Tony Glover, the influential blues harmonica player who was a longtime peer of Bob Dylan and helped teach Mick Jagger how to play, died Wednesday, the Star Tribune reports. Glover reportedly died of natural causes after being hospitalized earlier this month. He was 79. Glover made a lasting impression on …
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Riot Fest announced the lineup for the festival’s 15th anniversary, to take place in Chicago’s Douglas Park on September 13th-15th. Blink-182, after having to cancel their 2018 Riot Fest performance for health reasons, will return for this year’s festival. Riot grrrl legends Bikini Kill will perform a reunion set and …
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Ed Sheeran, Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock caution they will clap back fast at anyone who steps to those they care about in new song “Cross Me.” The song appears on Sheeran’s forthcoming No.6 Collaborations Project, out on July 12th via Atlantic. While they don’t mess around with disrespectful …
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Taylor Swift and Panic! at the Disco‘s Brendon Urie performed their song “ME!” for just the second time live on the season 16 finale of The Voice. The two singers and their backing performers danced in front of a gigantic, bedazzled rainbow butterfly, with plenty of sparkles and technicolor swirls …
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Tom Morello recruited System of a Down singer Serj Tankian for a triumphant live version of Audioslave‘s “Like a Stone” during a solo set at the Sonic Temple festival in Columbus, Ohio. The performance fell almost exactly two years after the death of Chris Cornell, Morello’s former Audioslave bandmate. In …
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Slipknot unveiled a punishing new song, “Unsainted,” the first single from the group’s upcoming album, We Are Not Your Kind, out August 9th via Roadrunner Records. “Unsainted” opens with an expertly crafted build, as choir vocals float above rumbling drums, tidal wave guitars and frontman Corey Taylor’s vocals: “Oh, I’ll …
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Steve Nicks, Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves and other high-profile artists are donating instruments, signed memorabilia and other items as part of the Girls Rock Reverb Gives Auction. The week-long sale, which launches Tuesday, May 21st via the Reverb site, will benefit 10 nonprofits focused on empowering female, transgender and gender …
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UPDATE: Showtime has announced that Shangri-La will premiere on Friday, July 12th at 9 pm ET/PT. All four episodes will be available on-demand. **** Acclaimed music producer and Def Jam pioneer Rick Rubin’s eclectic resumé and unique creative process is the focus of the docuseries Shangri-La, and in this exclusive teaser …
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Following the release of her sophomore LP Legacy! Legacy! on Friday, Jamila Woods appeared on CBS This Morning Saturday to perform three songs from her career. The R&B singer and her band played a soulful trio of tracks including “Baldwin” and “Zora” from her latest project and “Holy” from her …
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Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward have teamed up for a duet on “A Whole New World,” which will be featured in Disney’s upcoming Aladdin remake. Sadly, the video features no magic carpet ride. Directed by Philip Andelman, the clip shows Malik and Ward sing the romantic ballad in various parts …
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