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The 73-year-old accordionist pioneered the modern conjunto genre, an American-born style of music has reached many spheres of Latin America over the past 200 years. Along the way, Jiménez made friends in high places, including Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. -
Aphex Twin Announces New EP Via Warp Records
Aphex Twin, real name Richard D. James, just released his first album in 13 years last September and he already gearing up for another multi-track release on Warp Records. The "Syro" producer will be releasing a 14-track EP titled Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt. 2. Announced via Warp Records today (Jan. 9), there is not much further information about the EP except that it will be released on Jan. 23 and the tracklist. It still isn't clear what happened to part 1, but that could come at some point. Aphex Twin has never been one to do things conventionally, just look at the track titles, so the first EP may never hit stores or just might be something for a later date. -
Childish Gambino Drops "Sober" Video After Breaking Social Media Silence [WATCH]
Childish Gambino has dropped a video for his single "Sober" off his KAUAI EP. Hiro Murai, who was also responsible for Flying Lotus' "Never Catch Me" video, reunited with Gambino to direct the clip - and it doesn't disappoint. -
Miranda Lambert Heard 'All About That Bass' Before Meghan Trainor Had a Record Deal
Country star Miranda Lambert got a sneak preview of Meghan Trainor's smash hit "All About That Bass" before the rest of the world heard it. -
Ranking The Golden Globes' Best Original Song Nominees: Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Sia, And More
The 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards are taking place this Sunday, Jan. 11, and there are some very big names nominated for Best Original Song this year. Here are the five nominees ranked from worst to best. -
'Fifty Shades of Grey' Soundtrack Tracklist Released: Features Beyoncé, Rolling Stones, More
When the official soundtrack tracklist for the forthcoming movie -- in theaters Feb. 13 -- was released Friday, there was a clear theme of love across the song titles. Albeit, with a little freakiness thrown in. -
Coachella Twitter Data: Drake and AC/DC Rule Social Media...Ladies Crush on Drizzy, Dudes Crush on Steely Dan?
Both Coachella and Governors Ball got Twitter riled up when the respective music festivals announced their 2015 lineups this week, with many a rant and many a joyous declaration of thanks to the music gods. CrowdFlower, a data-mining and crowdsourcing company out of San Francisco, gathered the numbers on the more local of the two festivals from those tweeting and sent the results out for Music Times to check out. -
Leonidas Kavakos Sues California Violin Shop Gevorkian Nazareth Over $80,000 Broken Bow
Breaking the bow of violinist Leonidas Kavakos has landed a violin shop in Burbank, California, in hot water. The shop's owner, apparently, snapped the violinist's bow, which has been appraised at a massive $80,000. -
Kendrick Lamar Talks Sophomore Album, Iggy Azalea, Untitled Song, Girlfriend Whitney Alford, Police Brutality, The Grammys & More In Billboard Cover Story
The hype for Kendrick Lamar's upcoming sophomore effort couldn't be higher. His fans are hanging on every word he says, mining for details and song leaks. Lamar has repeatedly told the media that he doesn't fear the pressure of following up his critically acclaimed major label debut good kid m.A.A.d city and that fame doesn't interest him. He reiterates this claim in a new interview with Billboard and also speaks on his spending habits, the untitled song he played on The Colbert Report, his girlfriend Whitney Alford, police brutality, Iggy Azalea's place in hip-hop, the Grammys, and more. Here's what we learned. -
"The Elvis Influence" Application from Spotify Tracks Any Musician Back to Elvis Presley, Regardless of Genre
Yesterday would have been Elvis Presley's 80th birthday and we just can't get enough of the awesome coverage that folks on the internet have come up with to mark the occasion. Spotify's Insights blog once again uses data gathered by its Echo Nest, this time to create "The Elvis Influence," an application that traces any performer you enter all the way back to Elvis by way of influence. Some performers obviously have longer trails back to The King than others so often, unlike Kevin Bacon, you need more than six steps to get back. -
Deerhoof North American Tour Dates: San Francisco Punk Rockers Announce New Cities
Deerhoof have released 11 albums since their 1997 debut The Man, The King, The Girl, and the San Francisco punks show no signs of slowing in 2015. -
Nikki Sixx Would Decline Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction If Mötley Crüe Ever Gets a Nod
Mötley Crüe is one of the many hard rock acts to be passed over for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in recent years. Along with acts like Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Slayer, Mötley Crüe, which has been eligible since 2006, have yet to receive the honor. Bassist Nikki Sixx is so tired of waiting that if they do get the nod, he probably won't accept it.
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