Music news

• New Music Fridays Starts Tomorrow, Whether You Like it Or Not…

  09-07-2015 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New music will officially come out on Fridays in 45 countries, starting tomorrow July 9th. The switch is the result of a decision made by the...
  The post New Music Fridays Starts Tomorrow, Whether You Like it Or Not… appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• ‘New Music Fridays’ Starts NOW, Whether You Like it Or Not…

  09-07-2015 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New music will officially come out on Fridays in 45 countries, starting tomorrow July 9th. The switch is the result of a decision made by the...
  The post ‘New Music Fridays’ Starts NOW, Whether You Like it Or Not… appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• When Labels Don’t Pay Artists, Fender Steps In

  09-07-2015 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brand support is nothing new. But most brands out there are only interested in the support of the biggest stars to maximize their exposure. Fender...
  The post When Labels Don’t Pay Artists, Fender Steps In appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Stream the Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well Chicago Shows

  09-07-2015 23:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Grateful Dead reunited last weekend for three final, sold-out shows at Chicago's Soldier Field, and now, audio from each gig is available to stream via New Hampshire radio station, WMWV.After two warm-up shows in the Bay Area, the Dead — with Trey Anastasio filling in for...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Leona Lewis: I Am empowers

  09-07-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Leona Lewis says her new record I Am featured a host of empowering songs and is the first of her albums to really reflect what she’s been going through in life.
  
  Read more

• Cody Simpson clarifies Bieber duet album

  09-07-2015 23:00 via music-news.com
  
  Cody Simpson has confirmed he and fellow pop star Justin Bieber have recorded “more than enough” songs for a full LP.
  
  Read more

• Facebook: “We Have No Plans to Launch a Streaming Service…”

  09-07-2015 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook is now denying reports that they’re planning on launching an audio streaming service, saying they have “no plans”.  The report was originally leaked to...
  The post Facebook: “We Have No Plans to Launch a Streaming Service…” appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson honoured with prestigious Gershwin

  09-07-2015 21:33 via music-news.com
  
  Willie Nelson will receive the renowned Gershwin Prize, an honour issued by the Library of Congress which recognises artists who inspire future generations.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Madonna hacker sentenced to jail

  09-07-2015 21:33 via music-news.com
  
  Adi Lederman, the man who illegally sold Madonna’s tracks after hacking into computers, has been ordered to spend over a year in jail for his offence.
  
  Read more

• Little Big Town's 'Girl Crush' Makes Chart History

  09-07-2015 21:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  Late last year, when Little Big Town first released their current single, "Girl Crush," with a smoldering lead vocal from the group's Karen Fairchild, the song's provocative lyrics were supposedly leading some country stations to ban the tune, with listeners complaining about a message they misinterpreted as being about...
  
  Read more

• Why Politicians Keep Using Songs Without Artists' Permission

  09-07-2015 21:13 via rollingstone.com
  
  In 2004, Howard Dean's staff decided "We Can," a song by country star LeAnn Rimes about achieving the impossible, was the perfect soundtrack for his presidential bid. So Joe Trippi, Dean's campaign manager, secured the rights and contacted Rimes for permission – she agreed, as long as it was a...
  
  Read more

• Hear Rayland Baxter's Tribute to 'Sugar Man' Sixto Rodriguez

  09-07-2015 20:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Mysterious cult-sensation songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, the subject of the Oscar-winning 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, was once presumed dead, but he's alive and well both at home in Detroit and in the storytelling mind of Nashville's Rayland Baxter. Off of his second album, the upcoming Imaginary...
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson becomes first country musician to score Gershwin Prize

  09-07-2015 20:50
  
  The Library of Congress has selected Willie Nelson as the 2015 recipient of its Gershwin Prize for Popular Music, making the Texas singer and songwriter the first country musician to receive the honor. "Like America itself, he has absorbed and assimilated diverse stylistic influences into his stories and songs," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said in a statement with the announcement.
  
  Read more

• Why Are These Bands Still Selling Confederate Flag Merch?

  09-07-2015 20:50 via rollingstone.com
  
  This month, America finally came to terms with the fact that proudly flying a pro-slavery flag more than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation might not be the most enlightened idea.Early this morning, South Carolina passed a bill that would make the flag as legal on government grounds as a fistful of...
  
  Read more

• This Is WAR: Spotify Tells Subscribers Not to Pay Apple’s 30% Surcharge…

  09-07-2015 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Want to enjoy Spotify on your iPhone, a platform that Apple built?  Then you have to go through the App Store, where Apple tacks an...
  The post This Is WAR: Spotify Tells Subscribers Not to Pay Apple’s 30% Surcharge… appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• This Is WAR: Spotify Tells Subscribers Not to Pay Apple’s 30% Cut…

  09-07-2015 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Want to enjoy Spotify on your iPhone, a platform that Apple built?  Then you have to go through the App Store, where Apple takes 30 percent...
  The post This Is WAR: Spotify Tells Subscribers Not to Pay Apple’s 30% Cut… appeared first on Digital Music News.
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Music

  09-07-2015 20:12 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The equal parts iconic and prolific country music star has been officially named by the US Library of Congress as the next recipient of its lifetime achievement award. Nelson will officially receive the award in Washington DC in November and a series of events are being palnned to honour the man and his work i the coming months. "Willie Nelson is a musical explorer, redrawing the boundaries of country music throughout his career," said Librarian of Congress James Billington.
  
