Amazon Music has unveiled a new mini-documentary that coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Notorious B.I.G.‘s debut album, Ready to Die. The landmark album was released on September 13th, 1994. The nearly nine-minute The Birth of Biggie: 25 Years of Ready to Die offers a retrospective via a series …
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A recent tribute concert dubbed The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa in Huntington, New York had all the markings of a concert by the rock iconoclast from nerdy fans geeking out about the night’s guitar players before the show to doo-wop intro music but with one marked problem: Frank Zappa …
Read More »Sleater-Kinney Encourage You to Let Loose in 'Can I Go On' Video
Sleater-Kinney have unveiled their new video for “Can I Go On,” from their most recent album The Center Won’t Hold. The clip, directed and shot by Ashley Connor, stars Lauri Guzda and Mami Kimura as two demure women having a polite, well-mannered afternoon tea…until they abruptly decide to rip their …
Read More »James Blunt Previews Sixth Album 'Once Upon a Mind' With 'Cold'
James Blunt will release his sixth album, Once Upon a Mind, on October 25 via Custard/Atlantic Records. The album is a collaboration with several producers, including Steve Robson, Jimmy Hogarth and TMS, and the singer has teased the new music with an emotional first single titled “Cold.” “I think this …
Read More »Why Vince Gill Chose to Speak Out on His New Album 'Okie'
Country Radio Seminar (CRS) isn’t usually the kind of place for grand statements — if anything, the annual gathering of country radio programmers in Nashville is a time when artists play it safe in hopes of scoring some eventual airtime. You strum your single, you crack a joke. You offend …
Read More »Maren Morris Leads 2019 CMA Awards Nominations
The nominees for the 53rd annual CMA Awards were revealed Wednesday morning, with Maren Morris leading her peers this year with six total nods. The Texas native will vie for Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year, for 2019’s Girl. The album’s uplifting title track also landed …
Read More »See Tanya Tucker's Personal Photos in 'The House That Built Me' Video
Tanya Tucker’s poignant cover of Miranda Lambert’s 2010 Number One hit “The House That Built Me” paints an emotional tableau vivant of bittersweet childhood recollection. Now, the video for the track, taken from the country legend’s just-released While I’m Livin’ album, unlocks decades worth of photographic memories, serving not only …
Read More »Barack Obama's Summer Playlist: Lil Nas X, Lizzo, Black Keys, Beyonce
Lil Nas X, Lizzo, the Black Keys and the Rolling Stones are among the artists whose songs landed on Barack Obama‘s latest annual summer playlist. “With summer winding down, here’s a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to — some new, some old, some fast, some slow,” …
Read More »NASA Names Rolling Stone on Mars After Rolling Stones
NASA has named a small rock on Mars after the Rolling Stones, which will appear on working, informal maps of the Red Planet. “Rolling Stones Rock” was unveiled during the Stones’ concert in Pasadena, California Thursday night, with Robert Downey, Jr. on hand to make the announcement. As the actor …
Read More »Here's How Taylor Swift Should Re-Record Her First Six Albums
Nearly two months after Scooter Braun’s $300 million acquisition of Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group was announced, Taylor Swift may have finally figured out what’s better than revenge. The pop star claimed to CBS This Morning that she hopes to re-record her first six albums, circumventing Braun and Borchetta’s …
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