One year after the death of Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, her band mates have announced their final album In the End, a collection of songs O’Riordan worked on prior to her January 15th, 2018 death. The Cranberries also shared In the End‘s first single, the catchy “All Over Now.” “I …
Read More »R. Kelly's Lawyer Denies Sex Abuse Claims Against Singer: 'The Allegations Aren't True'
R. Kelly‘s lawyer denied all of the sexual misconduct allegations against the singer and called the Surviving R. Kelly docuseries “disgusting” in a new interview Friday. Speaking to the Associated Press, Kelly’s Chicago-based attorney Steve Greenberg said, “The allegations aren’t true because he never knowingly had sex with an underage …
Read More »Hear Hozier Turn Destiny's Child's 'Say My Name' Into Soulful Slow Jam
Hozier covered Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name” as part of Spotify’s Singles series, reimagining the snappy R&B-pop hit as a gospel-tinged slow-jam. The “Take Me to Church” singer explores his full vocal range throughout the organ-fueled track, moving from warm crooning to a feathery falsetto. In a statement about the …
Read More »Bonnaroo 2019: Phish, Post Malone, Childish Gambino Lead Lineup
Phish, Post Malone, Childish Gambino, Solange and Cardi B lead the 2019 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, which returns to Manchester, Tennessee from June 13th to 16th. The Avett Brothers, the Lumineers, Kacey Musgraves, Odesza, Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, the National, the Lonely Island, John Prine, Marin Morris and My …
Read More »John Hartford's Rare Recordings Assembled on New 'Backroads, Rivers and Memories'
Legendary songwriter and musician John Hartford, who came into millions of homes each week playing banjo on the highly rated Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour from 1969 to 1972, forged his own Grammy-winning career as a versatile session musician, unique lyricist and compelling storyteller on hits like “Gentle on My Mind.” …
Read More »Hear Greensky Bluegrass' Adventurous Extended Jam on New 'Courage for the Road'
Greensky Bluegrass have unveiled a fourth track from their upcoming LPAll for Money, which will be released on January 18th. At nine minutes in length, “Courage for the Road” is a hard-driving acoustic tune featuring an extended middle section filled with frenetic, fleet-fingered solos. It’s the kind of exploratory jaunt …
Read More »Hear Paul McCartney's Wild, Auto-Tuned New Song 'Get Enough'
Paul McCartney transforms a lovelorn piano ballad into a wandering, auto-tuned experiment on “Get Enough.” The track, which he co-wrote and produced with Zach Skelton and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, arrives less than four months after his 17th solo album, Egypt Station. “Get Enough” opens as a straightforward pop tune, with …
Read More »Latin Trap Star Bad Bunny Releases Debut Album 'X100PRE'
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican rapper-singer who has accumulated more than seven billion YouTube views across a stream of hit singles this year, released his debut album,X100PRE,on Sunday night. The album title is a stylization of the words “por siempre,” which means “forever” in Spanish. Using sounds sourced from outside …
Read More »Jain's Global Pop Party
It’s a chilly October night, yet Jain has packed the mid-sized Brooklyn venue Warsaw with a mix of New Yorkers and visitors from her native France. Over there, she’s a phenomenon: Her 2015 debut, Zanaka, which blends pop with Afrobeat, is certified diamond, and her follow-up, this year’s Souldier, hit …
Read More »Serj Tankian on Writing 'Requiem Music,' System of a Down's Creative Stalemate
In the 13 years since System of a Down last released an album of skittery punk-metal, frontman Serj Tankian has challenged himself creatively with orchestral compositions, jazz records and rock outings. Lately, though, he’s found the most gratification in scoring movies. In the past five years, he’s written music for …
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