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Josh Groban Offers Up Rick Rubin-Produced Single “Hidden Away” For Free
Thu Sep 9 2010 by Robbie Daw
Releasing albums around the holiday period has traditionally been good for Josh Groban. Three years back, his LP Noel went five times platinum in these times when an artist is lucky to even snag a gold certification. Cut to Groban's followup Illuminations, which is set for a November release. The singer has offered up "Hidden Away," the first single from the Rick Rubin-produced set, for free. Listen below!
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Rick Rubin Adds Adele To His Production List
Tue Feb 16 2010 by Robbie Daw
It's now been two years since Grammy winner Adele broke out with her heartfelt throwback hit "Chasing Pavements," and Spinner notes that she's been in the studio with producers Rick Rubin and Paul Epworth working on the follow-up to 19. Back in December Ryan Tedder mentioned to Idolator that he was also writing songs for the 21-year-old English singer. So can we expect Adele's new album to sound like Dixie Chicks singing "Halo," with just a bit more blue-eyed soul?
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Tue Aug 12 2008 by Maura
Bearded music guru Rick Rubin has joined the board of MOG, the social-networking site with a music-blogging component, an easy-to-remember three-letter name, and $6 million in capital, including money from Sony and Universal Music Group. More »
Crosby, Stills, And Nash Ask Rick Rubin To Help Them Restore Their Dignity
Thu Jul 17 2008 by fluxington
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, cred-resurrecting American Recordings album, right on down to the production credits. It’s a rather transparent and uncreative bid for gravitas, but if they pick the right songs, it may actually be successful in improving their image and their legacy.
ZZ Top Is Rick Rubin’s Latest High-Profile Comeback Production
Wed Jul 2 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
ZZ Top! Of course! The trio will celebrate its 40th anniversary by herding into the studio with Rick Rubin later this year, after they wrap up a co-headlining tour with Brooks & Dunn. The band is aiming a sound more “La Grange” than “Sleeping Bag” (aw, can’t they do both?), and Rick Rubin does seem the painfully obvious choice for a high-profile authenticity move. The band has also signed to Rubin’s American Recordings, which heightens the prospect that its forthcoming album will get his full attention, rather than being one of eight projects he watches through a large telescope from inside his ashram. In recent years Rubin has worked with the Dixie Chicks, Linkin Park, Metallica, Weezer, U2, Kanye, Green Day, the dude from Semisonic… is there any respected figure in music that Rubin has yet to work with? I was able to come up with five who would be definite collaboration coups for both sides.
Rick Rubin Wants To Get In On This Web 2.0 Thing
Tue Sep 4 2007 by Maura
Sunday’s edition of the New York Times Magazine had the always-entertaining gambit “Can Person X save the music business?” as its cover tagline; the man in question was Rick Rubin, the Def Jam founder/khaki pant-wearing guru who became co-head of Columbia Records in May. Lynn Hirschberg’s lengthy, somewhat oddly structured profile gave a glimpse at Rubin’s strategies for the future sound of Columbia (Beth Ditto and Neil Diamond and the guy who won Britain’s Got Talent, yes; mewly singer-songwriter dudes who have one song worth hearing, no), how the rootkit fiasco almost made him swear off the record company for life, and his plans to market the music, including an in-house “word of mouth” department and a pie-in-the-sky plan to have all the majors band together in their time of woe, Care-Bears-Stare style.
Is Jay-Z Taking A Trip To Columbia?
Wed Jul 25 2007 by Maura
Those rumors that Jay-Z was starting a label with Beyonce and Steve Jobs? So last week. According to Ben Widdicombe’s Gatecrasher column, Jay might jump the Island Def Jam ship for a gig at Columbia–and the reason might be pesky houseguest/Janet Jackson paramour Jermaine Dupri:
