Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard on growing up in her family’s junkyard
We lived down a long gravel driveway, and you're driving through these woods and then you cross a bridge over a creek. And then...
Drake Becomes 4th Artist In History With #1 Billboard Album AND Single For 10 Weeks
Drake is just the fourth artist to boast an album that has led the Billboard 200 for a least 10 weeks while a single...
Billy Squier’s “Rock Me Tonite” video is even better without the music
Billy Squier's Rock Me Tonite is so 80s, it's brilliant. The song is Squier's highest charting U.S. single, peaking at number 15 on the...
Letters To The Editor written from one Steven Patrick Morrissey
The young, pre-Smiths Steven Patrick Morrissey spent quite a bit of time honing his craft for words with a touch of biting (while funny) anger...
Anthrax Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary Today
Thirty-five years ago today (July 18, 1981), the then New York-based thrash/metal band Anthrax was formed and started on the road to help change...
John Prine Set To Release For Better, Or Worse, His First Album In 17 Years
On September 30, Oh Boy Records will release John Prine’s latest, For Better, Or Worse, a duet album and follow up to the Grammy nominated In Spite...
The importance of streaming playlists on Spotify? A billion plays per week, $1 million to the music biz per...
The growing importance of streaming playlists on Spotify is highlighted in a fascinating new feature on Buzzfeed, which also reveals/reiterates some killer stats about...
1985 Ebony Magazine Reveals What Michael Jackson Will Look Like In The Year 2000
"Time can be a villain or it can be a friend. No matter which it choses to it be, it affects us all, some...
Woody Guthrie’s 33 New Year’s Resolutions
On January 1, 1943, American folk singer Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) produced a list of 33 “New Years Rulin’s”....
Bob Hope’s Packing List for a U.S.O. tour, 1969
Along with specializing in one-liners and rapid-fire delivery of jokes—which were often self-deprecating, Bob Hope was celebrated for his long career performing United Service...
iHeartRadio And NPR Strike A Deal
Some great news for anyone and everyone who falls into the talk radio category - your favorite NPR stations are coming to iHeartRadio. In...
Teens are big on streaming, smartphones and (kinda) subscriptions
The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and data partner LOOP (Lots of Online People) published their “Music & Millennials” report, the first in-depth report...
Harvesting Guitars from the Bones of New York City
Fancy playing a guitar that was literally once part of a New York City landmark? How about owning a guitar designed by a man...
Napster, rebranded from Rhapsody, is back
Remember when Napster said it was coming back? No, you didn't dream that – it's very real and it's available today for a 30-day...
