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Watch Daddy Yankee Perform ‘Problema’ on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Straight From Miami
On the heels of dropping his first single of 2021, “Problema,” Daddy Yankee gave the song its epic TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night (March 8). Straight from Miami, the Puerto Rican artist gave a decked-out performance with police cars, a marching band, and a group of fierce dancers. Bringing street party vibes, Yankee performed on top of a bridge with the downtown skyline in the background. On “Problema,” DY returns to his roots with an infectious reggaeton that later transforms into an old-school perreo. The song tells the story of a girl who’s problematic and always the center of attention. “You’re a challenge for me, like those on TikTok,” he chants. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with ...
GEEZER BUTLER Says He Was Using ‘Devil Horns’ Hand Gesture Years Before RONNIE JAMES DIO: ‘I Showed It To Him And He Made It Famous’
Geezer Butler says that he was using the so-called “devil horns” years before Ronnie James Dio adopted it a his own. The late BLACK SABBATH and RAINBOW singer is frequently recognized for making the hand gesture mainstream — a staple at rock concerts for decades. However, Butler claims that Ronnie actually got the idea to use it after watching his onetime SABBATH bandmate make the sign at every concert. “I’ve been doing that sign since — I’ve got pictures of me doing it since 1971,” Butler said during an appearance Monday (March 8) on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “And I always used to do it in the breakdown in the song ‘Black Sabbath’ — just before it goes into the fa...
Ex-CHILDREN OF BODOM Guitarist DANIEL FREYBERG ‘Definitely Didn’t See’ ALEXI LAIHO’s Death Coming
Alexi Laiho‘s CHILDREN OF BODOM and BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT bandmate Daniel Freyberg says that he “definitely” didn’t see his death coming. Laiho passed away on December 29, 2020 in his home in Helsinki, Finland. The 41-year-old had reportedly suffered from long-term health issues leading up to his death. Freyberg, who played with NAILDOWN and NORTHER before joining CHILDREN OF BODOM in 2016, told Revolver magazine that he had no clue Alexi had only a few months to live while they were working on the first BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT material last year. “He seemed as normal as ever,” Daniel said. “Yeah, I definitely didn’t see this coming.” Asked what Alexi was like on a personal level, Daniel said: “He was a very humble guy. Never made a f...
MORGAN ROSE Recalls Being ‘Freaked Out’ At First Incident Of Racism At SEVENDUST Concert
While taking part in this past weekend’s Headbangers Con, drummer Morgan Rose of SEVENDUST — whose frontman, Lajon Witherspoon, is African American — was asked by Rocking With Jam Man if he had his bandmates have ever experienced racism during their nearly three-decade-long career. He responded (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yes, we have. A few times. Not as much as you would think. That never entered our ignorant, or naïve, minds when we started. We never looked at anything [in terms of race] — it had nothing to do with that. So when it happened, it was, like, ‘Oh, shit!’ “I think the first time I really saw it and it freaked me out was [the] ‘Tattoo The Earth’ [tour in 2000],” he continued. “And we were playing in Phoenix, Arizon...
TED NUGENT Announces ‘Guns, Guitars & Hot Rod Cars’ Auction
Burley Auction will present the Ted Nugent “Guns, Guitars & Hot Rod Cars” auction on Saturday, March 27 at 10 a.m. at Tucker Hall in Waco, Texas. Over 400 items from Nugent‘s personal collection will be auctioned off, including a fine collection of custom guns and personal carry guns, a fine collection of rare, prototype and one-of-a-kind guitars from Nugent‘s personal collection: 1958 Gibson Les Paul, 1959 Gibson Les Paul, 1956 Fender Strat, Black Gibson Byrdland, Gibson Custom Shop Les Paul, early Paul Reed Smith prototype and one-of-a-kind Ted Nugent guitars, rare custom guitars, Ted‘s vintage touring equipment including his entire back line, pyrotechnic stage guns, tour used speaker cabinets, concert equipment and stage decor, fully restored 1968 Ford ...
Crazy Horse Guitarist Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro Goes Inside Neil Young’s Latest Archival Release
By the time 1990 hit, Neil Young and Crazy Horse were in the midst of a resurgence, even if they didn’t realize it at the time. On the heels of the success of 1989’s Freedom, which introduced Young to a younger, harder rockin’ crowd with “Rockin’ in the Free World,” he once again joined forces with the mighty Crazy Horse to kick off the 1990s in style. In this case, the style was a heavier, harder sound. Frank “Poncho” Sampedro had been playing guitar with Young since the mid-’70s, but he knew when it came time to record and play what would become Ragged Glory that they were onto something. So much so that when the group played the first shows of that album cycle in November 1990 at the Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz, Sampedro can still marvel at the raw intensity and powe...
