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As the coronavirus pandemic began to destroy lives and livelihoods this spring, the music industry quickly realized the dire straits they were facing. Venues were some of the first businesses to close and will be one of the last to open, and critical PPE money — utilized by millions of …

iHeartMedia has announced the lineup for the fourth annual iHeartRadio Alter Ego live event, to be held virtually on January 28, 2021. Hosted by radio host Woody of iHeartRadio ALT 98.7’s nationally syndicated The Woody Show, Alter Ego 2021 will be headlined by Billie Eilish and Foo Fighters. Other featured …

Phoebe Bridgers made another unusual late-night appearance this week, performing a strings-only version of “Kyoto” from a bedroom on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Bridgers starts off by singing in bed, microphone in hand, flipping through her phone between verses. She then gets up, walks through a cloud …

Pioneering country music legend Charley Pride, who died Saturday at 86 from complications related to Covid-19, was as equally influenced by blues and gospel music as he was country music. Although his biggest crossover hit, “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” was nominated for a 1971 Grammy, the two trophies he …

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings lend their stellar harmonies to Barry Gibb for “Butterfly,” a track off Gibb’s forthcoming country/roots album Greenfields, produced by Dave Cobb. The song was first released as a deep track on the 1970 Bee Gees outtakes compilation Inception/Nostalgia. Written by Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb, it …

Harold Budd, the acclaimed composer known for his minimalist works and collaborations with Brian Eno, died Tuesday. He was 84. Steve Takaki, Budd’s manager, confirmed his death, adding that the cause of death was complications due to the coronavirus. “A lot to digest,” Cocteau Twins frontman and frequent Budd collaborator …

Jeremih has been discharged from a Chicago hospital after the R&B singer spent weeks in an intensive care unit — at one point on a ventilator — while battling complications from Covid-19. The singer told TMZ Saturday that he is now home following the health scare. “First and foremost, I …

A tiny number of Bob Dylan fans scored a valuable collectible on Sunday when a three-disc collection of songs cut in 1970, including the legendary George Harrison sessions, was quietly put on sale via the U.K. store Badlands. “This release is strictly limited to 1 unit per customer,” the store …

The Weeknd recruited saxophonist Kenny G to perform their recent collaboration “In Your Eyes,” a remix of the After Hours hit, at the 2020 American Music Awards. The two artists took over a bridge in Downtown Los Angeles, where the Weeknd revived the fireworks motif from his MTV VMAs performance …

Much of the world will be spending New Year’s Eve sequestered from one another in quarantine. Kiss, however, will be blowing up 2020 in 100 feet of flames in a lavish, decadent, record-breaking (and Covid-safe) rock & roll livestream in Dubai. For their first show in an ongoing farewell tour …