  Read more

• Madonna Phone Hacker Sentenced to 14 Months in Jail

  09-07-2015 20:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Israeli man who was indicted on four charges of cyber crimes in association with hacking into Madonna's songs and leaking Rebel Heart tracks before the record's release has been sentenced to 14 months in jail. Adi Lederman accepted a plea bargain with a Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court...
  
  Read more

• SF Street Food Festival Announces More Chefs, Music and Awesomeness for 2015

  09-07-2015 20:00 via sf.eater.com
  
  The festival will hit the ground running for two days, August 15-16.
  
  Read more

• Patterson Hood: 'Time to Quit Rallying Around' Confederate Flag

  09-07-2015 19:49 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood called for a reclamation and celebration of Southern heritage, minus the Confederate battle flag and all it represents, in an insightful, biographical essay for The New York Times Magazine.
  A native of Florence, Alabama, Hood grew up in a traditional, conservative community known as The...
  
  Read more

• Country music acts quietly abandon Confederate flag

  09-07-2015 19:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Confederate flag was once a familiar symbol in country music, representing the rural South and the renegade spirit of artists such as David Allan Coe and Hank Williams Jr.
  
  Read more

• Facebook has "no plans" to offer music streaming

  09-07-2015 19:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The world's largest social network has officially denied reports that it is planning a Spotify competitor
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson to Receive Gershwin Prize for Songwriting

  09-07-2015 19:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  Nearly 60 years into his songwriting career, Willie Nelson has been named the next recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. He joins an all-star list of composers and performers who've received the award in years past, including Carole King, Paul McCartney and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach...
  
  Read more

• Rockers Gang of Four to lead Chinese music fest in US

  09-07-2015 18:45 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Post-punk band Gang of Four and the eclectic singer Ariel Pink will play at the second US edition of China's expanding Modern Sky Festival. Gang of Four, a veteran British group, takes its name ironically from the clique of powerful hardliners during China's Cultural Revolution, although the name's connection to the communist nation appeared to be coincidental for the festival. The Beijing festival, which started in 2007 and has rapidly grown amid a boom in live music in China, wi
  
  Read more

• Jake Owen on Exhausted Bro-Country Debate: 'It's So Annoying'

  09-07-2015 18:37 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ever since the term first appeared in 2013, it seems like all people want to talk about when country music comes up is "bro-country" – whether it's really a sub-genre, whether it's good or bad and who fits in the category. But for artists like Jake Owen, whose new single...
  
  Read more

• See Exhilarating Trailer for Roger Waters' Upcoming 'The Wall' Film

  09-07-2015 17:57 via rollingstone.com
  
  Roger Waters' 2010-2013 tour The Wall Live doesn't hit movie theaters until September 29th, but fans can get a preview of the film in this exclusive trailer showcasing Waters' breathtaking show."Roger Waters The Wall is a film that unfolds on many levels: an immersive concert experience of the seminal 1979...
  
  Read more

• Rosanne Cash to Play Rare, Intimate Shows at Country Hall of Fame

  09-07-2015 17:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rosanne Cash will join an elite group in September when she becomes the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's 2015 artist-in-residence. The singer-songwriter, who earned numerous honors, including three Grammys for her outstanding 2014 album, The River and the Thread, will present a trio of intimate performances...
  
  Read more

• Former Eagles Member Randy Meisner Allegedly Threatened Murder-Suicide

  09-07-2015 17:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner, who departed the group in 1977, has been placed under court-ordered 24-hour supervision after allegedly threatening murder-suicide with an AK-47 and pills last January. An L.A. County Superior Court judge appointed a conservator to administer the musician's prescriptions and oversee his well-being on Wednesday...
  
  Read more

• Willie Nelson adds Gershwin Prize to storied music career

  09-07-2015 17:14 via news.yahoo.com
  
  (Reuters) - Country singer Willie Nelson was named on Thursday as the 2015 recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, joining the likes of Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Carole King in one of the highest U.S. music honors. The Library of Congress said Nelson, whose career spans six decades, would be given the prize, which recognizes lifetime achievement, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in November. Librarian of Congress James Billington described Nelson in a statement as a "musica
  
  Read more

• The Best New Music In Dallas: Midsummer Edition

  09-07-2015 16:36
  
  Last week, we took a look back at the year to date in Dallas music. We picked out the best North Texas concerts and raised a glass to our favorite local albums .
  
