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Days after completing a short Canadian tour, Rosanne Cash has announced a longer string of international dates for the spring and summer. Kicking off March 27th at New York City’s Lincoln Center, the 23-show run will bring Cash across the entirety of the U.S., with a handful of European shows …

Carole King‘s personal piano will be auctioned off as part of the Exceptional Sale at Christie’s, set to take place April 20th in New York City. King has owned the 1924 model “M” Steinway piano for decades and used it to compose several hits including “Been to Canaan” and “Sweet …

Herbie Hancock‘s next album will feature an array of guests including Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat, Flying Lotus and Snoop Dogg, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. “I’m learning a lot from the young people I’m working with,” Hancock said. He added, “I never want to stop learning. And I’m not even thinking …

Slayer will embark on the second leg of their final world tour on July 26th. The band plans to play 20 additional dates around the U.S. and Canada with support from Lamb of God, Anthrax, Testament and Napalm Death. In January, Slayer announced plans to tour once more together before …

Before it was titled “adult contemporary,” the format catering to an older crowd searching their AM radio dial for softer sounds among the psychedelic pop and rock of the late Sixties was known as “easy listening.”Alongside singers such as Jack Jones and Petula Clark, country-pop crossover artists including Glen Campbell …

Imagine Dragons blend the experimental and accessible on their grandiose new single, “Next to Me.” Singer Dan Reynolds belts about love and loyalty, while the arrangement weaves in a fingerpicked acoustic guitar figure in 4/4 and a shuffling 3/4 drum pattern. “Something ’bout the way that you walk into my …

It’s been almost six years since Scissor Sisters released their fourth album, Magic Hour, and now lead singer Jake Shears has gone solo. “Creep City,” the first single from his forthcoming album, hews close to his glam-rock roots. But that’s not enough for Shears, who is currently starring as Charlie …

Dave Chappelle, Lil Uzi Vert, the Diplomats, Dirty Projectors and the Roots are among the acts appearing at this year’s Roots Picnic, which takes place at Philadelphia’s Festival Pier on June 2nd. Chappelle will host a Roots Jam Session “with mad mad mad surprise guests! Like seriously im not naming …

Mark E. Smith’s sisters Barbara, Suzanne and Caroline confirmed that singer died from lung and kidney cancer in a short statement posted on The Fall’s website on Monday.Smith’s sisters remembered his perseverance while fighting a terminal cancer diagnosis.Smith died on January 24th at age 60. “Mark fought a long and …

Johnny Cash: Forever Words – a collaborative album featuring Johnny Cash‘s unknown poetry, lyrics and letters – will be released on April 6th via Legacy Recordings. The icon’s words will be set to music and performed by an all-star lineup that includes Chris Cornell, Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash …