Matches: 225 Page 1 of 3 [Next]
|
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 12/19/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Shaboozey, who's received four Grammy nominations of his own and two shared nods, chats with Holly Gleason about his back story, influences and musical/cultural impact. Grammys, Shaboozey |
|
| Date: 09/19/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Andrew Watt and Chad Smith reprised their cover band, Smith & Watt Steakhouse, for a raucous, sold-out show at New York's Brooklyn Bowl with a little help from Jimmy Fallon, Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes and The Roots' Black Thought. Andrew Watt, Chad Smith, Brooklyn Bowl, Peter Shapiro, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Robinson, The Black Crowes, The Roots, Black Thought, Robert Randolph, Monte Lipman, Scooter Braun |
|
| Date: 06/28/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Ninety-one-year-old Willie Nelson and 78-year-old Neil Young have modified their summer touring plans due to illness, and Pearl Jam scrapped a big London show this weekend with Eddie Vedder under the weather. Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson, Neil Young, Crazy Horse, Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, Don Muller |
|
| Date: 05/08/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Producer, engineer and musician Steve Albini, one of the most prominent and outspoken figures in the American underground rock scene of the last 40 years, has died. Steve Albini, Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Shellac |
|
| Date: 02/27/2024 Section: Rumor Mill The 2024 Outlaw Music Festival Tour will feature Willie Nelson & Family, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and John Mellencamp. Outlaw Music Festival Tour, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp, Live Nation |
|
| Byline: Miles Marshall Lewis Date: 02/23/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Consider this a bonus track: Though it doesn't appear in our recently published Black History Month special dedicated to producers, writer Miles Marshall Lewis' portrait of Isaac Hayes as a sonic architect definitely belongs in the mix. |
|
|
|
| Byline: Keith Murphy Date: 02/22/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Prince's one-man-band compulsion established an archetype―the lone-wolf super-producer―that would inspire solo studio wizards like Teddy Riley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and Timbaland. Keith Murphy brings up all the faders in this selection from our Black History Month special issue. Prince, Warner Brothers, Black History Month |
|
| Date: 02/05/2024 Section: Rumor Mill Taylor takes AOTY, Miley wins ROTY, Victoria is BNA and... 66th Grammy Awards |
|
| Date: 03/14/2023 Section: Music City Willie Nelson, Mark Rothbaum, Keith Wortman, Blackbird Presents and Live Nation have rolled out the first 16 dates on the 2023 Outlaw Music Festival Tour in honor of Nelson's 90th birthday. The initial run kicks off on 6/23 at the Somerset Amphitheater in Somerset, Wisc. and ends on 8/13 at the ... |
|
| Date: 03/14/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Live Nation has rolled out the first 16 dates of the Outlaw Music Festival tour honoring Willie Nelson's 90th birthday. Willie Nelson, Live Nation, Outlaw Music Festival Tour, Legacy Recordings, Blackbird Presents |
|
| Byline: Danyel Smith Date: 02/16/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Leontyne Price, the first Black woman to gain international fame as an opera singer—a true diva—was born in February of 1927 and so missed being born into soul-slaughtering, cotton-picking Mississippi slavery by 63 years. But, as Danyel Smith writes in this excerpt from her award-winning book, it was in her blood. Leontyne Price, Danyel Smith |
|
| Date: 01/13/2023 Section: Rumor Mill Jeff Beck, one of the most innovative and influential guitarists of the rock era, died Tuesday at the age of 78 following a sudden illness. The tributes are pouring in. Jeff Beck |
|
|
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 12/30/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Our own Holly Gleason breaks down this year's Country Grammy categories. Grammy Awards, Recording Academy, Willie Nelson, Maren Morris, Kelsea Ballerini, Cody Johnson, Brothers Osborne, Taylor Swift, Zach Bryan, Ashley McBryde, Chris Stapleton, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert |
|
