Missy Elliott, John Prine and Yusuf/Cat Stevens are among the 2019 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Country great Tom T. Hall, R&B hitmaker Dallas Austin and “Peaceful Easy Feeling” writer Jack Tempchin will also be honored at the June 13th induction ceremony at New York’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. …
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The New York City Council voted unanimously Friday to officially honor three of the five boroughs’ most revered artists – the Notorious B.I.G., the Wu-Tang Clan and Woody Guthrie – with streets named in their honor. The Brooklyn block where the Notorious B.I.G. grew up – located on St. James …
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Travis Scott will perform alongside Maroon 5 during the Super Bowl LIII halftime show. A source close to the production confirmed Scott’s appearance to Rolling Stone, while the news was first reported by TMZ. Super Bowl LIII will be held February 3rd at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and …
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Steve Perry decided to close out the year of his big comeback with something timeless: his take on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Accompanied only by a piano, Perry wistfully sings the Christmas standard, which Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra made famous, pouring all the heart and soul you’d …
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Pete Shelley, the singer and guitarist for the trailblazing British punk outfit the Buzzcocks, died Thursday at the age of 63. The cause of death was a heart attack, Shelley’s brother Gary John Mcneish confirmed via Facebook.A spokesperson for the Buzzcocks confirmed Shelley’s death to Rolling Stone. “It’s with great …
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Cher, country singer Reba McEntire and Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda were among those honored Sunday evening at the annual Kennedy Center Honors. Hosted byGloria Estefan, the program celebrated a lifetime achievements in the arts for its honorees, who also included jazz musicianWayne Shorter, composerPhilip Glass andmusic director Alex Lacamoire. The …
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There comes a point at every Creed Bratton concert where he breaks into “Let’s Live for Today,” the breakthrough hit by his old folk-rock band the Grass Roots that hit Number Eight in 1967 and remains a staple of oldies radio to this day. Throughout the many lean years that …
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UPDATE:Justin Timberlake hasannouncedhe is postponingthe remainder of his 2018 tour dates due to bruised vocal cords, per doctors orders. “My vocal cords are healing, but they are not all the way back to normal yet,” he wrote on Instagram, adding that his doctors have advised him to rest his voice …
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BTS and Steve Aoki released their third collaboration, “Waste It on Me,” on Thursday. The instrumental lands somewhere between the big-drop electronic music that Aoki is known for, tropical pop circa 2015 and piano balladry, while the BTS boys sing disarming, why-not-me come-ons:“I know there’s no making this right/And I …
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Mean Girls‘ Janis Sarkisian lends a helping hand to a fellow outcast in the uplifting video for the song “I’d Rather Be Me.” Barrett Wilbert Weed, who portrays Janis in this video as well as the Broadway adaptation of the teen comedy, has been with the musical since it was …
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