Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
With his final works, the American Recordings series, Johnny Cash had some of his biggest commercial and critical success, setting the bar ridiculously high for departed country singers. On Waylon Forever , which is billed as the country outlaw's final record, Jennings doesn't come c...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
'Hollywood Town Hall,' 'Tomorrow The Green Grass,' 'Sound of Lies,' 'Smile,' and 'Rainy Day Music' Are Now Available Through Major Digital Music Services NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- With Jayhawks founding members Mark Olson and Gary Louris reunited for a forthcoming new album, Legacy Recordings is honoring the original musical contributions of a great American band with the first-ever digital...
prefix (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
ZZ Top recently signed to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings imprint, and are about to commence work on a new album Rubin will produce. During the sessions, ZZ Top axeman Billy ...
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
American rockers ZZ TOP are to team up with THE BLACK KEYS to record a new track - thanks to producer RICK RUBIN. Rubin, who has signed ZZ Top to his label American Recordings, introduced his new band to the rock duo. And ZZ Top star Barry Gibbon is excited about the collaboration. He says,"I’m such a big [...]
Billboard (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
The Avett Brothers have signed with Rick Rubin's American Recordings label via Columbia, and will release their label debut next year.
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
The Avett Brothers have scored their highest debut on the Billboard charts with The Second Gleam, an intimate EP that marks their final release for an independent label. The trio will now head over to American Recordings, the Sony-owned company founded by Rick Rubin. [CountryStandardTime.com] Tom Waits’ “Glitter and Doom” tour recently rolled through Atlanta, where [...]
F-News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Metal band Slayer have hinted they might split soon. The US band are contracted to record one more album with American Recordings, but have suggested that it may be their last. Frontman Tom Araya said: "Let's put it this way, this is the final record of our commitment with Rick Rubin. When we first signed a deal with him back in 1986, we never sat down and said, 'How long do you guys want to keep this...
Idolator (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Are the thrash-metal kings Slayer ready to hang it up after closing out their 2008 tour schedule? Well, probably not directly after the tour winds down; they have an album coming out in 2009—their tenth—that will satisfy their contract with Rick Rubin's label, American Recordings. But given that frontman Tom Araya told the UK metal site Thrash Hits that "seeing a 50-year-old man headbanging on stage...
Idolator (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
When I read that Rick Rubin was going to produce the new Crosby, Stills, and Nash record, for a split second I got excited, thanks to imagining the trio harmonizing sweetly over the top of some badass "99 Problems" boom-bap. For better or worse, that is not the case. Instead, they'll be teaming with Rubin to record an album of covers—so what we'll probably get is a ripoff of Johnny Cash's dour,...
MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Remember Johnny Cash's American Recordings with Rick Rubin? Well, Home Before Dark and 12 Songs are the start of the same dealio for Mr. Neil Diamond . Rick Rubin has taken him under his wing and is turning out some really good singer/songwriter material. Rarely does Neil rock out on this album but there are many times where he gets his fans up and dancing. Sure, the 57 year old doesn't get going like...
Fat Lace Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
We don’t have to spell out our love for the career of Milk D. Audio Two never put a foot wrong (well, apart from splitting up and not releasing their third album, the fabled ‘First Dead Indian’) and Milk’s brief solo career on American Recordings was all gravy to our ears too. We hooked up [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Bruce Springsteen pays tribute to a boardwalk fortuneteller he made famous in a song on her death. ... ZZ Top has signed a new record deal with Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint through Columbia... and more.
PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Rockers ZZ TOP are to follow JOHNNY CASH and NEIL DIAMOND as they hope for a career revival at the hands of super-producer RICK RUBIN. The Smart Dressed Man trio has signed a new deal with Rubin’s American Recordings imprint. The group will record a new album with Rubin, hoping the Def Jam co-founder can get the [...]
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Texas rock trio ZZ Top has signed to producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings imprint, hoping for a commercial and critical revitalization along the lines of prior Rubin clients Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond.
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The rockers are taking their cooperation with the renown producer to a further ground by signing a record deal with his company American Recordings.