| Date: 11/28/2022 Section: Rumor Mill We’ll keep this info readily accessible throughout the voting process for your reference. Take two Ibuprofen every four hours and scroll as needed. 65th Grammy Awards nominations |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 11/18/2022 Section: Rumor Mill After years of glaring omissions in the Grammys' country nominations, it seems the Academy has drawn closer to Nashville’s actual creative community. Grammys, Zach Bryan, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Miranda Lambert, CMAs, ACMs, Willie Nelson, Faith Hill, Rodney Crowell, Chris Stapleton, Alison Krauss, Robert Plant, Reba, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Lori McKenna, Cody Johnson, Brothers Osborne, Ingrid Andress, Sam Hunt, Kelsea Ballerini, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce |
|
| Date: 10/18/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Robert Gordon, the punk-rock singer who became a pivotal figure in the rockabilly revival, died Tuesday at the age of 75. His label, Cleopatra Records, announced his death. Robert Gordon, obit |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 09/15/2022 Section: Rumor Mill BMI VP Creative Clay Bradley (l) and CEO Mike O'Neill bestow the org's Troubadour Award on the great Lucinda Williams. Holly Gleason reports on the stirring event, as well as the subsequent Americana Awards. Lucinda Williams, Mike O'Neill, Clay Bradley, John Prine, John Hiatt, Robert Earl Keen, Robert Plant, Dwight Yoakam, Mike Campbell, Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy, Elizabeth Cook, Bill Bentley, Al Bell, the Fairfield Four, Don Williams, Chris Isaak, The Indigo Girls, Billy Strings, Allison Russell, Sierra Hull, The War and Treaty, Buddy Miller, Don Was, Larry Campbell, Jen Gunderman, Brady Blade, McCrary Sisters, Milk Carton Kids, Jackson Browne, Phosphorescent, Neil Young, Lyle Lovett, Bill Payne, Little Feat |
|
| Date: 07/08/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Cherrytree Music's The Last Bandoleros, whose new set, Tex Flex, is out now, performed with rock icon Sting in Italy. There the group presented him with a branded poncho. He accepted this gift graciously, though he declined to wear one of manager Martin Kierszenbaum's branded fanny packs. The Last Bandoleros, Sting, The BossHoss, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Martin Kierszenbaum |
|
|
|
| Date: 07/01/2022 Section: Rumor Mill While the U.S. celebrates independence Day, the U.K. will be focused on Adele, who gives her first U.K. performances since 2017 at AEG Presents’ BST Hyde Park festival Friday and Saturday night. The Rolling Stones perform on 7/3. Adele, AEG Presents, BST Hyde Park, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Eagles, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Pearl Jam, Duran Duran |
|
| Date: 06/30/2022 Section: Music City The Last Bandoleros, aka Diego Navaira, Emilio Navaira Jr. and Jerry Fuentes, are bringing a fresh mix of rock, pop and Latin music to their latest album, Tex Flex. Out today (6/30), the set arrives in tandem with a newly announced world tour, which includes dates opening for the likes of Sting, Ro... |
|
| Byline: I.B. Bad Date: 06/08/2022 Section: Rumor Mill I.B. Bad on Harry's unbelievable hot streak and the Hyde Park and Glastonbury lineups. Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Adele, Paul McCartney, Eagles, Pearl Jam, Duran Duran, Kendrick Lamar, Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo, Kacey Musgraves, Noel Gallagher, Herbie Hancock, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Diana Ross, Crowded House, Supergrass |
|
| Date: 05/17/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Allison Russell, Yola and Brandi Carlile have secured three nominations each for the 21st annual Americana Music Association’s Americana Honors & Awards. |
|
| Date: 02/25/2022 Section: Rumor Mill The single Lil Durk released on Tuesday, “AHHH HA” (Alamo), sits atop the Apple Music songs chart this Flipover Friday, while the iTunes Top 10 is awash in nostalgia. Lil Durk, Tears for Fears, Avril Lavigne, Scorpions, Dashboard Confessional, Kodak Black, Apple Music, iTunes |
|
| Date: 01/11/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Tool, J. Cole, Stevie Nicks and The Chicks will top the bill of the 2022 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, scheduled for 6/16-19 in Manchester, Tenn. Tool, J. Cole, Stevie Nicks, The Chicks, Bonnaroo |
|
|
|
| Date: 01/06/2022 Section: Rumor Mill Word has it that Bruce Springsteen intends to move his planned tour with the E Street Band—including a rumored Desert Trip headlining spot—from 2022 to 2023. Nothing official had been announced... Bruce Springsteen, The E Street Band, Paul Tollett, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page |
|
| Date: 01/04/2022 Section: critics_choice By Bud Scoppa For some of us, making lists of the movies, TV series, books and records that capture our attention is more than a pastime—it’s an addictive way of expressing ourselves through our taste. In that sense, my interactive relationship with music has changed very little over... |
