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For performers who write their own songs, an album's opening track is pretty tricky. There's a lot of pressure to write an excellent song that catches the listener's attention and entices them to listen further, but some artists get around this by opening their albums with cover songs instead. Here are eight great albums that open with cover songs. -
The Hottest Selling Country Music of 2014 (At Least So Far ...)
The mid-year SoundScan report has come out and the hottest country artists of the first half of 2014 definitely show that it's a man's world. Only two female artists made it into the list of top selling country albums ... -
8 Pairs Of Musicians You May Not Know Are Related: Patti Smith & Meg White, RZA & GZA, And More
There are plenty of well-known families throughout music history: Tim Buckley and his son Jeff Buckley, the Beach Boy's Wilson brothers, but some musicians are related in ways that are more unexpected or even obscured. Here are eight pairs of musicians that you may not know are related. -
7 Artists Whose Most Famous LP Is A Live Album: Kiss, Johnny Cash, And More
Typically, live albums are excellent additions to a die-hard fan's collection, but few people go out and buy a live album without owning some of the band's studio albums as well. However, these seven artists have released live albums that ended up being their most famous LP's. -
Johnny Cash gets animated with video for 'Out Among The Stars'
Johnny Cash has been dead for more than 10 years now, but new music keeps emerging and it keeps selling as well. This isn't news, but it's interesting to note how music videos from the country legend keep emerging as well. A new lyric video for the track "Out Among The Stars," the title track from Cash's most recent compilation, was revealed to the internet this week. -
6 Musical Biopics That Were Criticized by Their Subjects: 'Walk The Line,' 'The Doors,' 'Notorious' and more
The new Jimi Hendrix biopic All is By My Side, starring Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, has generated considerable criticism from Hendrix’s estate, which opposes any film about Hendrix’s life produced without their participation. This type of controversy surrounding a biopic is nothing new, however. Here are six biopics of musicians that were criticized by their subjects. http://www.musictimes.com/articles/5787/20140429/jimi-hendrix-biopic-gets-new-release-date.htm -
Barry and Linda Gibb Sell Johnny and June Carter Cash's Former Home
The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb and his wife Linda bought the former home of Johnny and June Carter Cash in December 2005 with plans to restore the 13,880-square-foot home. After a fire destroyed it in 2007, the plan was to build a second home on the lot, but the couple sold it last month to a Tennessee company. -
Rolling Stone ranks best rock albums of 1994: Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Neil Young, more
Rolling Stone ranked the Top 40 rock albums of 1994, which it named "mainstream alternative's greatest year." -
8 Pairs of Songs with the Same Title: Which is Better?
While musicians can be sued if they plagiarize lyrics or melodies, song titles are pretty much fair game, resulting in a ton of songs with the same name. I’ve decided to stack up some of the best songs that share titles and see which is better. These might seem like arbitrary comparisons based on a coincidence, but so are “Best of the Year” lists, and those are cool. -
'Frozen' nears 'Lion King's' record with another no. 1 finish, but 5 Seconds of Summer comes on strong
The cold reign of Frozen: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack continued on the Billboard 200 as the album topped the chart for the ninth week. -
Nine Artists Who Re-Recorded Their Own Songs: Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and more
Musicians love doing their own interpretations of songs written by other people, but sometimes they make the unusual choice of recording new versions of their own songs. Sometimes this is done to improve on the original, but other times they simply want to take one of their old songs and try it in a different style. Here are nine artists who did just that. -
Frozen's a juggernaut; Shakira and Johnny Cash can't stop Billboard 200's top-selling album
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