Sunday Morning Music Open Thread

Election day is coming. Hang in there.

I love a story with a happy ending

She got robbed last night but it all worked out: American Idol’s Jessica Sanchez First Album to be Produced by Tommy Mottola Phillip Phillips may have won “American Idol” over Jessica Sanchez, but the Mexican/Filipino singer is already in talks to work on her new album with Sony’s main man, Tommy Mottola. [...] Mottola, a [...]

TGIF Open Thread

Check out the shoes Carrie is wearing in this video! The pair at the very end are awesome. I went to the doctor today. The doctor said I’ll probably live until my next visit. How is your day going? Here’s another American Idol alum:

RIP MCA

Rolling Stone: Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47 Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor [...]

Sunday Music Open Thread

It’s Sunday, it’s Spring, and life is good. What are you doing today?

Levon Helm 1940-2012

The Band’s Levon Helm dead at 71 Levon Helm, the Arkansas-born drummer and southern-nuanced singer of The Band who also acted in movies, died of cancer Thursday at the age of 71. Helm’s family announced Tuesday that the musician, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1998, was “in the final stages of his battle [...]

ACM Awards Live Delay Blog

The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony will be broadcast live from Las Vegas tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on CBS. I’ll be watching it three hours later. 2012 ACM Awards Nominations (Major Awards) ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Jason Aldean x Kenny Chesney Brad Paisley Blake Shelton Taylor Swift TOP MALE VOCALIST OF [...]

Goodbye Earl

Banjo legend Earl Scruggs passed away Wednesday: It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of the genre as Johnny Cash’s baritone or Hank Williams’ [...]

Sunday Morning Music Open Thread

Can you imagine a bunch of country music stars doing Lionel Ritchie covers? With Lionel? The album is titled Tuskegee This is an open thread.

A legend passes

Guitarist Ronnie Montrose Dies at 64 Guitarist Ronnie Montrose, one of rock’s great sidemen, whose namesake band Montrose introduced Sammy Hagar to the world, died Saturday. He was 64. The cause was complications from prostate cancer, his wife and manager, Leighsa Montrose, said. Mr. Montrose, a San Francisco native, got his first break when he [...]

Amazing Viral Video

The amazing part is this girl is only 10 years old: Angie Vazquez and her band, Los Vazquez Sounds, have people all over buzzing about their cover of Adele‘s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ — 1.16 million to be exact. The Mexican trio posted their rendition of the hit song, and it has since become a [...]

Taylor Swift

Last night Taylor Swift won her second American Music Awards “Artist of the Year” award. It was her tenth AMA award in 12 nominations. She’s also won four Grammys, thirteen Teen Choice Awards and six CMT awards. She’s won just about everything possible and has a total of ninety awards out of 146 nominations. She [...]

Sunday Evening Musical Interlude

The Raiders are 6-4 and all alone in first place. This is an open thread.

Saturday Night Moose Dancing

OK, time for some dancing. Seriously, get your moose butt up and dance. But do watch those antlers. Tonight’s theme, dance music. I’ll spin up the victrola with a few to get you started. First of course is Saturday Night Fever: And while we’re dancing with Vinny, how could we forget the dance scene from [...]