|
| Date: 12/20/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Adele's 30 is on course for another week at #1 on the album chart, while Ed Sheeran and Elton John connect with LadBaby for a charity Christmas collab climbing up the singles chart. Adele, U.K. charts, Official Albums, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, LadBaby, Columbia, Michael Buble, Rod Stewart |
|
| Date: 11/26/2021 Section: Blighty Beat Adele’s 30 (Columbia) has scored the biggest opening week of 2021 and registered the most first-week sales for an album in four years on the U.K. Official Albums chart. Her domination of the charts continues at singles where she has #1 (“Easy On Me”), #2 (“Oh My God”) a... |
|
| Date: 11/26/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Adele’s 30 (Columbia) has scored the biggest opening week of 2021 and registered the most first-week sales on the U.K. Official Albums chart of any album in the last four years. Her domination of the charts continues… Adele, 30, Oasis, D-Bock Europe, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Official Albums chart |
|
| Date: 11/22/2021 Section: Blighty Beat Adele’s 30 (Columbia) has outsold the rest of the U.K. Official Albums’ Top 40 combined as her fourth full-length eyes a shot at the year’s biggest opening week. Three of 30’s singles have a bead on #1 as well. At the midweek mark, 30 has logged 167k chart sales, 37k shy of ... |
|
|
|
| Date: 11/22/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Adele’s 30 (Columbia) has outsold the rest of the U.K. Official Albums’ Top 40 combined as her fourth full-length eyes a shot at the year’s biggest opening week. Three of 30’s singles have a bead on #1 as well. Adele, Oasis, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Elbow, James Blunt, Bruce Springsteen, D-Block Europe, Official Albums Chart |
|
| Date: 11/19/2021 Section: Rumor Mill What could be a better pre-Thanksgiving treat than a new Adele album? 30 (Columbia) has been #1 at iTunes since the clock struck midnight on Flipover Friday and… |
|
| Date: 10/29/2021 Section: Blighty Beat Eagles have joined the British Summer Time Hyde Park lineup for 2022, bringing their 50th anniversary tour to AEG Presents’ London festival on 6/26. They will be joined by special guests Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, alongside other already announced headliners Adele, Elton John, Pearl Jam and Duran Duran. Hyde Park is the final stop on the band’s European tour, which includes Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium, Edinburgh’s BT Murrayfield Stadium and Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Tickets for the BST date and Eagles 2022 U.K. and European tour dates go on sale 9am on 11/5. |
|
| Date: 10/29/2021 Section: Rumor Mill The Eagles have joined the British Summer Time Hyde Park lineup for 2022, bringing their 50th anniversary tour to AEG Presents’ London festival on 6/26. Eagles, British Summer Time Hyde Park, AEG Presents |
|
| Date: 08/12/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Robert Plant & Alison Krauss have reunited for Raise the Roof, the follow-up to their Grammy-winning Raising Sand from 2007. Warner Music will release the new set on 11/19 with a tour to follow in 2022. Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, T Bone Burnett |
|
| Date: 04/15/2021 Section: Rumor Mill Warner Music Group and Spotify will develop a series of original podcasts built on stories about WMG’s hit songs, artists and songwriters. Warner Music Group, Spotify, Podcasts, BLK in America |
|
|
|
| Byline: I.B. Bad Date: 03/17/2021 Section: Rumor Mill I.B. Bad's conclusions about the current marketshare race, the catalog gold rush and more. John Janick, Monte Lipman, Merck Mercuriadis, Larry Mestel, Irving Azoff, Olivia Rodrigo, Spotemgotten, Kali Uchis, Morgan Wallen, Pop Smoke, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Herb Alpert, Elton John, Steely Dan, the Eagles, The Police, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, blink-182, Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eminem, David Crosby, Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, various Eagles, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Carole King, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Bernie Taupin, Queen, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Eagles |
|
| Date: 12/24/2020 Section: Rumor Mill We asked Hipgnosis head and disruptor extraordinaire Merck Mercuriadis about the state of play in catalog deals, the notion of "song management" and how writers get paid. And we got an earful. |
|
