Year: 2022

During a performance for SiriusXM's Small Stage Series, Brandi Carlile sang a cover of Joni Mitchell's track "Woodstock." Mitchell's 1970 album "Ladies Of The Canyon" contains the song. Carlile is a well-known Mitchell fan who has covered the singer on several occasions. Carlile confirmed last month that she will cover...

Harry Styles performed his first pandemic era performance — and his first full-length show in over two years — at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, marking the official start of his postponed and rescheduled Love on Tour. Styles' 2019 album Fine Line was nearly...

Producer Noah "40" Shebib came to Instagram to explain why R. Kelly was credited as a co-writer on Drake's latest album, Certified Lover Boy's song "TSU." Shebib, one of the album's producers, responded to an Instagram post that included a snapshot of an Independent headline that read, "Certified Lover Boy:...

During Guns N' Roses' Saturday concert at the BottleRock festival in Napa Valley, California, surprise guest Dave Grohl performed "Paradise City." However, due to a stringent curfew, the all-star collaboration was called off midway through the performance. Grohl, who lent Axl Rose his throne years ago and earlier performed “Paradise...

The end of the forthcoming Venus and Serena Williams biopic King Richard features a new Beyoncé track, "Be Alive." During the final credits of the film, which stars Will Smith as the tennis pro's father, "Be Alive" is played. The song "Be Alive" was composed expressly for the film by...

The second single from Diana Ross' upcoming return to pop, "If the World Just Danced," was released on Friday, marking the next stage in her comeback. Ross' return began in June when the single "Thank You" was released. “If the World Just Danced,” like that song, seeks for the melodic...

Maya Jane Coles has returned with a new AAA side. The award-winning artist's new album, titled 'Night Creature/ Survival Mode/ Need,' will be released on October 29. Coles wrote, produced, engineered, mixed, and performed on the album, which is also titled ‘Night Creature' and will be delivered on her own...

The Assurance Podcast, a new series from Juba, will look into the stories of women DJs in the Global South. The Assurance Documentary, which took Juba to Lagos, Nigeria, to chat with female DJs on how they manage a scene that routinely excludes and disrespects them, inspired the podcast. Juba...

Bobby Shmurda has the latest single out. The Brooklyn rapper has released a new freestyle after serving a seven-year sentence for conspiracy and weapons charges. The track, titled 'No Time for Sleep,' followed a collab between the Brooklyn drill pioneer and Fetty Luciano in 2018, and also a remix for...

The next rappers to compete in a VERZUZ duel are Ja Rule and Fat Joe. The Verzuz series, which was launched in March 2020, is a clash concept created by producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, and has included artists such as Alicia Keys, Beenie Man, and Ludacris in music battles....