Archive | October, 2015

Watch Bill Murray in Faux Rock Doc: 'I Told Slash to Wear a Hat'

Bill Murray will star in the upcoming comedy Rock the Kasbah, and in this exclusive video, we get the rocking backstory on the comedian’s character. The faux-documentary Richie Lanz: The Man and the Music provides a glimpse into the life of Murray’s audacious, hilariously unstable rock manager, who after years of… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Bill […]

Polaris Winner Buffy Sainte-Marie on Kanye, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen

“I don’t think it really has sunk in yet — I really didn’t expect to win,” says Buffy Sainte-Marie. The 74-year-old Native Canadian singer-songwriter is referring to recently winning this year’s Polaris Music Prize (Canada’s annual award for the country’s best full-length album of the year) for her record Power in… Source: RollingStone Link: Polaris Winner […]

See Jake Owen Cling to Summer in 'Real Life' Performance on 'Ellen'

Summertime may be long gone, but Jake Owen still brought palm trees, tiki bar props and the sunbaked sound of his new Sugar Ray-influenced single, “Real Life,” to his debut on The Ellen DeGeneres Show yesterday afternoon.  Dressed in a highlighter-yellow shirt, Owen kept things bright and purposely over-the-top throughout the… Source: RollingStone Link: See […]

Valerie June: Memphis' Messenger of Love-Born Blues

Her Sound: On the back of her rustic acoustic guitar playing and her immediately recognizable, sometimes-childlike-sometimes-antiquated vocals, Valerie June mixes rural blues, Southern soul, back porch country, old-time gospel and Appalachian folk into a sonic stew she cheekily calls “organic moonshine roots music.” “Being from Memphis, I truly love all… Source: RollingStone Link: Valerie June: […]

Sammy Hagar's Next Chapter: Writing a 'Lifestyle Cookbook'

Nobody was more shocked than Sammy Hagar when his 2011 memoir Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock shot to Number One on the New York Times Best Sellers list. “It was just a grand slam,” he tells Rolling Stone. “And I give credit where it’s due. It happened because you guys [Rolling… Source: RollingStone Link: Sammy Hagar's […]

Hear Chris Isaak's Moody 'Please Don't Call' From His New Nashville LP

“Jake Owen? Who is Jake Owen?” asks Chris Isaak, seated in a corner of Nashville’s Hermitage Hotel, sipping a bottle of water underneath an ornate cathedral ceiling that’s painted like a clouded sky. It’s early afternoon, and he’s just handed his trusty sidekick — a fluffy white Maltese terrier named… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Chris […]