| Date: 12/14/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Feel like singing some carols? Join Nile Rodgers as he hosts The Stars Come Out to Sing at Christmas (12/15). The lineup is appropriately star-studded. Nile Rodgers, CHIC, Rod Stewart, Tony Bennett, Robbie Williams, Neil Young, Hipgnosis, Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff |
|
| Date: 12/08/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Sony Music’s merchandising division, The Thread Shop, will acquire the U.K.-based independent music-merchandising company Probity Europe. Sony Music, The Thread Shop, Probity Europe |
|
| Date: 11/23/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Warner Music Group saw double-digit digital revenue growth in its fiscal 2020, rising to $2.9b, representing nearly two thirds of the company’s income. Despite the effects of the pandemic, the fiscal fourth quarter—the summer months—broke even with the same period a year earlier. Warner Music Group, financial results, Steve Cooper |
|
| Date: 08/28/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Julien's Auctions is holding an exclusive auction to support MusiCares and its ongoing efforts to provide aid to the music community. Taking place live in Beverly Hills and online (9/9), the collection includes a wide range of items from musicians and entertainers. Advanced bidding is now open. MusiCares |
|
|
|
| Byline: Keith Murphy Date: 07/27/2020 Section: Rumor Mill Journalist, author and commentator Keith Murphy explores a new jazz supergroup—with a Kendrick Lamar connection—that manages to address racism and other serious issues while steering clear of "long-ass solos." jazz, Crush Management, Dinner Party, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, 9thWonder, Robert Glasper, Chick Corea, Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, 2 Chainz, Rapsody, Anderson .Paak, Destiny's Child, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, Terrence Blanchard, Gerald Wilson, Wayne Shorter, Roy Hargrove, Snoop Dogg, Lalah Hathaway, Stevie Wonder |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 06/15/2020 Section: Rumor Mill The nominees for the 19th annual Americana Honors & Awards are a diverse bunch in several respects, notes Holly Gleason. |
|
| Date: 09/23/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Led Zeppelin's 1971 opus "Stairway to Heaven" is back in court, with a hearing underway in a San Francisco 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... |
|
| Date: 05/17/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Joe Litvag has joined Blackbird Presents as a partner and in the newly created post of President of Live Entertainment. From his New York base, he’ll oversee all of Blackbird’s live projects, including Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival Tour. The lineup includes Willie, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Avett Brothers, Robert Plant, Bonnie Raitt and Luke Combs. |
|
| Date: 05/08/2019 Section: Rumor Mill A Led Zeppelin documentary from the team behind the PBS doc American Epic is now in post-production and will be offered for sale at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. |
|
| Date: 03/20/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Woodstock 50 has announced its full lineup, which features contemporary acts cheek-by-jowl with veterans of Woodstock '69. |
|
|
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 01/18/2019 Section: Rumor Mill If Black Panther wins Album of the Year, as your Grammy Nerds have fearlessly predicted, it will become the third rap album to take that marquee award. That's a little light for a genre that has been at the forefront of contemporary music for more than three decades. |
|
| Date: 01/14/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Fashion designer/label-chief John Varvatos and NYC real estate broker Greg Williamson present the third annual LOVE ROCKS NYC benefit concert for God's Love We Deliver. The star-studded event will take place at the Beacon Theatre on 3/7. |
|
| Date: 01/11/2019 Section: Post Toasted By Karen GlauberWelcome back, my friends, to the release schedule that never ends! Since we last convened, the Top 10 at Alt radio hasn’t moved at all. One exception is lovelytheband, whose “broken” got even bigger—after 59 weeks on the chart!—while follow-up “The... |
|
| Byline: Lenny Beer and Paul Grein Date: 01/11/2019 Section: Rumor Mill Grammy Nerds Lenny Beer and Paul Grein each decided to make two predictions each for the marquee categories: one if the voters decide and the other if the secret committee decides. |
