The Atlanta weekend concert series “ATLive” returns in November with a night dedicated to country and a night dedicated to hard rock. George Strait, Eric Church and singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith will perform at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Friday, November 5th, while Metallica, Cage the Elephant, and Greta Van Fleet take the …
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A Tribe Called Quest has sold an NFT for royalties to their first five studio albums via Royalty Exchange. The sale closed for 40.191 ETH, the equivalent of $84,765. The sale, which started at $35,000, encompasses 1.5% of sound recording royalties from the group’s first five albums: The group’s 1990 …
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Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has shared a private, handwritten love note that the late Soundgarden singer penned to her. The letter was included as part of a Fatherly interview with Vicky where she talked about her grief following Cornell’s May 2017 death as well as how she and Chris’ kids …
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Anthony Ramos is already well-known thanks to his starring role inIn the Heights, and with his second album Love and Lies he’s setting his sights on full-on pop stardom. For those expecting show tunes, you can exit stage left. Instead, the Broadway actor is on a different vibe with sexy …
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Big Freedia has released a brand new dance single, “Betty Bussit,” in celebration of LGBTQ Pride. “This song was inspired by Betty Boop and Baby Esther (the cartoon character + performer),” the Queen of Bounce said of the track. “Those queens were the original Divas! They were curvy and sexy …
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Todd Rundgren will hit the road this year on the Individualist, a True Star Tour. The 29-date schedule kicks off October 1st at Big Night Live in Boston, making stops across the U.S. before wrapping up in San Francisco at the Fillmore on November 17th. Each night of the tour, …
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Yasiin Bey offered a frank assessment on the status of the new Black Star record, saying it’ll arrive when he and Talib Kweli are ready for it to arrive, and no sooner, during an appearance on Kweli’s People’s Party podcast. The follow up to the duo’s celebrated, and so far …
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Serj Tankian has shared a 24-minute instrumental titled “Disarming Time: A Modern Piano Concerto,” a portion of a classical composition that the System of a Down frontman worked on during the Covid-19 pandemic. “When quarantine hit and all our projects and releases were canceled, I started itching for a musical …
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Following a pandemic delay caused by a busted studio door, XTC’s Andy Partridge has finally announced the first volume in his My Failed Songwriting Career series, a collection of tracks he initially penned for other artists. “I have hundreds of songs that I wrote for other people that they rejected,” …
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The Killers and Bruce Springsteen have teamed up to record a new version of “A Dustland Fairytale,” which originally appeared on the band’s 2008 LP Day & Age. In an e-mail interview with Rolling Stone, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers said the original plan was to play the song together live. …
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