Stream Johnny Jewel The Key & The Hacker EPs

Dear Tommy when? We’re still no closer to answering that question, but at least Johnny Jewel is giving us some new solo music. The Chromatics mastermind announced two EPs, The Key and The Hacker , earlier this week, and now he’s thrown the entirety of both up on Italians Do It Better’s YouTube page.

Pearl Jam Invite All Five Drummers to Rock Hall Induction Ceremony

“Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons… gave their all to the early recordings and live gigs,” band says in statement Pearl Jam announced Saturday that they will invite all five of their drummers to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Pearl Jam announced Saturday that they will invite all five of their drummers – Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese, Jack Irons and Matt Cameron – to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

SXSW Music Interview: Robert Glasper

Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Robert Glasper plays his music, his way. Whether the Houston native strips down into acoustic sets for the Robert Glasper Trio, or zips his multi-soul/hip-hop/jazz fusion outfit the Robert Glasper Experiment through Radiohead and David Bowie, the keyboardist brings laser focus to a broad spectrum of air … (more)

SXSW Music Interview: Robert Glasper

Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Robert Glasper plays his music, his way. Whether the Houston native strips down into acoustic sets for the Robert Glasper Trio, or zips his multi-soul/hip-hop/jazz fusion outfit the Robert Glasper Experiment through Radiohead and David Bowie, the keyboardist brings laser focus to a broad spectrum of air … (more)

Nicki Minaj responds to Remy Ma diss track with new singles

Nicki Minaj fueled her longtime feud with Remy Ma on Thursday by responding to the rapper’s diss track with new singles. The 34-year-old star released the songs “No Frauds,” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne , “Regret in Your Tears” and “Changed It,” featuring Lil Wayne, after Remy Ma slammed her in the single “Shether” in February.

Salt Lake Acting Company to produce new musical “Fun Home”

The new-gen Broadway musical “Fun Home” is coming home to Utah with a regional premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company, after the Tony Award-winning musical received development attention at a Sundance Theatre Lab. The musical, with a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, is an unlikely adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir about coming to terms with her sexuality and that of her gay father after being raised in a funeral home.

Justin Timberlake Says Frank Ocean Should Have Won Album of the Year at the GRAMMYs

The “Can’t Stop the Feeling” singer took to Twitter on Thursday to shout out “Slide,” Calvin Harris’ collaboration with Frank Ocean and Migos, which he followed up with a little shade regarding this year’s Best Album winner , Adele’s 25. “That Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos tho…….. Y’ Y’ Y’ ,” the 36-year-old singer tweeted. “While I’m at it… Frank Ocean had the REAL Album Of The Year with BLONDE.

Naomi Campbell: Paris Jackson will be an ‘incredible actress’

The 18-year-old aspiring actress recently scored her first television role in the Lee Daniels drama series ‘Star’, and Naomi – who has also filmed for a guest appearance in the show – can see great potential in Paris’ acting ability. And whilst Naomi never got the chance to meet the blonde beauty during shooting for the show, she says she did once “have tea” with a very young Paris alongside her late father and musical icon Michael Jackson.

Mad Anthony wraps song-a-week project

The Cincinnati Rock band’s monumental endeavor to release a new song every week for an entire year finished up Feb. 24 with the release of the fittingly titled ‘It Never Ends.’ It’s amazing what a difference a year can make.

Greater Cincinnati Metal foursome Lucis Absentia moves beyond basic…

Slated for a summer release, ‘Gehenna Gate’ is poised to push both the band’s artistic boundaries and its impact on the local Metal scene. If there were any justice in this world, the members of Lucis Absentia would’ve shown up to our interview drunk and/or hungover, with the stench of cheap beer, cheaper pizza and cigarettes still hanging from their all-denim outfits.

Sound Advice: Moving Units with Viktor Fiction and Soviet

The Los Angeles quartet began in 2001 when guitarists Chris Hathwell and Blake Miller decided to work together after the breakup of their previous bands, Festival of Dead Deer and Spectacle, respectively. In relatively short order, the band released its eponymous debut EP and secured opening slots for the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Pixies and Blur, which sparked a good deal of label interest.

Hear Dweezil Zappa’s Wild New Shredfest With Frank Zappa

Guitarist is releasing “Dinosaur” as part of a PledgeMusic campaign to raise money for legal defense against Zappa Family Trust More than three decades ago, when Dweezil Zappa was 13, he wrote some riffs and vamps. He has since dug them up and rearranged them, calling the piece “Dinosaur,” because, he says, “it’s in phase with the practice of paleontology.”

DIY Venue Non Plus Ultra Shut Down by City Inspector; Founders Issue Statement

Last Thursday night, Non Plus Ultra, a DIY art space in Virgil Village run by a group of L.A. artists, including members of the bands HOTT MT and Vinyl Williams, was buzzing as garage-rock stalwarts Thee Oh Sees were preparing to take the stage. There were about 350 people crawling around the space, which generally hosts crowds of about 150 or less – and the event attracted the attention of the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.

Why the iHeartRadio Music Awards needed an Oscars-style snafu

The best thing that can be said about Sunday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards is that nobody called Major Lazer onstage to receive a prize meant for the Chainsmokers. Now in its fourth year, this annual awards show put on by one of the country’s biggest broadcasters has worked out most of the kinks that can trip up a new production .

The Magical Music Video for John Legend and Ariana Grande’s “Beauty and the Beast” is Here

If you weren’t already super excited for the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast , this brand new music video for the film’s title song is guaranteed to have you running to the theater. Featuring Ariana Grande in a gown that makes her looks like the enchanted rose come to life, and John Legend wearing an outfit straight from the prince’s closet, the music video is the perfect ode to a gorgeous fairytale – and proof that they couldn’t have chosen two better people to cover this iconic song.

Adele Is Music Biz Artist Of The Year

… Returning favorite sessions will include the Metadata Summit, Brand & Strategic Partnership Summit, and Entertainment & Technology Law Conference, as well as an encore for Music’s Leading Ladies Speak Out and various special interest programs and …

Valerie Carter, backup singer for Jackson Browne, dead at 64

Singer Valerie Carter, best known as the backup singer in Jackson Browne, died of a heart attack on Saturday, her sister confirmed to the Tampa Bay Times . The singer and songwriter rose to fame in the 1970s and recorded and performed with acts like James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Linda Ronstadt, Ringo Starr and more.

See Father John Misty Sing About VR Sex With Taylor Swift on ‘SNL’

Father John Misty fantasizes about VR sex with Taylor Swift in his new song “Total Entertainment Forever,” which the singer debuted live on ‘SNL.’ Father John Misty fantasizes about VR sex with Taylor Swift in his new song “Total Entertainment Forever,” which the singer premiered live during his debut musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live .

Remy Ma says she didna t a targeta Nicki Minaj on diss track a shETHERa

Six-minute song ‘shETHER’ features several references to Minaj , including her interaction with Miley Cyrus at the 2015 VMAs. Remy raps, ” How are you on the VMAs acting like you hood?/Way across the stage, talking ’bout “Miley, what’s good? ” The cover art features a blood spattered barbie doll with pink hair, which is one of Minaj’s most recognisable looks.

Tony Award-Winning Actor Ben Vereen Brings a Night of Career…

The Ridgefield Playhouse and Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series presents a night with the Legendary Tony Award-winning actor Ben Vereen on Sunday, May 21 at 8 p.m. Ben Vereen ‘s performances transcend time and are woven into the fabric of this country’s artistic legacy. In this special evening, partially underwritten by Adam Broderick Salon and Spa, you will take a whirlwind trip through Vereen’s career and favorite songs – including numbers from Pippin and Jesus Christ Superstar, interspersed with loving and sometimes hilarious anecdotes about some of the Broadway greats he has worked with.

Plake hopes to be ‘The Voice’

Plake hopes to be ‘The Voice’ Indie pop singer, worship leader could extend Lafayette’s streak Check out this story on dailyworld.com: Hunter Plake can be forgiven for being sleep-deprived for the past eight months. Besides teaching music lessons in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, Plake married his wife Bethany in June.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time appears at the…

The National Theatre’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling book, is set to return to Bath. Appearing at the Theatre Royal for a run of 16 performances, the 2017 UK tour plays Bath from Tuesday, March 14 to Saturday, March 25. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is the recipient of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards, including Best New Play, Best Director, Best Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design – more Oliviers than any other single play in the history of the West End.

Ed Sheeran shares new song ‘How Would You Feel

His first album in three years, Sheeran’s third full length studio record ‘ ‘ is the follow-up to 2014’s ‘x’. Forecast the follow in the footsteps of his previous albums, ‘ ‘ is tipped to sell millions and be one of the biggest-sellers of the year.

Demi Lovato to Be Honored for Mental Health Advocacy

Lisa Kudrow will host the Open Minds Gala, an event that recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues, set for March 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Demi Lovato will be among the honorees at The Jane and Terry Semel Institute’s biannual Open Minds Gala, which recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues.

Demi Lovato to Be Honored for Mental Health Advocacy

Lisa Kudrow will host the Open Minds Gala, an event that recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues, set for March 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Demi Lovato will be among the honorees at The Jane and Terry Semel Institute’s biannual Open Minds Gala, which recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues.

