Three weeks from the release of his new album Jelly Road, guitarist/producer/songwriter Blake Mills has dropped his latest single “There Is No Now. ” Accompanied by a music video, “There Is No Now” starts with folky-tinged guitar plucks before hitting a jazzier groove about halfway through the track, with Mills …
Read More »Yahritza y Su Esencia Joins Ángela Aguilar and Yuridia on Remix of 'Qué Agonía'
Yahritza Martinez’s voice adds an extra tinge of desamor and pain on a new remix of the already heartbreaking “Qué Agonía” by Ángela Aguilar and Yuridia. “The moment we’ve all been waiting for…” wrote Yahritza on Instagram teasing the collab earlier this week. The official remix arrives months after Yahritza …
Read More »Kim Petras Makes Her Big Move
It has taken Kim Petras 15 years to get a debut album out. In the interim, the German singer —songwriter’s steady rise has made her one to watch among pop artists: Her “Era 1” singles, released from 2017 to 2019, were a cool homage to fizzy 2000s bubblegum, and her …
Read More »Seven Hospitalized as Storm Rains 'Golf Ball-Sized Hail' Before Louis Tomlinson Concert
Seven people were hospitalized and up to 90 injured when “golf ball sized hail” rained down on Red Rocks Amphitheater Thursday night prior to Louis Tomlinson’s concert at the scenic Morrison, Colorado venue. Tomlinson’s concert was ultimately canceled due to freak hail storm, which forced concertgoers to seek cover at …
Read More »Reneé Rapp Is Ready for Her Pop Moment
R ENEÉ RAPP HASN’T BEEN sleeping well. The past six months have been a bit of a sleep-deprived haze for the singer and actress, full of weird or straight-up horrific dreams. Most of the time, she’s being booed off a stage. Once, she dreamed about murdering a person she had …
Read More »Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha, and Boots Riley Boycotting Venues That Use Face-Scanning Technology
Over 100 artists including Rage Against the Machine co-founders Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha, along with Boots Riley and Speedy Ortiz, have announced that they are boycotting any concert venue that uses facial recognition technology, citing concerns that the tech infringes on privacy and increases discrimination. The boycott, …
Read More »Paul Simon Sells Off Rights to Simon and Garfunkel Royalties
Paul Simon has sold a share in his royalties to BMG, the company announced on Thursday, marking yet another notable deal in the music acquisition space. Simon sold a “substantial stake” in his rights to the royalty income from Simon and Garfunkel’s recordings, along with a type of public performance …
Read More »Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb Among 2023 Kennedy Center Honorees
The 46th Kennedy Honors will celebrate an immensely varied and talented crew of artists. Among them are comedian/actor Billy Crystal, rapper/actor Queen Latifah, Bee Gees’ leader Barry Gibb, soprano Renée Fleming and singer Dionne Warwick. With this honor, Crystal joins a small group of comedians who have been recognized with …
Read More »Funk Queen Betty Davis' Four Essential Albums to Be Reissued
Before funk queen Betty Davis died in 2022, she had begun working with reissue label Light in the Attic to see her music make its way into the 21st century. The label will rerelease four essential Davis albums on August 25th, in honor of the 50th anniversary of her self-titled …
Read More »Demi Lovato Wages War to Protect Reproductive Rights on Protest Single 'Swine'
Demi Lovato stands on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights in the music video for the singer’s latest protest single “Swine.” To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, leaving millions with little to nothing left to shield and protect their bodily autonomy, …
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