BamaJam Music and Arts Festival returns for year two

On June 4-6 this year, you can  hear Taylor Swift, Kid Rock, Los Lonely Boys, and Drive By Truckers all in one place, and it ain't Nashville. It's BamaJam, a country-flavored festival in Enterprise, Ala....  read more

2009 Grammy Awards Live Blog

As we said in our Grammy Predictions, we have a love/hate relationship with the Grammys.  But hey, we love music, so we're watching to see what happens. Could be a big year for Lil Wayne (did you see his interview with "Miss" Katie Couric?). Could be a controversial night if Coldplay's alleged Joe Satriani rip-off grabs some hardware ("Viva La Vida" by Coldplay and Satriani's "If I Could Fly"). But plenty of great artists are nominated (M.I.A., Allison Krauss/Robert Plant, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Daft Punk, Brazilian Girls....we could go on), so as always, it'll be worth watching, especially...  read more

Staff Picks - Kate Kiefer (associate editor)

I just read Austin’s favorites and noticed that our lists don’t even have one record in common. Which means that he has bad taste, and also that he hasn’t heard Fearless. In no meaningful order: ...  read more