Steve Mackay, the saxophonist who appeared on the Stooges’ 1970 LP Fun House and a longtime touring member of the group following the Stooges’ reunion in 2003, died recently following a month-long fight with sepsis. Mackay was 66. “Steve was a classic ’60s American guy, full of generosity and love for anyone… Source: Music […]

Hours after Kanye West received some presidential advice from Barack Obama and performed at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in San Francisco, the rapper capped off his Saturday with a surprise audition for American Idol. Tryouts for the singing competition’s upcoming final season rolled into the Bay Area this weekend, and West stunned judges… Source: Music News

The Weeknd served as the musical guest for the Amy Schumer-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live, and the singer had a trio of surprises at the ready for the night of his performance. Before Abel Tesfaye even took the stage, he dropped two remixes for his Beauty Behind the Madness track “The… Source: Music News

While Kanye West mulls his own presidential run in 2020, the rapper was on hand to assist in the fundraising efforts of the Democratic National Committee as West joined President Barack Obama at San Francisco’s the Warfield Theatre Saturday morning. The event, which supported the Democratic Hope Fund, promised a musical performance… Source: Music News

Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic appeared on former MTV VJ Kennedy’s Fox Business show this week to talk about grunge, Bernie Sanders, “proportional representation” and Kurt Cobain. Novoselic, long politically active, is a supporter of Citizens United, which paved the way for Super PAC funding for presidential candidates, and in the interview, the bassist criticized… Source: Music News

Halfway through Side Two, during the Zombies’ first complete New York concert rendition of their 1968 studio masterpiece, Odessey and Oracle, singer Colin Blunstone summed up the gently enchanting durability of that record and his band’s gift for resurrection in the bright, marching glow of “This Will Be Our Year.” In… Source: Music News

CBS’ The Late Show and The Late Late Show merged Friday night as Stephen Colbert welcomed James Corden onto the 11:35 p.m. program for a chat and an impromptu musical performance. Both Colbert and Corden have roots in musical theatre, especially the works of Stephen Sondheim, so midway through the interview, the… Source: Music News

On the same day the Game released his new LP The Documentary 2.0, the sequel to his breakout 2005 album, the rapper announced that a 18-track album dubbed The Documentary 2.5 would arrive one week later. And like the all-star 2.0 – which featured guests like Drake, Kanye West, Dr. Dre… Source: Music News

For Dead Weather’s Alison Mosshart, lyrics often come to her while driving. That’s what she reveals in a behind-the-scenes video directed by bandmate Jack White. It’s the fourth and final video in a series of clips the band has released focusing on each band member’s technique and approach. The 7-minute black-and-white… Source: Music […]

David Bowie’s kept a very low profile since a heart attack prematurely ended his 2004 world tour, but he did release a new album in 2013 and just this week a snippet of his new song “Blackstar” came out. It’s the theme to the upcoming heist series The Last Panthers,… Source: Music News