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 01/08/2019 Section: Rumor Mill When the Grammy nominations were announced last month, two artists who won Album of the Year with their last releases weren't even nominated... |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 11/15/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Every now and then, the old guard gets up on its hind legs and votes. When they do, the result is music that drives, with quality songwriting, musicianship and a certain integrity packed into the backseat. Those years have seen sweeps from Alison Krauss, O, Brother, Where Art Thou? and Chris Stapleton. At the 52nd Annual Country Music Association Awards... |
|
|
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 10/31/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Nominations in the rock field are reviewed by a committee of Grammy insiders... |
|
| Date: 08/23/2018 Section: Rumor Mill The Who, Jewel, Van Morrison, Don McLean and Ed Sheeran put on a "Backyard Concert" to benefit UCLA Health and Teen Cancer America, founded by Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. |
|
| Date: 07/13/2018 Section: Rumor Mill "If I were pouring this tea for you in 1973," notes rock legend Robert Plant to WMG Recorded Music chief Max Lousada, "it would be infused with psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline and shredded bits of Anton LaVey incantations. But as it's 2018 I can assure that it's just a lovely, robust Darjeeling and has been fully vetted by corporate." In actuality, the two were united so that... |
|
| Date: 06/15/2018 Section: critics_choice By Phil Gallo Halfway through their summer tour with Train, Daryl Hall and John Oates delivered the sort of hits-packed show Thursday they have been delivering the last few years as they make their way around the country in the warmer months. That the concert was held in Madison Square Garden, wh... |
|
| Date: 04/26/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Charles Neville, the saxophonist and second oldest of the Neville Brothers, died today in Massachusetts, where he lived in Huntington. The cause was pancreatic cancer. He was 79. |
|
| Date: 02/12/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Troy Blakely, managing partner and Head of Music at Agency for the Performing Arts, has died. He was 68. |
|
|
|
| Date: 02/09/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Pat Torpey, a drummer and founding member of Mr. Big, died Wednesday from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 64. |
|
| Date: 02/06/2018 Section: Blighty Beat Keeping the light on at East West is, from left, Dan Chalmers, Paul Samuels and Angie Somerside Warner Music U.K. label East West Records has launched a new specialist imprint for mainstream entertainers, Warner Music Entertainment, with Atlantic Records A&R Paul Samuels taking on the joint ... |
|
| Date: 02/06/2018 Section: Rumor Mill Warner Music U.K. label East West Records has launched a new specialist imprint for mainstream entertainers, Warner Music Entertainment, with Atlantic Records A&R Paul Samuels taking on the joint title of VP, A&R, Atlantic & East West Records U.K. |
|
| Date: 11/15/2017 Section: critics_choice By Phil Gallo Right thinking Rock and Roll Hall of Fame voters have already checked the box next to The Zombies, nominated alongside The Cars, Eurythmics, Radiohead, Moody Blues, The Meters and 13 others. It’s their second consecutive year on a ballot, their third overall. The Zombies, forme... |
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 10/26/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Miranda Lambert is the top contender at this year’s CMA Awards, but will she take Album of the Year for the third time? Will Taylor Swift, who left country behind several years ago, win for Song of the Year? We’ll get the answers to these and other burning questions on Nov. 8. But here’s what to look for on this year’s show… |
|
| Date: 10/22/2017 Section: critics_choice Republic’s Greta Van Fleet took the stage before a packed house at L.A.’s Troubadour on Thursday night and suggested—with gusto—that big, heavy, melodic, ambitious rock music may be on the verge of a renaissance in the mainstream. The Michigan band (brothers Josh Kiszka, Jak... |
|
|
|
| Date: 10/20/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Beautiful Trauma—P!nk’s seventh studio album—has debuted at #1 on the HITS Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with a glorious 407k for RCA. What’s more, sales represent approximately 384k of that figure. |
|
| Date: 10/20/2017 Section: Rumor Mill P!nk has scored her second #1 on the U.K.’s Official Albums Chart with Beautiful Trauma (RCA) notching up 70k combined sales, 64% of which were physical purchases. That’s just 10k shy of the 80k The Truth About Love did first week in 2012. On the Official Singles Chart, Post Malone is #1 for a third week. |
|
