Billy Joel is returning to the Grammys stage for the first time in over 20 years!
The 74-year-old “Piano Man” singer hit the stage for the first time since 2002 for a performance of his brand new single “Turn the Lights Back On” at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Keep reading to find out more…
The new song is Billy‘s first original single in 17 years! It was co-produced by Freddy Wexler, Parisi and Emile Haynie, and has already climbed into the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.
The last time Billy performed at the Grammys was back in 2002 when he and the late Tony Bennett performed their duet “New York State of Mind.”
Billy then returned to the stage at the end of the night to close out the show with a performance of “You May Be Right.”
You can...
The 74-year-old “Piano Man” singer hit the stage for the first time since 2002 for a performance of his brand new single “Turn the Lights Back On” at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Keep reading to find out more…
The new song is Billy‘s first original single in 17 years! It was co-produced by Freddy Wexler, Parisi and Emile Haynie, and has already climbed into the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.
The last time Billy performed at the Grammys was back in 2002 when he and the late Tony Bennett performed their duet “New York State of Mind.”
Billy then returned to the stage at the end of the night to close out the show with a performance of “You May Be Right.”
You can...
- 2/5/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Billy Joel is making the Grammys a family affair!
The 74-year-old music legend hit the red carpet with his wife Alexis Roderick and their kids Della, 8, and Remy, 6, at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Billy is one of the performers of the evening, and is set to perform his new song “Turn the Lights Back On.”
The track is his first original single in 17 years! It was co-produced by Freddy Wexler, Parisi and Emile Haynie, and has already climbed into the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.
Make sure to tune in Tonight for the Grammys, hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time. The show is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ starting at 8pm Et. Check out the full list of nominations, led by Sza with a whopping nine nods!
The 74-year-old music legend hit the red carpet with his wife Alexis Roderick and their kids Della, 8, and Remy, 6, at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday (February 4) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Billy is one of the performers of the evening, and is set to perform his new song “Turn the Lights Back On.”
The track is his first original single in 17 years! It was co-produced by Freddy Wexler, Parisi and Emile Haynie, and has already climbed into the Top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary Billboard chart.
Make sure to tune in Tonight for the Grammys, hosted by Trevor Noah for the fourth time. The show is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+ starting at 8pm Et. Check out the full list of nominations, led by Sza with a whopping nine nods!
- 2/5/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
It was a clean sweep for Taylor Swift at the 2024 Gold Derby Music Awards. She came into our fourth annual event with nine nominations and walked away with nine victories including Artist of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Watch the announcement video above for winners in all categories, and scroll down for the complete list.
In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”
Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...
In the history of the GDMAs thus far, Swift is the only artist who has won Artist of the Year. She’s also the only artist who has won Record of the Year and Song of the Year. But her Album of the Year victory for “Midnights” is only her second in that race. She previously won in 2021 for “Folklore,” but Lana Del Rey claimed that honor in 2022 for “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and Beyonce prevailed in 2023 for “Renaissance.”
Swift’s other victories included her third for Best Music Video...
- 2/2/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Taylor Swift is the most nominated recording artist in the 4th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations, but she’s not the most nominated individual. Scroll down to see the entire list of Gdma contenders, watch the nominations announcement above, and visit our predictions center now to start voting for the winners. You have until the end of the day on Friday, January 19, 2024, to get your votes in. Winners will be announced at a later date to be determined.
SEEGrammys flashback: Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ won Song of the Year and introduced the music world to Jack Antonoff
Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...
SEEGrammys flashback: Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ won Song of the Year and introduced the music world to Jack Antonoff
Swift picked up an impressive nine nominations including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Midnights“) and Record and Song of the Year (“Anti-Hero”). To date she has never lost the Artist of the Year category, and she previously won Album of the year for “Folklore” in 2021. She’s by...