Mangold finds inspiration in giving ‘Logan’ R-rated edge

Don’t kid yourself: Even though the newest entry into the “X-Men” movie saga, “Logan,” draws its inspiration from the “Old Man Logan” storyline in the Marvel Comics series, this isn’t your grandpa’s Wolverine. Starring the man who defined the role of Logan/Wolverine — Hugh Jackman — for the ninth and perhaps final time in the “X-Men” movie saga, it’s clear from the beginning of “Logan” that Jackman and director James Mangold, his collaborator on 2013’s “The Wolverine,” were going to make a decidedly different mutant film.

Jessica Lange Among Trinity Rep’s 2017 Pell Award Honorees

Trinity Repertory Company announces that Jessica Lange will be honored with the 2017 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 21st annual Pell Awards Gala to be held on Monday, May 22, 2017 at the new WaterFire Arts Center in Providence. Philanthropists and longtime arts advocates Joseph L. Dowling, Jr. and Sally Dowling will be honored with the Charles Sullivan Award for Distinguished Service in the Arts.

Indie Duo Tennis Visits Old Jobs at Chili’s and Brown Palace

Patrick Riley parked cars at the Brown Palace and Alaina Moore worked at Chili’s before they married and formed Tennis. Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, the husband-and-wife duo behind Denver band Tennis, have just finished writing and producing their fifth album, Yours Conditionally, under their brand-new label, Mutually Detrimental.

Willie Nelson, Miranda Lambert leada

Musician and songwriter Merle Haggard performed at the Big Barrel Country Music Festival in Dover Del., on June 28, 2015. Merle Haggard would have turned 80 years old on Apr. 6. That day – which is also the first anniversary of the country music legend’s death – his legacy will be celebrated during a tribute show at Bridgestone Arena .

Selma Hayek Shade, Prince Party Shutdown & More – DJ Paul Remembers Three 6 Mafia’s Oscars Night

As bizarre as Moonlight’ s 9th inning comeback to take the Best Picture at last night’s 89th Academy Awards may have been for some, it’s still hard to compete with the fact Three 6 Mafia are Oscar winners. The Memphis horrorcore group not only ranks high on the list of unlikeliest artists to win an Academy Award, it was the song – 2005’s “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp” from Hustle & Flow, performed by Terrence Howard long before the entire world knew him as Lucious Lyon from FOX’s Empire – that strengthened the urban fairytale.

Mesmerized psych-rapper Malik Augustus has a close encounter of the…

After a long conversation with new City Pages music editor Keith Harris this weekend, that question stuck in my mind. How do we, as a media entity, do a better job spotlighting local music? How do we do it in a way that benefits readers – always our first priority — while also supporting the musicians we feature? How do we become more representative? The answer to that question is obtuse and long-winded and still in process, but Keith and I agreed that it starts here, in Local Frames.

Fox News’ Swedish ‘security advisor’ has heads scratching

In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Bill O’Reilly of the Fox News Channel program “The O’Reilly Factor,” poses for photos in New York. Swedes are finding themselves puzzled by representations of their country in the U.S. after a prominent Fox News program featured a “Swedish defense and national security advisor” who’s unknown to the country’s military and foreign-affairs officials.

Music 31 mins ago 4:33 p.m.Beyonce out of Coachella; will perform in 2018

Beyonce, who is pregnant with twins, will not perform at Coachella this year, but will headline the festival in 2018. In a statement to The Associated Press on Thursday, Beyonce’s Parkwood Entertainment and festival producer Goldenvoice said the singer had to pull out of the famed festival “following the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months.”

Beyonce pulls out of Coachella 2017

Following Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement, the singer’s entertainment company and Coachella ve announced that she will not perform at Coachella this year. Beyonce pulls out of Coachella 2017 headlining spot Following Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement, the singer’s entertainment company and Coachella ve announced that she will not perform at Coachella this year.

Ride share another new track, a Home Is A Feelinga

Having unveiled ‘Charm Assault’ – their first new track in 20 years – yesterday , the band have now followed it up with ‘Home Is A Feeling’, which is a more laid-back and dreamy affair that its predecessor. Frontman Mark Gardener says of the track: “‘Home Is A Feeling’ to me is like a slow, wide-screen, sonically, layered, slowed motion warm wash.

The week’s 28 best concerts: Feb. 22-28

… Xcel Energy Center was reportedly a success. In other Weezy news, his beef with former mentor/Cash Money Entertainment partner Birdman shows no signs of being squashed, while his regrettable Wiz Khalifa/Imagine Dragons collab, “Sucker for Pain,” …

5 great Foxfire albums

The Foxfire Coffee Lounge was just the shot in the arm the Minneapolis indie-rock scene needed at the end of the ’90s, giving young bands a place to cut their teeth and more established groups a chance to hone their sound. Here are five great recordings from the acts that called the Foxfire home, recorded or released during the club’s brief tenure, along with what City Pages had to say about them at the time.

WindSync wants to change the way you think about wind quintets

Radiohead and Billy Joel might not come to mind when you think of a wind quintet performance, but WindSync is on a mission to expand and modernize the repertoire with new arrangements that span genres. Each musician, from the flutist to the bassoon player, helps modify the source music – which might have been originally written for a full orchestra, singers, piano or even a rock band.

Mothers bring off-kilter, enchanting sound to SF

The Georgia band Mothers released one of last year’s most striking, vulnerable albums, “When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired.” Conjuring the off-kilter indie rock sound of bands like the Throwing Muses and Cat Power, the group, led by the enchanting singer Kristine Leschper , above, is quietly catching ears with potent tunes like “Copper Mines” and the brooding “It Hurts Until It Doesn’t.”

San Diego band Wavves hits snag with anti-Trump billboards

Last year, the San Diego rock band Wavves made headlines by announcing that it was “dis-inviting” supporters of then presidential candidate Donald J. Trump – along with “racists, homophobes, anyone who blames rape victims and anyone who has gone out of way to defend police in America” – from attending shows on its upcoming summer tour. While it remains unclear how many of the above groups are – or were – fans of Wavves, the noise-embracing slacker-punk band now hopes to making headlines anew.

Pink Martini’s van stolen from downtown Portland, band says

Pink Martini’s colorful van has been stolen and is on the loose in Portland, the local music icons announced on Tuesday. “Portland friends, our beloved van was stolen from Pink Martini headquarters Sunday afternoon in broad daylight!,” the band wrote on Facebook , a reference to their downtown label offices and loft space.

Rip It Up and Start Over

Seattle power-pop trio Dude York’s new album, Sincerely , is loaded with strident riffs and yell-along anthems. But the record’s bold, polished sound didn’t come easy.

Ride – “Charm Assault”

After breaking up in 1996, UK shoegaze gods Ride reunited to tour two years ago. They’ve lately been working on an album , their first in two decade, which they say will be ” equal parts Motorhead And William Basinski .”

Original Scores the Oscars Forgot This Year

In a perfect world, the battle for the Best Original Score Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards would be between Nicholas Britell’s sweeping orchestrations for Moonlight and the haunting piano strokes of Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka’s Lion soundtrack.

Lana Del Rey releases new single ‘Love’

“I made my first four albums for me, but this one is for my fans and about where I hope we are all headed,” Del Rey said in a statement. Her next record was created with her longtime producer and collaborator Rick Nowels. Producers Benny Blanco and Emile Haynie also helped out on the set.

Drake explains Meek Mill feud, reacts to Kanye calling him out

Hip-hop star Drake isn’t proud of all the headlines he’s made for his feud with rap rival Meek Mill – nor does he understand why he was recently called out by Kanye West. The Canadian rapper opened up about both disharmonious incidents in a new interview with DJ Semtex on Beats 1’s OVO Sound Radio , during which he explained why he wasn’t happy about his nearly two-years-long acrimony with Mill.

Symphony announces lineup for Bayside Summer Nights 2017

Leslie Odom Jr., of “Hamilton” fame, will perform with the San Diego Symphony on July 7 and 8. The San Diego Symphony’s Bayside Summer Nights 2017 concert series promises such established stars as Tony Bennett and New Orleans legend Dr. John, as well as up-and-coming artists like Leslie Odom Jr., fresh from the Broadway smash musical “Hamilton.” Megan Swan, the symphony’s associate director of artistic planning, also predicts Harry Potter sightings and whiffs of Aqua Net hair spray.

Boy George on death threats: a oeI wore a bulletproof vesta

Boy George opened up about the death threats he received during the height of Culture Club ‘s success in the 1980s. Appearing on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories , the 55-year-old singer revealed he received threatening letters during his career in the 80s – to the point that he wore a bulletproof vest in fear for his life.

Colbert: Moby ‘More Reliable Than Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer’

“Moby’s Instagram became the public record… shortly after Trump’s Twitter feed became the Library of Congress,” host says Stephen Colbert opened ‘The LAte Show’ Friday by addressing the wild Donald Trump conspiracy theories that Moby recently posted about on social media. Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show Friday by addressing the wild Donald Trump conspiracy theories that Moby recently posted about on social media.

Juan Gabriel Returns to Mexico This Weekend – in Hologram Form

Mexican pop music fans were devastated last August when one of the country’s most beloved singers, Juan Gabriel, passed away at age 66. But today, Saturday, Feb. 18, fans in Toluca, Mexico will get a chance to see El Divo de Juarez in action once again – courtesy of Hologram USA, the same company that resurrected Tupac Shakur in hologram form at Coachella in 2012. The Juan Gabriel hologram – which, if you want to get all technical, isn’t really a hologram – will appear as part of a tribute concert called “Juan Gabriel, Eternally” at the Foro Pegaso in Toluca, a suburb of Mexico City.

