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Flatbush Zombies’ Erick the Architect Announces Debut Solo Project, Shares “Let It Go”: Stream
Erick the Architect, co-founder and primary producer for Flatbush Zombies, has announced his debut solo EP Future Proof. It’s out January 22nd, and he’s offering a preview with the new single “Let It Go” featuring Loyle Carner and FARR. Over the last few years, Erick Elliot has gone from one of the primary drivers of the Flatbush Zombies’ distinctive sound to a sought-after producer in his own right. He recently produced on James Blake’s Before EP, and according to a statement he is currently collaborating on different projects with Blake and Joey Bada$$. Now this beloved co-worker is set to strike out on his own with Future Proof . The five-track effort was produced by Linden Jay and features contributions from Col3trane, Sophie Faith, and Pip Millett. In addition to produ...
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Is the Bee Gees Doc You’ve Been Waiting For: Review
The Pitch: Three Australian brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb formed the most formidable musical and songwriter trio this side of Holland-Dozier-Holland when they became the Bee Gees. Musical chameleons, they rose to fame during the late-staged British Invasion of the 1960s, recalibrated for the singer-songwriter era of the early-1970s, and rose to a level of fame during the height of disco not seen since The Beatles. Director Frank Marshall captures it all in his new HBO documentary, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, mixing spine-tingling isolation tracks and archival interviews with the brothers Gibb to tell a captivating story of a sibling trio who, despite their differences, thrived due to their deep love. To Love Somebody: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart finds the B...
Bob Dylan Sells Entire Songwriting Catalog to Universal
In a blockbuster deal, Bob Dylan has sold the publishing rights to his entire back catalog, which goes back to 1962, to Universal Music Group. The New York Times reports that the deal was for a whopping $300 million. In the deal, UMG acquired over 600 of Dylan’s songs, which the legendary singer-songwriter controlled the copyrights to. It includes all of his songs through this year’s Rough and Rowdy Ways. Of course, UMG gets all Dylan’s big early hits as well: “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Lay Lady Lay,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’” and like a Rolling Stone.” “It’s no secret that the art of songwriting is the fundamental key to all great music, nor is it a secret that Bob is one of the very greatest practitioners of that art,” L...
Chadwick Boseman Honored During MTV Movie & TV Awards Special
Cheadle added: “Each time he stepped on the set, he inspired and influenced everyone there, and with every role he created a new legion of fans. He had an incredible power to unify people in their love for his work and their respect for him as a person. The way he lived his life united people behind a higher purpose, and that will be his legacy.” Cheadle also noted that while Boseman is best known for his role as Black Panther, the actor also made his mark portraying real-life luminaries Thurgood Marshall (in Marshall), James Brown (in Get on Up) and Jackie Robinson (in 42). “Chadwick will forever be known as the Black Panther, but he also painted incredibly powerful portrayals of iconic and influential real men who changed the world,” Cheadle said, adding: “H...
Universal Music Publishing Buys Bob Dylan’s Song Catalog
Another factor, industry sources say, is that the generation of singer-songwriters who came of age in the sixties and seventies is at a point where they’re thinking about their legacies, as well as estate planning. On December 4, Primary Wave Music Publishing announced that it had acquired a majority stake in the catalog of singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, in a deal that The Wall Street Journal reported valued her compositions at $100 million. That deal and Dylan’s could trigger more big catalog transactions. This is a unique prize, however. Among the songwriters of the rock era, only the Beatles are as influential as Dylan, the only songwriter to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The catalog includes more than 600 compositions, written over the course of six decades, including “Blo...
Dustin Lynch, Lee Brice, Big & Rich & More to Salute Lee Greenwood at 40th-Anniversary Tribute Concert
Lee Brice, Dustin Lynch, Riley Green and Big & Rich are among the artists lining up to celebrate Lee Greenwood‘s 40 years as a hitmaker at an Oct. 12 concert at Huntsville, Ala.’s Von Braun Center. Among the other artists saluting the Grammy winner — whose hits include “It Turns Me Inside Out,” “I.O.U.,” “Going, Going, Gone,” “Don’t Underestimate My Love for You” and “God Bless the U.S.A.” — include Michael W. Smith, Jamey Johnson, Alabama’s Randy Owen, The Oak Ridge Boys, Sam Moore and Crystal Gayle. 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 ...