- 12/18/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Denton Davidson, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond and Latasha Ford
- Gold Derby
In hindsight, it’s her songs with Oscar-winning music producer Mark Ronson that have marked hugely transitional moments in the career of international pop sensation Dua Lipa. The road toward their most recent collaboration together, “Dance the Night,” the first single off the “Barbie” soundtrack that set the tone for the film’s record-breaking, billion dollar box office run, happens to start at the very beginning of her career in 2015.
“My first ever song that I ever put out, ‘New Love,’ I’d written with Andrew Wyatt and Emile Haynie,” Lipa said in a recent Zoom conversation with IndieWire. Wyatt, Ronson’s eventual co-composer on “Barbie,” later introduced her to the “Uptown Funk” hitmaker around the time he’d formed Silk City, his electronic supergroup with fellow platinum-selling producer Diplo. “He was looking for an artist to write with for ‘Electricity,’ and felt like he wanted something or someone with a deeper,...
“My first ever song that I ever put out, ‘New Love,’ I’d written with Andrew Wyatt and Emile Haynie,” Lipa said in a recent Zoom conversation with IndieWire. Wyatt, Ronson’s eventual co-composer on “Barbie,” later introduced her to the “Uptown Funk” hitmaker around the time he’d formed Silk City, his electronic supergroup with fellow platinum-selling producer Diplo. “He was looking for an artist to write with for ‘Electricity,’ and felt like he wanted something or someone with a deeper,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Taylor Swift makes history at the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards for the most awards won in a single year by an artist. Out of her 11 nominations, she prevailed eight times, including Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“All Too Well”), and Song of the Year (“All Too Well”), categories she has won every year of the GDMAs so far. But just like last year, she couldn’t take that sweep all the way to Album of the Year. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all 22 categories, and watch the video announcement above.
SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
About 2,000 registered Gold Derby users cast their votes for the best music from the eligibility period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the GDMAs follow the same calendar as the Grammys), and for Album of the Year they picked Beyonce‘s “Renaissance.” This comes a year...
SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
About 2,000 registered Gold Derby users cast their votes for the best music from the eligibility period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 (the GDMAs follow the same calendar as the Grammys), and for Album of the Year they picked Beyonce‘s “Renaissance.” This comes a year...
- 2/2/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery, Marcus James Dixon, Denton Davidson, Ray Richmond, Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
[December 9, 2022] – Top Dawg Entertainment’s Grammy award-winning, chart-topping, and multi-platinum selling recording artist Sza releases her long-awaited new album, Sos, via Tde/RCA Records.To accompany the release, Sza premieres the Bradley Calder-directed video for “Nobody Gets Me,” one of the many standout songs on the album.
Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers and Ol’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hit-making collaborators ThankGod4Cody and Carter Lang, alongside Jeff Bhasker, Rob Bisel, Benny Blanco, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Emile Haynie, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Jay Versace, and more.
Sza. Sos Album Ciover. Photo credit: Daniel Sannwald
Check out the complete track list below and stay tuned for more exciting news from Sza.
Sos tracklist:
01 Sos
02 Kill Bill
03 Seek & Destroy
04 Low
05 Love Language
06 Blind
07 Used feat. Don Toliver
08 Snooze
09 Notice Me
10 Gone Girl
11 Smoking on my Ex Pack
12 Ghost in the Machine feat. Phoebe Bridgers
13 F2F
14 Nobody...
Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers and Ol’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hit-making collaborators ThankGod4Cody and Carter Lang, alongside Jeff Bhasker, Rob Bisel, Benny Blanco, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Emile Haynie, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, Jay Versace, and more.
Sza. Sos Album Ciover. Photo credit: Daniel Sannwald
Check out the complete track list below and stay tuned for more exciting news from Sza.
