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Mary J. Blige unveils new album tracklist and shares ‘Rent Money’ with Dave East
Mary J. Blige has unveiled the tracklist for her upcoming new album, ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ – see it below. READ MORE: Dave East on what’s missing from modern New York rap: “Nobody’s really painting pictures about their own life” The legendary R&B singer announced her 14th studio album last month, alongside the release of two new singles, the DJ Khaled-featuring ‘Amazing’ and the LP’s title track. The album – which Blige wrote with D’Mile, H.E.R., Lucky Daye, and Tiara Thomas – is made up of 13 tracks and features the likes of Anderson .Paak, Usher and Fivio Foreign. Advertisement Another...
Watch Elvis Costello perform impromptu medley of songs on ‘Colbert’
Elvis Costello stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Friday night (January 21) to deliver a pair of performances including an impromptu medley. READ MORE: Mark, My Words: my weird weekend of gigging on the edge of lockdown The singer-songwriter released ‘The Boy Named If’ – his new album with The Imposters – last week (January 14), which features the singles ‘Farewell, OK’, ‘Magnificent Hurt’ and ‘Paint The Red Rose Blue’. The Imposters are comprised of Steve Nieve (keyboards), Pete Thomas (drums) and Davey Faragher (bass/backing vocals). Advertisement During Costello’s appearance on the US late night chat show,...
Don Wilson, The Ventures’ co-founder and guitarist, has died
Don Wilson, co-founder and rhythm guitarist for the influential instrumental rock band The Ventures, has died at the age of 88. The news was first reported by Seattle-based journalist Saint Bryan, who shared a message from Wilson’s family on Twitter, confirming that the musician had passed away in his sleep on Saturday morning (January 22). His family says Don Wilson, a founding member of The Ventures, passed away this morning in his sleep. With over 100 million records sold, The Ventures are the best selling and arguably the most influential instrumental rock band of all time. Wilson, the rhythm...
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox share cover of The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’
King Crimson founder Robert Fripp and his wife, singer Toyah Willcox, have shared a cover of The Clash‘s ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’ – watch it below. READ MORE: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s 10 best lockdown covers – ranked! The cover is a part of the pair’s ‘Sunday Lunch’ video series which returned last week after a brief break for the holidays. Launched in 2020, the series has so far seen the couple share renditions of songs by Nirvana, David Bowie, Metallica, Billy Idol, The Rolling Stones, Judas Priest, The Prodigy, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper and many more through Willcox’s...
Pearl Jam to record next album with Justin Bieber co-writer Andrew Watt
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder has revealed that the legendary grunge band are looking to record their next album with producer, guitarist and songwriter Andrew Watt. READ MORE: Pearl Jam – ‘Gigaton’ review: one of the biggest rock bands in the world return to semi-brilliance Watt worked with Vedder on his upcoming solo album ‘Earthlings’ but also has a history with Justin Bieber, working with the pop star on seven tracks from 2021’s ‘Justice’. Watt also produced Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Ordinary Man’, contributed to Miley Cyrus’ ‘Plastic Hearts’ and over the past couple of years, has worked with the likes of...
Green Day preview new music in latest “1972” clip
Green Day have previewed a snippet of new music in their latest “1972” teaser clip – check it out below. READ MORE: 10 albums that wouldn’t exist without Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ Last month, the band shared a short clip of them recording music at London’s RAK Studios, set to what could be a new song. At one point in the clip the numbers “1972” flash up on screen. They followed it up earlier this month with a mysterious split-screen teaser which sees frontman Billie Joe Armstrong strumming an acoustic riff as black and white archive footage plays backwards. The numbers “1972” once again...
Eric Clapton says biased media motivated him to voice anti-vaxxer views through song
Eric Clapton has explained why he felt compelled to voice his controversial anti-vaxxer and lockdown views through song. READ MORE: So, you’re ideologically opposed to your favourite pop star. What next? The veteran rocker has been publicly vocal about his opposition to lockdown restrictions and vaccinations over the past two years, and last summer said he would not perform concerts that require proof of vaccination. In December 2020, he teamed up with fellow sceptic Van Morrison for the track ‘Stand And Deliver’, one of many anti-lockdown songs Morrison recorded and which were met with significant backlash. Advertisement Then in August last...
Lorde says she only started getting credited properly with ‘Solar Power’
Lorde has discussed not being credited properly for her creative input throughout her career, and how that changed with ‘Solar Power’. READ MORE: Lorde: “I feel like I can see my world and myself a lot clearer now” Lorde spoke to Euphoria‘s Hunter Schafer on the A24 podcast Divine Frequency. Talking about the video for ‘Solar Power’ (which she co-directed alongside Joel Kefali) Lorde said: “I had written all the treatments and helped produce it, because I was super, super involved. It was so much fun to be on that set.” Schafer then asked Lorde if she’d ever directed...
Watch Måneskin make their riotous ‘SNL’ debut with two-song set
Måneskin made their debut on Saturday Night Live last night (January 22) by performing their cover of ‘Beggin’’ alongside ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’ – watch footage below. READ MORE: Måneskin live in London: embrace the Eurovision winners’ rock’n’roll circus Introduced by special guest Will Forte, the Italian rock group delivered a riotous performance of The Four Seasons’ 1967 song as well as an energetic, groove-led version of their own 2021 single that saw frontman Damiano David paying homage to Blur‘s ‘Song 2’. It’s the latest studio performance from the Eurovision winners who in recent months have performed at...Recent Posts
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