Cleveland.com

To use backing tracks or not to use backing tracks, Is it still the question?

CLEVELAND, Ohio - So, all you rock fans, it seems at least a couple of times a year there’s a kerfuffle concerning bands and artists using backing tracks during their shows. If you have no idea what ...
loudwire

Wolfgang Van Halen on Backing Tracks – ‘You Should Be Able to Play Your S–t’

Bands using backing tracks during live shows continues to be a hot button topic these days, and Mammoth WVH's Wolfgang Van Halen has made his stance known. As you might expect, with Van Halen taking ...
BroadwayWorld

Photos: First Look at the World Premiere of BACKING TRACK at The Arden

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Celebrated humorist, television writer, playwright, and national bestselling ...
Variety

Beyoncé Used Original Beatles Backing Track for ‘Blackbird’ on New ‘Cowboy Carter’ Version, With Paul McCartney’s Blessing

If the backing track on Beyoncé’s new recording of the Beatles’ “Blackbird” sounds especially familiar, there’s good reason for that. It turns out that the cover version she recorded for her “Cowboy ...
NPR

8 Tracks: Beyond the grave, Johnny Cash still shows us how to make music

8 Tracks is your antidote to the algorithm. Each week, NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, with the help of his colleagues, makes connections between sounds across time. A slightly different version of ...