Sos tracklist:
01 Sos
02 Kill Bill
03 Seek & Destroy
04 Low
05 Love Language
06 Blind
07 Used feat. Don Toliver
08 Snooze
09 Notice Me
10 Gone Girl
11 Smoking on my Ex Pack
12 Ghost in the Machine feat. Phoebe Bridgers
13 F2F
14 Nobody...
- 12/10/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
New York, NY – December 6, 2022 – Top Dawg Entertainment’s Grammy award-winning, chart-topping, and multi-platinum selling recording artist Sza is confirmed to release her highly-anticipated new album, Sos, on December 9 via Tde/RCA Records.
Fans can catch an early preview of the Benny Blanco and Carter Lang-produced track “Nobody Gets Me” ahead of the official album release this Friday.
The genre-defying artist revealed the Sos release date during her performance of “Shirt” this weekend on Saturday Night Live. Marking her second appearance on SNL, Sza also performed “Blind” and appeared in the “Big Boys” music video parody alongside host Keke Palmer and several cast members.
“Shirt,” “Blind,” and previously released “I Hate U,” round out the 23-track magnum opus which explores such themes as lost, distress, mystery, confusion, reflection, and transition. Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers andOl’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hitmaking collaborators ThankGod4Cody andCarter Lang,...
Fans can catch an early preview of the Benny Blanco and Carter Lang-produced track “Nobody Gets Me” ahead of the official album release this Friday.
The genre-defying artist revealed the Sos release date during her performance of “Shirt” this weekend on Saturday Night Live. Marking her second appearance on SNL, Sza also performed “Blind” and appeared in the “Big Boys” music video parody alongside host Keke Palmer and several cast members.
“Shirt,” “Blind,” and previously released “I Hate U,” round out the 23-track magnum opus which explores such themes as lost, distress, mystery, confusion, reflection, and transition. Sos includes features by Travis Scott, Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers andOl’ Dirty Bastard; with production by Ctrl hitmaking collaborators ThankGod4Cody andCarter Lang,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Music Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Music
Taylor Swift leads the 3rd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations with 11 bids including Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for “Red (Taylor’s Version).” Scroll down to see the full list of contenders, which were decided by hundreds of music fans who registered here and cast their votes here. You can now vote for the winners effective immediately. Voting closes at the end of the day on Friday, January 20.
SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Swift received bids in just about every eligible race. She swept the general field with bids for Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year. The last two of those were for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” which also scored noms for Best Music Video and Best Pop Song. She got four more nominations in the country/Americana field, and “I Bet You Think About Me,” her duet with Chris Stapleton,...
SEE2023 Grammy predictions: Album of the Year
Swift received bids in just about every eligible race. She swept the general field with bids for Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year. The last two of those were for “All Too Well (10 Minute Version),” which also scored noms for Best Music Video and Best Pop Song. She got four more nominations in the country/Americana field, and “I Bet You Think About Me,” her duet with Chris Stapleton,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery, Denton Davidson, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond, Christopher Rosen and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
For the second year in a row, Taylor Swift has swept the Gold Derby Music Awards, but not in every category. She was upset by Lana Del Rey for Album of the Year. Scroll down for our complete list of winners, and watch our video presentation of the winners above.
More than 5,000 registered Gold Derby users voted in these awards, which honored the best music from the eligibility period of September 2020 through September 2021, the same as the Grammys’ calendar. And they awarded Swift six times out of her seven nominations. She won repeat prizes for Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“Willow”), Song of the Year (“Willow”), and Best Pop Artist. She also claimed Best Pop Album (“Evermore”) and Best Music Video (“Willow”). That gives her 11 total wins over just two years of the GDMAs.
SEEOscar winners one week, Grammy winners the next? These 7 artists may not be...
More than 5,000 registered Gold Derby users voted in these awards, which honored the best music from the eligibility period of September 2020 through September 2021, the same as the Grammys’ calendar. And they awarded Swift six times out of her seven nominations. She won repeat prizes for Artist of the Year, Record of the Year (“Willow”), Song of the Year (“Willow”), and Best Pop Artist. She also claimed Best Pop Album (“Evermore”) and Best Music Video (“Willow”). That gives her 11 total wins over just two years of the GDMAs.
SEEOscar winners one week, Grammy winners the next? These 7 artists may not be...
- 4/1/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery, Denton Davidson, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Lil Nas X leads the 2nd Annual Gold Derby Music Awards nominations with 11 bids. These nominations were decided by well over 1,000 registered Gold Derby users who supported their favorite artists, songs, and albums. And you can start voting for the winners effective immediately here. Voting will take place through Friday, January 21, 2022, with winners to be announced the following week. See the complete list of nominations below, and watch our winners announcement above.
SEEDrake withdrew his own 2022 Grammy nominations just as voting started
The Gdma nominations for Lil Nas X include a sweep of the four general field categories he was eligible for: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for “Montero,” Song of the Year for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” and Record of the Year for both “Call Me by Your Name” and “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow. Elsewhere he’s also nominated in pop, hip-hop, and music video categories.
SEEDrake withdrew his own 2022 Grammy nominations just as voting started
The Gdma nominations for Lil Nas X include a sweep of the four general field categories he was eligible for: Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for “Montero,” Song of the Year for “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” and Record of the Year for both “Call Me by Your Name” and “Industry Baby” featuring Jack Harlow. Elsewhere he’s also nominated in pop, hip-hop, and music video categories.
- 12/9/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Paul Sheehan and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Taylor Swift was the big winner at the 1st Annual Gold Derby Music Awards. For years our users have voted for their favorite achievements in film and TV. This year more than 10,000 got to cast their votes for the best in the recording industry for the first time. Scroll down for the complete list of Gdma winners, and watch our winners announcement above.
SEEBeyonce on track to break Alison Krauss’s Grammy record with these wins, according to our predictions
Swift achieved a clean sweep of her general field categories. She was named Artist of the Year, while “Folklore” won Album of the Year and “Cardigan” was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year. She also won the award for Best Pop Artist, bringing her total to five wins out of six nominations. The only category she lost was Best Music Video, which went to Lady Gaga...
SEEBeyonce on track to break Alison Krauss’s Grammy record with these wins, according to our predictions
Swift achieved a clean sweep of her general field categories. She was named Artist of the Year, while “Folklore” won Album of the Year and “Cardigan” was named Record of the Year and Song of the Year. She also won the award for Best Pop Artist, bringing her total to five wins out of six nominations. The only category she lost was Best Music Video, which went to Lady Gaga...
- 3/5/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Zach Laws, Christopher Rosen and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Update (12/7): Kid Cudi will release Man on the Moon III: The Chosen, this Friday, December 11th. The record features guest appearances from Pop Smoke, Skepta, Phoebe Bridgers and Trippie Redd. (A representative for Bridgers confirms that her appearance on the album is a newly recorded song, not a sample.) Cudi made the album with Dot Da Genius, Take a Daytrip, Plain Pat, Emile Haynie and Mike Dean.
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— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) December 7, 2020
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Kid Cudi appears ready to complete...
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— The Chosen One (@KidCudi) December 7, 2020
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Kid Cudi appears ready to complete...
- 12/7/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here.
In times of great disruption in an industry, Neil Jacobson says, one needs to get as close to the talent as possible — something his mentor Jimmy Iovine taught him.
And Jacobson is expecting a great disruption. That’s why after 17 years working at Interscope Geffen A&m, most recently as the president of Geffen Records,...
In times of great disruption in an industry, Neil Jacobson says, one needs to get as close to the talent as possible — something his mentor Jimmy Iovine taught him.
And Jacobson is expecting a great disruption. That’s why after 17 years working at Interscope Geffen A&m, most recently as the president of Geffen Records,...
- 12/4/2020
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
For the first time in our history, our users were able to vote for their favorite songs, albums and artists of the year in the inaugural Gold Derby Music Awards, which cover the same eligibility period as the Grammys. Over 900 users cast their ballots, and Lady Gaga came out on top with eight nominations. Scroll down to see our complete list of contenders in 12 categories, and watch our video presentation of the nominees above, including inside info on which artists came close to noms but missed. You can vote for the winners right now here in our predictions center.
