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Farm Aid Announces 2013 Date

As announced today, this year’s Farm Aid will take place in upstate New York on September 21st. The annual one-day festival, which benefits the American farming industry, will hit the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in […]

2013/06/14

Blake Shelton: GRAMMY® Winners Playlist

With the GRAMMY Awards only weeks away, we asked some of our favorite artists to make playlists of their favorite GRAMMY-winning songs from years past. Country star, Voice coach, and social media funnyguy Blake Shelton created a list that does a […]

2013/01/14

Neil Young, John Mellencamp Highlight Farm Aid: “A Mission From God”

At a press conference before this year’s Farm Aid, Neil Young said that saving family farms should be considered “A mission from God!” Throughout the day, Young certainly spoke, and performed, as if he was, indeed, on a divine mission.

2012/09/23

Pictured – Alexander Skarsgard/ photo credit: John P. Johnson

This Week’s “True Blood”: “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” Alcide Is A Wallflowers Fan

This week’s episode of HBO’s True Blood was titled “Everybody Wants To Rule The World,” so fans figured that the song of that name would be running during the show’s end credits. And that’s what happened: except that it wasn’t the familiar Tears For Fears version.

2012/08/06

Occupy Wall Street Movement Gets By With A Little Help From Its Musical Friends

Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young spent their early careers soundtracking a revolution – and they’re ready to do it again. Baez, Crosby and Nash, and Dylan – via documentary director […]

2012/05/23

Kidding! Just Kidding! Says Tribe about Pot Resolution

The Snoqualmie Tribe is having to do a little bit of damage control after word got out of a resolution legalizing pot for one day (July 30, the day Willie Nelson performs at the Snoqualmie […]

2011/07/12

Willie Nelson Was Only Charged With a Misdemeanor

Good news, Willie Nelson was only charged with a misdemeanor on his recent pot bust… Wait, did it have anything to do with his donation to the sheriff’s “Gifts for Children” Program? Let me explain…..

2010/12/06

Five Fantastic Bon Jovi Duets

In preparation for [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Bon Jovi[/lastfm]‘s upcoming, sure-to-be-epic Live On Letterman webcast (November 9 at 8pm ET/5pm PT), we’ve rounded up a selection of duets that Jon has performed over the years with various artists. […]

2010/11/03

Farm Aid set for October 2

Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp Announce Farm Aid 2010: The Duo will headline benefit with Dave Matthews and Neil Young on October 2nd… John Mellencamp says Willie Nelson is the brains behind Farm Aid.

2010/08/03

Willie chops signature locks

Usually, a hair cut doesn’t make news, but this is quite a drastic change. Music fans have come to expect a little eccentricity from legendary crooner [lastfm]Willie Nelson[/lastfm], but he pulled off a real […]

2010/05/26