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Watch KID ROCK Perform At DONALD TRUMP Rally In Michigan
Kid Rock joined President Donald Trump‘s son, Donald Trump Jr., at a Michigan event to promote the president’s re-election campaign Monday (September 14). The “Make America Great Again” event, which was held at Bumpers Landing Boat Club in Harrison Township, also featured Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump Jr.‘s girlfriend who serves as the president’s senior advisor. According to Detroit Free Press, Kid Rock performed a four-song set for the mostly maskless crowd of several thousand, with face coverings predominantly worn by some older attendees. “If you believe in the leadership of Donald Trump, that you live and will always live and support, stand for the greatest country in the world, make some damn noise,” Kid addressed the audience at one point ...
ALTER BRIDGE’s ‘Walk The Sky 2.0’ EP To Include New Song ‘Last Rites’
Since the band announced the cancellation of its entire 2020 touring schedule, ALTER BRIDGE has taken time to do what they are known best for — creating. Never a band to take a lot of personal time off, the band reviewed live recordings from their shows in January/February 2020 to pick a few of its live favorites of songs from its latest album, “Walk The Sky”. This led bandmembers Myles Kennedy, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips to begin sharing ideas for a new studio song. Those collective ideas would yield an original track titled “Last Rites” — a track written, recorded and completed entirely during the COVID-19 lockdown. The final version of “Last Rites”, along with live versions of “Wouldn’t You Rather”, “Pay N...
WHITESNAKE And WINGER Guitarist REB BEACH To Release ‘A View From The Inside’ Solo Album In November
WHITESNAKE and WINGER guitarist Reb Beach will release his long-in-the-works instrumental solo album, “A View From The Inside”, on November 6 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the disc’s first single, “Infinito 1122”, can be seen below. “A View From The Inside” is described in a press release as “an album that showcases the dynamic talents of the guitar virtuoso, hard rock fans will be transported back to the days when giants like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani dominated the mainstream consciousness (and airwaves), while also simultaneously being shown a guitarist ever pushing himself forward into the future.” Beach is one of the indisputable guitar giants of the current hard rock scene. His resume with ’80s/’...
Dan Wilson on Semisonic’s First Music in 19 Years, Solving Songwriting ‘Puzzle’
With his 2004 memoir, So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, Semisonic drummer Jacob Slichter offered an unflinching look back at the band’s sudden whirlwind of success with their 1998 hit “Closing Time.” It’s the kind of intimate, rear view perspective that frontman Dan Wilson could never commit to undertaking. “I’m the least reminisce-y person,” he tells SPIN. “I’m just not nostalgic and don’t really reminisce.” Wilson has maintained a forward-facing ethos over the past decade-plus: After the band’s 2001 record, All About Chemistry, he developed a second career as a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, working with the likes of the Chicks, Adele, Taylor Swift and Pink. Still, his band’s past has never strayed far. He jokingly admits how Semisonic bassist John M...
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Cover Stevie Wonder’s ‘Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours’
Daptone Records will be releasing a collection of previously unheard tracks by Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. The album will include covers includes renditions of songs by Dusty Springfield, Janet Jackson, Woody Guthrie, Prince and Stevie Wonder. You can hear their rendition of Wonder’s “Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours” below. Jones passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2016. Just Dropped In… is the second posthumous musical project after the group released 2017’s Soul of a Woman. See the tracklisting for Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) below. 1. “Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours”2. “Little By Little”3. “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)”4. “Here I Am Baby”5. “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”6. “Take Me With U”7. “This Land Is Y...
Stephen Malkmus Unveils B-Side From Traditional Techniques
Just before the pandemic hit, Stephen Malkmus released his latest solo album Traditional Techniques. He wasn’t able to properly hit the road for the late-spring, early-summer tour in support of it for obvious reasons. But, if it’s any consolation, it seems like there’s a bunch of solid leftover tracks that didn’t make the album. One such is “Juliefuckingette,” a tender, folky acoustic number that would have fit in well with the songs that comprised Traditional Techniques. Listen to the song below. [embedded content] Additionally, Malkmus announced rescheduled tour dates for 2021. Check out those dates below. Tue. March 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music CafeWed. March 3 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner HallThu. March 4 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia HallFri. March 5 – Louisville, KY @ HeadlinersSa...
