Elvis Presley‘s black-leather “’68 Comeback Special” premiered 50 years ago last month. Today, on what would have been Presley’s 84th birthday, NBC announces a new special in honor of the entertainer: Elvis All-Star Tribute will air Sunday, February 17th. Hosted by The Voice coach Blake Shelton, the two-hour show features …
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The Chemical Brothers give fans a mosh-pit view of their live spectacle in the duo’s video for “MAH,” a new song off their recently announced album No Geography. The Marcus Lyall-directed visual for the track was filmed at the Chemical Brothers’ recent sold-out concerts in London. The infectious dance song …
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On a punishingly hot day in August of 1963, Darlene Love walked into L.A.’s Gold Star Studios with producer Phil Spector to lay down the vocals for a new song he’d just written with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich called “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” It had the ill-fortune of …
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It’s been three years since Drake White released “Livin’ the Dream,” a radio hit whose mix of old and new traditions — the descending chord progression worthy of the Beatles, mixed with the rapid-fire vocal delivery of a modern-day country single — seemed appropriate for a star who didn’t mind …
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“Holy shit, right?” Brandi Carlile asks, speaking with Rolling Stone a few short hours after learning about her six nominations for the 61st annual Grammy Awards, including Song, Album and Record of the Year. Carlile’s six nominations tie the singer with producer Boi-1DA for the third-most nominations of any artist …
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Rufus Wainwright is nearly half his life away from the start of his recording career, but at the Beacon Theatre on Tuesday night, songs from his first two full-length LPs sounded like they were written and recorded just that day. The show was part of the Canadian singer-songwriter’s All These …
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It’s a humid evening in late May when singer-guitarist Emir Mohsseni takes the stage at New York’s Mercury Lounge. He and his Brooklyn-based group, the Muckers, are opening for Mexico City’s Rey Pila, and as the Thursday night crowd shuffles in, several seem impressed by the danceable psych-rock coming from …
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