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Sinéad O’Connor, legendary singer of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” dead at 56
26Jul By adminNo Comments
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Sinéad O’Connor, legendary singer of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” dead at 56

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor has died at age 56, according to a family statement obtained by the BBC. Her cause of death was not revealed. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Sinéad," the singer's family said in a statement. "Her family and friends are devastated and have requested privacy at this very difficult time." The songstress, born in Dublin, was best known for her smash 1990 hit "Nothing Compares 2 U," written by Prince. Her rendition of the song topped the charts worldwide and earned her multiple Grammy Award nominations, including a win for Best Alternative Album in 1991. That year, O'Connor was named Artist of the Year by Rolling Stone. Sinead O'Connor is seen onstage on March 4, 198...
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Health expert shares practice that could make your brain ‘50 years younger’
23Jul By adminNo Comments
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Health expert shares practice that could make your brain ‘50 years younger’

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Jason Aldean Pauses Performance To Bash ‘Cancel Culture’ Over Thunderous Crowd Noise
23Jul By adminNo Comments
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Jason Aldean Pauses Performance To Bash ‘Cancel Culture’ Over Thunderous Crowd Noise

Jason Aldean took aim at “cancel culture” on Friday as he applauded country fans for seeing “through a lot of the bullshit” in the wake of recent backlash over his single “Try That in a Small Town.”Aldean went to bat for the song early last week and denied it was a “pro-lynching song” after dropping the single’s music video which features visuals of the singer performing at a site of a historic lynching site in Tennessee.The singer, in a speech to fans at Cincinnati’s Riverbend Center over the weekend, referred to his “long ass week” before declaring that “everyone is entitled to their opinion” as he spoke of his pride for his country.“I love our country, I want to see it restored to what it once was before all this bullshit started happening to us. I love my country, I love my family and...
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Tony Bennett left his heart to generations of music fans
22Jul By adminNo Comments
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Tony Bennett left his heart to generations of music fans

NEW YORK -- What do Paul McCartney, Queen Latifah, Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder have in common?Oh, and Aretha Franklin, k.d. lang, Bono and Billy Joel. Not to mention Carrie Underwood, Judy Garland, John Legend and Placido Domingo. And let's not forget...Stop. Listing all of the musicians who performed duets with Tony Bennett would take up our remaining space. His place in music history is already secure.Bennett, who died at 95 on Friday, was indeed “the last of the great saloon singers of the mid-20th century,” as Charles J. Gans wrote for The Associated Press. Yet that summation befits a man frozen in time, consigned to a specific era, and Tony Bennett was anything but that.Instead, Bennett transcended generations in a way few musicians have.He was rightly beloved by older listeners for ...
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The Gaslight Anthem were labeled ‘Bruce Springsteen copycats.’ Now the Boss is on their new single
21Jul By adminNo Comments
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The Gaslight Anthem were labeled ‘Bruce Springsteen copycats.’ Now the Boss is on their new single

LOS ANGELES -- For years, a common critique of the beloved New Jersey rock band The Gaslight Anthem was to label them “Bruce Springsteen” copycats. Now they've released a song with the Boss.“History Books,” the title track from the band's first album in nine years, is big-hearted freeway rock, made ascendent by frontman Brian Fallon and Springsteen's tremulous harmonies.“There's a definitely a little wink in there," Fallon tells The Associated Press about the song and his band's long-held comparisons to the Boss, which once escalated to the point where he wrote to his fans, “My name isn’t Bruce.”“Some people kind of wrote us off. It's like ‘Now write this off,'” he says. "We've got the approval of the guy! What are you going to say? You can't say anything!”If there is an intersection wher...
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Music Review: Greta Van Fleet soars on new album, ‘Starcatcher’
17Jul By adminNo Comments
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Music Review: Greta Van Fleet soars on new album, ‘Starcatcher’

Rockers Greta Van Fleet third studio album “Starcatcher,” is out Friday, July 21, and the band’s natural affinity to the hard rock sounds of the ’70s is on full displayByRON HARRIS Associated PressThis cover image released by Lava/Republic Records shows "Starcatcher" by Greta Van Fleet. (Lava/Republic Records via AP)The Associated PressGreta Van Fleet, “Starcatcher” (Lava/Republic Records)“Starcatcher” is the third studio from Greta Van Fleet, and the latest confirmation that the band’s love affair with the bombast of ’70s-era rock has not grown stagnant.We’ve come to know Greta Van Fleet from their early and obvious Led Zeppelin comparisons to the Grammy-winning ground they now lay claim to. We now accept this is not merely a trick of mimicry. They’ve grown.“Starcatcher” offers lofty, se...
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Dead & Company Wraps Up Final Tour In San Francisco
17Jul By adminNo Comments
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Dead & Company Wraps Up Final Tour In San Francisco

Dead & Company, a band that featured Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, concluded its final tour with a three-night stop at San Francisco’s Oracle Park this weekend.The band, which began in 2015, performed a two-set show to close out the weekend as Deadheads flocked to the baseball stadium to experience iconic Grateful Dead songs and covers on Sunday.The trio of sold-out shows on the tour marks the close of another chapter for the Grateful Dead, a band that has seen members reunite and form several touring projects since the death of lead guitarist and songwriter Jerry Garcia in 1995.Dead & Company, the latest touring group of Grateful Dead members, notably featured the guitar and vocals of John Mayer. The band embarked on its final tour without Bill Kreutzmann after ...
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How Far Can Amapiano Go?
14Jul By adminNo Comments
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How Far Can Amapiano Go?

It was opening night at the Brooklyn Mirage, a seasonal rooftop night club in East Williamsburg. In the main area, about five thousand people were bobbing and waving along with an English d.j. named Chris Lake, who played a set full of muscular and rubbery dance tracks, rarely straying for too long from the unifying thump of house music. At around two-thirty in the morning, just as the revellers were starting to sweat, a smaller and stranger dance party was getting going in a dark room off to the side. Banele and Bandile Mbere, twin brothers from South Africa, took to a small stage, plugged in their gear, and cued up a track that resembled an alien variant of the music being played outside. The sound was sparse, tense, and slightly menacing, with a bass line that cut in and out of the mix...
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Elton John Wraps Up Farewell Tour With ‘Magical’ Show: ‘What A Journey’ It’s Been
9Jul By adminNo Comments
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Elton John Wraps Up Farewell Tour With ‘Magical’ Show: ‘What A Journey’ It’s Been

Elton John closed out his farewell tour after nearly five years and 333 concerts with a “magical” show in Stockholm on Saturday.John, whose Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is the highest-grossing tour of all time, ended his 50-plus years of touring with a hit-filled set list at Tele2 Arena.The iconic singer, who kicked off the tour in 2018, thanked over 6.25 million fans for joining him on the “journey” ahead of the show.“What a journey this tour has been and now we find ourselves at the end of it,” he wrote in an Instagram post.John sailed through several numbers at the show on Saturday including “Bennie and the Jets,” “Tiny Dancer,” “Candle in the Wind” and “Rocket Man,” BBC reported.Coldplay dropped into John’s concert via video, as well, as the band showed the singer love and performe...
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