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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 Cassandra Wilson and her tribute to the discography of Billie Holiday, 'Coming Forth By Day.' -
Nina Simone Documentary: Netflix Release Date Announced
"What Happened, Miss Simone?", the Nina Simone documentary highlighting the influential singer/songwriter and civil rights activist will premiere on Netlflix June 26. -
Lana Del Rey Reveals Title Of Next Album, Has Nine Songs Written
It's been a little over six months since the release of Lana Del Rey's last album Ultraviolence, but in a new interview with Billboard, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter reveals that she already has nine songs written for her next album, which will be titled Honeymoon. "I'm looking for a few more songs to tie everything together," Del Rey says of the album. Out of the nine songs she has already, Del Rey says that "the production is perfect" on four of them. -
AC/DC's Bon Scott Will Be Subject of Upcoming Documentary and Biopic
Not much is known about AC/DC's original frontman Bon Scott here in America. We still hear him on classic rock radio belting "Highway to Hell" or "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap," but how did he reach that point? What was Scott like before stardom? A new documentary and biopic about the frontman are in the works, so we'll have some answers soon enough. -
Zoe Saldana Responds To Nina Simone Critics
Zoe Saldana recently responded to critics of her role in the upcoming Nina Simone biopic. -
Who Shot Ya: Top 10 Most Sampled Jazz Artists of All Time via WhoSampled, From Nina Simone and Erykah Badu to Biggie and Snoop
Could jazz music be considered the predecessor to modern hip-hop and funk form? Well, potentially, and this year even Snoop Dogg gave props to Herbie Hancock as that very forefather to the rap movement.
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