  Read more

• Country music struggles with its Confederate flag past

  09-07-2015 16:15 via news.yahoo.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country artists are struggling to articulate their feelings about the Confederate flag's history and symbolism amid heightened debate following the recent massacre at a South Carolina church.
  
  Read more

• Library honoring Willie Nelson with US pop music prize

  09-07-2015 15:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress will honor Willie Nelson with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
  
  Read more

• 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' Returning to Movie Theaters

  09-07-2015 15:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  After an acclaimed stretch on the film festival circuit, a brief theatrical run and its HBO premiere, Montage of Heck will return to movie theaters this August. Abramorama will distribute the Brett Morgen-directed film at select cinemas starting August 7th. Montage of Heck has already booked engagements at New York's...
  
  Read more

• Keith Richards Announces New Solo LP 'Crosseyed Heart'

  09-07-2015 14:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Rolling Stones may be wrapping up their Zip Code tour next week, but Keith Richards doesn't plan on gathering moss: The guitarist will release Crosseyed Heart, his third solo album and first since 1992's Main Offender, on September 18th, with first single "Trouble" set for release July 17th. 
  Richards and drummer...
  
  Read more

• Richard Hawley new tour dates

  09-07-2015 14:27 via music-news.com
  
  Following the announcement of his eighth studio album HOLLOW MEADOWS, on October 25th Richard Hawley will undertake
  
  Read more

• Pearl Jam, Beyonce, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran to Play Global Citizen Fest

  09-07-2015 13:10 via rollingstone.com
  
  The fourth annual Global Citizen Festival will feature performances by Pearl Jam, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Coldplay. The benefit concert, whose goal is to raise awareness of the United Nations' measures to fight inequality, protect the earth and end extreme poverty by 2030, will take place...
  
  Read more

• Leisure Gallery Offers a Blank Slate for Live Music

  09-07-2015 12:26
  
  "After a winter there, we were done." As he lounges on a couch in the sun-drenched front room of his multi-use venue Leisure, describes a very different scene from the one in which he's currently involved.
  
  Read more

• R. Kelly ‘failed to pay brother’

  09-07-2015 12:02 via music-news.com
  
  R. Kelly apparently hired his brother as a chauffeur but failed to pay him.
  
  Read more

• Nathan Sykes: I want my music to live longer than I do

  09-07-2015 11:22 via music-news.com
  
  As he celebrates the release of his highly-anticipated debut solo single ‘Kiss Me Quick’ this week, Nathan Sykes, previously a member
  
  Read more

• Maia: Sci fi folksters unlike anything else on earth

  09-07-2015 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Some bands come at you from an unexpected direction. Sometimes, there just isn’t a recognisable niche that you can slot them into.
  
  Read more

• Peter Gabriel posts from studio

  09-07-2015 10:57 via music-news.com
  
  Peter Gabriel is working on a new album and he wants the world to know it.
  
  Read more

• Police investigating Ariana Grande's video doughnut licking

  09-07-2015 08:26
  
  Police said Wednesday they were investigating video that appears to show Ariana Grande licking doughnuts at a shop in Southern California.
  
  Read more

• Rolling Stones poster banned in London

  09-07-2015 08:21 via music-news.com
  
  Last week, the Rolling Stones announced Exhibitionism, a new exhibition that will tour the world with over 500 artifacts of the band's career.
  
  Read more

• AC/DC Drummer Phil Rudd Sentenced to Eight Months Home Detention

  09-07-2015 06:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Phil Rudd, the beleaguered former AC/DC drummer who pleaded guilty to charges of threatening to kill and possession of marijuana and methamphetamine earlier this year, was sentenced to eight months of home detention by a New Zealand judge.The judgment came down Thursday afternoon local time in a harsh admonition by...
  
  Read more

• Lily-Rose Depp Makes Her (Dizzying) Music-Video Debut

  09-07-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  For some indie R&B artist that you've probably never heard of (until now).
  
  Read more

• Amy Winehouse Doc Pushes Late Singer Back Into U.K. Album Charts

  09-07-2015 06:00 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The Grammy-winning 'Back to Black' re-entered the top 40 this week.
  
  Read more

• Phil Rudd sentenced

  09-07-2015 05:34 via music-news.com
  
  AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd must serve eight months of home detention after pleading guilty to drugs possession and threatening to kill.
  
  Read more

• Tidal's new family streaming plan costs more than Apple Music

  09-07-2015 04:12
  
  Being a student isn't the only way to save on a Tidal subscription anymore. Jay-Z's hi-fi streaming service now offers a family plan that lowers the monthly per subscriber rate.
  
  Read more

• Space to release 5-album box set

  09-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  Liverpool's alternative indie band to reissue classic 90s hits, alongside their unreleased third album and recent material.
  
  Read more

• Rolling Stones 'Satisfaction' fiftieth celebration video

  09-07-2015 02:00 via music-news.com
  
  This Friday will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolling Stones hitting number 1 for the first time in the U.S. with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.
  
  Read more

Follow @Music_News_US on Twitter!