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Doing your research on an artist sometimes can be a daunting task. A lot of the times an artist will request certain topics to be omitted from their bio. Other times artists still “have beef” towards another artist that they’ve done a previous collaboration with. A long career carries a lot of untold stories, […]
It was another great Day for a concert at the Zoo Amphitheater in Oklahoma City, OK. The weather was a little hot and humid but it didn’t really bother me to much knowing that NEEDTOBREATHE was going to put on a great performance. I personally never had been to one of their concerts but my […]
Eric Church’s October 5 Desperate Man release is one of the year’s most anticipated albums, and now fans have even more reasons to look forward to its release date: 37 of them to be exact. Church’s 2019 Double Down Tour will see this month’s American Songwriter cover artist visit 19 cities (list below) to perform six albums worth of material across two […]
Billy Stokes and Backstage360 share the same motto; It’s All about the Music! And sure enough, Billy delivers on his album ‘Muscle & Blood.’ I think Billy needs an introduction to our readers; this is taken directly from Billy’s website: “Billy Stokes is a rock guitarist/songwriter who hails from Tucson, Arizona. He started playing guitar […]
Billy Idol‘s 1980’s remix collection, Vital Idol, is getting a modern-day upgrade with Vital Idol: Revitalized, set for release on CD and digital by Capitol/UMe on September 28. A 2LP 180-gram black vinyl in addition to a limited edition, color variant will follow on November 16. More than 30 years after his groundbreaking Vital Idol compilation cemented the vibrancy of the dance-rock remix genre in […]
It’s not often that you can discover something that is both original and commercial, but still pays tribute to the great poppy hard rock of the 1970’s. With S.K.o.R we have 2018’s answer to bands such as The Sweet, Nazareth, Slade and a touch of Aerosmith perhaps. S.K.o.R (which stands for Some Kind of Rubus) was formed in […]
“…selections from a songwriter who consistently pared down his music to what was terse and telling.”—The New York Times “Petty was as prolific as he was talented.”—Rolling Stone “…a sweet way to begin revisiting a career that could hardly be contained on a single box set.”—NPR Music “Gainesville” is the latest track to be revealed […]
Frank Sinatra’s intimate 1958 opus, Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely, has been newly mixed in stereo for an expanded 60th Anniversary Edition to be released worldwide on October 19 by Capitol/UMe and Frank Sinatra Enterprises. ‘Only The Lonely‘ (60th Anniversary Edition) will be released in a Deluxe 2CD package, in 180-gram 2LP vinyl and 1CD configurations, and in […]
Marking 45 years since the release of his debut solo album, soul/R&B legend Barry White’s nine 20th Century Records albums have been remastered from their analogue master tapes for new 9CD and 9LP 180-gram vinyl box sets, titled Barry White: The 20th Century Records Albums (1973-1979). To be released worldwide on October 26 by Mercury/UMe, the new CD and vinyl collections bring […]
Sony Music Entertainment and Legacy Recordings, a division of SME, have entered into an historic new agreement with Blackheart Records, the groundbreaking American music label founded in 1980 by rock icon Joan Jett, legendary songwriter/producer Kenny Laguna and Meryl Laguna. The new SME/Legacy/Blackheart pact covers the worldwide rights to Joan Jett’s recorded music catalog, including indelible classics and […]