• Country Music Fanbase Grows

    A recent report from Live Nation Entertainment shows that country music fans are growing by leaps and bounds. The report shows an increase of 2.3 million fans to nearly 7 million, which is a 50% increase from 2012.
  • A New Contest from Zac Brown Band

    Zac Brown Band is celebrating their new lyric video for "All Alright" and they want to share the fun. The band is hosting an Instagram contest between now and March 12, 2014 for the best lyric video short.
  • Motley Crue Gets the Country Treatment

    When Big Machine Records announced plans to release a country tribute album to Motley Crue, last month, fans of the hard rockers were surprised and maybe a bit confused. Turns out that Vince Neil was just as confused at first.
  • 'American Idol' Season 13 Recap: 'This Is Me' Live Show Features Majesty Rose Rising, Malaya Watson Falling Flat

    American Idol has gone live. On Wednesday night (Feb. 26), the musical reality show mainstay moved on from auditions and Hollywood Week to the real meat: the live competition. In a season with semi-elusive contestants, Idol produces chose this week's theme as "This Is Me," a song that the singers felt described them both as a person and a future recording artist. Let's check out who truly shined and who were a little bleh below.
  • Rapture Ruckus 'Invader, Volume 1 - EP' Review

    The follow-up to Rapture Ruckus's 2011 full-length album, Open Your Eyes was funded by a successful IndieGoGo campaign which promised two different EP projects. The first one, Invader Vol 1 delivers the Rapture Ruckus sound listeners fell in love with. The second one, which will come later this year, will be a more stripped down, raw sound, that may surprise fans.
  • The Band Perry on Tour [FULL SCHEDULE]

    The award-winning family trio The Band Perry is on the We Are Pioneers World Tour, their first worldwide headline arena tour in support of their latest album, 'Pioneer. ' Once the We Are Pioneers World Tour comes to a close on March 7th, the band will have several solo dates and festivals and then on June 20 , they'll be heading out with Blake Shelton on the Ten Times Crazier Tour.
  • Women We Love Wednesday: Alex Kandel of Sleeper Agent

    To do what we can to celebrate women in music and give them the positive recognition they deserve, each week Music Times will introduce you to a female in the music industry whom we love. Singer-songwriters, rappers, DJs, producers, filmmakers, and any woman who is part of the music industry is fair game for this segment. So read on, and get to know the women who continue to wow us. This week we'd like to show off Alex Kandel of Sleeper Agent
  • Taylor Swift's Glamour Magazine Cover

    Go behind the scenes with Taylor Swift for her March 2014 Glamour cover-shoot and get fashion tips, inside info on who is her style icon is and what advice she would give her younger self.
  • Music Times makes its picks for the best international music festivals

    Music Times lists its five international music festivals worth taking out a loan for. Here are our top 5 festivals worth taking out a loan for: 01) Primavera Sound, Spain: May 28-31 Lineup Includes: Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt, Angel Olsen, Cloud Nothings, Nine Inch Nails, Jenny Lewis, Neutral Milk Hotel, CHVRCHES, Holy Ghost!, St.
  • David Byrne's performance of Biz Markie is rife with political commentary

    Earlier this week, many media representatives began reporting that David Byrne would perform Biz Markie's hip-hop classic "Just A Friend" at the Le Poisson Rouge. And he did. The detail that was missed was that Byrne's performance packed a political message regarding musicians' rights and copyright law.
  • Judge rules against AEG Live, but Electric Forest will still go on...this year, at least

    The current drama in the electronic music world revolves around whether Michigan's Electric Forest Festival will go on this summer amidst legal battles between hosts AEG Live/Madison House Entertainment and SFX Entertainment and a number of property owners. The good news: Electric Forest won't be cancelled this summer. The bad news: It won't necessarily be back next year.