Hayley Williams is practicing social-distancing at home like the rest of us, but she’s still found a way to share a new song and visual for her Petals for Armor project. The track, “My Friend,” will be featured on her second Petals for Armor EP, with the full 15-track album — …
Read More »Radiohead Plot Weekly Archival Streaming Series as Coronavirus Quarantine Entertainment
Radiohead have announced a new weekly streaming series to keep fans entertained as they self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. Each week, the band will post an archival show from their newly-launched Radiohead Public Library onto their YouTube channel, starting Thursday, April 9th, at 5 p.m. ET. “Now that you have …
Read More »Apple Music Quietly Starts $50 Million COVID-19 Advance Fund for Indie Labels
Apple Music is the latest company to offer industry relief amid the coronavirus pandemic. It told independent record labels Tuesday that it is launching a $50 million advance royalty fund to make sure their artists get paid. According to a letter sent to the labels and obtained byRolling Stone,independent labels …
Read More »Alicia Keys Had to Audition in Front of Prince to Cover His Song
Alicia Keys was the guest on Malcolm Gladwell’s podcastBroken Record this week, talking about her new book More Myself and her upcoming albumAlicia. While discussing her life story and career trajectory, Keys told Gladwell a “bananas” Prince story: She had to ask for the late pop auteur’s permission to cover …
Read More »Chris Young Performs an Acoustic Cover of Joe Diffie's 'Pickup Man'
Chris Young gave a loving tribute to the late Joe Diffie for Sunday night’s ACM Presents: Our Country special, performing “Pickup Man” as a solo acoustic number in a pre-televised streaming time slot. ACM Presents: Our Country filled the April 5th spot vacated by the ACM Awards, which have been …
Read More »Electric Daisy Carnival 2020 Rescheduled for October
Insomniac announced its 2020 Electric Daisy Carnival has been rescheduled to the fall. The electronic festival was originally slated for May 15th through the 17th, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway from October 2nd to the 4th, the festival will celebrate …
Read More »Watch Alicia Keys Reimagine Flo Rida's 'My House' for Quarantine on 'Colbert'
Alicia Keys put a stay-at-home spin on Flo Rida’s track “My House” during a virtual performance on The Late Show. “This song is dedicated to the moment,” she said. “I have a feeling that we’re all going through a similar thing, so I figured we could break it down like …
Read More »'It's Sad and It's Scary': How Slim Thug Was Diagnosed With, Then Fought, Coronavirus
Slim Thug was trolling. Like many Americans, the threat of coronavirus seemed like an otherworldly concern and not a force that’d begin to change the fabric of daily existence. “I was saying stay home and yelling. I was telling people they were going to get it,” Thug says. “I was …
Read More »Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger: 20 Essential Songs
The news thatFountains of Wayne’s Adam Schlesinger has died at age 52 due to complications related to COVID-19 comes as a painful shock to fans of his hilarious, heartfelt, utterly one-of-a-kind style of songwriting. Working alongside Fountains of Wayne co-founder Chris Collingwood, and on his own in assorted side projects …
Read More »Watch Carole King Adapt 'So Far Away' for the Age of COVID-19
Carole King has posted a video on her Facebook page to wish her fans well during the COVID-19 shut-in. “I just want to say that I hope you and your family are well and that you all stay well,” she said. “I wish the same for all the medical professional …
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