Archive for September, 2010
American Made: A Q&A With Randy Houser
If you’ve ever heard “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,” you’ve heard a Randy Houser song. The Mississippi native co-wrote everybody’s favorite ode to redneck booty with Jamey Johnson and Dallas Davidson in 2005. But Houser has a far more serious side, and can write a song about anything. On his new album, They Call Me Cadillac, which [...]
Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon Perform Every Hip Hop Song Ever
If there’s two things we’ve always had trouble getting into, it’s medleys of hit songs and the recorded oeuvre of Justin Timberlake. But our respect for the former ‘N Sync artiste keeps increasing, thanks in part to his comedic performances on Saturday Night Live. And now, it’s reached new, mildly uncomfortable heights. Watch this video [...]
Neil Young’s Le Noise Film Debuts On YouTube
To accompany his latest album Le Noise, Neil Young is set to release a film of stripped-down in-studio performances, which will be included in the Blu-Ray version of the album, due in November. But you won’t have to wait that long to see it. Le Noise Film will be available exclusively on YouTube starting today, [...]
Video: Chip Taylor And Carrie Rodriguez, “Storybook Children”
Some things just go great together, especially the combination of Carrie Rodriguez and Chip Taylor. Rodriguez brings the fiddle, flash, and country sweetness, and Taylor, a veteran songwriter responsible for such hits as “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning,” brings the gravitas and hard-earned wisdom. We’re proud to debut the brand new video for [...]
The xx And Warpaint At The Chicago Theater, Chicago, 9/28/10
The xx (pictured above) perform with Warpaint at The Chicago Theater on September 28, 2010.
NBN Summit: Day 2 Of Music Conference
“Someone in this room will hopefully solve the problems in the industry” – Mark Montgomery THURSDAY Royal Treatment The Performance Rights Act, which is currently being debated on Capitol Hill, has been the subject of much debate at this year’s NBN Summit. If passed in its current form, the law would require terrestial radio stations [...]
Study Lists The Top 10 Songs That Make Men Cry
It’s okay to cry, guys. Isn’t it? UK institute PRS for Music, which collects and pays royalties to 70,000 songwriters, polled 1,700 people to find out which songs provoke manly tears among the XY set. The organization’s chairman, Ellis Rich says: “A well-written tear-jerker is one that people can relate to and empathize with. It [...]
Zac Brown Band Top The Billboard Charts, Poke Fun At Maroon 5
Country-rock upstarts Zac Brown Band had their biggest chart debut ever yesterday, when their new album, You Get What You Give, took the #1 spot, dethroning rap-metal act Linkin Park, who topped the charts last week with A Thousand Suns. The new ZBB album, which sold 153,042 copies its first week, also bowed at #1 [...]
Carlos Santana: Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
Carlos Santana Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time Arista Rating: Carlos Santana must wake up every day thanking his lucky stars for Clive Davis. For most of the past four decades, the producer/record company executive has helped keep Santana on commercial track whenever he’s wanted to veer. And it was Davis who, [...]
Tony Joe White On Performing, The White Stripes, and Shine
A young woman dances seductively in front of Tony Joe White at the Exit/In in Nashville, Tennessee. She extends her arm, snaps photos and videos on her cell phone just inches from his face. But the Swamp Fox doesn’t seem to mind. Tony Joe White’s music has a grinding, sexual heat, and his fans tend [...]
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