dancing and downing a shot from the now-standard banana flask.  “I love you, mom!” Perry… Source: Music […]