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With the release of Damon Albarn's first solo LP Everyday Robots, I've started thinking about other artists who have been in the music game for a long time, but have never chosen to go solo. Here are six artists that I would love to hear solo albums from. -
LISTEN: Pharrell Williams 'Smile' continues 'Happy' good vibes on 'G I R L' bonus track
Pharrell Williams is continuing with the positive vibes on his new album G I R L. He has an insanely successful single with "Happy," so now he's keeping the good feelings flowing with a new track "Smile." The new song appears on the Japanese version of G I R L, which just hit shelves this week. -
Pharrell Williams lords over stagnant Digital Downloads charts week with 'Happy'
WARNING: If you hate banality and environments where things never change, don't read the following summary of last week's Digital Downloads chart. The first five spots all remained exactly the same as last week. Exactly. The. Same. -
Watch Montclair State's Harry Partch Ensemble in David Lang's 'Collected Stories: Heroes' @ Carnegie Hall...Next to WQXR's Strauss, Sibelius
Last week, David Lang, Carnegie Hall's Debs Composer Chair, oversaw a brilliantly curated series of concerts he called Collected Stories. From April 22-29, his programming explored subjects commonly found in music--heroes, spirits, love/loss, travel, (post)folk. -
Slipped Disc: Julian Lloyd Webber Forced to Retire from Cello
Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber (with accompanist Pam Chowhan) just performed pieces from their widely successful international tour, "A Tale of Two Cellos," at London's Conway Hall. Now, one of the most prominent English cellists of his generation is forced to retire from his instrument due to health concerns. -
Stephen Sondheim, Jessye Norman and a "Mount Rushmore of Music" Celebrate Leonard Bernstein at Carnegie Gala
Marilyn Horne, Phyllis Newman, Matthew Epstein, Judy Kaye, Kurt Ollmann and Bernstein's three children were all on hand to celebrate the life and accomplishments of the great composer, conductor and popularizer who worked at the intersection of classical music, theater and dance. -
Frozen tops 2 million in sales for 2014, while Future and Iggy Azalea fight for that no. 2 spot
It's been a long winter for everyone, but things have been especially cold on the Billboard 200, where Frozen has spent 11 weeks on top of the charts. Even Billboard has gotten sick of it, placing a photo of the second-place finisher to mix things up a bit. -
Seattle Police release note in which Kurt Cobain calls Courtney Love a 'b*tch with zits'
As previously reported, Seattle police reopened the cold case of Kurt Cobain's death in honor of its 20th anniversary. The investigation yielded the same conclusion: Cobain committed suicide. However, the department decided to develop and release 35 unseen photographs from the scene in hopes that it would quell conspiracy theories. -
WATCH: Usher is a 'Good Kisser', good dancer in new single video teaser
Usher is all about the "Good Kisser," and he's out to prove it on his new single. After showing that he still has musical prowess by performing Lenny Kravitz's "Always On The Run" on "The Voice" last night, the reality show coach/singer released a teaser video for a brand new single, "Good Kisser." -
REVIEW: Beyoncé 'Standing On The Sun' hits Internet, shows off blandness, happiness of monogamy
It's been almost a year since Beyhivers first got a taste of Beyoncé's summer single "Standing On The Sun" in an H&M spot. After a series of semi-leaks last year and the track inevitably getting cut from the diva's self-titled album, today (April 30), the song has finally reached the Internet in full. -
StubHub entering concert production business to challenge AEG and Live Nation
StubHub announced that it would be entering the concert production industry, selling tickets for shows that it promotes. -
Pharrell reveals 'Happy' was originally written for Cee-Lo Green [LISTEN]
"Happy" has become an international hit, sitting at No. 1 for the past ten weeks (going on 11). But did you know that it the track wasn't originally meant for Pharrell Williams? In an hour-long appearance on Howard Stern's Sirius XM radio show in support of his latest album G I R L, Williams revealed that the song was only put in his hands after Cee-Lo Green passed on it.
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