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Carrie Underwood fits into the same boat as Taylor Swift in that she's a country artist that has success appealing to the non-country listening populace (read: our father). That success led NBC into casting her as Maria von Trapp in the live broadcast of The Sound of Music, which will air on December 5. NBC has released a one-minute clip of its star singing the title song from the musical. -
Freaky Friday: Elliott Smith covers The Beatles' 'Yer Blues' off the 'White Album'
Welcome to Freak Friday. Each week we highlight a new cover song that we're crazy about. Have suggestions? Send them our way! This week, we give you... Elliott Smith covering The Beatles' "Yer Blues." -
Kings of Leon 'Beautiful War' music video features murderous 'Mechanical Bull' riding, prison rodeos [WATCH]
Kings of Leon take it to the "Mechanical Bull" rodeo for real in the music video for its new single "Beautiful War." The rock ballad and follow-up to "Supersoaker" gets a fittingly Western-influenced treatment in an epic story of jealousy, murder and bull riding. -
Playlist: What Was On The Radio 50 Years Ago Today, On The Anniversary of John F. Kennedy's Assassination
Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. For many, it marked a turning point in American history. In our playlist below, we feature the songs that were topping the charts that day as well as songs that were popular then. -
Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig defends the word of the year, "selfie"
As Oxford Dictionary recently announced, the word of the year is "selfie." It's clear that the extreme use of Facebook and Instagram have made the word what it is today. Some people use the social media platforms to declare that they hate it when people take selfies, but others are quite fond of the photo phenomenon, even if it's been going on for a while. -
30 Seconds to Mars lawsuit documentary 'Artifact' gets release date, official trailer [WATCH]
30 Seconds to Mars' documentary "Artifact" has finally received an official trailer, release date and distributer. The film, directed by 30STM frontman Jared Leto will be released on Dec. 3 through Filmbuff, available for Video On Demand, iTunes, Amazon and other similar retailers, according to "The Huffington Post." -
Dave Matthews Band confirms a forthcoming album
Dave Matthews confirmed with Rolling Stone that he is working on a new studio album to follow up last year's Away from the World. According to the interview, the band is currently working with producer Rob Cavallo and recording engineer Doug McKean, who both worked on the band's seventh studio album Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King. -
'One Voice' by David Guetta mixes up style, aids humanitarian efforts of United Nations
French DJ and producer David Guetta has a song of a whole new sound: "One Voice." He made the song as part of a partnership with the United Nations (UN), hoping that fans can donate to humanitarian relief through tweets. This is part of the "The World Needs More..." humanitarian aid campaign. -
U2 has released a lyric video for 'Ordinary Love' off the 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' soundtrack [WATCH]
U2 has released their first song in more than three years, "Ordinary Love," which has first teased in the trailer for the Nelson Mandela biopic, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. -
Jay Z, Dr. Dre, Rick Ross under fire from gospel group
Copyright infringement is nothing new to music, particularly hip-hop. Every day it seems there's a new lawsuit alleging that some producer or rapper has borrowed unfairly, with the original owner suing for royalties, or whatever they're owed. Today's example may be less about the money and more about the divine consequences of the sample. -
Pharrell's drops 24-hour video for 'Happy,' featuring Odd Future, Steve Carrell, and more
Pharrell just released what is being called "the world's first 24-hour music video." The video is for the song "Happy," which is featured on the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack. The video for "Happy" features 24 hours of footage of people dancing. -
Marc Anthony, Draco Rosa and Carlos Vives win big prizes at Latin Grammys
Predicting the Grammys is hard, because less often does the actual best song win. The best bet is to make a political choice, using logic to reason out why one artist is more likely to win than another. The Latin Grammys are even tougher, because A) We don't speak Spanish and B) we're not as familiar with the music or the behind-the-scenes shenanigans. Therefore we at Music Times are PROUD to have gotten one out of three predictions correct for the major prizes.
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