• Lauren Alaina: 'Barefoot and Buckwild' Singer Takes Taylor Swift Route And Writes About Bitter Ex-Boyfriend

    "American Idol" prepares a vocalist for the pressures and the demands of life in the show business, but it rarely gives participants any experience writing music for themselves. Lauren Alaina did just fine covering everyone from Reba McEntire to The Beatles during Season 10 and eventually finishing as runner-up, and her 2011 debut album "Wildflower" peaked at no. 5 on the Billboard 200, but the country up-and-comer wanted to get more involved with the writing on her next album, yet untitled.

  • Bob Dylan Hair is Given to Black Keys Guitarist Dan Auerbach's Ex-Wife in Divorce Settlement

    In the world of tabloid news and rock revival news, it's been all about the divorce between White Stripes guitarist Jack White and his wife, Karen Elson. During the coverage of that unfortunate happening, one bit that made news was the revelation of e-mails in which White refers to Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys as an "a--hole." It's also sad that Auerbach, the frontman for the next biggest band in the revival scene behind the Stripes, is also going through a divorce. And his also comes with a bizarre headline.

  • Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury: Pairing Isn't Only One With Unreleased Recordings, How About Bob Dylan and The Beatles?

    The eyes of pop music fans grew wide when it was announced this week that nearly six hours of recordings featuring both Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury would be released soon. NME provided a list of other big-name compilations that haven't seen the light in an official release yet. Some are good ideas, some are bad ideas, and we, over-opinionated aggregation journalists, have decided to let you know which is which.

  • Paul McCartney Tour: The Beatles Bassist Reflects on "Out There!" World Tour, Nirvana Jam

    Paul McCartney is a huge draw on tour, and he still loves to do it. The former Beatles bassist recently did some recording in Seattle, where he invited former Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novolesic and touring guitarist Pat Smear onstage to rock out. McCartney did an interview with Rolling Stone where he discussed how much he still enjoyed playing old Beatles tracks, even the lesser known ones.
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