Todd Rundgren said he did a whole bunch of work for Kanye West’s Donda, but as far as he knows, none of his contributions made the final cut. Rundgren revealed his efforts in a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, saying he was brought into West’s fold via the rapper’s …
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Lana Del Rey announced Saturday that she would deactivate her social media accounts to focus on her personal life as well as “different endeavors.” “I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow we are going to be deactivating our social media accounts, my social media accounts,” Del Rey alerted …
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Thanks to Nirvana’s Nevermind, for many fans, 1991 was the year punk broke. For others, its was the year of R.E.M.s pastoral smash Out of Time, U2’s technophilic, one-third-life crisis epic Achtung Baby or all 152 minutes of Guns ‘n’ Roses Use Your Illusion I and II But for many …
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The Americana Music Association will recognize a band, solo artists, an engineer, and a vocal choir when it hands out its Lifetime Achievement Awards at the upcoming Americana Honors & Awards ceremonies in Nashville. The AMA announced the recipients of its special awards on Tuesday. Eclectic rock-country-Latin band the Mavericks …
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UPDATE (9/7): Yola has canceled two more concerts as she recovers from Covid-19. The vocalist will not perform at the Moon River Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on September 11th or in Athens, Georgia, on September 13th with Jason Isbell. “Yola is resting at home and is starting to feel better,” …
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The minister who officiated R. Kelly and Aaliyah’s 1994 wedding spoke about the illegal union between the two singers for the first time ever Wednesday during testimony at Kelly’s criminal trial in Brooklyn. Nathan Edmond, a 73-year-old ordained minister in Chicago, testified about the ceremony under subpoena, marking the first …
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After a series of stadium-filling listening parties, Kanye West has finally released Donda to streaming services. The long-awaited album, now spanning 26 songs, arrived on Apple Music (which live-streamed West’s Donda events) and Spotify on Sunday morning, three days after the rapper’s controversial Chicago event that recreated West’s childhood home …
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William Shatner has tackled everything from blues and country to prog on his idiosyncratic albums over the past few years, and he’s just announced that his next release, Bill, will be a blend of spoken-word poetry and music, drawing inspiration from key moments in the actor’s long life. Bill arrives …
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Kelsesa Ballerini delivered a heartfelt rendition of the classic Taylor Swift song “Teardrops On My Guitar” at a Jonas Brothers concert in Las Vegas. Ballerini kicked off the Jonas Brothers’Remember This tour on Aug. 20th with an opening set featuring a brief medley of music that has inspired her along …
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Neil Young is kicking off his long-awaited Bootleg Series by releasing his December 4th, 1970 show at New York’s Carnegie Hall. It will come out October 1st on double vinyl, CD, and High-Res Digital Audio. Young played solo acoustic shows at Carnegie Hall on December 4th and December 5th that …
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