SEEUpsets abound at 2020 Latin Grammys as Natalia Lafourcade and Alejandro Sanz beat Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Karol G
Lady Gaga was nominated in every possible category — more than once in a couple. She’s up for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Chromatica“), Record of the Year and...
SEEUpsets abound at 2020 Latin Grammys as Natalia Lafourcade and Alejandro Sanz beat Bad Bunny, J Balvin and Karol G
Lady Gaga was nominated in every possible category — more than once in a couple. She’s up for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (“Chromatica“), Record of the Year and...
- 11/20/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Zach Laws and Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Richie Sambora is selling the rights to his nearly 200-song catalog to song-acquisition investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Hipgnosis announced on Monday.
Financial details between the company and the former Bon Jovi guitarist weren’t specified, but given Merck Mercuriadis’ reputation to overpay for his acquisitions and the number of hits Sambora co-wrote, it’s safe to assume Sambora is walking away with a hefty paycheck. Still, the real winner here is music-manager-turned-investor Mercuriadis, who just added “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Bad Name,” and “Wanted Dead or Alive...
Financial details between the company and the former Bon Jovi guitarist weren’t specified, but given Merck Mercuriadis’ reputation to overpay for his acquisitions and the number of hits Sambora co-wrote, it’s safe to assume Sambora is walking away with a hefty paycheck. Still, the real winner here is music-manager-turned-investor Mercuriadis, who just added “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “You Give Love a Bad Name,” and “Wanted Dead or Alive...
- 3/30/2020
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
An Afrofuturist Kate Bush with some fierce pole-dancing moves, Fka Twigs lept from kinetic music video extra to among the most electric of electronic pop acts with her debut LP1 five years ago. On Magdalene, her long-brewing followup, she moves to the next level, making music that resists being pinned by genre — or even as merely music, so integral is choreography, filmmaking, and photography to what she does. Few current artists (Beyoncé and Bjork come to mind) have made the visual feel so organically integral to their sound.
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- 11/8/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Swedish songstress Lykke Li’s 2008 debut album ushered her onto the music scene at around the same time that countrywoman Robyn’s finely crafted alt-pop began making waves, and it was perhaps inevitable that they’d be frequently lumped into similar categories. But after three albums and life changes like a move to Los Angeles, a death (her mother) and a birth (her son), she’d tired of that distinctively Swedish sound and longed to embrace the hip-hop and R&B sounds that her partner Jeff Bhasker (the Grammy-winning producer who’s collaborated with artists from Kanye West and Mark Ronson to Harry Styles) has long worked with. In advance of this album, she basically cautioned fans that it would be different.
And while “So Sad So Sexy” features a wide palette of sounds and beats that at times make her previous work sound stodgy, the good news is that...
And while “So Sad So Sexy” features a wide palette of sounds and beats that at times make her previous work sound stodgy, the good news is that...
- 6/8/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Florence + the Machine, whose fourth studio album “High as Hope” is out June 29, have announced dates for a 23-city North American fall headlining tour. The tour, which is produced by Live Nation, launches August 5 in Montreal and including stops at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and New York’s Barclays Center, as well as Seattle, Portland, Nashville, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Chicago and more. Full dates appear below.
Support acts at various dates include St. Vincent, Kamasi Washington, Billie Eilish, Beth Ditto, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius and Wet.
Tickets are on sale to the general public beginning Friday, June 1 at 10 a.m. local time . American Express Card Members can purchase tickets for select dates before the general public beginning Tuesday, May 29 at 12 p.m. local time, through Thursday, May 31 at 10 p.m. local time.
“High as Hope” was entirely written by frontwoman Florence Welch, and marked her first time co-producing (alongside...
Support acts at various dates include St. Vincent, Kamasi Washington, Billie Eilish, Beth Ditto, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius and Wet.