| Date: 10/16/2017 Section: Blighty Beat P!nk looks set to land her second #1 on the U.K. Official Albums Chart with Beautiful Trauma (RCA) selling 50k combined copies at halfway stage. Robert Plant, Beck and St. Vincent are also new entries in the Top 5. Former Led Zeppelin singer Plant, whose last four albums have gone Top 5, is at #2 with his 11th solo album, Carry Fire (East West/Rhino). Liam Gallagher moves down to #3 with As You Were (Warner Bros.), followed by Beck with Colors (Virgin EMI) and St Vincent’s Masseduction (Caroline) at #5. ... Read more |
|
| Date: 10/16/2017 Section: Rumor Mill P!nk looks set to land her second #1 on the U.K. Official Albums Chart with Beautiful Trauma (RCA) selling 50k combined copies at halfway stage. Robert Plant, Beck and St. Vincent are also new entries in the Top 5. |
|
| Date: 10/13/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Rapper NF’s third album, Perception (NF Real Music/Caroline), has exceeded expectations, debuting at #1 on the Sales Plus Streaming (SPS) Chart with more than 53k. |
|
| Date: 10/13/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Friday the 13th isn’t spooking anyone about new releases—it’s a bonanza of newcomers at iTunes on flipover Friday. P!nk’s latest from RCA grabs two slots in the all-new Top 10, #1 and #4, as familiar faces dot the rest of the list. |
|
|
|
| Date: 08/18/2017 Section: critics_choice The four albums Robert Plant has released over the last decade have displayed the Led Zep singer’s affinity for folk music, both in its natural and hybrid form. One of Led Zeppelin’s great contributions to rock was its adventurous layering of musical elements culled from all corners of t... |
|
| Date: 08/18/2017 Section: Rumor Mill “The May Queen,” the first song released from Robert Plant’s upcoming Nonesuch/Warner Bros. Records album Carry Fire, incorporates gospel, blues, Middle Eastern rhythms and a deployment of the guitar in circular style that’s part raga, part Leo Kottke. It goes without saying that his voice is simply divine... |
|
| Date: 05/25/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Spotlight on Laura Swanson, Craig Marks, Gina Esposito, Michael Chase and Ruby Simone Bason. |
|
| Date: 05/18/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Chris Cornell, whose forceful vocals filled with wails and growls powered Soundgarden, a crucial component of the early Seattle grunge scene, died Wednesday night after a performance in Detroit. He was 52. |
|
| Date: 05/09/2017 Section: Music City BY HOLLY GLEASONJust six awards, that’s all that are voted on for the Americana Music Awards. Though myriad lifetime achievement awards are also presented, the roots music organization—presided over by Jed Hilly (pictured)—only sends six categories to their members for vote. This y... |
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 01/18/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Grammy whisperer Paul Grein explores Frank Ocean's recent comments on black artists and the awards competition, surveying the history and digging into the stats. |
|
|
|
| Date: 01/06/2017 Section: Rumor Mill Alison Krauss is moving over to Capitol Records, which will release her debut for the label, Windy City on 2/ 17. It is her first album without her band Union Station since 2007 Album of the Year Grammy winner Raising Sand with Robert Plant. |
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 10/24/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Let’s be honest: There are years when there is virtually no suspense about what will win the Grammy for Album of the Year. I’m thinking about the year of Tapestry or Thriller; of Songs in the Key of Life or 21. But this year, we have a contest… |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 09/23/2016 Section: Rumor Mill By the time the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the stage at The Ryman Auditorium Wednesday night (9/21) to celebrate 50 Years of Dirt and Will the Circle Be Unbroken—joined by an all-star cast of Margo Price, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Steve Earle, Parker Milsap and The Milk Carton Kids—it was clear that the future of roots music was now deeply planted and coming on strong. |
|
| Date: 06/24/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Ralph Stanley, a founding father of bluegrass and guardian of mountain music who enjoyed a late career revival with the success of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, died Thursday at his home in Sandy Ridge, Va. He was 89. |
|
| Date: 06/23/2016 Section: Rumor Mill A Los Angeles jury found today that Led Zeppelin did not steal the intro to “Stairway to Heaven” from Spirit’s “Taurus.” |
|
| Date: 06/22/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Robert Plant does not remember the people he hung out with while Led Zeppelin was touring, but he’s pretty clear about the night he and guitarist Jimmy Page started to write “Stairway to Heaven.” |
