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Bob Dylan Book Sales Soar After Nobel Announcement
Billboard - 14 Oct 2016 05:53
He won his Nobel for writing songs, but Bob Dylan's unexpected honor also is providing a boost for his books. Dylan's memoir Chronicles:...
Prince Tribute Puts the Hometown Hero Ahead of the Superstar
The New York Times - 14 Oct 2016 18:11
Purple was everywhere at the Xcel Energy Center in honor of the singer-songwriter-producer and neighbor who died in April.
Jack White Producing Debut Solo Album From His Touring Band's Fiddler Lillie Mae Rische
Stereogum - 14 Oct 2016 17:49
Third Man Records has announced a new addition to their roster: Lillie Mae Rische, the fiddler in Jack White’s touring band. Rische put out singles via TMR in 2014 with the “Nobody’s” b/w “The Same Eyes” 7″...
Charli XCX Teases New Lil Yachty Collab 'After the Afterparty'
AceShowbiz - 14 Oct 2016 06:35
The track will be the first single off Charli's upcoming third album, which is largely produced by SOPHIE and Stargate.
Kelly Rowland Teams Up With Trevor Jackson For 'Dumb' Dance Video
Billboard - 14 Oct 2016 05:46
Almost a year after releasing her single “Dumb,” Kelly Rowland teamed up with musician/actor Trevor Jackson to release a dance video for...
NBC Orders New Musical Competition 'The Stream'
Billboard - 14 Oct 2016 04:30
Not content with having TV's last standing musical competition in The Voice, NBC is adding another -- albeit a slightly unconventional one....
Alicia Keys, Anthony Hamilton & More Singers Rethink National Anthem Amid Kaepernick Protest
Billboard - 14 Oct 2016 03:10
Grammy-winning R&B singer Anthony Hamilton has sung the national anthem in the past. Don't ask him to sing it in the near future. Hamilton...
Chris Thile Looks to Past & Future of 'A Prairie Home Companion,' Prepares for New Role as Host
Billboard - 15 Oct 2016 01:50
Chris Thile reckons he was in his mid-teens when he first performed on A Prairie Home Companion, with Nickel Creek. And while he figures that youth...
Roger Waters Shares What He Really Wanted to Say About Trump (and Clinton) at Desert Trip
Billboard - 15 Oct 2016 01:44
Roger Waters isn't laboring under any delusions about why he was hired to close out both weekends of the boomer-centric Desert Trip...
The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Stereogum - 15 Oct 2016 01:17
A lot of bad things happened this week. The presidential debate was a shitshow of epic proportions, Ken Bone became a meme, and Donald Trump is still opening his mouth and letting words tumble out of it. We’re fucked. ...
Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize: A Podcast Discussion
The New York Times - 14 Oct 2016 19:03
Our music and book critics talk about Dylan the musician and Dylan the writer.
Maroon 5 - "Don't Wanna Know" Video
Stereogum - 14 Oct 2016 18:34
Maroon 5’s video for their Kendrick Lamar collab “Don’t Wanna Know” is directed by David Dobkin, the same guy who made their “Sugar” video. That one featured the band crashing fictional weddings but was made ...
Stevie Wonder, Morris Day, Chaka Khan and More Pay Tribute to Prince [WATCH]
The Boombox - 14 Oct 2016 17:55
The star-studded event was kicked off by a pre-recorded message from President Obama.
Hardwell Links Up With Jay Sean on 'Thinking About You': Listen
Billboard - 15 Oct 2016 01:54
Sifting through Hardwell's musical pieces, it's evident the producer has racked up a lengthy list of collaborators which...
Common Announces New Album 'Black America Again'
Radio.com - 15 Oct 2016 01:48
The album will be Common's eleventh studio effort, and his first since 2014's 'Nobody's Smiling.'
Yasiin Bey Retiring from Rap With Final Live Streaming Concert from Cape Town [VIDEO]
The Boombox - 15 Oct 2016 01:40
Say it isn't so. Yasiin Bey is retiring from rap.
Social Media Surveillance Probably Played a Role in Sparking the Freddie Gray Riot
SPIN - 15 Oct 2016 01:38
This week, documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union revealed that the Baltimore County Police Department used specialized software to monitor the social media feeds of activists and others during the unre...
Eazy-E's Daughter Is Trying to Make a Documentary About His Death
SPIN - 15 Oct 2016 01:34
More than 20 years after the death of N.W.A's Eazy-E, his daughter Ebie Wright is looking to make a documentary film about what she describes as a murder conspiracy against him, as Rolling Stone reports. A Ruthless Scand...
Clive Davis reads desperate letter he sent to Whitney Houston in new documentary
Music News - 15 Oct 2016 01:30
The record boss urged the singer to seek help after watching her struggle through a performance at a Michael Jackson tribute.
Jenni Rivera's Kids Talk New Reality Show 'The Riveras': 'We're Using This Platform to Show Who We Really Are'
Billboard - 15 Oct 2016 01:19
"We owe our mom more than to just be Jenni Rivera's kids," Mikey Rivera says in a candid interview with Billboard during a private...
Review: A Composer's Mystical Music Gets the Space It Demands
The New York Times - 15 Oct 2016 01:14
The New York Philharmonic performed works by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho inside the Park Avenue Armory's cavernous drill hall.
Hillary Clinton holds fundraiser in Seattle
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2016 01:13
Hillary Clinton supporters stood in a long, rain-soaked line to attend a fundraising event at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. The Democratic presidential nominee appeared at a rally Friday afternoon featuring an …