Sunday Go Pick: Latin jazz pianist Edsel Gomez at Lafayette Inn

Pianist Edsel Gomez has worked with an array of Latin music idols such as Marvin Santiago, Celia Cruz, Carlos “Patato” Valdes and Willie Colon. The Grammy nominated Gomez, considered one of the premier Latin jazz pianists in the world, brings his rhythms to the Lafayette Inn in Easton at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, when College Hill Concerts kicks off its spring season.

What to expect at ‘Game of Thrones’ concert in Philadelphia

The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience features an orchestra, choirs and massive projection screens to bring the Seven Kingdoms to life at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Feb. 26. The Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience features an orchestra, choirs and massive projection screens to bring the Seven Kingdoms to life at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Feb. 26. Bringing this winter’s “Game Of Thrones Live Concert Experience” tour to fruition meant having to use a different set of criteria to decide if the tour would be a financial success. Usually with tours on this scale, there are time-tested indications it will sell tickets.

Ed Sheeran Celebrates Birthday By Dropping New Song

Ed Sheeran is building the buzz for Divide , his upcoming third album, with the release of a third track from it. After the record-smashing whirlwind that was the advance release of Divide tracks “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill,” the Englishman changes pace on “How Would You Feel ,” a Kleenex-clincher of a slow ballad assisted with acoustic guitar, piano and drums played with brushes.

Nick Cannon resolves to ‘stay firm’ after quitting AGT

The 36-year-old comedian announced Monday that he would not be returning to the NBC talent competition show after a run-in with NBC. Former host: Nick Cannon while arriving at La Guardia Airport in New York City on Thursday said he was resolved to ‘stand my ground’ after quitting America’s Got Talent ‘My dignity, my integrity is worth so much to me,’ Cannon said while looking dapper in a tan vest and matching trousers with a light brown overcoat.

Watch Drake, A$AP Rocky and more star in The Weeknda s new video for a Remindera

The Weeknd has unveiled the latest video from his ‘Starboy’ project, with the clip for the track ‘Reminder’ starring the likes of Drake , A$AP Rocky , Travis Scott and more. The Toronto artist – AKA Abel Tesfaye – has rolled out a number of visual accompaniments to his latest album, including the Daft Punk-featuring title track and the ultra-violent action thriller clip for ‘False Alarm’ .

Listen to new Incubus single a Nimble Bastarda

The veteran California band, who formed in 1991, are gearing up to release their eighth studio album, ‘8’, later this year. It’ll be the first full-length record since 2011’s ‘If Not Now, When?’, and is set for a release on April 21. Ahead of the release of ‘8’, Incubus have today shared the first cut from the forthcoming album.

Martin Garrix teases his collaboration with Justin Bieber

The Dutch DJ-producer is supporting Bieber on the Australian leg of his Purpose World Tour, which begins next month, and at the pop singer’s huge Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park show on July 2. Speaking to NME backstage at last night’s V05 NME Awards 2017, Garrix said: “We’ve been in the studio and we have some rough ideas, but we have no actual song yet where we’re both like, ‘OK, this is what we’re gonna release.’ ” “But we go on tour next week,” he added, “[So we’ll have] three weeks in the studio, touring, travelling, making music and performing – it’s going to be fun.”

Listen to new Linkin Park song a Heavya as band announce new album a One More Lighta

Linkin Park have unveiled plans for the release of their seventh studio album ‘One More Light’, while also sharing its lead single ‘Heavy’ – listen to the new track below. The nu-metal veterans will release their first full-length LP since 2014’s ‘The Hunting Party’ with the new album, with ‘One More Light’ set to hit digital and physical shelves on May 19. Fans can now hear the first cut from the new album after Linkin Park shared ‘Heavy’ earlier today , which features guest vocals from Illinois singer Kiiara.

Kurt Cobaina s guitar goes on sale in eBay charity auction

The instrument came into the late Nirvana frontman’s possession in 1992, and will be the subject of a 10-day online auction A guitar from Kurt Cobain ‘s personal collection has gone on sale today in a charity auction on eBay. The late Nirvana frontman owned the instrument – a Hagstrom Blue Sparkle Deluxe – from late 1992 until his death in 1994.

Watch Cee Lo Green Praise Beyonce With Outrageous ‘Jay Z’s Girl’

Cee Lo Green flipped Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl” into an outrageous ode to Beyonce, “Jay Z’s Girl.” Released under his new Gnarly Davidson moniker, the track perfectly apes the instrumentals of Springfield’s 1981 hit but features Green crooning a ridiculous new set of lyrics: “Jay Z is the king/ And I’m probably his biggest fan/ But there’s a feeling inside that he’d surely understand/ I’m in love with B and I want to be her man.”

Office of Government Ethics asks White House to investigate Kellyanne Conway

Click Here to View Pairings … – The Boston Red Sox will officially begin spring training on Friday, and they will be without superstar designated hitter David Ortiz for the first time si… — Questions continue to swirl in the wake of Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser, including which White House officials knew — and when — … — Harrison Ford was involved in an incident involving a passenger jet, sources told ABC News.

Maya Angelou embraced San Antonio’s diversity

Maya Angelou in Sonoma, Calif., which she called home during the late ’70s and early ’80s. Her multi-faceted life, which took her from Missouri to Georgia to Europe and even to the Alamo City, is depicted in the fascinating PBS documentary “And Still I Rise.”

Lemon Twigs

Harry Nilsson, high kicks, and Broadway show tunes collide in Lemon Twigs. New York siblings Michael and Brian D’Addario turn to the Seventies for both their compositions and sartorial choices, but following a brief hookup with modern psychedelics Foxygen, the brothers defected for more melodic singer-songwriter fare.

Adele sweeps Grammys with 5

The British pop sensation won five Grammys, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Hello,” as well as Album of the Year for “25” at the 59th annual awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. It was a near repeat of her 2012 feat when she won six Grammys for her smash album “21,” making her the first artist ever to sweep the top three categories twice.

Adele

At Sunday’s 59th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, the air felt sticky with deja vu. A boffo-selling soothsayer, Adele, had been pitted against a superstar-turned-agitator, BeyoncA , for the night’s heaviest prizes: song, record and album of the year.

Metallica will perform at MetLife Stadium on May 14

Metallica will perform at MetLife Stadium on May 14 Metallica will perform at MetLife Stadium on May 14 Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2l7C944 Metallica’s “WorldWired 2017” North American tour — in support of their new album “Hardwired a To Self-Destruct” – will make a stop at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford on May 14. Presale tickets for the 25-city tour will be available to Legacy Fan Club members beginning on 9 a.m. Feb. 14, with presale tickets available to all Met Club members beginning 11 a.m. Feb. 14. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning 10 a.m. Feb. 17. Each ticket purchased will come with a copy of the “Hardwired…To Self-Destruct” album, available as a physical CD or a digital download.

Blue Ivy Carter had the best time meeting stars at the Grammys

BeyoncA and Jay Z’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter met a whole host of A-listers at the 2017 Grammys – the 5-year-old was introduced to James Corden, Nick Jonas and more Beyonc and Jay Z ‘s daughter Blue Ivy Carter had the best night ever at the 2017 Grammys ! All eyes were on the adorable five-year-old, who had her fair share of scene-stealing moments. Little Blue turned heads, jumping up and down, cheering for her mum as Beyonc sang her heart out.

This year’s Grammys will be remembered for its songs of protest

Adele ended her night at the 2017 Grammy Awards with back-to-back wins for album of the year and record of the year, butused her final moments on stage to salute BeyoncA and her “monumental” album “Lemonade.” BeyoncA , meanwhile, wowed the audience with a spiritual performance and also took home the prize for urban contemporary album.

The Latest: Adele sweeps record, album of year Grammy honors

FEBRUARY 12: Recording artist Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. less LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 12: Recording artist Beyonce performs onstage during The 59th GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Running Shaadi – Music Review

Director : Amit Roy Music : Abhishek-Akshay, Anupam Roy, Keegan Pinto, Anjana Ankur Singh and Sandeep Mahadevan Lyrics : Manoj Yadav, Keegan Pinto and Shellee Starring : Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu and Arsh Bajwa Two renowned production houses, Soojit Sircar’s Rising Sun Films and Crouching Tiger Motion Pictures , famous for providing wholesome entertainment, come together for a romantic comedy, RUNNING SHAADI. Music is expected to be unconventional but catering to popular taste as well, quite on the lines of their previous ventures.

Adele slims down

The Grammys are known for some seriously wacky, sexy and attention-grabbing red carpet looks. Here are the looks that caught our eye this year.

Dead country star’s big win

Rory Lee Feek, of Joey + Rory, poses in the press room with the award for best roots gospel album for “Hymns” at the 59th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. Not only did Rory Feek honor his promise to his late wife Joey by attending the 2017 Grammys, the country singer took home an award for best gospel roots album.

Grammys Red Carpet 2017: See every stunning outfit

The red carpet for an event like the Grammys almost becomes as much of a show as the ceremony itself. At Sunday’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards , big name artists like Beyonce, Adele, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry and many more are expected to strut their stuff during the epic pre-show.

Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks Celebrate Tom Petty at All-Star MusiCares Tribute

Don Henley, Jakob Dylan, Gary Clark Jr., Norah Jones and many more perform Petty classics at MusiCares Person of the Year dinner Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley and many more paid tribute to Tom Petty at the 2017 MusiCares “Person of the Year” dinner in Los Angeles. “Rock & roll goes on,” Tom Petty declared Friday night at the MusiCares “Person of the Year” dinner in Los Angeles.

Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Skrillex to Headline ACLU Concert

The fundraiser, held April 3 at the Staples Center in L.A., was organized by Russian-born immigrant Zedd in reaction to Trump’s travel ban. Outrage over President Donald Trump’s travel ban has prompted a spring fundraising concert for the American Civil Liberties Union that will feature a diverse lineup, including Macklemore, Imagine Dragons, Incubus, Miguel and Skrillex.

Adele-vs.-Beyonce: The Grammy race is on

… Superdome on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in New Orleans. (Photo by Daniela Vesco/Invision for Parkwood Entertainment/AP Images) FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, Adele performs at the 58th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. A video posted by …

Katy Perry Debuts New Single ‘Chained to the Rhythm’ With Bizarre Lyric Video

After hinting at it for several days, Katy Perry has given fans some new music, and a surreal lyric video to go along with it. The catchy, sonically up-beat synth-pop single “Chained to the Rhythm,” featuring Bob Marley’s grandson, Skip Marley, was released late Thursday evening and came with a lyric video that plays off the viral trend of people cooking tiny meals in miniature homes.

The New Year – “Recent History”

Brothers Matt and Bubba Kadane have been making intimate, precise indie-rock together for decades – first in pioneering slowcore band Bedhead, then in the New Year, and most recently with David Bazan and Will Johnson in Overseas. This spring, the New Year are coming back with Snow , their fourth album and their first in nearly 10 years, and today they’ve shared lead single “Recent History,” an excellent swirl of interlocking guitars and steadily pulsing drums.

Watch E!’s Live From the Red Carpet Coverage at the 2017 Grammy…

Before we find out who will take home the top prizes on Sunday , Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic will be chatting with music’s biggest stars during E!’s Live From the Red Carpet Grammy Awards special. The annual event will be abuzz with lots of fashion, fun and surprises, while the fan-favorite E! Glambot will also be in full effect to capture all the show-stopping moments in real time.

Prince and George Michael to be honoured at Grammys

Recording Academy bosses have confirmed plans for special memorial segments for each of the two late “creative innovators” – who both passed away last year – at the ceremony on Sunday , though they did not give any details as to which artists will be involved. Academy CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement: “George Michael and Prince were pop icons who showcased rare musical genius and otherworldly charisma.

Make-A-Wish sends Bay Village teen to 2017 Grammy Awards

Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a Northeast Ohio teenager will be sharing the same arena as Beyonce, Adele and other stars at tonight’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony at the Staples Center. Jane Finley, a 14-year-old from Bay Village, and her family has been granted the wish of attending this year’s ceremony.

Is This Raunchy Music Video Art or Explicit Content?

A sex-filled music video by Australian musician Brendan Maclean, “House of Air,” has sparked a storm of controversy and left viewers asking where the line should be drawn. Blurring the boundaries between the educational and obscene, the video, which bills itself as “an anthropological study of gay semiotics, taxonomies, and sexual behaviours,” shows acts of oral sex, anal sex, anilungus, piss play, and scat performed by adult film actors.

Cloud Nothings talk neuroticism, nostalgia, and new-age-inspired punk

Cloud Nothings started out as a one-man project in 2009, when Dylan Baldi was just 18 years old, but the band has has come a long way from their humble Cleveland basement beginnings. The group recorded their fourth studio album, the newly released Life Without Sound , in El Paso with John Goodmanson, the producer of several classic Sleater-Kinney albums.

John Legend, Cynthia Erivo to perform Grammys’ In Memoriam

In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, file photo, John Legend attends a photo call for WGN America’s “Underground” at the CTAM portion of the 2017 Winter Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, Calif. The producer of the Grammy Awards said Legend and Broadway star Cynthia Erivo will perform during the show’s In Memoriam segment on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

Song Premiere: “Uprising,” From Kneebody’s Forthcoming Album, Anti-Hero

The last time Kneebody played in Denver, in February 2016, the jazz collective dropped in with a frenetic, face-melting performance at the Oriental Theater with electronic beat master Daedelus. “That was a really cool departure for us,” says trumpeter Shane Endsley about the band’s collaboration with the electronic musician, which included releasing an album with Daedelus called Kneedelus .

The Obsessives – “It’s OK If”

The Obsessives paint a cute story of young love on “It’s OK If,” the second single from their forthcoming self-titled sophomore album following last month’s ” Surfer Rosa .” “I love the red lights ‘cus I get to look at you,” they sing against a bouncy but sturdy backdrop.

Dallas’ Oldest Record Store, Top Ten, Asking for $40,000 to Reinvent Itself as Music Library

A fundraising effort hopes to turn the Top Ten Records store in Oak Cliff into a state-of-the-art, nonprofit music archive. Several local record shops that focus on vinyl, such as Josey, Good Records and Spinster, are managing to thrive in the age of streaming; meanwhile Dallas’ oldest store, which has specialized in CDs for the last two decades, is struggling to keep its doors open.

How a Toronto hotel became a party mecca

There are a lot of great bars , clubs and venues in Toronto to throw parties, but there’s one spot noticeably rising to the top, especially in the past year and early 2017. The Gladstone Hotel has always been a beacon for cultural activity on the west side of the city, and they’ve been throwing wild dance parties there for well over a decade.

Watch Justin Bieber star in pre-Super Bowl ad

The T-Mobile clip features cameos from New England Patriot tight end Rob Gronkowski and six-time Pro-Bowl legend Terrell Owens and sees Bieber giving viewers a history of touch down celebrations. Bieber’s fans are encouraged to submit their best touchdown moves on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using #UnlimitedMoves, with the singer slated to re-tweet his favourites on Monday .

Listen to Ariana Grande and John Legenda s a Beauty and the Beasta theme

The duo have covered Celine Dion’s theme from the 1991 animated version of the beloved children’s fairy tale Ariana Grande and John Legend ‘s theme song for the upcoming Beauty and the Beast film has been released – listen to the self-titled song below. A live action adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s famed fairy tale will hit cinemas on March 17, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the eponymous Beast.

Frank Oceana s father a suesa singer for $14.5 million

In the statement Ocean said: “I was six years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dragged me out a neighbourhood diner saying we wouldn’t be served because she was dirty. That was the last afternoon I saw my father and the first time I heard that word, I think, although it wouldn’t shock me if it wasn’t.”

Beyonce ‘to perform at the Grammys’ after twins pregnancy announcement

Mathew Knowles said he was “shocked” to hear the pop star’s pregnancy news and only found out after she made the announcement to her 93 million Instagram followers. Beyonce gained huge publicity when she revealed she was pregnant with twins, and is now set to sing at the Grammys In an interview with US television show The Insider, Knowles said he had since spoken to the Singles Ladies singer and they had shared a “wonderful daughter-dad conversation”.

Playback

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Rick Astley

Rick Astley emerges from retirement with pompadour completely intact on 50 , an earnest collection of pop-rock gems written, performed, and produced entirely by the British star behind 1987 chart-topper “Never Gonna Give You Up,” whose delightfully awkward video still gets sent to unwitting YouTubers under a different title in a prank known as … (more)

The Worst Songs In Texas History… Allegedly

… preside over the “Ultra VIP Red Carpet Mega Bash” on Saturday. Held at Mathew Knowles’ luxurious Music World Entertainment compound in Midtown, Super Bash is promising Future’s only live performance of the weekend, as well as big-time names like Flo …

Bandcamp to donate all proceeds from this Fridaya s sales to ACLU

Bandcamp will donate 100% of their proceeds from sales on Friday to the American Civil Liberties Union . ACLU are at the vanguard of the ongoing legal challenges against US President Donald Trump’s recent travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen – which has drawn massive criticism and outrage across the world.

50 Cent to sue his former lawyers after losing sex tape case

Leviston successfully sued the New York rapper in July 2015, after a judge ordered 50 Cent – real name Curtis Jackson – to pay her $5 million after he leaked a sex tape of her and her partner online. As a result of that case, Jackson was forced to file for bankruptcy – a decision that the rapper is now blaming on his former lawyers.

Stream Iron Reagan Crossover Ministry

Richmond, Virginia metal mob Iron Reagan play that late-’80s hybrid of hardcore and speed metal that quickly came to be known as crossover. They’ve got speed and intensity and hooks and a sweaty, furious live show that you absolutely have to catch at least once in your life.

Asia frontman, ex-King Crimson bassist John Wetton dies

He found found by playing and singing with the likes of Family, Mogul Thrash, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and King Crimson, before he formed prog supergroup UK, and then later the acclaimed and successful Asia with Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer. As well as enjoying a successful solo career, he also played with the likes of Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, David Cross, Ayreon and District 97. Palmer has led the tributes to his friend and bandmate, writing on Facebook : “With the passing of my good friend and musical collaborator, John Wetton, the world loses yet another musical giant.

Asia frontman, ex-King Crimson bassist John Wetton dies

He found found by playing and singing with the likes of Family, Mogul Thrash, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Wishbone Ash and King Crimson, before he formed prog supergroup UK, and then later the acclaimed and successful Asia with Geoff Downes, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer. As well as enjoying a successful solo career, he also played with the likes of Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, David Cross, Ayreon and District 97. Palmer has led the tributes to his friend and bandmate, writing on Facebook : “With the passing of my good friend and musical collaborator, John Wetton, the world loses yet another musical giant.

