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Steve Earle Shares New Justin Townes Earle Covers Album J.T.: Stream
Back in August, the world mourned the death of Americana songwriter Justin Townes Earle. Now, father and country legend Steve Earle has paid tribute to his late son with a new covers album called J.T., and it’s streaming below via Bandcamp. J.T. comes today (January 4th), on what would have been Justin’s 39th birthday. It consists of 11 covers, all pulled from throughout Justin’s discography. There are favorites such as “Harlem River Blues” (2010) “Champagne Corolla” (2017), and “The Saint of Lost Causes”, taken from Justin’s 2019 album of the same name, which proved to be his last. Other songs that appear on J.T. include “I Don’t Care”, “Turn Out My Lights”, and “Last Words”. In a statement, father Steve said the “record is called J.T. because Justin was never called anything else u...
Local Natives’ Taylor Rice on Struggling with the Useless Slog of the Pandemic
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | 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. Local Natives singer-songwriter Taylor Rice joins the show this week to discuss his experience of coping with anxiety and depression during the pandemic. Many of us have lost loved ones, the opportunity for work, and the ability to see our friends and family amidst these times. Taylor wrestles with these feelings of loss, and how these stressors have impacted his overall emotional well-being. The Sour Lemon artist goes on to talk about ...
Rapper Jawara Headley sues Nicki Minaj for song ‘Rich Sex’
Nicki Minaj may have ushered in 2021 with adorable baby pictures of her son but the rapper has legal woes as she has been sued for $200 million. The lawsuit is over her song “Rich Sex” which Queens rapper and songwriter Jawara Headley says she stole from him after he played it for her. Jawara who goes by the name Brinx Billions is suing Nicki alongside Universal Music Group, Young Money, and Cash Money for damages. In court documents obtained by TMZ, Jawara who is already credited as a writer of “Rich Sex” according to the ASCAP database claims that he let Nicki listen to his version of “Rich Sex” in 2016. He also claims that he is the sole author/creator/composer/writer/producer of “Rich Sex” and Nicki told him it would be extremely marketable and become a global hit. The rapper and songw...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ Set For Return to U.K. No. 1
Styles, meanwhile, could earn a new chart high with Fine Line (Columbia), up 10-2 on the sales blast. The former One Direction singer’s sophomore album is enjoying a boost thanks to the release of “Treat People With Kindness,” the video for which features Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. At the midway point in the chart cycle, the top five is rounded out by titles from Dua Lipa (Future Nostalgia via Warner Records), Little Mix (Confetti via RCA) and Queen’s Greatest Hits (Virgin) juggernaut, which has logged 276 weeks on the chart and is recognized as the U.K.’s best-selling album of all time. The late British-born hip-hop artist MF Doom could enter the Top 40 for the first time with his 2004 album Madvillainy with Madlib (Stones Throw), which currently sit at No. 30. Doom (re...
The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Rules U.K.’s 2020 Year-End Chart
The Canadian artist was aggrieved to have been overlooked from the shortlist for the 2021 Grammy Awards, but he’s clearly embraced by music fans on the other side of the Atlantic (nominations for the 2021 Brit Awards, set to take place on May 11, have yet to be announced). Another artist who’s warmly received in the U.K. is Tones And I, the Australian singer and songwriter whose 2019 hit “Dance Monkey” swung in at No. 2 on The Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2020. Tones (real name Toni Watson) ruled the chart for 11 weeks with “Dance Monkey,” setting a new record for a solo female artist. The one-time busker’s viral hit was also the No. 2 most-streamed song of the year, behind only “Blinding Lights,” the OCC reports, and the fifth-ranked digital download. SAINt JHN’s “Roses” comes in at N...
Sturgill Simpson Unplugs for ‘Tonight Show’ Performance: Watch
Sturgill Simpson didn’t waste time during the lockdown. While many of us were bored senseless, the Kentucky native was prolific. After recovering from COVID-19, he dropped two albums in the latter months of the year, Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, and its followup Cuttin’ Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions, which reached No. 27. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Holidays are Over, Y’all! Dolly Parton Just Launched Her Own ‘9 to 5’ Meme
“The holidays are over, y’all. It’s back to that 9 to 5 #MondayMotivation,” she writes. Dolly has never shied away from work. Over a decades-long career in music and business, Dolly set the bar ridiculously high with more than 3,000 compositions, to go with her ten Grammy Awards (including a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award), induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame and more. In the Guinness World Records 2018 edition, the Tennessee native received two certifications for her record-setting feats, including recognition for the most decades with a top 20 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart (six). Away from music, Parton last year helped fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine with a donation to the tune of $1 million. Check out Dolly’s motivational meme below. You D...
