Paul McCartney and Rolling Stones singer-guitarist Keith Richards are among those paying tribute to Johnny Cash on an upcoming two-disc career retrospective. The Essential Johnny Cash, due February 26 from Columbia/Legacy Records, features more than 30 testimonials to Cash from artists including McCartney, Richards, Bono and the Edge of U2, Elvis Costello, former Vice President Al Gore, and even Shawn Crahan of the heavy metal band Slipknot. The Essential Johnny Cash, part of a campaign to celebrate the ailing Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer’s 70th birthday on February 26, compiles 36 digitally remastered tracks recorded not only for Columbia… Read more »
“Shhhhh!” is printed across the front of one of the T-shirts Ryan Adams is hawking during his current tour in support of his fabulous second solo disc, “Gold” (Lost Highway). It suggests that fame is the intention of least value for this 27-year-old singer-guitarist, an artist who has managed to fly ever so slightly above the radar as a solo artist and, previously, as leader of Whiskeytown, making one impressive artistic statement after another. On a night when a Mick Jagger performance was the hottest celeb-filled event in town, Adams’ show was the hottest ticket – the House of Blues… Read more »
Say it isn’t so. I would like to say it isn’t so, but unfortunately it is. Seminal rock’n’soulmen The Afghan Whigs have officially called it quits, after 14 years and six great albums. According to a statement released by Columbia Records this week, singer/songwriter Greg Dulli, bassist John Curley, drummer Michael Horrigan, and guitarist Rick McCollum are “blaming geographical distance as a factor too great to overcome.” Dulli lives in Los Angeles, Curley and Horrigan live in Cincinnati, and McCollum lives in Minneapolis. “Dulli says that the geographical distance, which for so long kept the band fresh, began to work… Read more »
This week: His Dark Materials, Tiny Pretty Things, Song Exploder, The Expanse, Small Axe “Education”, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we’re shining the light on the fantastic leading ladies in alternative.
NGAGE Agency’s roster killed it this year with their new releases, and they’re bringing you choice cuts from each band.
This week: Lucifer, Supergirl, Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, Marvel’s Runaways, Lethal Weapon, The Flash, Will & Grace, Blackish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chicago Med, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Riverdale, The Big Bang Theory, The Crown, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Outlander
Season 2 could be summarized as: The Quest for God because He’s Missing and Shit and Also Jazz.
What if the Breakfast Club got superpowers from Walter White.
Nearly two weeks after the release of its most recent EP, Go Radio has its hands full traveling the country on the TourSick tour. Recently idobi caught up with frontman Jason Lancaster to discuss the new album, its significance as the band’s first release under Fearless Records as well as the band’s upcoming plans.
