Singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello unveiled a gorgeous cover of Prince‘s “Sometimes It Snows in April,” the first offering from her upcoming covers LP, Ventriloquism. Ndegeocello puts a unique yet faithful spin on Prince‘s Parade ballad, opening her version with a rumbling tangle of bass and guitar that delicately unravels into the …
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UPDATE: The Greatest Showman soundtrack ruled the Billboard 200 for the second straight week as the musical’s companion album sold an additional 103,000 copies. No new releases debuted in the Top 10, Billboard reports. The Greatest Showmanfinished atop the first Billboard 200 of 2018 as the soundtrack for the circus …
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Ringo Starr and the Bee Gees‘ Barry Gibb are among the British luminaries that will receive knighthood as part of Queen Elizabeth’s annual New Year’s Honours. The Beatles drummer – who in 1965 was knighted along with his Fab Four band mates as Members of the Most Excellent Order of …
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Linkin Park‘s late singerChester Bennington and guitarist Brad Delson deliver a powerful rendition of “Sharp Edges” in a new video tied to the band’s upcoming live album, One More Light Live. The stripped-down performance finds Bennington playing delicate electric guitar over Delson’s acoustic picking and strumming. Bennington gives a stunning …
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The Brothers Macklovitch (A-Trak and Chromeo‘s Dave-1) will perform back-to-back DJ sets as part of Rolling Stone‘s 50th anniversary party, the high point of UNFRAMED, a three-day mixed media exposition set in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Rolling Stone Live Miami, presented by Effen Vodka as part of the city’s Basel …
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Taylor Swift‘s Reputation scored the best-selling week of 2017 – and became the year’s highest-selling album in total so far – as the singer’s latest Number One LP sold over 1.2 million copies in its debut week. Reputation marked the fourth time Swift crossed the platinum plateau in an opening …
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Chris Cornell was posthumously awarded Human Rights Watch’s inaugural Promise Award at a Los Angeles gala Tuesday, with System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, Soundgarden‘s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron and Cornell’s widow Vicky Cornell on hand to honor the late singer. “We’re here tonight to honor a compassionate, just …
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Colin Kaepernick penned a message in support of Meek Mill and critical of the “criminal (in)justice system” after the rapper was sentenced to up four years in jail for probation violations. “Disproportionately America’s prisons are filled with Black bodies,” the NFL quarterback who spurred the anthem protests wrote on Instagram …
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In January, Fleetwood Mac will become the first band to receive the MusiCares Person of the Year Award. Harry Styles, Lorde, Haim and many other artists influenced by the group will gather at Radio City Music Hall two days before the 60th Annual Grammy Awards to pay tribute to the …
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Neil Young reteams with Promise of the Real for a new album titled The Visitor, their second studio LP together following 2015’s The Monsanto Years. The album, due out December 1st, comes just three months after Young released Hitchhiker, his long-lost LP of acoustic songs recorded over one night in …
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