“Prince was like nobody I had ever worked with before,” says one of his longtime recording engineers, Peggy McCreary. “He never explained anything to me. You never knew who a song was for until somebody got called in to sing on it.” McCreary, whose credits also include monolithic albums like …
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Elton John was given the top French civilian award, the Legion d’Honneur, during a ceremony Friday at Élysée Palace, where the British icon was received the award from President Emmanuel Macron. After receiving the award at theannual Fete de la Musique, the Rocketman singer spoke to a crowd alongside Macron, …
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The Raconteurs kicked off their two-night stand at The Late Show with a performance of “Help Me Stranger,” off the band’s new LP, Help Us Stranger. The performance opened with a short remake of the intro to the song’s brooding music video, with Stephen Colbert mouthing the lyrics to a …
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“When I’ve drank to excess because I’m sad — and I’ve done quite a bit of it — I always make jokes while I’m doing it,” says singer-songwriter Jason Hawk Harris. “There’s always a self-deprecating moment in the drunkenness that you just understand that you’re being kind of ridiculous.” The …
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Pink released an emotional new video for her song “90 Days” on Tuesday. The track, which features singer-songwriter Wrabel, is from her latest album Hurts 2B Human. According to a video post from Pink on Instagram, the clip was directed by one of her touring dancers, Remi Bakkar, and shot …
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Charli XCX has announced her long-awaited third album,Charli. The LP will be released on September 13th and will precede a world tour. The 26-year-old pop star announcedCharlion Instagram, revealing the album cover and track list as well. She executive produced the 15-track album alongside frequent collaborator AG Cook. Like her …
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On Wednesday, Lady Gaga announced that her Born This Way Foundation and the National Council for Behavioral Health will expand the peer-to-peer mental health program, teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), to 20 additional high schools across the U.S. starting in the fall. At one of her Las Vegas residency …
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Neil Young had already decided to release Tuscaloosa — a primo live set documenting a hot February, 1973 gig with his then-current band the Stray Gators — when Alabama’s current governor signed a new anti-abortion law on May 15, and when GOP sleazebag Roy Moore threatened to re-up his Senate …
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Elvis Costello has been awarded an O.B.E. – the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire – for his contributions to music as part of the annual Queen’s Birthday Honours List. “I am happy to accept this very surprising honour,” Costello wrote in a long statement Friday. …
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Santana launched their career half a century ago with a cover of Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji’s “Jingo” and now, for their 25th album, they’ve created a love letter to Africa. Although Africa Speaks sounds undeniably like a Santana album, with Carlos’ fiery guitar bursts and reedy-voiced singer Buika’s Spanish-language exclamaciones, …
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