Even during a pandemic, September is the high season for Darryl Worley. From Labor Day weekend into early October, the country singer spends most of his Saturdays onstage reminding country fans about the terrorist attacks of 9/11. And this year, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United …
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Ed Sheeran has released a new song, “Shivers,” which will appear on his upcoming album, = (Equals), set to arrive October 29th via Atlantic Records. “Shivers” is a punchy blast of lovestruck pop, with Sheeran crooning over crisp handclaps, plucky strings, and the chipper strum of his guitar. The track …
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Google is celebrating late music producer and DJ Avicii’s 32nd birthday with a new Google Doodle that will appear in over 46 countries. The Doodle is accompanied by a music video illustrating important moments in Avicii’s life. The Google Doodle falls during the same time period as World Suicide Prevention …
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Laura Jane Grace remembers bailing on Bruce Springsteen the last time he came to see her play in a new excerpt from Black Me Out, her new release in Audible’s Words + Music series. The clip opens with Grace recounting the outpouring of support that followed as Against Me! embarked …
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John Densmore vividly remembers the words longtime Doors producer Paul A. Rothchild used to describe “Riders on the Storm”: “cocktail music.” “When he heard it, it was in an early rehearsal and it hadn’t evolved into what it became,” the drummer says of the dramatic track, a cowboy ghost story …
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There will never be a world without Charlie Watts, because his backbeat changed how the world sounds. The Rolling Stones’ legendary drummer got away with nothing but boss moves, for just about 60 years. For me, the Charlie mystique is all there in his five-second drum intro from “Let It …
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Don Toliver has announced the dates for his fall 2021 Life of a Don tour, with singer-songwriter Bia joining as his opening act. Following sets at Las Vegas’s Life Is Beautiful fest and a show at the Marquee Theatre in Phoenix, the Live Nation-produced tour officially kicks off in Austin …
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LL Cool J invited several friends including Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, Remy Ma and French Montana for a medley of hits during his We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert performance on Saturday. The rapper performed his 1990 classic “Mama Said Knock You Out” for the crowd, with Rev Run joined …
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A new documentary series will explore Elvis Costello’s upcoming album Spanish Model, a project in which he and producer Sebastian Krys invited artists from across the Spanish-speaking world to adapt the songs from Costello’s seminal 1978 LP This Year’s Model in an entirely new language. The artists, who include Fito …
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Willow Smith has announced dates for her headlining fall 2021 tour, dubbed the Life Tour (stylized as lifE). The 19-date trek kicks off September 14th at the Observatory in Santa Ana, California, and includes stops in major U.S. cities before concluding October 19th at Centerstage in Atlanta, Georgia. A full …
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