|
|
|
| Date: 06/21/2016 Section: Rumor Mill An author who has studied and chronicled how rock musicians pilfer melodies and riffs would side with Spirit in its current case against Led Zeppelin and “Stairway to Heaven.” |
|
| Date: 06/16/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Jimmy Page didn't recall owning Spirit's debut album during his first round of testimony in the Led Zeppelin plagiarism trial... |
|
| Date: 06/13/2016 Section: Rumor Mill Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are expected to reunite Tuesday in a Los Angeles courtroom rather than on the concert stage, defending the originality of their classic “Stairway to Heaven.” When the verdict is read, will the song publishing remain the same? |
|
| Date: 04/12/2016 Section: Rumor Mill "Stairway to Heaven’s" opening guitar motif is similar enough to Spirit’s “Taurus,” a U.S. District Court judge has ruled, that a jury will decide whether Robert Plant and Jimmy Page pilfered the riff. |
|
| Date: 03/14/2016 Section: iGen By Samantha HissongIf you're one to stay in the know when it comes to buzzbands, you may have been hearing talk of a brand new Icelandic band, led by a singer/songwriter who looks like an Abercrombie & Fitch model. And if you found yourself at L.A.’s Troubadour on Friday evening for an... |
|
| Date: 02/17/2016 Section: critics_choice Vinyl is driven by caricature rather that fully crafted characters, but there are conceivable truths in this series that warrant exploration. |
|
|
|
| Date: 11/19/2015 Section: Rumor Mill A&R specialist David Bither has been chosen to succeed longtime Nonesuch chief Bob Hurwitz, WMG announced this morning. He’ll become Co-President of the label as of Jan. 1. |
|
| Date: 11/17/2015 Section: Rumor Mill In this lively discussion with a primary focus on the talent sector, a number of ranking label execs weigh in—and in several cases respectfully agree to disagree. The label chiefs are also afforded the opportunity to hype their own acts and company cultures; some wax enthusiastically and at length; others cut to the chase. Veteran exec Roger Ames, who’s been there, done that, lends his perspective on the big-picture topics. |
|
| Date: 11/11/2015 Section: Rumor Mill The U.K. music market may be comparatively small to its sister stateside, but what it lacks in size it makes up in prowess. Evidence of which has been proven by the three chieftains—UMG’s David Joseph, Sony Music’s Jason Iley and Warner’s Max Lousada—who have ascended in parallel since entering the music business in the ’90s and now boast a multitude of worldwide successes among them. |
|
| Byline: Paul Grein Date: 11/03/2015 Section: Rumor Mill We all know that Taylor Swift's 1989 is the favorite to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. HITS' own Grammy whisperer, Paul Grein, explains why and delves into just how big that moment would be. |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 09/14/2015 Section: Rumor Mill Jed Hilly, the Americana Music Association's Executive Director, has watched the once-tiny org turn into one of the nation’s premiere gatherings of organic music lovers. Hard to believe the tireless Hilly, who’s been working 80-hour weeks leading up to this week's Americana Conference and Festival, slowed down long enough to talk to HITS’ fast-talking Holly Gleason. |
|
| Byline: Holly Gleason Date: 06/17/2015 Section: Rumor Mill The dust has settled over the fields of Manchester after Ashley Capps' AC Entertainment and Superfly brought the motley tribes “back to the farm” for Bonnaroo 2015, a music tastemakers’ paradise. |
|
|
|
| Date: 05/09/2015 Section: The B-Side WHAT IT IS: Lead singer and band namesake Dorothy Martin kicks it up a notch with the help of Mark Jackson on guitar, Greg Cash on bass and Zac Morris on drums. Rolling Stone describes the L.A.-based rock act’s sound as “menacing and electric, with Dorothy’s vocals—which bri... |
|
| Date: 04/21/2015 Section: Rumor Mill Yesterday we offered you a bit of personal testimony from Record Store Day. It appears business was booming across the land, as evidenced by a report from Austin’s Waterloo Records... |
|
| Date: 04/09/2015 Section: critics_choice Record Store Day is coming, bitches! Warner Bros. offers special-edition vinyl from Robert Plant (with a bit of Zep magic), Big Data f/Joywave (with wicked-cool floppy-disk artwork), Echosmith, The Flaming Lips, Tegan & Sara and more. We're talking runs in the low thousands, so snap 'em up while you're able. See the whole batch here. |
|
| Date: 03/22/2015 Section: Rumor Mill During his Lollapalooza Argentina set, Third Man/Columbia's Jack White brought out the legendary Robert Plant for some Zeppelin thunder. |
|
Matches: 225 Page 1 of 3 [Next] |
|