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The Nile Project, An Experimental Band of African Musicians From Along River, Bringing Tour to United States in Early 2015
The Nile Project, an ensemble collecting musicians from all along the Nile River in Africa into one performance group, will come to the United States for a series of concerts and educational symposiums for the first half of 2015. -
Viacom Settles Class Action Lawsuit with Former Unpaid Interns at MTV and Other Holdings
Your correspondent got into the journalism game a few minutes too early. What was once an understood part of the journalism college curriculum, required internships that were more often than not unpaid, have almost been entirely done away with. If any employers are still hoping to get free work from wannabe university students, they might think otherwise after another settlement was made in a case where the aforementioned interns sued for violation of labor laws. Viacom just settled (in principle) a class action lawsuit regarding unpaid internships at its holding MTV. -
Danny Brown Writing Dr. Seuss-Style Children's Book Focusing on Self-Esteem and Black Girls
No one will question Danny Brown's ability to string rhymes together...whether he can do so in language appropriate for a child audience is another question. It's a challenge he'll have to face as he approaches his ongoing project to write an animated children's book, Dr. Seuss-style. The project was inspired by his 13 year-old daughter and the struggle to maintain self-esteem among black girls. -
Lamb of God Fan Sues Live Nation for Mosh Pit Injury Suffered during 2012; Band Not Listed as A Defendant
Probably the last thing Lamb of God wanted to hear about as it works on a new album to be theoretically released during 2015: another lawsuit. As you'll recall, the last time the band ran into legal trouble due to injuries occurring at a performance, a Czech fan died in a stage diving accident and vocalist Randy Blythe spent more than a month in a foreign prison (he was later exonerated). The band isn't actually a defendant this time around but if the courts agree with the plaintiff, the metal band could still find itself in a sticky situation. -
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Hit Bollywood, Working on "Secret Project" with Film Star Salman Khan
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike are just staying ahead of the Indian music curve, announcing that they were working on the soundtrack for a "secret" film project with established Bollywood actor Salman Khan. -
Other Bands Going to No. 1 With Beatles Songs: Elton John, Joe Cocker, Billy Kramer and More
Plenty of bands from the cover-friendly '60s and '70s made it to the top of the charts with Beatles songs. Here's a short list of acts that took the works of John Lennon and Paul McCartney to the top...even when The Beatles couldn't. -
6 Celebrity Marching Band Members Far From Being The "Dorks" Jim Rome Claims: Lil Wayne, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry and More
Jim Rome dissed marching band members and then apologized. The larger problem here: A large portion of the population agrees with Rome's sentiments. Keeping that in mind, we found six former band members that are far from being "dorks." -
Blog Tracks Down Melissa Dawson Higgins, NASA Scientist and Unwitting Vocal Inspiration for Burial Track "Come Down To Us"
More than a year after its release, one of the mysteries from Burial's acclaimed 2013 EP Rival Dealer has been solved: Fans and curious listeners wanted to find out who was the female voice commenting on the galaxy during the sprawling final track "Come Down To Us." Yeah I Got did the research that traced the quotes back to NASA scientist Melissa Dawson Higgins and interviewed her accordingly. -
Nicki Minaj Struggling with Christmas Poltergeists in Her UK Home? Real Emergency Calls Placed in UK on Christmas Day
We deeply appreciate those members of society who take jobs that force them to show up for work on Christmas day: Police officers, firefighters, Waffle House employees. One 999 phone operator in the UK (999 is the UK equivalent to 911 in the United States) got a Christmas surprise when Nicki Minaj called in to report that she was struggling with poltergeists creating havoc in her home. This, alas is a true story and was not a prank, although of course the real Minaj was not the one behind the call. -
Rammstein's Till Lindemann and Hypocrisy Guitarist Peter Tägtgren Collaborating on New Project "Lindemann"
We know that we're not looking for a new Rammstein album at any point in the near future, so what else can we expect from the members of the German industrial rock group? It would seem, based on a new Facebook page, that vocalist Till Lindemann is working on a potential solo project alongside Swedish guitarist Peter Tägtgren. -
Department of Transportation Finalizes Rules Allowing Guitars and Similar Instruments as Carry-On Baggage
Are you a musician taking a long trip but aren't too keen on the idea of baggage handlers at the airport taking care of your guitar? Good news: Instruments such as guitars and others of manageable size (sorry to your drummer) are now able to bring their pride and joy onto the plane as carry-on baggage. The rule was made official by the U.S. Department of Transportation as it confirmed the statutes of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. -
Kanye West Fans Don't Know Who Paul McCartney Is? Yeah Right. E! and Others Punk'd by Social Media after "Only One" Release
Kanye West is definitely one of the great tastemakers in music today thanks to his expansive listening habits. Otherwise Top 40 kids scrunched their eyebrows tight when The Haxan Cloak's Excavation rumbled on the speakers before his Yeezus tour dates, and Gesaffelstein can't get any press without his work on "Black Skinhead" being mentioned. The rapper doesn't just stick to the underground of course...he's done a whole album with Jay Z and recently released a single featuring Paul McCartney. And then it turns out that many of his fans have no idea who the former Beatle is. Seriously? -
A History of Cuomos in Music Including Mario (The Orwells Vocalist...Not The Governor RIP) and Weezer's Rivers
R.I.P. to former New York governor Mario Cuomo. Although we should have realized what was going on when we first saw the headline, our thoughts immediately went to the vocalist of The Orwells, who shares a name with the famed politician. Check out some of the other established Cuomos in music. -
8 Artists with At Least 8 No. 1 Albums: Ranking The Octopping Albums from Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Jay Z and More
Fifty years ago on this day Elvis Presley released Roustabout, a soundtrack for the film of the same title, starring the performer. It was his eighth no. 1 album, an extension of his record for most albums atop the Billboard 200 by one artist (which would soon be surpassed for good by The Beatles). Interestingly enough, only eight acts have had at least eight albums top the American charts. We at Music Times decided to find out each of those acts' no. 8 no. 1 and measure them up against each other. -
Back of The Billboards: 'The Best of Joe Cocker: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection'
Society always celebrates the records that top the Billboard 200 album chart. Back of The Billboards is a Music Times weekly segment that looks at the opposite end: the new record that finished closest to the back of the Billboard 200 for the previous week. We hope to give a fighting chance to the bands you haven't heard of. This week we look at Joe Cocker's chapter in 'The Millennium Collection' best-of series, popularized by his unfortunate recent death.
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