Kiss 2020 Goodbye With “Tiësto & Friends NYE Party” Virtual Show
If you were still in search of something to watch as you kiss this wild year goodbye, Tiësto and SiriusXM have got you covered. The dance music legend has announced a special “Tiësto & Friends NYE Party 2020” with his label, Musical Freedom. And the lineup is stacked. Kicking the festivities off on December 31st will be WH0, performing a 30-minute set. The party continues with Zookëper, Moksi, and KREAM. Tiësto himself will then be throwing down a special 90-minute set split—between his VER:WEST alias—and will ring in 2021 as only Tiësto could. Tiësto has a lot to be proud of this year, not only on the music front, but also in his personal life. 2020 was the year the prolific artist became a father, welcoming his beautiful baby girl Viola Margreet Verwest&nb...
This Former Spy Retired and Founded Iconic Leeds Venue, The Warehouse
Mike Wiand traded his career as a covert spy to become one of the most visible entrepreneurs in the UK nightlife space. Wiand was working for the US government in the middle of the Cold War when his assignment to North Yorkshire left him falling in love with the beautiful, natural landscape. However, upon his retirement, it was more than the picturesque scene that kept the former spy living in the area. He began to plant roots and met his first wife at The In Time club in Leeds. Together the two started a club of their own called The Warehouse. Wiand likely didn’t realize it at the time, but the club, born out of an abandoned warehouse, would go on to become one of the most iconic venues in Leeds. It went on to host early influential DJs such as Greg James and D...
Peloton to Release Exclusive Elvis Presley Remixes from Dillon Francis, Chromeo, and Big Boi
World-renowned exercise equipment brand Peloton has been known to take a unique approach to its workout programs. Its Artist Series is a shining example of that, with the brand enlisting musicians to create exclusive music and mixes for its training session videos. Now, Peloton’s latest addition to its Artist Series brings forth three notable acts to remix the one and only Elvis Presley. EDM superstar Dillon Francis, funk lords Chromeo, and Outkast‘s ingenious Big Boi have all taken up the remix mantle for Peloton, covering three of The King’s classics. “Do The Vega,” “Clean Up Your Own Backyard,” and “Catchin’ On Fast” will all see unique takes from the three artists, and can only be heard exclusively through the P...
Mersiv Delivers Dazzling Remix of Supertask and Saint Sinner’s “Get To You”
As a New Year’s treat for fans, surging bass artist Mersiv has capped off an abundant year with his latest creation, a remix of Saint Sinner and Supertask’s 2018 hit, “Get To You.” Dropping his 14th track of 2020, Mersiv closes the door on a turbulent year for the music industry by offering vibrance through sound. For his remix, Mersiv transcends the sultry original by adding his own dynamic flair. The song opens with the same evocative melody, accented by fuller, energized bass lines that slowly build. Whereas the original drops in at the 30-second mark with a thunderous vibration of 808s, this edit flushes out the emotion of the song for a full 1:36. Here, audiences are drubbed with a seismic array of synths, which combine with haunting melodies for a compelling experience in sound...
Playboi Carti: Whole Lotta Red
Whole Lotta Red functions like a pressure cooker. Playboi Carti takes an endless supply of bright and serrated beats and packs them together, end on end, so that the album seems to careen wildly toward an unknown destination. Those beats are then populated by the 24-year-old’s most outré, expressive vocals yet, a string of barks, ad-libbed shards, and crooned melodies that compound the mania. The effect is to make Whole Lotta Red’s predecessor, 2018’s already intense Die Lit, sound nearly staid by comparison––and Carti’s slightly cloudy, self-titled debut from 2017 seem positively tranquilized. Despite his youth and his brisk release schedule, Carti’s cultish fanbase would have you believe that the periods between his records are long droughts, ones that can only be weathered with frenzied...
