Ryan Book, The Music Times

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  • The Latin Grammys are next week, and Music Times picks its winners. Marc Anthony? Alejandro Sanz? Read on to find out!

    The Latin Grammys will broadcast from the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas in one week, November 21. The awards ceremony, the biggest in the wide field of Latin music, offers an appropriately wide range of prizes. Performers across a number of genres will vie for 48 awards. The best part, however, is that the night's biggest prizes—Record of The Year, Song of The Year, and Album of The Year—each come with ten nominees, like the Oscar for Best Film, making for more excitement and suspense than the "regular" Grammys. Music Times is going to be so bold as to offer our predictions for each prize.

  • Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and Africa Express produce 'Maison Des Jeunes' showcasing music of Mali

    In case you haven't heard it from Lord Jamar recently, the roots of just about all Western music lies somewhere in Africa. That being said, listening to music produced by contemporary African performers can be an exciting shift from what you hear on typical Western radio. THAT being said, when the two sides combine, you get a musical supernova of sorts. Africa Express's forthcoming album Maison Des Jeunes promises to live up to our obviously excited description.

  • Miley Cyrus 'Bangerz' tour openers will be Icona Pop and Sky Ferreira

    Miley Cyrus is not keeping her fans in suspense, although her upcoming "Bangerz" tour isn't scheduled to begin until midway through February. The pop star announced the openers for the concert run on Tuesday, less than a week after announcing the dates themselves. Swedish duo Icona Pop and fellow indie pop performer Sky Ferreira will open.

  • Victoria's Secret nabs Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, others for annual Fashion Show

    Breaking news for the estimated .008 percent of people who watch the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with genuine interest in the musical performers: Taylor Swift will be headlining the show among a slew of other musical guests. Fall Out Boy, Neon Jungle and A Great Big World will also make their debut appearances on the show.

  • Tuesday's Under 21: The Orwells, young punks protesting the government, loitering at the mall

    It's easy to forget how young some of our favorite performers are when they enter the music world. From Michael Jackson's Jack 5 debut at the age of 11, to Lorde's chart-topping single "Royals" at the age of 16, it doesn't take much life experience to make a splash in the music industry. Tuesdays Under 21 is a Music Times feature dedicated to bringing attention to talented musicians and performers under the age of 21. Who knows? They just might be the next big thing.

  • Cochlear implant technology may soon allow deaf users to detect music

    Choosing "worst" among a host of sensual impairments is a loaded question, but no doubt that being unable to hear is near the worst. We can't imagine not being able to listen to the music we listen to every day at Music Times. Thanks to cochlear implants, deaf individuals have gotten to experience a bit of the aural world, but music has proven to be a problem. Researchers at the University of Washington believe they've solved the problem. A new algorithm for programming the implants seems to have given test subjects the ability to detect music.

  • AC/DC and 'X Factor' winner already vying for top U.K. Christmas single

    The top of the pop charts stays very much the same at Christmastime in the United States. Regardless of whether you've topped the charts as of Veteran's Day or Christmas Day, you've topped the charts. It's not the same in Britain however, where possession of the top spot on Christmas is a more venerated thing. The spot is one traditionally dominated by the winner of that year's season of the UK X Factor series. However, those tired of the populist pap have fired up a social media campaign to encourage listeners to buy a different single in the week leading up to Christmas: AC/DC's "Highway To Hell."

  • Rap Genius faces cease-and-desist from National Music Publisher's Association

    Rap Genius has set a bar for interactivity and music discussion on the internet, and the National Music Publishers Association wants that bar taken down. The organization launched cease-and-desist notices against more than 50 lyric websites, including the aforementioned Genius. The charges are that the sites, by earning profits from advertising while publishing copyrighted material, are taking part in "blatantly illegal material."

  • Garth Brooks' 'Blame It On My Roots' compilation features country performer covering multiple genres across four discs

    Garth Brooks has a busy 2014 planned, or at least country fans hope he does. A number of mysterious messages on the country star's website, including the recent post "????," have sent fanatics into a wave of hypothesis and project about an upcoming tour from the performer. Before you can spend your money on hypothetical concert tickets, Brooks is giving you the option of spending your money on a factual compilation of cover songs.

  • Brooklyn shooter NOT member of The Yellow Dogs updated report indicates

    UPDATE: The identity of the shooter has been called into question. The NYPD reports that Raefe Ahkbar was not the shooter. The identity of the true gunman has not been released, but the BBC is reporting that he was a member of another Iranian band called The Free Keys. It's believed that Ahkbar was initially suspected due to his recent release from the band. Please take this update into consideration when reading the rest of the story, written prior to the update.

  • Chance The Rapper covers Coldplay's 'Fix You' at Syracuse show [WATCH]

    The downside to being a rapper is that pulling off covers is difficult. It's not like metal, where you can take any given song, down-tune your guitar and create something that sounds totally different. It's tough for rappers to make a rap sound different, hence all the remixes on the market featuring new verses from performers not featured on the original. The good news is that rappers have arresting enough personalities that, if they want, they can cover anything else and fans won't complain.

  • Drenge releasing first U.S. single and playing first U.S. tour dates in January

    We Americans are blessed that our economic pull is such that most musicians of other nationalities eventually come to us. Of course, it's totally possible for us to go and find them, but frankly we've gotten lazy. One act that we're certainly pleased will soon be more readily available on American shores is the British blues-punk band Drenge.

  • ABBA reunion, tour possible for 'Waterloo' 40th anniversary? One member says yes

    The biggest hypothetical reunion in music is probably Led Zeppelin. Music Times would argue that ABBA is no. 2, and for the first time in a long while, the possibility of the Swedish pop group reforming for at least one show seems to be a possibility. Agnetha Faltskog, the member of the group who is viewed by many to be the most resistant to reunion, told a German newspaper that something could happen during 2014 to mark the 40th anniversary of the group's landmark album Waterloo.

  • Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Alan Jackson and many more to perform at George Jones tribute concert

    Country music legend George Jones was to have a pretty exciting 2013. He was announced as one of the new inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, and he would be more-or-less retiring with a farewell concert during November. Unfortunately, Jones passed away from respiratory failure at the age of 81on April 26. Jones' wife and musicians have banded together to make the final concert a huge gathering of country stars.

  • Back of The Billboards: 'No Place' by A Lot Like Birds

    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.

  • Kacey Musgraves censored during CMA performance of 'Follow Your Arrow.'

    We're not sure what a good winning percentage for award shows is, because we've never been nominated for anything. Kacey Musgraves was nominated for a heck of a lot of awards at the CMA's this week, but only took home one trophy from her six nominations (Best New Artist). Although we're sure that Musgraves will collect many CMA prizes in the years to come, she had to be a little disappointed. And it probably didn't make her feel any better to get censored by the show's producers as she performed new single "Follow Your Arrow" onstage.
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