SZA and Lizzo have been named headliners for the 2023 iteration of Made in America, Jay-Z’s annual two-day festival hosted at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. With the two superstars at its helm, the event scheduled for Sept. 2 and 3 struck gold with this year’s lineup. At a time …
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Gracie Abrams paid tribute to one of her influences recently, playing Bon Iver‘s “Beach Baby” during a live appearance on SiriusXM Hits 1. She gently strummed an echoey acoustic guitar, and quietly intoned the lyrics: “Once a time, put a tongue in your ear, on the beach,” she sang, “And …
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Boza is letting love guide his music. Following his two prior releases Mas Negro Que Rojo(2020) and Bucle (2022), the rising Panamanian reggaeton star — whose real name is Humberto Ceballos — Boza poured his energy into a collection of love songs dotted with real-life vignettes and vital lessons, coming …
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Prosecutors in Berlin are investigating Rammstein singer Till Lindemann after several women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault and claims that they were drugged and propositioned for sex acts, according to Agence France-Presse (via Barron’s). “Preliminary proceedings have been initiated against Till Lindemann on allegations relating to sexual …
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Music subscription service Vinyl Me, Please has announced The Story of Waylon Jennings vinyl box set, which collects eight of the legendary country artist’s albums in eight years. It’s part of its VMP Anthology series, which includes a podcast telling the story behind the albums in the set. The limited-edition …
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Anita Baker announced that Babyface will no longer provide support on the rest of her North American tour after sparring with some of the songwriter/producer’s fans on Twitter. On Tuesday, June 13, Baker tweeted, “After Silently, Enduring Cyber Bulling/Verbal Abuse & Threats of Violence from the Fan Base, of Our …
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Peso Pluma‘s 2023 reign is on a roll. On Tuesday, the Mexican corridos star revealed that he’ll be releasing his album, Genesis — his first full project since topping the charts with “La Bebé” and “Ella Baila Sola” — on June 22. The record will feature 14 tracks, including some …
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Chris Hemsworth is truly a man of contrasts. While in New York City for the premiere of Extraction 2 — the new action thriller extravaganza in which Hemsworth plays a grizzled mercenary with a knack for rescue jobs and racking up egregious body counts — the actor quickly popped over …
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It may surprise most music fans to hear a songwriter whose credits include seven multi-platinum singles say there isn’t much money to make for their work anymore. But to the fellow songwriters who’ve spent years asking why their revenues have dried up in the streaming era, such a claim is …
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Paul McCartney has (sort of) got the Beatles back together for one more song with the help of artificial intelligence. First, to clarify: No, McCartney did not feed a machine a whole bunch of John Lennon and/or George Harrison material, get the computer to spit out some goofy, cheap hall …
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