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• Rascal Flatts Tap Craig Wayne Boyd to Open Las Vegas Residency Shows

  12-01-2015 23:53 via rollingstone.com
  
  Craig Wayne Boyd, who shot to country stardom as the winner of NBC's The Voice last month, is now headed to Las Vegas to be the opening act for Rascal Flatts' "Vegas Riot!" residency at the Joint, a 4,500-seat venue inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
  
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• The Who, Elton John Lead New Orleans Jazz Fest Lineup

  12-01-2015 23:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is routinely one of the most diverse annual music fests, and the 2015 incarnation boasts one of its strongest lineups yet as the Who, Elton John, No Doubt, Widespread Panic, Keith Urban and Jimmy Buffett have all been enlisted as headliners across the fest's seven days....
  
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• George Jones Estate Unveils Museum Plans, Signature 'White Lightning' Moonshine

  12-01-2015 22:39 via rollingstone.com
  
  The George Jones Museum is inching closer to reality. This morning at a press conference in Nashville, Jones' widow Nancy Jones revealed the floor plans for the facility, which is set to open April 24th, around the two-year anniversary of his death on April 26th, 2013. The requisite gift shop...
  
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• Supergroup the Word Announce Long-Awaited Second LP

  12-01-2015 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Word – an improvisational gospel-jazz supergroup featuring pedal-steel guitarist Robert Randolph, keyboardist John Medeski and all three North Mississippi Allstars (guitarist Luther Dickinson, drummer Cody Dickinson and bassist Chris Chew) – will release their second studio album, Soul Food, on May 5th via Vanguard Records. The 12-track LP is the...
  
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• Robert Randolph-Led Supergroup the Word Announce Long-Awaited Second LP

  12-01-2015 21:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Word – an improvisational gospel-jazz supergroup featuring pedal-steel guitarist Robert Randolph, keyboardist John Medeski and all three North Mississippi Allstars (guitarist Luther Dickinson, drummer Cody Dickinson and bassist Chris Chew) – will release their second studio album, Soul Food, on May 5th via Vanguard Records. The 12-track LP is the...
  
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• To Kill A King release 'Love Is Not Control' video @ToKillAKing #ToKillAKing

  12-01-2015 21:16 via music-news.com
  
  Having announced their brand new self-titled album last week, To Kill A King are back on screen for their wrestling themed video for new single
  
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• To Kill A King release 'Love Is Not Control' video

  12-01-2015 21:16 via music-news.com
  
  Having announced their brand new self-titled album last week, To Kill A King are back on screen for their wrestling themed video for new single
  
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• Williams: Beyoncé’s not pregnant!

  12-01-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Michelle Williams has shot down rumours that her former Destiny’s Child bandmate is expecting her second child.
  
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• Swift ‘avoids Gyllenhaal at after party’

  12-01-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift was reportedly keen to avoid her famous former beau on the dancefloor at a post-Golden Globes soiree.
  
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• Pono Engineers: We Offer “No Significant Technical Advantage Over CD-Quality…”

  12-01-2015 20:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  That’s according to the New York Post, which is reporting that multiple Pono ‘product engineers’ are now questioning their own fidelity. “Product engineers for the...
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• Ronnie Milsap to Be Focus of Country Hall of Fame Exhibit

  12-01-2015 20:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Country-pop superstar — and recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee — Ronnie Milsap will be the subject of a new exhibit at the Nashville museum. Opening February 6th, "Ronnie Milsap: A Legend in My Time" will take a closer look at the lengthy career of the artist who arrived in Nashville...
  
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• 'Uptown Funk' takes Mark Ronson up the pop charts, and more

  12-01-2015 20:34
  
  Mark Ronson has multiple Grammy Awards and the current No. 1 song in the U.S. and U.K. Still, he had to agree when a photographer recently called him "the white guy in the Bruno Mars video."
  
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• Zac Brown Band's Spirited 'Homegrown' Is First Step in Global Mission

  12-01-2015 20:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  Today's surprise release of "Homegrown," the jubilant new single by Zac Brown Band, marks the official start of a new chapter for the Grammy-winning group. (Listen to the track below.) It's the first taste of their next album, tentatively due in spring, which Brown says will have "a little bit...
  
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• Taylor Swift Created the Biggest Subscriber Gain In Spotify’s History…

  12-01-2015 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Taylor Swift boycotted Spotify in November, and landed the best-selling album of 2014.  But maybe all that drama is helping Spotify, big time: according to data triumphantly...
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• Coalition announces effort to preserve Nashville's Music Row

  12-01-2015 19:37 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fresh off their successful effort to prevent the demolition of a Nashville studio that once recorded the likes of Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings, advocates want to include all of the city's Music Row area in their preservation efforts.
  
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• Is Beyonce pregnant?

  12-01-2015 19:34
  
  The 33-year-old superstar and wife of Jay-Z was covered in sand in the photo, with her belly looking especially round and large. Beyonce and Mr. Beyonce just celebrated their daughter Blue Ivy's third birthday Jan. 7. The family recently vacationed in Cambodia and Thailand.
  
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• Hear Kelly Clarkson's Pulse-Racing New 'Heartbeat Song'

  12-01-2015 18:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Following a year spent largely out of the spotlight to start a family, Kelly Clarkson has returned with a new single dubbed "Heartbeat Song." The uptempo track is the singer's first since becoming a mother this past June. Clarkson also revealed to the Elvis Duran Morning Show that her seventh album will be titled Piece...
  
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• Tim Drummond, Bassist for Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dead at 74

  12-01-2015 18:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Journeyman bassist Tim Drummond, who performed with Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash and Bob Dylan among many more rock legends, passed away January 10th, the St. Louis County, Missouri coroner's office confirmed to Rolling Stone. No cause of death was given but investigators revealed there was no trauma. 
  
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• Review: Album celebrates music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'

  12-01-2015 17:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Various artists, "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis'" (Nonesuch)
  
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• Eric Church Expands Tour, Adds Drive-By Truckers, Cadillac Three

  12-01-2015 17:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Following a record-breaking homecoming show in Nashville this past weekend, Eric Church has announced 27 additional dates to his Outsiders World Tour. The trek will hit such major markets as Washington, D.C., Tampa and Boston, along with a string of shows in Canada.
  
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• Marilyn Manson's Eerie New LP 'The Pale Emperor' Now Streaming

  12-01-2015 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Marilyn Manson's ninth LP, The Pale Emperor, is out January 20th, but fans can absorb its bluesy guitar riffs, swampy synths and menacing yelps one week early. The 10-track album is available to stream at Genius, accompanied by the singer's typically mordant lyrics. 
  
  Manson created The Pale Emperor in collaboration with Tyler Bates, a musician best...
  
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• 2015 ACM Awards' New Artist of the Year Semi-Finalists Revealed

  12-01-2015 17:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  For the first time in its 50-year history, the Academy of Country Music is partnering with CMT (Country Music Television) to give country fans the opportunity to vote for the ACM New Artist of the Year. The eight semi-finalists who will be vying for the award were voted on by...
  
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• Hear 'Halloween' Director John Carpenter's Ominous New Song 'Night'

  12-01-2015 16:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  John Carpenter has long been known for creating eerie, engaging soundtracks to match his unsettling and action-packed movies like Halloween and Escape From New York. Recently, he used that approach to making an ominous, stand-alone album, Lost Themes – due out February 3rd – which serves as home to "Night,"...
  
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• 5 Classic West Coast Rap Albums Turning 20 in 2015

  12-01-2015 16:20
  
  While 1994 was undeniably a great year for hip-hop, fans have plenty of 20th anniversaries to celebrate this year as well. Whether getting "Sumpin' New" from the mainstream or seeing boundaries pushed until they "bounce" in the underground, 1995 had something for everybody and its influence is still being felt today.
  
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• Huey Morgan to join Pee Wee Ellis at Ronnie Scott's

  12-01-2015 16:14 via music-news.com
  
  A key member of the legendary James Brown great funk band in the 60’s, saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis arranged and co-wrote many
  
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• Céline 'postpones residency plans'

  12-01-2015 16:00 via music-news.com
  
  Céline Dion allegedly won't be back to her Vegas residency until late this year.
  