LA Sheriff: Suspect in Righteous Brothers wife slaying is dead

LA Sheriff: Suspect in Righteous Brothers wife slaying is dead Killer of Bill Medley’s ex-wife is identified, more than 40 years after the crime. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jMVnux Righteous Brothers singer Bill Medley at news conference Jan. 30, 2017, in Los Angeles, where officials announced identity of man who killed his ex-wife four decades ago.

The Mountain Goats – “The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi And Eats Their Bones”

Twitter has been responsible a number of unexpected yet excellent musical collaborations, typically born out of artists tweeting admiration for one another from across the Internet , and today the social media site has to its credit yet another gem. Over the weekend Rian Johnson, who is helming the forthcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi , egged on John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats to actually write a song for his joke subtitle for the new movie “The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All The Other Jedi And Eats Their Bones.”

Stream Cuddle Formation Here I’ll Be Forever

Noah Klein has been making community-minded music as Cuddle Formation since the start of the decade, and his latest full-length project, Here I’ll Be Forever , continues that inclusive ethos. It was pieced together and recorded in DIY spaces around the country and features contributions from members of those communities, most notably those surrounding the Silent Barn and Death By Audio and Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, Pehrspace and Junior High in Los Angeles, Dreamhaus in Boston.

5 big shows to see on the Grand Strand in February

WAVE 104.1 has two tribute bands kicking off the February calendar for House of Blues – Cowboy , a Kid Rock tribute and Feb. 3, and Appetite for Destruction , a Guns N’ Roses tribute on Feb. 11. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. COwboy show are $10 in advance, $15 on the day of the show. The Appetite show begins at 8 p.m., and tickets are $11 in advance and $13 on the day of the show.

Twiztid’s – Evilution’ continues with new album, purpose

The face-painted horrorcore rap duo celebrates its 20th year with a new album and a full roster of new label releases Twiztid’s ‘Evilution’ continues with new album, purpose The face-painted horrorcore rap duo celebrates its 20th year with a new album and a full roster of new label releases Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2jFRZyO Jamie Spaniolo, aka Jamie Madrox, right, and Paul Methric, aka Monoxide, of the group Twiztid with their new album “The Continuous Evilution Of Life’s ?’s” which was released Friday. Twiztid’s Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo are inside the warehouse of the Livonia headquarters of their record label Majik Ninja Entertainment when a semi-truck pulls up outside the door.

Twiztid’s – Evilution’ continues with new album, purpose

The face-painted horrorcore rap duo celebrates its 20th year with a new album and a full roster of new label releases Twiztid’s ‘Evilution’ continues with new album, purpose The face-painted horrorcore rap duo celebrates its 20th year with a new album and a full roster of new label releases Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2jFRZyO Jamie Spaniolo, aka Jamie Madrox, right, and Paul Methric, aka Monoxide, of the group Twiztid with their new album “The Continuous Evilution Of Life’s ?’s” which was released Friday. Twiztid’s Paul Methric and Jamie Spaniolo are inside the warehouse of the Livonia headquarters of their record label Majik Ninja Entertainment when a semi-truck pulls up outside the door.

Mozart concerto solos spotlight DSO French horn players

Mozart’s horn concertos give two DSO French horn players, Johanna Yarbrough and David Everson, a moment in the sun during Mozart Festival, which ends Feb. 5. Mozart concerto solos spotlight DSO French horn players Mozart’s horn concertos give two DSO French horn players, Johanna Yarbrough and David Everson, a moment in the sun during Mozart Festival, which ends Feb. 5. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2kcdOcN One of the many cool things about the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Mozart Festival, which runs through Feb. 5, is the opportunity it offers orchestra members to shine in the solo spotlight.

Real Hip-Hop Has a New Voice. Meet K’Valentine. You Won’t Regret It.

Whether she’s rapping about fucking while hip-hop plays on a stereo, her longing for Atlanta , the anti-Chi-Raq movement, mentoring a new generation of artists, her family or her aspiration to win a Grammy, her words are a rare combination of smart, spiritual, erotic, politically mighty and earnest. K’Valentine has been on tour with Kweli; they will be sharing the stage at the Gothic Theatre on Sunday, January 29, along with local acts Cavem Moetavation and Slam Nuba .

George Michaela s funeral a delayeda by toxicology reports

Senior coroner for Oxfordshire, Darren Salter, has yet to open an inquest into the pop star’s death and Thames Valley Police have said they were still awaiting the results of toxicology tests on his body organs to ascertain if drug ingestion had played a factor in the singer’s death, reports The Daily Mirror . Michael’s body will only be released to his family once all tests have been carried out and a full inquest is completed.

Bryan Cranston to make London stage debut

The ‘Breaking Bad’ actor will appear at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre from November playing unstable television news anchor Howard Beale in the stage adaptation of the 1976 movie, which won Peter Finch an Oscar for the same role. Rufus Norris, National Theatre director joked he had first approached Bryan for the role at the Tony Awards in New York 18 months ago, when the 60-year-old actor presented the National with the Best Play award for ‘The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time’.

Don Lampson and the Vigilante String Alliance brings virtuosic…

One of the benefits of being a talented old cruster who’s been playing music and living in SLO County for decades is you eventually meet all the other great pickers, pluckers, and bowers in the area and can gather them together every once in a while for a super show, which is exactly what New Times Music Award-winner, exotic animal handler, crack shot, and irascible lady charmer Don Lampson plans when he brings The Vigilante String Alliance to Steynberg Gallery on Saturday, Jan. 28 , for his mid-winter musicale.

OME Plays A Marathon of New Music That’s Not Your Grandma’s Symphony

It was an unusually hot February day to sit outside and play music for more than an hour, but that’s exactly what the ensemble did. As bewildered foot traffic and motorists passed by on Grand Avenue, the ensemble played Terry Riley’s hypnotic “In C.” They played the kind of instruments you’d expect to see in concert halls; instead of an orchestral pit or heavy curtains, though, their stringed instruments and sheet music were surrounded by chain-link fences and asphalt.

Pop Classicists New Move Re-Imagine Their Debut with a Lot of Help from Their Friends

Just a few gravesites down from Chevy Novas, Ray-Bans and capital-S Sincerity lies pop rock as it existed before the invention of the fuzz pedal-romantic, fearless, escapist-and New Move won’t rest until it’s resurrected. With this new release, frontman and mad pop scientist Jesse Bettis presents a re-alchemized companion to New Move’s 2016 self-titled debut , infusing the studied, classic-pop roux of that album with a range of Portland flavors.

Noise-Rock Supergroup Down Gown Revives the ’90s on Its Debut

In today’s music climate, Down Gown’s brand of throwback ’90s guitar rock is charming and somewhat singular in a city that has forgotten how rooted it once was in that style. [NOISE-ROCK REVIVAL] In today’s music climate, Down Gown’s brand of throwback ’90s guitar rock is charming and somewhat singular in a city that has forgotten how rooted it once was in that style.

U2’s Adam Clayton Talks ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour, ‘Songs of Experience’

Thirty years ago, the wild success of The Joshua Tree transformed U2 into the biggest band on the planet. Radio hits “With or Without You,” “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name” catapulted them from arenas into stadiums and found then hobnobbing with Frank Sinatra, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and sharing the stage with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and B.B. King.

Hear Previously Unreleased Live Recording of Elliott Smith’s ‘Angeles’

A live version of Elliott Smith’s “Angeles” is one of several previously unreleased tracks on the forthcoming expanded edition of ‘Either/Or.’ The Kill Rock Stars label released a live recording of Elliott Smith ‘s “Angeles” on Tuesday that captures the singer/songwriter playing one of his best-known songs during a set at the YoYo A GoGo festival in Olympia, WA in 1997.

Inside the Ultimate David Bowie Tribute Tour

Midway through opening night of the Celebrating David Bowie tour at London’s Brixton Academy on January 8th, guitarist Earl Slick, who played on everything from Diamond Dogs , in 1974, to  The Next Day , in 2013, found himself so overcome with emotion he struggled to keep playing. He was backing Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott on “All the Young Dudes” alongside a 20-piece gospel choir, Spiders From Mars keyboardist Mike Garson and the rest of the group assembled for the 2003-04 Reality tour, but images of Bowie, who would have turned 70 that day, kept flashing through the guitarist’s head.

On this day: January 24

2003: The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation on the same day former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is named secretary of the department. 1999: In Louisville, Kentucky, Matthew Scott, 37, receives the first hand transplant in the United States during a 15-hour surgical procedure.

Sprint Purchases 33 Percent Stake in Tidal

… bring to fans will enable Sprint to offer new and existing customers access to exclusive content and entertainment experiences in a way no other service can.” Another aspect of the partnership includes the creation of a “dedicated marketing fund,” …

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “French Press”

Melbourne rockers Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever are announcing a new EP today, and judging by the title track it’s going to be their best work yet. The French Press arrives in March; it follows last year’s Talk Tight mini-album and includes the recent single ” Julie’s Place .”

Ray Davies – “Poetry”

The recently knighted Kinks founder Sir Raymond Douglas Davies will release a new album in April. Americana is Davies’ first release in nearly a decade, and its first single, “Poetry,” is a critique of US consumerist culture.

