Archive for January 18th, 2011
Remembering Don Kirshner, Who Influenced Pop From the Brill Building to Bubblegum
January 18th, 2011
Most music fans knew Don Kirshner who died Jan 17 at age 76 of heart failure as the straight-faced host of Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert the rock TV show that ran between 1973 and 1981 But Kirshner was more than just a TV presence — he was also an illustrious...
Listen: R.E.M.’s New Song ‘Mine Smell Like Honey’
January 18th, 2011
"Mine Smell Like Honey" the first official single from REM's forthcoming album Collapse Into Now finds each member of the trio playing to long-established strengths Peter Buck's guitar parts alternate between the jangle of 1984's Reckoning and the crunch of 1996's New Adventures in Hi-Fi while Michael Stipe sings some...
Digest: Robert Plant Announces Tour; Melissa Etheridge Joins ‘American Idiot’
January 18th, 2011
Robert Plant Hits the Road Robert Plant has announced that he is taking his Grammy-nominated Band of Joy out on the road for an American tour beginning in April The band will be playing large theaters mainly in the Midwest and on the West Coast [RobertPlantcom] Melissa Etheridge Joins...
Bob Dylan Signs Six-Book Deal
January 18th, 2011
Bob Dylan has signed a six-book deal with Simon & Schuster according to Crain's New York Business encompassing two sequels to his acclaimed 2004 book Chronicles Volume One as well as another book based on dialogue from his Sirius/XM radio show Theme Time Radio Hour It's unclear what the other three...
Video: Kid Rock’s Star-Studded Birthday Concert Extravaganza
January 18th, 2011
Kid Rock kicked off his “Born Free” tour Saturday night in Detroit with a massive 40th birthday celebration at Ford Field in front of a hometown crowd of around 60000 Over the course of the evening Rock was joined on stage by Sheryl Crow Martina McBride Rev Run Peter Wolf...
Exclusive Stream: New Dropkick Murphys Song ‘Memorial Day’
January 18th, 2011
Click to listen to the Dropkick Murphys' "Memorial Day" The Dropkick Murphys' seventh album Going Out In Style is the story of Cornelius an Irish immigrant in America The record begins with the character's raucous Irish wake and then flashes back to the beginning of his story covering all the...
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman Welcome Baby Girl
January 18th, 2011
Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman kept a pretty big secret from reporters at Sunday's Golden Globe Awards they're the proud parents of a new baby girl PHOTOS What all the stars wore at the Globes Born December 28 at Nashville's Centennial Women's Hospital newborn Faith Margaret Kidman Urban joins the couple's...
Brill Building Publisher Don Kirshner Dead at 76
January 18th, 2011
Don Kirshner the music industry impresario who established the Brill Building group of songwriters in the Sixties and later hosted a weekly live music television program called Don Kirshner's Rock Concert has died at the age of 76 Obituary Remembering Don Kirshner Who Influenced Pop From the Brill Building to BubblegumKirshner...
Britney Spears’ New Song Setting Records
January 18th, 2011
Britney Spears' "Hold It Against Me" is shaping up to be a very big hit After setting a record for first-day airplay the single is now tied with Madonna's 1998 hit "Frozen" for the second-highest launch in the Billboard Pop Songs chart's history eclipsed only by Mariah Carey's "Dreamlover" in...
Digest: The Strokes Announce Release Date; Lady Gaga to Debut Song at Paris Fashion Week
January 18th, 2011
The Strokes Announce Album Release DateThe release date for The Strokes' still-untitled fourth album has been confirmed as March 22nd This is the same date that was previously rumored based on a leaked memo from the band's record label [Pitchfork] Lady Gaga Previews New Music In ParisLady Gaga announced in a...