Tickets are on sale to the general public beginning Friday, June 1 at 10 a.m. local time . American Express Card Members can purchase tickets for select dates before the general public beginning Tuesday, May 29 at 12 p.m. local time, through Thursday, May 31 at 10 p.m. local time.
“High as Hope” was entirely written by frontwoman Florence Welch, and marked her first time co-producing (alongside...
- 5/29/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
For the first time since 2015, Florence and the Machine is back with new music.
The band released a new single, “Hunger,” on Thursday, accompanied by a music video, and announced that a new album is also on the way this summer. “High As Hope,” Florence and the Machine’s fourth studio album, will be released June 29 on Republic Records.
The 10-track record was entirely written by frontwoman Florence Welch, and marked her first time co-producing (alongside Emile Haynie) one of her band’s albums. She recorded the majority of “High As Hope” in solitude and later brought in collaborators Kamasi Washington, Sampha, Tobias Jesso Jr, Kelsey Lu and Jamie xx.
“There’s a lot of love in this record, loneliness too, but a lot of love,” Welch said in a statement.“It’s always a work in progress, and I definitely don’t have everything figured out. But this feels...
The band released a new single, “Hunger,” on Thursday, accompanied by a music video, and announced that a new album is also on the way this summer. “High As Hope,” Florence and the Machine’s fourth studio album, will be released June 29 on Republic Records.
The 10-track record was entirely written by frontwoman Florence Welch, and marked her first time co-producing (alongside Emile Haynie) one of her band’s albums. She recorded the majority of “High As Hope” in solitude and later brought in collaborators Kamasi Washington, Sampha, Tobias Jesso Jr, Kelsey Lu and Jamie xx.
“There’s a lot of love in this record, loneliness too, but a lot of love,” Welch said in a statement.“It’s always a work in progress, and I definitely don’t have everything figured out. But this feels...
- 5/3/2018
- by Kirsten Chuba
- Variety Film + TV
News of Avicii’s death on April 20 has hit the music industry hard — not just because he was one of the most successful dance music producers of the last decade, but also because Tim Bergling, the man behind the Edm moniker, was beloved as a human being.
Among those closest to Avicii were the executives who signed, developed, managed and promoted the Swedish innovator. They include: Per Sundin, Universal Music Group Svp, Nordic Region; David Massey, current CEO of Island Records, who’s due to leave his post in June (Avicii was signed through Universal Music Sweden); At Night Management’s Ash Pournouri, who steered the star through his breakout years; longtime publicist Diana Baron of Diana Baron Media; and business partner Christer Thordson.
One of the people to spend hours in the studio with Avicii was Geffen Records president Neil Jacobson. A veteran A&R executive, Jacobson started working with Avicii on “Levels,...
Among those closest to Avicii were the executives who signed, developed, managed and promoted the Swedish innovator. They include: Per Sundin, Universal Music Group Svp, Nordic Region; David Massey, current CEO of Island Records, who’s due to leave his post in June (Avicii was signed through Universal Music Sweden); At Night Management’s Ash Pournouri, who steered the star through his breakout years; longtime publicist Diana Baron of Diana Baron Media; and business partner Christer Thordson.
One of the people to spend hours in the studio with Avicii was Geffen Records president Neil Jacobson. A veteran A&R executive, Jacobson started working with Avicii on “Levels,...
- 4/21/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Every week, members of the Vulture staff will highlight their favorite new songs. They might be loud, quiet, long, short, dance-y, rawkin', hip, square, rap, punk, jazz, some sort of jazz-punk-rap fusion — whatever works for the given person in that given week. Read our picks below and please tell us yours in the comments. (Also, read our music critic Lindsay Zoladz's review of Sleater-Kinney's No Cities to Love.) Blis., “Floating Somewhere High And Above” This is the indie-rockiest indie rock this side of 1999. It sounds like Modest Mouse skipped dipping a toe into emo and just plunged their entire leg in. —Jesse David Fox (@JesseDavidFox) Fall Out Boy, “Favorite Record” Fall Out Boy is emo’s Bon Jovi. This is the truest fact. —Jdf Emile Haynie featuring Lana Del Rey, “Wait for Life” Born to Die diehards, rejoice! Emile Haynie, the producer who filled the likes of “Video Games” and...
