It was one of the most ambitious musical endeavors ever, as well as one of the most implacable and successful: Taylor Swift’s decision to re-record her back catalog after Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings acquired the rights to her first six albums when it purchased Swift’s old label, Big Machine. Swift …
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After dropping his first solo album in 2010, Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine is continuing his late-blooming solo career with a new EP, Islands in the Sun. The standout track is “My Plane Leaves Tomorrow (Au Revoir),” on which Jardine trades lead vocals and harmonies with Neil Young — the …
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Michael Sumler, who worked alongside funk legends Kool & the Gang as their hype man and was known as “Chicago Mike,” died in a car crash on Sunday in Georgia. He was 71. Local Atlanta television station 11Alive reported that Sumler was traveling on Veterans Memorial Highway in Cobb County …
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Miley Cyrus has dropped a show biz-themed music video for her song “Easy Lover.” The clip, directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman, and Brendan Walter, arrived alongside Cyrus’ new album, Something Beautiful. In the video, Cyrus arrives in a dressing room, where she dons a costume and has her hair and …
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K-Pop star Lisa, best known as one of the members of Blackpink, will be the subject of a new documentary film from Sony Music Vision and director Sue Kim. During a presentation of the film at the Sony Music Vision upfront last night, Kim confirmed she worked with Lisa for …
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Carlos Santana and Grupo Frontera unlocked something within each other while creating their first collaboration, “Me Retiro.” The single combines the guitarist’s weighted influence with the música mexicana group’s steadfast ambition. Edgar Barrera, who wrote and produced the song, is responsible for bringing them together. “It’s always a surreal moment …
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Taylor Swift has regained control of her recorded music catalog six years after her old label, Big Machine Label Group, sold it to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings. The singer announced the purchase in a lengthy letter, writing, “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.“ Swift announced …
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Addison Rae has dropped one more preview of her debut album Addison. “Fame Is a Gun” is the fifth single off her upcoming LP, which will be released on June 6th. On the shimmering new track, Rae basks in the glamorous life and the public’s adoration. “You know I keep …
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James Lowe, lead singer and principal member of the Sixties psychedelic band the Electric Prunes, has died at the age of 82. Lowe’s family announced on social media Thursday that he died “peacefully of natural causes” on May 22, surrounded “by music” and his family. “It is with heavy and …
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ZZ Top announced Thursday that Frank Beard will rejoin the band for their summer tour following the drummer’s leave of absence due to a then-unspecified “health issue.” Beard missed the last two months of ZZ Top’s shows after suffering foot and ankle issuesthat have since been resolved, the group revealed …
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