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• Lucy Rose tour dates @lucyrosemusic

  12-01-2015 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  Lucy Rose is set to play her first headline UK tour in 18 months this spring.
  
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• Lucy Rose tour dates

  12-01-2015 15:30 via music-news.com
  
  Lucy Rose is set to play her first headline UK tour in 18 months this spring.
  
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• The High return for Gigantic

  12-01-2015 15:18 via music-news.com
  
  As Manchester Academy gears up to play host to the biggest line up of classic indie this May Bank Holiday, the Gigantic Indie All Dayer 2015 Vol 2,
  
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• Slaves release new video

  12-01-2015 15:09 via music-news.com
  
  Slaves will hit the road next month for the NME Awards Tour, joining Palma Violets, Fat White Family and Amazing Snakeheads.
  
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• Slaves new video released @Slaves #Slaves

  12-01-2015 15:09 via music-news.com
  
  Slaves will hit the road next month for the NME Awards Tour, joining Palma Violets, Fat White Family and Amazing Snakeheads.
  
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• Django Django announce new single 'First Light'

  12-01-2015 13:40 via music-news.com
  
  Scottish four-piece Django Django burst onto the scene in 2012 with their triumphant self-titled debut record, which was universally
  
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• Morrissey announces UK tour dates

  12-01-2015 12:40 via music-news.com
  
  Morrissey has confirmed his first full UK tour since 2011.
  
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• Funeral For A Friend release new video & album sampler @ffaf

  12-01-2015 12:10 via music-news.com
  
  With their highly anticipated seventh studio album Chapter and Verse set for release on January 19th, Funeral For A Friend
  
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• Funeral For A Friend release new video & album sampler

  12-01-2015 12:10 via music-news.com
  
  With their highly anticipated seventh studio album Chapter and Verse set for release on January 19th, Funeral For A Friend
  
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• Lena Dunham: Swift come to Girls!

  12-01-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Lena Dunham wants Taylor Swift to join the cast of Girls.
  
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• Noel Gallagher on Oasis musical

  12-01-2015 10:16 via music-news.com
  
  Noel Gallagher was on the XFM Breakfast show with Jon Holmes this morning, ahead of the first play of new single 'The Ball of the Mighty
  
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• Jimmy Somerville to unleash homage to disco

  12-01-2015 10:08 via music-news.com
  
  Iconic singer Jimmy Somerville has announced the release of his sixth solo album Homage on 9th March 2015. The record
  
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• Sam Smith returns to top of UK chart

  12-01-2015 09:50 via music-news.com
  
  Sam Smith ‘In The Lonely Hour’ is once again the number one album in the UK.
  
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• Common and John Legend win Golden Globe for Glory

  12-01-2015 09:40 via music-news.com
  
  Common and John Legend gave won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for ‘Glory’ from the movie Selma.
  
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• 'David Holt's State of Music' looks at the future of mountain music

  12-01-2015 07:50
  
  Asheville's David Holt has found many ways over the years to present mountain music to the world. He performs the music himself and helps spread the tradition of mountain music, its history and its people, through stories, photography and television.
  
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• SF Symphony's SoundBox offers an eclectic musical sampler

  12-01-2015 03:41
  
  SoundBox, the San Francisco Symphony 's new performance space and concert series, serves as a double showcase. It offers a chance to hear the orchestra's wonderful musicians in a more intimate setting than Davies Symphony Hall, and it highlights the electro-acoustic razzle-dazzle of the Meyer Sound Constellation system.
  
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• Perry’s ‘PDA with Mayer’

  12-01-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry and ex-boyfriend John Mayer reportedly went on a double date with Allison Williams and her fiancé.
  
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• Beyoncé's baby bump?

  12-01-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Beyoncé has shared a suggestive Instagram photo of a sand mound in the shape of a pregnant belly.
  
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• Beyoncé’s baby bump?

  12-01-2015 01:30 via music-news.com
  
  Beyoncé has shared a suggestive Instagram photo of a sand mound in the shape of a pregnant belly.
  
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• Sony rival Neil Young's Pono with new Walkman

  12-01-2015 01:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Sony Walkman is back and ready to shake up Neil Young’s entry into the audio device with its Hi-Res Audio sound.
  
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