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Ronnie Hawkins, the Canadian rockabilly singer known as “the Hawk,” who mentored the Band and played with rock’s greats, died Sunday morning. He was 87. “He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” Wanda Hawkins, his wife, told the Canadian Press. A cause of death was not immediately …

Ed Sheeran is releasing a new “tour edition” of his latest album, =. Pronounced Equals, the Fall 2021 release gets a refresh with the addition of nine tracks. Two songs from the expanded edition — “I Will Remember You” and “Welcome to the World” — are brand new, while two …

Moneybagg Yo suggested a new album might be in the works with the release of single “See Wat I’m Sayin’” Friday. The singer had previously teased the track in social media posts earlier in the week. On the song, Moneybagg breaks down a few of his latest hookups, detailing how …

Carlos Santana has re-recorded his classic interpretation of Tito Puente’s “Oye Como Va” with help from over 20 musicians around the globe, including Cindy Blackman Santana, Becky G, Tito Puente, Jr., Rubén Rada, Tal Wilkenfeld, Chouloute Minouche, and Jose Valdés Terán. The song was produced by Playing For Change co-founder …

Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s lost 2001 LP Toast is finally arriving July 8, and you can check out the track “Standing In The Light of Love” right now. Young started Toast at Toast Studios in San Francisco in early 2001 shortly before he headed down to South America with …

One of the world’s biggest pop stars is a music geek obsessed with obscure Wings tracks, a guy who named his new album after a 1973 release by Japanese pop pioneer Haruomi Hosono. As confirmed by Harry Styles‘ third and most diverse album, Harry’s House, and the distinctly indie-rock-ish Number …

Chance the Rapper shares a short tale in “A Bar About a Bar.” The accompanying new self-directed video features fellow Chicago rapper Vic Mensa and Chicago-based painter Nikko Washington. The clip opens on Chance and Mensa working on a writing exercise. Mensa asks, “What you got?” Chance launches into the …

Bobby Brown recounts the origins of new jack swing and his hit “My Prerogative” in a new clip from the upcoming two-part documentary Biography: Bobby Brown. It airs May 30 and May 31 on A&E. The clip begins with Brown and critic/author Nelson George offering a succinct breakdown of new …

Yes drummer Alan White, who joined the progressive rock band in 1972 and stayed with them for the next 50 years, has died at 72 after a brief illness. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is most famous for his work in Yes, but also performed with John …

Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the co-founder and keyboardist of beloved synth-pop and New Wave stalwarts Depeche Mode, died at the age of 60. Fletcher’s bandmates announced his death Thursday on social media; Rolling Stone has confirmed that the cause of death was natural causes. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming …