Betty Wright, the R&B and soul singer behind the hits “Clean Up Woman,” “Tonight Is the Night” and “Girls Can’t Do What the Guys Do,” has died at the age of 66. Wright’s family confirmed to Essence that the singer died Sunday, with Billboard adding that Wright died from cancer …
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Despite social-distancing measures, Dion recruited ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons for the video for “Bam Bang Boom,” the latest song from “The Wanderer” singer’s upcoming all-star LP Blues With Friends. The video (via Ultimate Classic Rock) finds the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees performing the bluesy cut from …
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Paul Weller released “Village” Thursday, the new single from his upcoming album On Sunset, out June 19th on Verve Forecast. “Here I am, 10 stories high/Not a single cloud in my eye,” the former Jam frontman sings in the opening lines, against sunny, laidback instrumentation. “Not a thing I’d change …
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Cam, Brandy Clark, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Jamaican-born musician Skip Marley kick off “Sessions,” a four-episode online music festival, on Wednesday afternoon. Available to stream on the front page of gaming and entertainment site Twitch, the “Sessions” show premieres at 4 p.m ET and benefits the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief …
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Paul McCartney‘s handwritten lyrics to the Beatles‘ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” Prince‘s “Blue Cloud” guitar and Jim Morrison‘s journal lead the 2020 Music Icons lineup at Julien’s Auctions. McCartney’s “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” lyrics feature 20 lines of the Abbey Road track, written on “Apple Corps Limited, 3 Saville Row” stationary. The …
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Mike Love has a message for everyone hunkering down in quarantine: “This too shall pass.” And since he’s a Beach Boy and thus some mention of the sun is decreed, he adds: “The best is yet to come/So let’s get back to having fun, fun, fun in the sun.” Love …
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Dave Mustaine will host a livestream of Megadeth‘s 2017 appearance at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival Thursday on its website at 5 p.m. EST, with Mustaine telling stories and answering questions in a live chat as the gig plays. The group’s set list at that show – witnessed by some …
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Page McConnell has been Phish’s keyboard wizard for the past 37 years. Today, however, his job is a little different. “I was teaching common denominators to my nine-year-old daughter,” he says. “I’ve been the math instructor, and music appreciation.” McConnell is checking in from his Burlington, Vermont, home, where he’s …
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Artists used to focus on becoming popular in their home territories first before attempting to reach out to an international audience. But in a world increasingly interconnected by a few popular streaming services, that dynamic has changed. “It’s become easier [for artists] to go overseas first,” Vincent “Tuff” Morgan, vice …
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Country-trap performer Breland enjoyed a viral hit earlier in 2020 with “My Truck,” an irresistible ode to pickups that zoomed to the top of Spotify’s charts after Tik Tok users began using it enthusiastically. After signing a new record deal, the Atlanta-based performer has returned with a remix of “My …
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