• Sweetlife Fest announces 2014 lineup with Lana Del Rey, 2 Chainz and Foster the People

    Sweetlife Music and Food Festival has announced its 2014 lineup. Lana Del Rey will top the bill for her first East Coast gig of the year, joined by Foster the People, 2 Chainz, Fitz and the Tantrums, Capital Cities, Chromeo, St. Lucia and Bastille. The one-day festival takes place May 10 at Columbia, Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavillion — just outside of Washington D.C. and Baltimore.

  • Malik Kofi proves musical genius with both his words and cello during 'Little Music Manchild'

    It's easy to forget how young some of our favorite performers are when they enter the music world. From Michael Jackson's Jack 5 debut at the age of 11, to Lorde's chart-topping single "Royals" at the age of 16, it doesn't take much life experience to make a splash in the music industry. Tuesdays Under 21 is a Music Times feature dedicated to bringing attention to talented musicians and performers under the age of 21. Who knows? They just might be the next big thing.

  • Jimmy Fallon wants to audition to play guitar for Fred Armisen's 'Late Night' Band

    As previously reported, Jimmy Fallon is set to take over The Tonight Show next week, but might he also be heading back to Late Night? According to Vulture after hearing the news that Fred Armisen would join Seth Meyers on Late Night as its bandleader, Fallon solicited his former SNL castmate for an audition to play guitar in the band. "I gave [Fred] my e-mail today, and I said, 'I can play guitar!" Fallon told them. "So I have to audition, but I think I have an in. I'm always there for him, if he needs me. Absolutely. Whatever he needs."

  • Jake Owen's "Beachin" Music Video

    Nothing says summer fun like Daytona Beach and Jake Owen's latest music video takes fans there as he strolls the white sands while the rest of us freeze.

  • Frank Ocean's 'Super Rich Kids' is being targeted in a copyright lawsuit concerning Mary J. Blige's sample in the song

    TufAmerica has filed a lawsuit involving Frank Ocean's Channel Orange track "Super Rich Kids" and its sample of Mary J. Blige's "Real Love," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The trouble isn't concerning the actual song in its entirety for copyright infringement, it's the fact that Mary J. Blige's sample was allegedly taken from The Honeydrippers 1973 song "Impeach the President." So it was an illegal sample of a sample.

  • Foo Fighters recording new LP in multiple cities with Steve Albini and Butch Vig

    According to Consequence of Sound, it appears that the Foo Fighters are recording their new album in multiple studios. As the article notes, the band has yet to officially confirm the information, but Reddit points to a Facebook post that reports of new songs recorded by the Foo Fighters at Washington D.C.'s Inner Ear Studios, Chicago's Electrical Audio Studios with Steve Albini and Los Angeles' 606 Studios with Butch Vig.

  • Chuck D of Public Enemy named Record Store Day Ambassador for 2014

    There's still no updates as to what fans can expect among the exclusives on Record Store Day 2014, but the organizers have kept the buzz going by naming Chuck D the official ambassador of Record Store Day. The title has been annually given to pro-record store performers throughout the history of the event.
View More
Festivals
Popular Now