Cher appeared onThe Ellen Show on Friday to promote her latest Abba tribute album,Dancing Queen, due later this month. During herEllenappearance, Cher endured a DeGeneres’ karaoke rendition of her 1989 classic “If I Could Turn Back Time,” which she eventually sang in an awkward duet alongside Ellen. Throughout her appearance, …
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Davey Johnstone was watching Top of the Pops with his father one night in 1970 when a young singer-songwriter named Elton John came onto the screen. Johnstone was a folkie guitarist into artists like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, but he was still extremely intrigued by this eccentric young piano …
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Important things to know before pressing play on The Blaze’s new album: This French electronic music duo, composed of cousins Guillaume and Jonathan Alric, are not to be mistaken for Blaze, the veteran house producers from New Jersey known for dancefloor favorites like “Funky People.” And The Blaze’s new album, …
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Lauren Alaina, Deana Carter and Ashley McBryde shared the stage during last month’s ACM Honors ceremony, honoring one of the evening’s awardees — songwriter Matraca Berg — with a medley of her own hits. A multiple chart-topper who co-wrote her first Number One song, T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks’ early-Eighties …
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French electronic duo the Blaze released a solemn clip for “Queens” on Tuesday. The song will appear on their forthcoming debut album, Dancehall. The Blaze are known for bracing visuals. Their “Territory” video, which follows an Algerian man as he returns home to his family, earned them a Cannes Lions …
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“I thought it would be cool if Harry started his own scrappy punk rock band,” explains Paul DeGeorge, co-founder of the series-inspired fan band Harry and the Potters. Since its inception 20 years ago, J.K. Rowling’s billion-dollarHarry Potterserieshas spawnedfeature films, snacks, board games, housewares, jewelry and its own Universal Studios …
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The 1975 frontman Matt Healy poses and dances with fans in the band’s new “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME” video. The clip cycles through colorful backdrops as young people mug for the camera and sing along with the thumping synth-pop track. The recently released “TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME” is the second official single from the 1975’s upcoming …
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In the fall of 1968, Wayne Kramer saw his dreams come true when Elektra Records came to Detroit and signed his band, the MC5. “This was the deal I was looking for,” he writes in his new memoir The Hard Stuff, “with a very hip label that had pockets deep …
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Aretha Franklin, who died on August 16th at age 76, recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career. It’s a deep catalog, crowded with indisputable classics and hidden gems. Rolling Stone’s music staff is paying its R.E.S.P.E.C.T.s to the Queen with tributes to our favorite Aretha LPs. Next …
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Carrie Underwood will release her sixth studio album Cry Pretty on September 14th. On Monday, she shared the new release’s complete track listing and songwriting credits. Underwood wrote nine of the tracks on Cry Pretty, including the powerful title cut, which she penned with Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna and Liz …
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