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Tori Kelly & JoJo Soar Through ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman’ Duet at Global Citizen Prize 2020
Tori Kelly and JoJo unleashed a powerful cover of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” for Global Citizen Prize 2020. The pair fed off of one another’s vocal talent as they brought their rendition of the classic, originally recorded by soul legend Aretha Franklin, to the stage together at the event hosted by John Legend. Global Citizen Prize 2020 was broadcast on NBC on Saturday night (Dec. 19). Kelly and JoJo’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” cover can also be heard on the new eight-song compilation Stand Up, benefiting Global Citizen. Stand Up is available now on all major streaming services. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with givin...
Diplo Drops Deluxe Version of Debut Country Effort, Featuring New Tracks With Leon Bridges and ERNEST
Diplo made his highly publicized entrance into country music earlier this year, dropping the star-studded, cross-genre album Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil. While Diplo has assured fans a second chapter from Thomas Wesley is on the way, he’s tiding his audience over with a deluxe version of his debut effort in the meantime. With the new installment, he’s included two new tracks, “Horizon” featuring Grammy-winning soul singer Leon Bridges, and “Bottle’s Bout Dead” featuring ERNEST, an ascendant artist out of Nashville. While the broader album saw a more pronounced infusion of dance and country music flavors, the latest offerings from Diplo are among his most straight-forward country songs to date. Of cour...
Rewind: On This Day in 2016, Cookie Monsta Released Fan-Favorite VIP of “Party Drink Smoke”
Back in October the dance music community tragically said goodbye to Cookie Monsta, a pioneering artist in the dubstep world, gone far too soon. The bass music producer made his mark with the support of Circus Records, a label founded by his longtime colleagues and friends, Flux Pavilion and Doctor P. Four years ago today, Cookie Monsta had a career-defining moment when he dropped an incendiary VIP remix of Flux Pavilion and Doctor P’s collaboration “Party Drink Smoke (feat. Jarren Benton).” The late artist kicked up the tempo and distortion a notch, and with bellowing bass and intricately layered vocals, he led listeners into a stampeding rush of energy capable of riling up a festival audience in a flash. With Cookie Monsta’s fresh new spin, the track see...
Black Coffee Signs on for Series of VR Concerts In Sensorium Galaxy
Sensorium Galaxy, the forthcoming social VR experience platform, is poised change the way live electronic music is consumed in 2021. Sensorium has been aggressive in their courting of a lineup of top performers, and now they’ve now famed South African producer Black Coffee to the mix. Since in-person shows and festivals will likely be slow to return in the coming year, the TIDAL-backed platform, built to host exclusive virtual concerts, will likely play a vital role in connecting artists with their fans unlike ever before. Sensorium Galaxy “So exciting to see Sensorium is leveraging the power of music and technology to bring people together,” Black Coffee said. “While the pandemic brought a divide in unity physically, a platform like this can reunite those connectio...
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN: My Favorite Memory Of My Dad
Wolfgang Van Halen has opened up about his relationship with his father, legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen. The 29-year-old spoke about his dad while promoting “Distance”, the first single from his solo band MAMMOTH WVH. Wolfgang wrote the song while Eddie battled cancer. “Distance” is an open letter to Wolfgang‘s father — one he was fortunate to play for his dad and would become a favorite of Eddie‘s — declaring “no matter what the distance is, I will be with you.” The video for the song is created from a collection of family home movies through the years and offers an inside look in to one of music’s most notable personalities. Chronicling the family through the years, the video ends with a touching voicemail left from Edd...
STEEL PANTHER Joined By *NSYNC’s JOEY FATONE For ‘Girl From Oklahoma’ Performance At Orlando Concert (Video)
*NSYNC singer Joey Fatone joined STEEL PANTHER on stage this past Thursday (December 17) at Ace Café in Orlando, Florida to perform the song “Girl From Oklahoma”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Ace Café was the first of three shows STEEL PANTHER is scheduled to lay in Florida this weekend, with support from BLACK STONE CHERRY. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus pandemic and has continued to ban cities and counties from enforcing mask mandates or setting stricter capacity limits on businesses and restaurants. According to CNN, more than 1.1 million Floridians have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, about 5% of the state’s population. Florida is the 26th highest state by per capita confi...
Would JUDAS PRIEST Consider Making ‘Sequel’ To ‘Painkiller’ Album? ROB HALFORD Responds
In a new interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program “Wired In The Empire”, JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was asked if he and his bandmates would ever consider making a “sequel” to their classic 1990 album “Painkiller”. Rob responded (hear audio below): “The joy of PRIEST is that, by definition, I think every record that we’ve made is what we call, it’s got its own legs to stand on. So, from ‘Rocka Rolla’ all the through to ‘Firepower’, I think there’s a defining separation of where the band is in that moment in time. And we’ve always been very strong on avoiding replication. That’s not to say that you can’t have intense, fast metal songs that have a simila...
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s JESSE LEACH Says Vocal Surgery And Therapy Saved His Career
During a recent appearance on “Vox&Hops”, the podcast hosted by Matt McGachy, frontman of extreme metal band CRYPTOPSY, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach reflected on the experience of undergoing surgery in April 2018 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to remove polyps from his vocal cords. Speaking about how he found out the needed to have an operation in the first place, Jesse said (see video below): “We just played a sold-out show [in Los Angeles], and the crowd was incredible. And when your adrenaline’s going, you tend to push, and you’ve gotta be really careful, whether you’re a drummer or a vocalist, especially, that push can be really fucking dangerous. And I was pushing — I was feeling it. I was, like, ‘This is fucking awesome.̵...
Barack Obama Shares His 30 Favorite Songs of 2020
After revealing the films and TV shows he binged throughout 2020, former president Barack Obama has now revealed what he’s been listening to. As has become tradition, Obama, with the help of his youngest daughter Sasha, has put together a list of his favorite songs from the last 12 months. Included among Obama’s 30-song playlist are Phoebe Bridgers’ “Kyoto” and Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé’s “Savage” remix — both of which made our own list. Also present are Waxahatchee’s “Can’t Do Much”, Dua Lipa’s ‘Levitating” featuring DaBaby, Bruce Springsteen’s “Ghosts”, Bob Dylan’s ‘Goodbye Jimmy Reed”, Jeff Tweedy’s “Love is the King”, and J. Cole’s “The Climb Back”. Other selections include Travis Scott’s “Franchise” featuring M.I.A. and Young Thug, Lido Pimienta’s “Nada”, Bad Bunny’s “La Difícil...
VERZUZ Reportedly Spent A Cool $500K For E-40 & Too Short’s Battle
Source: Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Later tonight (Dec. 19), Hip-Hop fans young and old will get a treat in the form of a VERZUZ battle between two Bay Area legends in E-40 and Too Short. The 50-something gentlemen are actually good friends and have collaborated quite a bit over the years, and the budget for tonight’s showdown was reportedly a large amount. TMZ reports that sources close to the production details say that Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s outfit shelled out $500,000 to put on the friendly affair and the stage will highlight their upbringing and legacy as some of Northern California’s premier artists. From TMZ: We’re told the MCs will be surrounded by concert-style lighting and some expensive props — 2 classic old school cars will be on stage behind each of them. Makes sense, both Sh...
Spotify “Spoken Words Analyzer” Patent Approved, Will Use AI to Analyze Song Lyrics
Spotify has successfully patented a “Spoken Word Analyzer” feature, which will allow the platform to make determinations about a song’s lyrical content through the power of AI. The streaming giant filed the patent, which was ultimately approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week, in late August 2020. The patent describes a feature that would automatically assign a set of tags to songs based on their lyrics. The utility of such a feature will allow Spotify to categorize songs based on their explicitness, mood, and even qualities such as danceability and energy levels, among other criteria. Tracks have historically had their tags assigned based on user input, but the system Spotify proposes would seek to standardize and auto...
Wax Motif Releases First Single from Forthcoming Album, “All Black Everything”
Renowned Australian house producer Wax Motif teamed up with Corrupt (UK) and MC Scrufizzer for “All Black Everything,” the first single off his forthcoming Hard Street album. This isn’t the first time Motif has worked with UK’s fastest grime spitter Scrufizzer, having teamed up with him for previous tracks such as “A1 Dip” and “Skank n Flex” with Taiki Nulight. “All Black Everything” comes as his sixth issue on his very own Divided Souls banner. This boisterous tune truly pumps up the energy. “All Black Everything” launches into a bass house frenzy with a roaring, distorted synth just before the drop. Fierce wubs fuse with sharp hi hats and a thumping bassline, giving it a bouncy tempo. Throughout the track, the swagged-out vocal stylings and chops of Scrufizzer gi...
