South Korean singer Park Ji-min — better known as Jamie — rose to fame at 14 after winning the Korean competition show K-Pop Star, and the precocious talent quickly earned the nickname “Korean Adele” thanks to her impressive vocal chops. But after a couple of artistic shifts and time spent …
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Tenacious D have put their own spin on two of the Beatles‘ classic Abbey Road tracks, “You Never Give Me Your Money” and “The End,” for a new seven-inch vinyl release for charity. Rather than perform the entire Side Two medley from the original Beatles album, the tenacious duo bookend their …
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Doja Cat‘s third studio album Planet Her tops the Apple Music Pre-Add Chart for a second straight week, as Lorde makes a strong opening at Number Two with her third album, Solar Power. Pre-adds allow listeners to queue up an album to be added to their library when it’s released, …
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The parade of collaborations between Jamaican dancehall acts and Nigerian afrobeats singers continues with “Boom Bang,” a sugary single from Konshens and Davido. The sticky core of this track is a sing-song jumble — “boom bum ba-dum bum bum ba-da-bum” — that descends in conjunction with a pinging bass line. …
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Willie Nelson virtually visited the Tonight Show Friday to talk about collaborating with Barbra Streisand, his upcoming memoir and finally going back out on tour after the Covid-19 pandemic. Streisand recently unearthed her version of “I’d Want It to Be You” with Nelson, originally recorded for her 2014 duets LP …
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Jason Isbell revs up Johnny Cash’s trucker anthem “All I Do Is Drive” for the soundtrack to the new Netflix film The Ice Road. Both film and soundtrack are out now. For his version, Isbell adopts Cash’s signature rhythm and fills out the arrangement with some extra rock & roll …
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Miley Cyrus covers Cher‘s signature anthem “Believe” in a new clip from her upcoming Pride special Stand By You. The event was recorded at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and airs exclusively on Peacock Friday, June 25th. In the clip above, Cyrus opens the song with a joyous “Happy Pride, everybody!” before …
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Carly Pearce is set to become the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry. The “Next Girl” singer’s surprise invitation from longtime member Dolly Parton was made public during her Tuesday night Opry performance. The invitation initially happened offstage last week when Pearce thought she was filming a promo for …
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Summer’s here and time is right for dancing … on the deck of a large nautical vessel. During the late Seventies and early Eighties, the radio was dominated by silver-tongued white-dude crooners with names like Rupert and Gerry, emoting over balmy R&B beats, swaying saxes, and dishwasher-clean arrangements. Though it …
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The reign of Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Good 4 U” continues this week, as the song enjoys its fourth consecutive week atop the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs Chart. “Good 4 U” pulled in an impressive 252,700 units last week, becoming only the fourth song to pull in over 250,000 units in …
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