Phoebe Bridgers Teams With Jackson Browne for New Version of ‘Kyoto’
In a musical pairing that brings two generations of singer-songwriters together, Phoebe Bridgers joins forces with Jackson Browne for a take on her hit, “Kyoto,” releasing as a Spotify Single today. It’s accompanied by a cover of the late John Prine’s (a Best New Artist nominee himself in 1972) “Summers End,” featuring backing vocals from Maria Taylor. Listen to the songs below: <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Both tracks are being released as Spotify Sing...
Michael Kiwanuka Finally Relaxed Enough to Make His Best Album
In Michael Kiwanuka’s mind, everything in America seems heightened. When something is good here, it’s “ridiculously good,” according to the British-Ugandan singer/songwriter. And when it’s bad, it’s really bad, which, he says, “is probably why I’m obsessed with America.” This extends to the Grammys, which have always felt otherworldly to Kiwanuka. This holds particularly true this year as his third album, Kiwanuka, which won the Hyundai Mercury Prize in 2020, is in the running for the Grammy for the Best Rock Album, a first for him. “When I started, I used to be jealous of artists that were getting bigger because they seemed to fit in,” the 33-year-old Kiwanuka says from his home in the UK where his connection to the Grammys could not be more remote. “I kept trying to fit in and it never w...
An Introductory Guide to NFTs in the Music Industry
Last week, rock band Kings of Leon became the first band to release an album as an NFT, expanding the possibilities for crypto and blockchain technology in the music industry. If that first sentence already lost you, you’ve come to the right place. NFTs are undoubtedly the buzziest new topic in music and for good reason. In February 2021 alone, NFTs earned nearly 22 million dollars in the music industry, according to data collected by Water & Music, but it’s much like explaining the Internet to someone in the ’90s who has never seen it before. NFTs are highly conceptual and unprecedented, but it makes sense once you get used to the idea. Consider this article your true introductory guide to NFTs in the music business, wherein, we will break down the most important characteristics of th...
Mykele Deville on Coping With Racism and Generational Trauma
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Presented by Consequence of Sound and Sound Mind Live, Going There with Dr. Mike is a new interview podcast series in which clinical psychologist and life coach Dr. Mike Friedman talks with musicians about the crossroads where music and mental health meet. Mykele Deville joins the show this week to discuss how he copes with the effects of systemic racism and inter-generational trauma on mental health. In particular, the Chicago artist discusses how these stresses can result in a core belief of being unlovable. The Growing Concerns Poetry Collective artist also talks about how he addresses social justice in his music while making sure that he creates “freedoms” for himself to be ...
Eddie Murphy Briefly Quit Acting After Receiving Decade’s Worst Actor Razzie Award
Over the past few years, Eddie Murphy has experienced a career resurgence, thanks to movies like Dolemite is My Name and the recently released Coming 2 America, as well as an Emmy-winning return to Saturday Night Live. The renaissance came after a five-year period in which he only released one movie. During an appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast (transcribed by The Independent), Murphy explained the hiatus was prompted by his winning of the Worst Actor of the Decade Razzie. “I was making shitty movies,” Murphy told Maron. “I was like, ‘This shit ain’t fun. They’re giving me Razzies…’ Motherfuckers gave me the Worst Actor Ever Razzie. [So I thought], ‘Maybe it’s time to take a break.’” However, the hiatus lasted longer than Murphy originally planned. “I was only gonna tak...
How the Pandemic Gave Rise to VJ Kobra and Illuminated the Importance of Visual Artists
VJ Kobra’s first visit to the state of Colorado was as a runaway. With an idealized dream to head anywhere new, she climbed into a packed car with friends, left her home of South Dakota, and headed West. A few days later, she would be returned home by police, jettisoned back to the mundane locale that thwarted her youth and creativity. Several years later, on a lone trip in the fall of 2020, she would return on her own accord. However, this time around, she was one of the most topical visual artists in the electronic music space. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This classic opener of A Tale of Two Cities poetically summarizes what was a polarizing, yet somehow career-defining year for many visual artists in 2020. With electronic music’s rise over the last...