Cardi B Offers to Match Charitable Donations From Fans
Reacting to the backlash, Cardi reminded folks that she donated $1 million to coronavirus relief earlier this year, another milli to fans through cashapp two months ago as well as donating 20,000 meal supplements to New York medical workers. “Also I got 7 uncles an 3 aunts on my daddy side,9 aunts and 3 uncles on my momma side a whole bunch of cousins I had to help cause of the pandemic ….If I want to splurge I can with out yall asking for hand outs like me and my husband don’t do so.Thank you,” she added. When someone suggested she donate the $88K to people that need help right now, like her fans, Cardi noted that she’s already donated $2 million this year and promised that she’s doing “something very special in another country” next year. &#...
SEPULTURA Joined By TRIVIUM’s MATT HEAFY For Quarantine Performance Of ‘Slave New World’ (Video)
TRIVIUM‘s Matt Heafy recently teamed up with the four members of SEPULTURA to record a quarantine version of the SEPULTURA classic “Slave New World”. Check out video below. The original version of the track appeared on SEPULTURA‘s 1993 album “Chaos A.D.”. Guitarist Andreas Kisser told Metal Hammer about SEPULTURA‘s approach on the LP, which was recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in South Wales with producer Andy Wallace: “You have to understand that we had spent two years touring with ‘Arise’. It was the first time that we’d seen the world, and actually could analyze and understand what it was like being Brazilian outside of the country. We saw Brazil from a different angle — one that changed the way we felt. Even w...
BRIAN JOHNSON: It Was MALCOLM YOUNG’s Idea To Make AC/DC Have A Sound That Nobody Else Could Copy
In a new interview with Jason Rockman of Canada’s iHeart Radio, AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson spoke about the fact that the band’s long-awaited comeback album, “Power Up”, is a tribute to founding AC/DC rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young, who died in 2017 from effects of dementia at age 64. Malcolm is credited as a writer on all 12 tracks on “Power Up”, along with his brother, AC/DC lead guitarist Angus Young. “This whole album was done, right from the get-go, in the studio, it was this feeling… We’d just lost Malcolm, and we wanted this album to be a tribute to Malcolm, to our leader, the man who was right there at the inception,” Brian said (see video below). “It was his idea — the idea of making AC/DC have a sound that nobody else c...
Gal Gadot Lassos Flying Bullets In Action-Packed Wonder Woman 1984 Clip
Wonder Woman 1984 is set to become one of the major blockbusters of the year, but until recently, the fate of the film was largely unknown to fans and producers alike. The superhero sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman was originally slated for release on June 5 before being pushed three times due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, first to August 12, then to October 2, and finally to Christmas Day. Now, the film is finally coming to roost, and a new clip dropped on Sunday (December 6) gives fans a deeper look into the action. In it, Wonder Woman, Diana of Themyscira, jumps from a speeding taxi to chase down trucks filled with armed gunmen. She winds through moving cars, rips a steering wheel through a driverside window, and at one poi...
Don Cheadle And Robert Downey Jr. Honor Chadwick Boseman’s ‘Power To Unify People’
In the three months since Chadwick Boseman died after a silent years-long battle with cancer, tributes have rolled in from all over the world to celebrate and honor his work both onscreen and off. They tend to highlight the actor’s brilliant cinematic achievements portraying kings, history-makers, and soldiers — in a word, heroes. But Boseman’s life behind the scenes found him inhabiting the role of an everyday hero as well, visiting children with cancer and returning the Wakanda salute to fans in public. Both of these aspects are what his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars Don Cheadle and Robert Downey, Jr., spoke to when they presented Boseman with the posthumous Hero for the Ages honor at the MTV Movie & TV Awards: Greatest of All Time special on Sunday night (Decem...
ROB HALFORD: ‘It’s A Miracle’ That I’ve Been Able To Stay Sober For More Than 34 Years
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, who celebrated the 34th anniversary of his getting sober in January, spoke to “Across The Board”, the new podcast series hosted by songwriter/producer Emiko and producer Mike Exeter (JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH), about how he manages to stay clean on the road. “It’s not easy,” he said (see video below). It’s very much a day at a time. You’re given all the tools and resources from your rehab experience. I use ’em every day. A lot of it is just like mental notes — talking things through. Sometimes I speak ’em out; a lot of it is internal. So that’s really vital on a day-to-day level of sobriety. “When I was in rehab [in 1986], there’s anonymity in rehab, but at the same time, you have t...