Chrisette Michele – “No Political Genius”

This past weekend, the R&B singer Chrisette Michele sang at Donald Trump’s inauguration , and after the announcement of her participation drew a predictable backlash, she addressed it in a strange statement . Now she’s taken the kicker from that statement and turned it into a song.

The Dillinger Escape Plan, Manchester Academy 2 January 20th 2017 – Live Review

After becoming the defining band of the mathcore genre with 1999 debut ‘Calculating Infinity’, Dillinger have taken their template, made by face-melting technique, bone-crushing aggression as well as mad-scientist insanity, and woven many different styles into their sound over the years. There’s been jazz technique, pop melody, electronic overtones, classical grandeurs and their most recent record ‘Dissociation’ saw them being more adventurous than ever and displaying their maximum potential.

Kings of Leon show at United Center postponed to March

Kings of Leon has postponed Monday’s United Center show to March because one of its members is ill, a representative for the United Center announced Sunday. The band is scheduled to play March 8. Tickets for the Monday show will be honored on that date or refunded at point of purchase, according to the United Center.

Bruce Springsteen Supports Women’s March During Australian Concert:…

He may have been thousands of miles from his home state of New Jersey, but that didn’t stop outspoken advocate Bruce Springsteen from paying tribute to the Women’s Marches that took place in the States on Saturday. The 67-year-old singer-songwriter, who has long made songs documenting the struggles of poor and middle class Americans, took time out of his concert in Perth, Australia, on Sunday to share an inspirational message with the crowd, standing in solidarity with protestors around the world.

Bruce Springsteen on Women’s March: ‘The New American Resistance’

“[They] rallied against hate and division and in support of tolerance, inclusion, reproductive rights, civil rights,” singer says at Perth concert Bruce Springsteen celebrated the Women’s March during his Perth concert, calling the hundreds of thousands who marched “the new American resistance.” Bruce Springsteen celebrated the Women’s March during his Sunday concert in Perth, Australia, calling the hundreds of thousands who marched in cities across the globe “the new American resistance.”

Watch new footage of Roger Watersa anti-Trump visuals during his live performance of a Pigsa

The Pink Floyd co-founder has taken to performing the song with different sets of visuals mocking the now-President Roger Waters has formally unveiled his latest set of anti- Donald Trump live visuals in a new video to mark the inauguration of the 45th President of the US. The Pink Floyd co-founder has inducted these visuals into his live gigs during the past few months, with his appearance at the California festival Desert Trip in October a notable example.

Watch Madonna deliver a powerful speech at the Womena s March on Washington

The international day of action – which was led by massive protests in the US capital – was primarily targeted at the new Trump administration Madonna was among the leading figures to speak and perform at yesterday’s huge Women’s March on Washington, telling demonstrators that the newly-inaugurated US President Donald Trump could “suck a dick.” The march in the US capital led an international day of action against Trump’s administration in the name of women’s rights, which activists believe will be under threat from the actions of the new President.

JAC, Leonard School of Music join forces

Jazz Artists of Charlest worked with the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry and Mayor John Tecklenburg in November for Jazz Day for Kids. Students from various schools came to the Charleston Music Hall for a live performance from the Charleston Jazz Orchestra.

2Do this week, Jan. 22-28: Cultural events around Pittsburgh

New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian appears at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, at 7 p.m. as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures New & Noted series. Mr. Bohjalian, best known for the thrillers “The Guest Room” and “Midwives,” will be discussing his latest book, “The Sleepwalker” – the mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night.

PWR BTTM – “Vacation”

The 100-song anti-Trump charity campaign Our First 100 Days kicked off yesterday with Angel Olsen’s ” Fly On Your Wall .” Today it continues with killer a new track from queer punk heroes PWR BTTM.

Jack White Will Open Third Man Records Pressing Plant

Jack White will officially launch Third Man Records ‘ own vinyl pressing plant, Third Man Pressing, on February 25th at the label’s Detroit location . The facility, located in the city’s historic Cass Corridor neighborhood, houses “eight of the first newly built presses in 35 years” and will be capable of churning out 5,000 records in an hour-span.

Get Back! Sir Paul sues for Beatles’ songs

Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit against Sony/ATV Music Publishing on Wednesday in an attempt to regain the rights to a long list of Beatles hits he either wrote or co-wrote with John Lennon. Songs such as “Yesterday,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and a slew of other Beatles hits are subject to the suit, according to court documents.

Janelle Monae, Maxwell to Perform at Women’s March on Washington

“I believe that singing and standing together, our voices will be stronger than any force that tries to repress us,” Monae says Janelle Monae and Maxwell are among the artists who will perform during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21st in the nation’s capital. Janelle Monae and Maxwell are among the artists who will perform during the Women’s March on Washington on January 21st in the nation’s capital, one day after Donald Trump is inaugurated into office.

Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV in bid for Beatles hits

Paul McCartney sues Sony/ATV in bid for Beatles hits McCartney filed a suit in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday over copyrights Michael Jackson bought in 1985 Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2k1Yg7Q Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York on Wednesday, against Sony/ATV over copyright ownership of the many hit songs he wrote with John Lennon as part of The Beatles. He’s trying to recover ownership of the music that was purchased by Michael Jackson in 1985 and then fully sold over to Sony/ATV following his death.

Audioslave reunite for anti-Donald Trump Inauguration Ball

Audioslave have reunited to perform their first gig in 12 years – in protest against Donald Trump at the Anti-Inaugural Ball. The supergroup of three members of Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell will be taking to the stage at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on 20 January along with Vic Mensa, Jackson Browne, comedian Jack Black and The Los Angeles Freedom Choir.

Migos & Hoodrich Pablo Juan – “I Can”

The Migos currently have the #1 song in the country with “Bad And Boujee,” and are the favorites to win Best Picture at the Oscar’s next month, so it’s safe to say they’re having a solid 2017 so far. The group’s sophomore album Culture drops at the end of the month, and on top of the aforementioned #1 song in the country they have released two other great singles “Call Casting” and “T-Shirt.”

Five reportedly dead after shooting at BPM Festival

The tragedy at the dance music and EDM event took place in the early hours of the morning, with Jackmaster Tweeting from Playa Del Carmen in Mexico after shots were fired at Blue Parrot during Elrow’s closing party. “Someone has come into the club in Playa Del Carmen and opened fire,” he Tweeted.

Drake shares thank you note and photo from Obama meeting

The handwritten message features on a photo of the Canadian rapper’s visit to the White House, which sees him pose with Obama and daughter Malia. The message from Obama reads: “To Drake – Thanks for the great visit”, while Drake’s own Instagram caption reads: “Got off stage and saw this in my email.

Jennifer Holliday withdraws from Trump pre-inagural concert

Jennifer Holliday withdraws from Trump pre-inagural concert Singer pulls out after seeing the effect the news had on her gay fan base. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2jJJtys Tony-winning actress/singer Jennifer Holliday has pulled out of the lineup for Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration , USA TODAY confirmed.

Broadway Singer Jennifer Holliday Drops Out of Trump Inauguration

“I apologize for my lapse of judgment, for being uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history,” singer says A day after Jennifer Holliday was named to Trump’s inauguration concert, the Broadway singer announced that she was dropping out of the performance. A day after Jennifer Holliday was listed among the artists participating in Donald Trump ‘s Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration, the Broadway star announced that she was dropping out of the inauguration performance following criticism from her fans.

Read T.I.’s Candid Open Letter to Donald Trump

With one week to go before Donald Trump assumes the highest office in the land, rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris has shared an open letter to the president-elect with Rolling Stone to “take the time to share what many of US would like you to see.”   “Not only did you impact a nation, but you defined a culture and you shook up and woke up a generation,” rapper writes in first of open letter series “Should it ever at times seem as though WE are against YOU, I assure you it’s a result of YOU defining yourself as the representative for those who are and who always have been against US,” he writes.

The Seven Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

Country Unplugged Friday, January 13 Celebrity Theatre True country music may be more popular now than ever. With throwback sounds like that of Sturgill Simpson recalling Randy Travis, or Chris Stapleton sometimes proving a dead ringer for Travis Tritt, it’s high time that the real thing is experienced, no matter how good the current crop of throwback or red-dirt country is.

Watch The Weeknda s new video for a Party Monstera

The Canadian R&B artist’s latest album ‘Starboy’ has been promoted by a string of cinematic visuals including the graphic short film ‘Mania’ and videos for previous singles ‘False Alarm’ and the Daft Punk-featuring title track. Following its release last year, The Weeknd has enjoyed considerable commercial success with ‘Starboy’ in the US, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 album chart in its first week with 348,000 in equivalent album units.

DMX – “Bain Iz Back”

DMX has had, to put it gently, more than his share of problems over the past decade-plus. But DMX is an all-time rap great, a galvanizing force who was enormously important to the genre’s evolution.

Richmond record label Spacebomb makes global splash

Spacebomb Studios’, from left, Dean Christesen, Ben Baldwin and Travis Robertson worked at their office in Richmond on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016. The success of Spacebomb’s ‘Big Inner’ by Matthew E. White has attracted more artists to work with the creative collective.

Live Music

Live Music Live music events in and around Las Cruces. Check out this story on lcsun-news.com: http://lcsun.co/2jwNXZl The Warehouse Bar: Billy and the Kid The Warehouse Bar: New Face Tuesday with DJs Steven Angel and Rob-E

Laura Marling – “Wild Fire”

The UK singer-songwriter Laura Marling, who cranks out new albums at a crazy pace and who seems to get better with each one, is getting ready to release her new LP Semper Femina in a couple of months. We’ve already posted the striking video for ” Soothing ,” its first single.

