The 15-year battle over James Brown’s estate has finally been resolved as the soul legend’s heirs have reached a settlement agreement. Brown died on Christmas Day in 2006. Since then, the singer’s many heirs — children, grandchildren and an ex-wife who was ultimately eliminated as an heir after it was …
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Toronto rapper Smiley has released a new song, “Over the Top,” featuring Drake.The fast-talking track, produced by Tay Keith, arrives via Drake’s label OVO Sound. “Got a verse from the boy & it leaked,” Smiley noted of Drake’s feature on Twitter. “He sent me a new one said use this …
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Years ago, screenwriter-producer Peter Lord Moreland watched Straight No Chaser, the landmark 1988 documentary on bebop pianist-composer Thelonious Monk. Thus began a near-obsessive fascination with the jazz legend that “was already triggered by one of my favorite jazz ballads of all time: ‘Round Midnight.’” As his career progressed, Lord Moreland …
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Gord Downie‘s first solo album, Coke Machine Glow, will be reissued on August 27th via Arts & Crafts to mark its 20th anniversary, and it’s available for preorder. The original album dropped in 2001, in between the Tragically Hip‘s 2000 record Music @ Work and 2002’s In Violet Light. Titled …
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The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger will publish his first-ever memoir, Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar With the Doors, this October. The book, written with Jeff Alulis, tells Krieger’s story in a series of vignettes, from the pawnshop where he purchased his first guitar and his …
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Ahead of the 50th=anniversary reissue of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass, Capitol and UMe have shared the first unreleased track from the collection, the acoustic demo “Cosmic Empire.” Prior to the 1970 album’s six-week recording sessions, Harrison spent two days — May 26th and 27th, 1970 — demoing 30 …
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UPDATE (9/2):Manson has pleaded not guilty to the charge, per theAssociated Press. Astatus hearing is set for December 27th.. UPDATE (7/8): Marilyn Manson turned himself into L.A. police for an assault warrant in Gilford, New Hampshire, on Friday, according to USA Today, and was released on personal recognizance bail. He …
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British songwriting duo Jungle have teamed up with Dreamville rapper Bas for their latest single, “Romeo.” The feel-good hip-hop track marks the first feature collaboration for the producers. The song appears on their third album, Loving In Stereo, which arrives on August 13th via AWAL. In the accompanying video co-directed …
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Olivia Rodrigo celebrated the release of her chart-topping debut albumSour with a livestream concert film,Sour Prom, which aired Tuesday night on YouTube. Rodrigo themed the concert film around a prom celebration for her and her fans — the singer just graduated from high school but was unable to go to …
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Lil Yachty shows off his sensitive side in a new single, “Love Music,” released on Tuesday via Quality Control and Motown. Following his rapid-fire Michigan Boy Boat mixtape, “Love Music” is much mellower and sees the rapper expressing his gratitude over a long-term romance, from high school dances to marriage: “You …
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