As Radiohead fans long for a follow-up to 2011’s The King of Limbs, the band has been enjoying a hard-earned rest. But multi-instrumentalist Jonny Greenwood, at least, has stayed busy. In a new piece written for The Guardian, Greenwood details the events of his “year off from Radiohead,” touching on his orchestral film score projects (including…

As predicted, Amazon Prime has joined the ranks of music streaming services today as its new Prime Music service has now gone live. This is a natural extension of the offerings available on Prime, which began as a $50 program to ensure free two-day shipping of purchased items from the online store. Since that initial…

We all love those old Motown tracks recorded in Detroit in the 60s, and one of the driving forces behind them was the innovative bass playing of James Jamerson. He’s been massively influential to bass players since, and rightfully so; the man was truly original. Here’s the isolated bass and drum tracks to the great…

Jon Bon Jovi filled in for Kinks frontman Ray Davies, Donovan performed two of his classics and Miguel, A Great Big World, Martina McBride and Candice Glover paid tribute to legendary songwriters while Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons stripped down his band’s biggest hit at last night’s Songwriters Hall of Fame awards in New York City. Davies, one of…

Before being joined by Audio-Push in the studio, YN hits the streets with Hit-Boy for his latest episode of The Truth. During their discussion, Hit-Boy discusses his HS87 label, recent work with Mariah Carey, the success of “Niggas In Paris”, his pops Big-Hit and more. We The Plug is the truth. [RapRadar]

Damon Dash speaks on people saying he is broke. [RealTalkNY]

Light in the Attic’s Matt Sullivan, whose reissues prefigured the Oscar-winning documentary, laments the story’s tragic ending. Matt Sullivan, 38, is a true believer. The head of Light in the Attic, the reissue label he founded in 2003 with partner Joe Wright in Seattle, released Sixto Rodriguez’s two albums, his 1970 debut, Cold Fact, and…

When Mannie Fresh released his cheery 1989 single “Buck Jump Time” alongside his friend and rapper Gregory D, he didn’t know it would later become known as the start of an entirely new musical movement in New Orleans. The song, a fusion of Miami bass’ upbeat drums and the brassy horns that defined local street-band culture,…

Mariah Carey’s latest album, Me. I Am Mariah… the Elusive Chanteuse, entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 3 with 58,000 sold, her lowest total for a non-holiday album since 1991’s Emotions entered at No. 4 with 156,000, when SoundScan first started tracking sales. Not even in her darkest days, being hospitalized for emotional exhaustion…

A look back at Jurassic Park, the groundbreaking decision to create digital dinosaurs, and the impact it had on the future of movies….