Girl Fest 2017

THERE ARE some extraordinary women running Portland music right now. Not to brag, but from the queer vampire goth-punk of Mira Glitterhound’s band Sweeping Exits to the Last Artful, Dodgr’s self-described “retroterrestrial” hip-hop to the Chicana folk-pop of Luz Elena Mendoza’s long-running project Y La Bamba, our city’s kind of overflowing with talent.

N.J. university to host Bruce Springsteen’s archives

While it takes Bruce Springsteen close to four hours to effectively revisit the four-plus decades of his career in concert, the Boss needed just 90 minutes to chronicle his life story at New Jersey’s Monmouth University. The 67-year-old Garden State-born rocker spoke at the school in West Long Branch Tuesday night as part of an ”intimate conversation” moderated by Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli.

Camila Cabello says she was sexualized too young in Fifth Harmony

The 19-year-old singer split from the band just before Christmas and the four remaining members fought back, accusing Cabello of quitting without telling them in person . “Especially with being a girl group, there’s been a lot of times where people have tried to sexualize us to just get more attention,” she told Lena Dunham in December in an interview released this week.

Report: Fox News settled harassment claims against O’Reilly

In this Oct. 1, 2015 file photo, Bill O’Reilly of the Fox News Channel program “The O’Reilly Factor,” poses for photos in New York. The New York Times reported that Juliet Huddy, a former Fox News personality who accused O’Reilly of sexual harassment, was paid a sum in the high six figures by the network’s parent company in exchange for her silence and agreement not to sue.

Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage Album Review

Avenged Sevenfold ‘s new release The Stage is by no means a complete shift in direction, but rather introduces prog-rock elements and tightens of many of the things we loved in Nightmare and Hail to the King. A7X has always been a strong bridge between two sound worlds.

Watch Jim Carrey Perform With Alice Cooper at Hawaii Benefit Gig

Alice Cooper, who spent much of 2016 rocking out alongside Johnny Depp, performed with Jim Carrey at his annual New Year’s Eve benefit show in Hawaii. Alice Cooper , who spent much of 2016 rocking out alongside Johnny Depp in the Hollywood Vampires , performed with another movie star at his annual New Year’s Eve benefit show in Maui, Hawaii as Jim Carrey joined in on a pair of Cooper classics.

10 L.A. Artists to Watch in 2017

No one got us the crystal ball on our Amazon wish list for Christmas, and our Magic 8-Ball has terrible taste in music – so we still can’t predict the future here at L.A. Weekly . But hey, we know talent when see it, and these 10 artists are flush with it.

New Year, New Music

The holidays are gone and your favorite familiar songs that got you through, feel like friends who came to visit and have traveled back home. Do those freshly baked New Year’s Resolutions already feel like they’re getting a bit stale? Why not replace those holiday playlists with playlists that actually support your dreams, visions, passions and your health? Music can act as catalyst to spark the flames of your heart’s desires when the fire seems to be fading.

Songs of the siren: Rosie Flores

Santa Fe Performance Exchange and Southwest Roots Music present Rosie Flores in concert on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Kitchen Sink Recording Studio . A ballsy rockabilly and honky-tonk singer and a great guitarist, Flores first played in a band as a teenager in San Diego and worked in the punk bands Rosie and the Screamers and the Screamin’ Sirens in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

Band who denied they were playing Coachella now change their minds

New York City hardcore band Show Me The Body have changed their minds after insisting that they were not playing Coachella Festival 2017 despite being announced as part of the line-up. The festival’s line-up announcement earlier this week claimed that the Queens-based band would take to the stage on both Sundays of Coachella 2017.

The best-selling British debut album of 2016 revealed a ” and it might surprise you

The best-selling British debut album of 2016 has been revealed, with the shock result of Bradley Walsh outselling the likes of Blossoms, Zayn Malik and Jack Garratt. The former footballer turned comedian, singer, actor, TV presenter and star of ‘The Chase’ and ‘Coronation Street’ released the only debut album to reach gold status and sell more than 100,000 copies in 2016.

Janet Jackson, husband welcome son Eissa Al Mana

The 50-year-old pop superstar and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their son, Eissa Al Mana, on Tuesday, a representative for the singer said. kAmQy2?6E 925 2 DEC6DD\7C66 962=E9J 56=:G6CJ 2?5 😀 C6DE:?8 4@>7@CE23=J] }@ 7FCE96C 56E2:=D 2C6 2G2:=23=6 2E E9:D E:>6[Q E96 DE2E6>6?E C625]k^Am kAm{2DE J62C y24:=J] t:DD2 p= Thank you for reading 5 free articles on our site.

Lightning in a Bottle 2017 Early-Bird Tickets Go on Sale Today

Perennially popular music and arts festival Lightning in a Bottle returns to the San Antonio Recreation Area in Bradley, running May 24-29 this year, and although the lineup has not yet been announced, dedicated fans will have a chance starting at 10 a.m. This year, festival organizers the Do Lab have announced a few changes, most notably: For the first time, no one-day or two-day passes will be sold, and overall attendance will be capped at last year’s capacity, which likely means the event will sell out.

Preview A New Dirty Projectors Song

Dirty Projectors returned last year with ” Keep Your Name ,” their first new song since 2012. The song was preceded by audio-visual preview clips, and now it appears Dave Longstreth’s project is teasing another new track.

The 2016 Phoenix Hip-Hop Power List

… community, Dumperfoo and his affiliates, which include the likes of Tricky T and Pickster Uno, provided great entertainment almost every night of the week with events like Motown on Mondays at Crescent Ballroom, Uptown at Rips on Wednesdays, and New …

Phoenix concerts of the week: Keith Sweat, Crowbar, Surfer Blood,…

Phoenix concerts of the week include Keith Sweat, Crowbar, Surfer Blood, Noname, Tennis, the Radio Dept., the Growlers, Blues Blast and the Staves. Phoenix concerts of the week: Keith Sweat, Crowbar, Surfer Blood, Noname, Tennis, the Radio Dept., Growlers Phoenix concerts of the week include Keith Sweat, Crowbar, Surfer Blood, Noname, Tennis, the Radio Dept., the Growlers, Blues Blast and the Staves.

Here’s Why Camila Cabello Performed With 5H on New Year’s Eve

Quick Q: if Camila Cabello left Fifth Harmony, then why was she performing alongside the rest of the group on New Year’s Eve? But it turns out there’s actually a pretty simple explanation for Camila’s participation: they pre-recorded the performance for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on ABC sometime before she left the group, E! reported. Meanwhile, Camila spent the actual night of December 31st as the host of Radio Disney’s Top 16 of 2016, a countdown of the year’s best songs.

Here’s Why Camila Cabello Performed With 5H on New Year’s Eve

Quick Q: if Camila Cabello left Fifth Harmony, then why was she performing alongside the rest of the group on New Year’s Eve? But it turns out there’s actually a pretty simple explanation for Camila’s participation: they pre-recorded the performance for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest on ABC sometime before she left the group, E! reported. Meanwhile, Camila spent the actual night of December 31st as the host of Radio Disney’s Top 16 of 2016, a countdown of the year’s best songs.

15 can’t-miss concerts in Boston this January

An appearance by local college rock legends and a recreation of one of the greatest concert films of all time are just two of the best live acts in the city this month. French producer CloZee and Austin-based dubstep specialist Psymbionic paired up to release a track this past fall called “BioHackers.”

Mariah Carey botches NYE performance, leaves stage

Mariah Carey botches NYE performance, leaves stage ‘Technical difficulties’ left the diva unable to properly lip-sync, so she quit the stage. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hGO6em Mariah Carey performs during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in Times Square on Dec.31, 2016 in New York City.

Mariah Carey botches New Year’s Eve bash at Times Square

Mariah Carey floundered during her New Year’s Eve performance, lip syncing her biggest hits and blaming a laundry list of technical malfunctions before the ball dropped at Times Square. Her team of male dancers carried on with their routine moving around the 46-year-old pop star in a glittering nude leotard with fishnet stockings.

Allan Williams, the Beatles’ First Manager, Dies at 86

Allan Williams, the Beatles’ first manager who became known as “The Man Who Gave the Beatles Away” from the title of his gritty autobiography, has died in Liverpool at age 86, reports the Liverpool Echo . Williams opened a coffee bar in Liverpool called the Jacaranda where he first met Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe.

Happy New Year, Fanatics

Visit KCRW.com for more information and to stream his show online, or peruse the Radio Notes archives to see past playlists.] Fanatic! We are starting in on the first possible day of the year. Hopefully, your holiday went well.

The Seven Best Concerts in Phoenix This Weekend

We’re less than 48 hours away from the end of 2016 and, frankly, that’s reason enough to celebrate. So watchu going to do? There are loads of parties both big and small happening everywhere, each catering to every sort of taste, music preference and income level imaginable.

Run-DMC Sues Wal-Mart, Amazon for $50 Million

Run-DMC filed a $50 million lawsuit in New York accusing Wal-Mart, Amazon, Jet and other retailers of selling products that traded on the rap group’s name without permission. A founder of the group and owner of the Run-DMC brand, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, was listed as the plaintiff in the lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in the Southern District of New York.

