As Rolling Stone reported last month, Bob Dylan’s heartfelt Time Out of Mind track “Make You Feel My Love” has oddly become one of his most-covered songs, with more than 400 interpretations to date. One of those is by Michael Bolton, who included a version with German singer Helene Fischer on a recent duets album. But as Bolton was reminded during a recent conversation with RS, it wasn’t the first Dylan song he put on tape. Nearly […]
Tequila was the drink of choice when Nashville’s music community toasted Nicolle Galyon and Ross Copperman as songwriters of the year during the 67th annual BMI Country Awards. Galyon’s “Tequila,” co-written with ASCAP’s Dan Smyers and Jordan Reynolds for Dan + Shay, claimed country song of the year, one of four Galyon-penned titles honored among the 50 most-performed country songs during a chilly Nov. 12 event at BMI’s Nashville facilities. […]
YouTube Originals film ‘The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash’ focuses on the singer’s troubled soul and ultimate redemption. On November 11th, YouTube Originals will begin streaming the documentary film The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash, a 90-minute film directed by Emmy- and Grammy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny (Elvis Presley: The Searcher, Springsteen on Broadway) that features commentary from Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, and members of the Cash family, including daughter Rosanne Cash and son John […]
Harry Styles has announced a title and release date for his sophomore album: Fine Line, out December 13th. The 25-year-old announced the news via Twitter and Instagram. He also revealed the album cover, which features a windswept portrait of the singer shot through a fisheye lens, a gloved hand reaching out to him. No track list has been revealed yet. Styles launched his new era with the single “Lights Up,” […]
YouTube Music wants some serious artist success stories. Last year, YouTube Music introduced its ‘Artist on the Rise’ series. The plan was to create an exclusive behind the scenes look at the journey each ‘YouTube artist’ takes as they first get started. Given that this is Google/Alphabet, we’re surprised that the launch is still around. But instead of abandoning its latest pet project, YouTube Music is now growing Artists on the Rise […]
If you look into The Beatles’ album sales, you find one unbeatable record after another. It all starts with cumulative sales. At 183 million units sold, no recording artist comes close to the Fab Four. The band also dominated the Billboard charts unlike any other artist selling records in America. Over the years, the band posted 20 No. 1 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Not even Elvis could match that total. […]
Amid the myriad of discounts that music-streaming services offer to entice new users (one month free! six months free!), Spotify’s decision in 2017 to team up with video-streaming service Hulu to deliver bundled student subscriptions was unusual because it was one of the first times that two disparate entertainment services had come together. Now that deal stands out even further: Starting Tuesday, all Spotify subscribers in the U.S. will receive free Hulu subscriptions. […]
"Not a lot of people know that," the Pink Floyd guitarist tells Prog.. Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour mixed the sound for fellow guitar hero Jimi Hendrix at the Isle Of Wight Festival in 1970, hew tells Prog Magazine in the latest issue. "I helped mix the sound for, at the Isle of Wight in 1970," the guitarist says. "Not a lot of people know that. Hendrix at the Isle of Wight […]
I can’t remember a time before I played music. My first instrument was a recorder I found in lost property at school. If I’d told my parents I needed one, they’d have asked “What for?” So I took it home and played it for hours. I had to keep it a secret, though. There wasn’t a TV at home growing up, so I’d cycle to my mate’s house on a Wednesday night […]