Future Islands Share Mellow New Single ‘Moonlight’
Future Islands’ dropped their latest single “Moonlight” Tuesday with a star-studded music video — featuring Criminal Minds’ Matthew Gray Gubler and La La Land’s Callie Hernandez. The visual finds the two romantically involved, matching the warmness of the mellow, bass-thumping four-minute track. “’Moonlight’ is a song about love in a depressive state,” lead singer Samuel T. Herring says. “It’s about recognizing the holes in ourselves and recognizing the circular whole of others. ‘Moonlight’ is about acceptance because that’s what love allows us all.“ The track is the third release from the group’s upcoming Oct. 9 album As Long As You Are, following previously released singles “Thrill” and “For Sure.” The group co-produced the record with engineer Steve Wright ...
Sufjan Stevens Shares Video for ‘Sugar’
Sufjan Stevens has steadily shared songs from The Ascension, his first new solo album in five years. So far, he’s shared a pair of lengthy tunes from that album with the 12-minute “America” and “Video Game” (in which the video featured viral TikTok dancer Jalaiah Harmon) and a B-side with “My Rajneesh.” Now, another new song, “Sugar,” has arrived. A video accompanying the release showcases a message of letting go of things that are bad and to give what’s good to the people you care about it — even with the imagery that seems to indicate otherwise. “‘Sugar’ is ultimately about the desire for goodness and purity (and true sustenance),” Stevens said in a statement. “On the surface the song is just a string of clichés, but the message is imperative: now is the time to gather what is good ...
Summer Walker ‘Body’ Performance on ‘Tonight Show’ Is a Green Dream: Watch
Summer Walker is on peak form. In July, the Atlanta, Georgia singer and songwriter scored her second No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart, as Life On Earth debuted at the summit. She achieved the same feat last October with her debut studio album Over It. On Monday night (Sept. 14), Walker strolled into the lineup of The Tonight Show for a remote performance of “Body,” lifted from 2019’s Over It. Performing with her band before a room filled with flowers, Walker’s musical vision is a horticulturalist’s dream. Watch below. [embedded content] 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 chattin...
Don’t Freak Out, But Ariana Grande Posted a New Song Snippet and Lyric
It’s been more than a year since Ariana Grande dropped her No. 1 album Thank U, Next and it sounds like the singer is gearing up for her follow-up. On Monday (Sept. 14) Grande posted a snippet of a new song along with what appeared to be a lyric, sending Arianators into overdrive with the prospect of fresh tracks. “Know my love infinite nothing that i won’t do,” read the lyric, which she posted a few hours before she dropped a five-second clip of a melodic, wordless vocal harmony with the message “brb.” And while no information was available at press time about what Grande is cooking up, in an interview earlier this year with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, she mentioned that she was working on a song with Doja Cat. “I’m obsessed with her. I l...
Bogota Music Market: 3 Takeaways From Andrés Cepeda’s Inspiring Fireside Chat
Kicking off Bogota Music Market (BOmm), Colombian singer-songwriter Andres Cepeda joined Billboard‘s Leila Cobo for a virtual fireside chat on Sept. 14 where Cepeda shared how the COVID-19-imposed lockdown has inspired him and his music, his Oct. 2 livestream from Catedral de la Sal in Colombia and how the shutdown of the live industry has opened new doors for up-and-coming artists. Cepeda was the first of many panelists to be featured on BOmm’s first all-digital edition with programming that includes 20 panels, workshops and showcases running through Sept. 18. The full program and viewing instructions can be accessed here. Below, find three takeaways from the 45-minute chat with Cepeda. Advice for artists who depend on touring? “I worried most about my team because ...
P!nk Continues to Keep It Really Real About Turbulent, Beautiful Marriage to Carey Hart
“It is our relentless and stubborn idealism that keeps us together.” P!nk knows marriage is hard, but totally worth it. The singer opened up in one of her signature cards-on-the-table Instagram posts on Monday (Sept. 14) about how her relationship with hubby Carey Hart has been a wonderful, sometimes brutal challenge. Alongside a blissful image of the singer hugging the former motocross champ while holding a glass of wine, P!nk wrote, “My friend @jbpitts2 took this photo of us. He’s still my favorite sweet little dirtball. He and I have been at this a long time, and it is our relentless and stubborn idealism that keeps us together.” P!nk, 41, and Hart, 45, who have two children, have been married since 2006 and the singer has been honest with her fans over...