Trey Songz Arrested at Detroit Show for Property Destruction

Police arrested R&B singer Trey Songz  Wednesday night after he refused to leave the stage at Joe Louis Arena, The Detroit News   reports . According to Officer Dan Donakowski, a spokesman for the Detroit Police Department, Songz was taken into custody for malicious destruction of property and resisting and obstructing arrest.

Springsteen’s ‘River’ roadshow is highest grossing tour of 2016

The Boss’s extensive roadshow, devoted primarily to the 35th anniversary of his album “The River,” is the highest-grossing tour of the year, according to Pollstar, a music industry publication. The 89-date trek, which will finally conclude in New Zealand in late February, has so far grossed $266.5 million, beating out the year’s fellow top draws Coldplay, Guns N’ Roses and Beyonce, who finished second with $262 million.

George Michael a left three unreleased albums in his vaultsa

Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley says releasing a previously unreleased track in the late singer’s honour would not be appropriate. It is well known that Michael never completed a sequel to his 1990 album Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 , though several tracks intended for Vol 2 later appeared on the HIV/AIDS charity album Red Hot + Dance .

LeAnn Rimes jets out of LAX with husband Eddie Cibrian

Flying high! LeAnn Rimes teases her ample cleavage in plunging sheer white blouse as she jets out of LAX with husband Eddie Cibrian So it’s no wonder LeAnn Rimes, 34, and husband Eddie Cibrian, 43, looked the picture of wedded bliss as they jetted out of LAX once again on Wednesday in coordinating looks for their flight. The country crooner hid her infamous gym-honed figure under a sheer white crepe blouse that daringly plunged to tease at her ample cleavage.

With Trombone Shorty, Famously Hot New Year Brings the Funk at Just the Right Moment

In 2016, one of the biggest albums released by a rapper was really an honest-to-goodness, psychedelic funk record. Indeed, ” Awaken, My Love “, the latest release from Childish Gambino, aka actor Donald Glover , is a loving, fully fleshed-out tribute to some of the genre’s most famous figures – spiraling through the high-winding sensuality of Prince and tripping through the cleverly convoluted excesses of George Clinton.

8 Music Greats We’ve Lost This Year

George Michael performs the second date of his “25 Live North American Tour” at the HP Pavilion, on June 19, 2008, in San Jose, California Musician Prince speaks onstage at the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center, on Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles, California Singer David Bowie stands backstage at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Tribute to Susan Sarandon at Avery Fisher Hall, May 5, 2003, in New York City. It’s been a tough year for the music industry, which has said goodbye to some of its greatest artists.

Bodeans

The Townsend’s back room and its stage are tiny, but the sound system packs a wallop that Kurt Neumann, an Austinite for years now, and friends are likely to push into overdrive in every manner possible.

From David Bowie and Prince to Victoria Wood and Terry wogan: The…

It’s my quinceanera and I’ll cry if I want to! Mexican girl looks unimpressed as THOUSANDS hijack her party and cause chaos after her father’s VERY awkward Facebook invitation went viral From David Bowie and Prince to Victoria Wood and Terry Wogan: 2016, the year our favourite stars were taken from us The world of entertainment has lost stars from all sections of the industry in 2016, bidding farewell to showbiz giants including David Bowie, Sir Terry Wogan, Victoria Wood, Prince and now George Michael.

George Michael achieved pop music success, but freedom eluded him

A drawing is left with flowers and tributes outside the Oxfordshire home of British pop singer George Michael on December 26, 2016 in Goring, England. Singer George Michael died on Christmas day in his country home in Oxfordshire at the age of 53 on December 25. A drawing is left with flowers and tributes outside the Oxfordshire home of British pop singer George Michael on December 26, 2016 in Goring, England.

George Michael achieved pop music success, but freedom eluded him

A drawing is left with flowers and tributes outside the Oxfordshire home of British pop singer George Michael on December 26, 2016 in Goring, England. Singer George Michael died on Christmas day in his country home in Oxfordshire at the age of 53 on December 25. A drawing is left with flowers and tributes outside the Oxfordshire home of British pop singer George Michael on December 26, 2016 in Goring, England.

Mac McCaughan – “Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again)”

Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan has shared a sorta funny but mostly overwhelmingly bleak new song called “Happy New Year (Prince Can’t Die Again” that reflects on the horrible year we’ve just had. It was written and recorded on Christmas Eve “in a moment of trying to look at any possible bright side of the coming new year after the disaster that was this one,” per the song’s Bandcamp page .

Shows of the Week: A ‘Fam-o-Lee’ Tradition From One of Texas’s Best

When he realized that “Merry Christmas From the Family,” his 1994 tune about a motley clan that gets along well enough during the holidays so long as the margaritas and homemade eggnog keep flowing, was well on its way to becoming the kind of song that can define an artist’s career – at the expense of anything else they’ve written, even – Keen … (more)

Publicist: British singer George Michael dead at age 53

In this April 7, 1985 file photo, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of the British group WHAM! perform during a concert in Peking, China. Michael, who rocketed to stardom with WHAM! and went on to enjoy a long and celebrated solo career lined with controversies, has died, his publicist said Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016.

Singer-Songwriter George Michael Dies at 53

The English singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame with the group Wham! was found on Christmas morning, according to his longtime manager Michael Lippman. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period,” read the statement.

George Michael: Through the years

The pop duo Wham! performs in Peking before a capacity audience of Chinese and foreign fans, April 7, 1985. Singers George Michael, left, and Andrew Ridgeley, had youthful fans on their feet despite police warnings to sit down.

Status Quo rocker dies

Rick Parfitt, a hard-rocking British guitarist and songwriter who had multiple hits over the decades with the rock band Status Quo, has died in Spain at age 68. His manager, Simon Porter, and Parfitt’s family said in a statement that Parfitt died in a hospital in Marbella, Spain, on Saturday from a severe infection. “We are truly devastated to have to announce that Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has passed away at lunchtime today,” the statement read, asking for privacy for the family and the band.

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt dies after career rockin’ all over the world

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt, who carved out a rock’n’roll career spanning half a century, has died at the age of 68. The veteran musician s uffered from a severe infection while in a Spanish hospital, which he had visited due to complications with a pre-existing shoulder injury, his manager said. His death at lunchtime on Saturday followed years of concern about his ill health, which had seen him stricken by multiple heart attacks and a cancer scare.

Boch jams with D.C.-bound rock band

Motor magnate and Donald Trump chum Ernie Boch Jr. was all smiles hosting an impromptu dinner and jam session at his Norwood manse with the hard rockers of Kings of Chaos, who are reportedly scheduled to perform at an inaugural week event. “Not at all,” said Boch about whether he would play the president-elect’s party.

A running list of acts who refuse to perform at Trump’s inauguration

In 2009, President Obama scored Itzhak Perlman, Gabriela Montero, Yo-Yo Ma, and Anthony McGill, plus Aretha Franklin and her show-stopping hat and BeyoncA performing Etta James’ “At Last” during the Inaugural Ball; in 2013, he landed James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson, and BeyoncA . As for President-elect Donald Trump, who’s set to be inaugurated on January 20 because this nightmare is very, very real? He’s having a hard time convincing anyone to perform at his Inauguration Day ceremony.

Car Seat Headrest & Naked Giants – “This Must Be The Place (Naive …

Car Seat Headrest brought out fellow Seattle-based band Naked Giants out on tour with them earlier this year. The Will Toledo-led band covers a lot of different tracks during their sets, and at their homecoming gig at The Neptune last month, they covered the Talking Heads’ Speaking In Tongues track ” This Must Be the Place ” with the help of their opening band.

Rihanna, here at the Billboard Music Awards in May,

Our take: The 10 best songs of 2016 Which songs captivated the USA TODAY music team this year. Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: http://usat.ly/2iaQKe2 Which songs captivated critics in 2016? USA TODAY’s Maeve McDermott and Patrick Ryan share their 10 best tracks of the year, from mega-hits to more obscure favorites.

Here’s what Chic’s Nile Rodgers Said About the Rock and Roll Hall of…

Chic’s Nile Rodgers , the producer behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” will be receiving an award for musical excellence. His prize raises a big question Westword spoke with him about it in February: Why, after eleven nominations, has the disco sensation Chic still not been inducted? …thinking about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame brings a smile to my face, because if people knew me – and a lot of people at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame know me – they’d know I don’t make music for awards.

Denver Noise Fest 2016 Begins Tonight at Globe Hall

Despite the recent shutdown of Rhinoceropolis, Denver Noise Fest 2016, originally scheduled to happen at the DIY space, will go on at nearby Globe Hall. The festival showcasing the diverse noise scene locally, nationally and internationally is in its seventh year and goes for two days, December 21 and 22. Tonight’s headliner is Berlin-based act Slow Slow Loris.

Absolute Vinyl is a Rare Record Collector’s Paradise

Finding dusty record shops that cater to artsy geeks has never been so hard in Boulder, where the city’s eccentric charm has been diluted by a sky-high cost of living and an influx of techies from the coasts. Owners Doug and Annie Gaddy, a husband-wife duo, will celebrate the shop’s eighth anniversary and the sale of its 80,000th record next month.

Needle Exchange: a DJ Questionnaire with Airick X

A break-in party situated at a school. It was ages ago, in another city. It was adrenaline-filled because the police showed up and there were people running everywhere, but not really in fear-more or less laughing and kinda taking in that the police can’t really arrest over 300 people.