Ali ShaheedMuhammadof A Tribe Called Quest and Adrian Younge, known for his collaborations with Ghostface Killah, among others, released a pretty, meditative soul instrumental titled “Black Beacon” on Friday. The track will appear on the pair’s upcoming joint album, The Midnight Hour. “Black Beacon” reaches back to the Seventies, when …
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Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan sings some typically moody melodies on a new version of Goldfrapp‘s “Ocean” that recasts the song as a duet with the group’s Alison Goldfrapp. The group originally issued the dusky, electro-pop song last year on their Silver Eye album. This version runs 20 seconds shorter …
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Anderson .Paak unveiled a bold new song “Bubblin,” his second track of 2018. The song premiered on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show Thursday and the official video was released shortly after. In the video, Paak lives out a fantasy of going on a shopping spree after coming across a …
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On Tuesday,U2announced that they’re going to take a one-night-only break from their ongoing arena tour to play a special gig for SiriusXM subscribers at New York’s Apollo Theater on June 11th. “The band will be playing material from current release Songs of Experience alongside classics from the storied U2 catalogue,” …
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The Prince estate has partnered with Roots drummer Questlove to plot an orchestral tour this fall, “4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince.” The concerts, presented by Live Nation Urban, will feature the Wolf Trap Orchestra, a live band and several vocalists performing classic songs and deep cuts from across Prince’s …
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On April 14th, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its 33rd class: Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in the Early Influence category), Bon Jovi, the Cars, Dire Straits and the Moody Blues. The induction ceremony, which took place in Cleveland, included tributes to Tom Petty and Chris Cornell, …
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Robert Plant sings “The May Queen,” a lush acoustic number off his recent Carry Fire, amid dark blue lights in the song’s new live video. He leans into the microphone, tenses his shoulders during the courses, claps along and waltzes with the mic stand as his bandmates rock back and …
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Christina Aguilera belted her hits, gave diva singing lessons and dished about her former Mickey Mouse Club costars during her appearance on The Late, Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special on Monday. In an extended clip from the show, the singer and host James Corden launched into 2002’s “Fighter” from …
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Stoner metal trio Sleep will celebrate 4/20 with their first album in nearly two decades, The Sciences, out tomorrow via Third Man Records. The six-track album boasts some very bud-friendly track names including “Marijuanaut’s Theme” and “The Botanist.” Another cut, “Giza Butler,” honors Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler. The album …
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The Moody Blues have been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since the 1990 ceremony, but it wasn’t until they were nominated last year – for the first time – that they made it in. This is in spite of the fact that the British …
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