BTS have released a new video, dubbed a “comeback trailer,” featuring a track called “Outro : Ego.” The clip highlights band member j-hope, who sings the upbeat song, which samples beats from the intro of BTS’ 2013 debut album 2 COOL 4 SKOOL. This is the second comeback trailer the …
Read More »Three-Year-Old's 'Dinosaurs in Love' Song Is a Real Tear-Jerker
This week, the internet has gifted us with a delightful new stress reliever in the form of “Dinosaurs in Love,” a stirring new viral hit by a “nearly 4-year-old” singer-songwriter named Fenn. “Dinosaurs eating people/Dinosaurs in love,” Fenn croons over an emotional piano line, provided by her father, musician Tom …
Read More »'Jubilee Showcase': New Comp Sheds Light on Gospel's Televised Treasures
Almost 57 years later, James Herndon can still remember the first time he appeared on TV. On June 9th, 1963, the singer-pianist made his television debut on Chicago’s Jubilee Showcase as a member of influential gospel group the Caravans. Many artists of that era can say the same thing: The …
Read More »Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X Rescue the Grammys With Electric Youth
Billie Eilish and Lil Nas X were the twin superheroes of Grammy Night 2020, with her green hair and his pink cowboy hat as signs of electric youth. Billie swept the top prizes. It was so poetic to see her accept the Best New Artist award from Alicia Keys — …
Read More »Watch Green Day's Expletive-Filled NHL All-Star Game Performance
Green Day put the censors to work Saturday at the 2020 NHL All-Star Game as Billie Joe Armstrong dropped a series of f-bombs during the televised performance. The band, which agreed to a multi-year partnership with the NHL and debuted their track “Fire, Ready, Aim” as an NHL promo earlier …
Read More »Jessie Reyez Announces Debut Album, Shares 'Love in the Dark'
Grammy-nominated artist Jessie Reyez has announced her debut album, Before Love Came to Kill Us, due out March 27th via FMLY and Island Records. On Thursday, she shared a new single from the LP, “Love in the Dark,” with a Se Oh-directed video featuring Reyez submerging herself in a star-covered lake and …
Read More »Juice WRLD's Death Ruled an Accidental Overdose
According to a statement released by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday, Juice WRLD’s December 8th death was caused by a drug overdose. The autopsy determined that the 21-year-old rapper “died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity.” The autopsy also confirms that Higgins’ death was an …
Read More »Daryl Hall & John Oates Announce 2020 Tour
Daryl Hall and John Oates are hitting the road this spring and summer for a tour of North American amphitheaters and they are bringing Squeeze and KT Tunstall along for the ride. After a series of sporadic warm-up dates across February, March, and May, the proper tour begins May 29th …
Read More »Ashley McBryde Sings Smoldering 'One Night Standards' on 'Fallon'
On the same day she announced her new album Never Will, Ashley McBryde performed the LP’s lead single “One Night Standards” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Dressed in a sequined top that revealed her many tattoos and strumming a Fender Jazzmaster, the Arkansas native sang her straightforward ode …
Read More »Norman Greenbaum on 'Spirit in the Sky' at 50: 'The Interest in It Just Doesn't Wane'
Right from the start, Norman Greenbaum had a good feeling about “Spirit in the Sky.” “At first the record company said, ‘Gee, they don’t play anything like this on Top 20,’” the singer-songwriter tells Rolling Stone of his immortal boogie-rock anthem. “But obviously they were wrong. We always knew it …
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