- 1/20/2015
- by Vulture Editors
- Vulture
James Franco has revealed that he would love to make a movie with Lana Del Rey.
Writing for V Magazine, the actor said that the pair had previously discussed potential film plots.
Franco wrote: "She has this idea for a film. I want to do it because it's a little like Sunset Boulevard. A woman is alone in a big house in La. She doesn't want to go out. She starts to go crazy, and becomes paranoid because she feels like people are watching her. Even in her own house.
"It's like an awesome B-movie that lives in Lana's head. It's about her, and it's not about her. Just like her music."
Franco also explained that he has trouble persuading the star to sit down with him and talk about her ideas.
He said: "I wanted to interview Lana for a book and she said, 'Just write around me,...
Writing for V Magazine, the actor said that the pair had previously discussed potential film plots.
Franco wrote: "She has this idea for a film. I want to do it because it's a little like Sunset Boulevard. A woman is alone in a big house in La. She doesn't want to go out. She starts to go crazy, and becomes paranoid because she feels like people are watching her. Even in her own house.
"It's like an awesome B-movie that lives in Lana's head. It's about her, and it's not about her. Just like her music."
Franco also explained that he has trouble persuading the star to sit down with him and talk about her ideas.
He said: "I wanted to interview Lana for a book and she said, 'Just write around me,...
- 1/19/2015
- Digital Spy
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars visited Saturday Night Live last night to debut their new track "Uptown Funk," and the duo – backed by a powerful horn section, a quartet of backup singers and a surprise guest – used their Chic-infused single to turn the SNL stage into a smoky, funky dance club.
The highly stylized performance was reminiscent of the duo's recent "Uptown Funk" video and the Morris Day and the Time sequences in Purple Rain. The venue in which Mars and Ronson were playing, on one of the most...
The highly stylized performance was reminiscent of the duo's recent "Uptown Funk" video and the Morris Day and the Time sequences in Purple Rain. The venue in which Mars and Ronson were playing, on one of the most...
- 11/23/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Selena is making stars dance and critics cheer. Is there anything she can’t do?
Selena Gomez‘s first official solo album — bye, Scene! — is up for grabs today, giving fans 11 musical reasons to fall in love with the pop princess all over again. But honestly, Selena could release an 84-minute album of dying cat sounds and I’d still eat it up like a bowl of Frosted Flakes; so I decided to go to the critics to find out, objectively, what the word is on the street.
As it turns out, I’m not alone in my appreciation for Stars Dance!
Idolator
Despite flashes of monotony, Idolator recognizes a handful of “sharp moments” on the album, praising Selena’s ability to weave semi-seamlessly between genres:
There are still plenty of sharp moments. The title track is a brilliant swirling nugget and ‘B.E.A.T.’ is appealingly weird and slight,...
Selena Gomez‘s first official solo album — bye, Scene! — is up for grabs today, giving fans 11 musical reasons to fall in love with the pop princess all over again. But honestly, Selena could release an 84-minute album of dying cat sounds and I’d still eat it up like a bowl of Frosted Flakes; so I decided to go to the critics to find out, objectively, what the word is on the street.
As it turns out, I’m not alone in my appreciation for Stars Dance!
Idolator
Despite flashes of monotony, Idolator recognizes a handful of “sharp moments” on the album, praising Selena’s ability to weave semi-seamlessly between genres:
There are still plenty of sharp moments. The title track is a brilliant swirling nugget and ‘B.E.A.T.’ is appealingly weird and slight,...
- 7/23/2013
- by Andy Swift
- HollywoodLife
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