At Madison Square Garden last night, Al and Mitch from Saratoga Springs, New York, came prepared. Both longtime Allman Brothers Band fans who had first seen the group in the Seventies, they had their tickets in hand for “The Brothers: Celebrating 50 Years of the Allman Brothers Band.” Yet like …
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Bush have dropped a new song, “Flowers on a Grave,” the lead single from their upcoming album, The Kingdom, out in May. “Flowers on a Grave” is available on YouTube now and will arrive on all streaming platforms on March 4th. “The sadness is the emptiness/We’re shadows in the rain,” …
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s prog-rock classic “Karn Evil 9” will serve as the inspiration for an upcoming sci-fi film. Deadline reports that Radar Pictures has secured the rights to the centerpiece of ELP’s 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery with Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson on board to adapt “Karn Evil …
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Pat Houston, Whitney Houston’s long-time manager and sister-in-law, has shared an excerpt of an essay she wrote in tribute to the singer as part of a new vinyl release of her self-titled debut album. Whitney Houston celebrates its 35th anniversary this Valentine’s Day. To commemorate the anniversary, as well as …
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Nicki Minaj defended former Grammy chief Deborah Dugan during a speech at the Pollstar Live 2020 event on Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton. “Shout out to Deb. We need strong women that are willing to say what they have to say, even when they’re getting backlash for it,” Minaj said. …
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“Old Town Road” was everywhere last year, but Melissa Aldana somehow managed to escape its grasp. The first time the jazz saxophone star heard the song that dominated 2019 was earlier this week, when she learned how to play “Old Town Road” on the tenor. The Chilean-born, New York–based Aldana …
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Long ago, during a brief “ecstasy phase,” Eddie Vedder tried to write some techno music. “I was listening to all this stuff on ecstasy,” he told me in 2006, during an all-night chat in a Cleveland hotel room. “But I was wondering, ‘Are they writing it on ecstasy?’ I decided …
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Upcoming horror movie The Turning may take place in the Nineties, but you’re not going to hear “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on the soundtrack. Instead, director Floria Sigismondi teamed up with producer-musicians Lawrence Rothman and Yves Rothman to create a whole new aural environment for the movie, which is a …
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Johnny Marr will join Hans Zimmer to compose the new score for the next James Bond film, No Time to Die, NME reports. “Part of the legacy of the Bond films is iconic music, so I’m very happy to be bringing my guitar to No Time To Die,” Marr said. …
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Kesha made her Late Show debut Friday to perform her recent single “Raising Hell” with Big Freedia and salute the late David Bowie. Kesha’s Late Show appearance landed on the fourth anniversary of Bowie’s January 10th, 2016 death, and the singer remembered the late icon with lightning bolt makeup reminiscent …
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