The BET Awards were held on Sunday, June 27, and one Best New Artist nominee was notably absent from the tenth annual awards show: Justin Bieber. The Canadian teen pop sensation is currently in the midst of his My World Tour and explained his absence via Twitter saying, “Rolled into Milwaukee for the show today…gonna […]
Country singer Trace Adkins will release his first album for his new label, Show Dog-Universal Music-the label helmed by Toby Keith and producer/songwriter Mark Wright-on August 17. Aptly titled Cowboy’s Back in Town, the album is Adkins first after leaving Columbia Nashville, his label home for 15 years, and was co-produced by Adkins with Kenny […]
Just months after James Taylor and Carole King when back in time to celebrate forty years since their first performance at the Troubadour, the musical collaboration tour celebrated donations totaling more than $1.5 million. The announcement and monetary presentation came during their late June show at Boston’s TD Garden, marking the halfway point for their […]
How far can you push an audience before they start to push back? Lady Gaga seems willing to find out. Never a wallflower, the outrageous 24-year-old craves the spotlight, and often wears revealing or bizarre outfits that provoke stares, gawks and gasps. Her live stage shows go even further, turning clubland pop music into performance […]
If you haven’t been knocked to the floor by angst feminine rock lately, then you haven’t seen Brandi Carlile. Promoting Give up the Ghost with a slew of North American dates through the summer, this Washington native is appropriately part of the Sarah McLachlan festival Lilith Tour, a touring special that empowers female musicians. Meanwhile, […]
He may be almost 70 years old, but that hasn’t stopped former Beatle Ringo Starr from keeping fans on their toes. Though the beloved English group broke up decades ago because of internal problems, it seems that in their older ages, the remaining Beatles have decided to forget the past and live in the present. […]
For the last few months, two Taylor Swift fans have been hell-bent on their quest to get a hug from the country star, even creating a website called ahugfromtaylorswift.com. Their cialis cheap names are Ryan Leander and Michael Wekall, and Swift soon caught on to their quest. To test their devotion, Swift challenged them to […]
Bloomington, Indiana’s own all-male a cappella group likes it ‘straight no chaser,’ and starting in April the famed outfit Straight No Chaser also prefers it ‘with a twist,’ as the 10-member group has released an album of pop covers under the same name. With a Twist dropped April 13, and the classy covers album has […]
For a band that supposedly found its signature sound by sheer accident-Alice Glass and producer Ethan Kath were screwing around with some echoing mic effects – the outfit Crystal Castles has come a long way. The duo is the toast of the blogosphere, and Pitchfork in particular. Just to keep things interesting, they’ve continued to […]
The Country Music Awards is the biggest event in country music, and as you might expect, the CMA Music Festival is always packed with the country’s most ardent cowboys and cowgirls. This year will be no different, with a star-studded lineup of headlining acts. These include some of the freshest talent in the industry as […]
