The Blue Note Entertainment Group announced the participating artists in its 14th annual Blue Note Jazz Festival New York on Tuesday morning (April 1). Among the dozens of top name artists participating are: Grace Jones & Janelle Monaé, Branford Marsalis & Charles Lloyd, Emily King, Joshua Redman Quartet, Kenny Garrett, The Soul Rebels, Spyro Gyra,
Add Billy Joel to the list of artists advocating for late powerhouse rock vocalist Joe Cocker to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. On Tuesday (April 1), Billy Joel posted a video in which he reads a letter he wrote in 2014 to the RRHOF’s induction committee — at
Just a couple weeks after closing out the European leg of her Secret of Us Tour, Gracie Abrams is thanking fans by dropping the live version of unreleased song “Death Wish” recorded at the O2 Arena earlier this month. Released Tuesday (April 1), the recording finds the 25-year-old singer-songwriter accompanying herself on piano as she
Summer School is back for its Sophomore session. On Tuesday morning (April 1) idobi Radio Summer School Tour founders Eric Tobin (Hopeless Records), Michael Kaminsky (management firm KMGMT) and Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman announced the return of the traveling punk rock showcase for new acts with a lineup that includes headliners Taylor Acorn,
Legendary regional Mexican group Banda El Recodo is gearing up for the release of their new album, En Vivo Desde Japón (Live from Japan). Recorded last year during their performance at the De Camino a Latinoamérica festival in Tokyo at Odaiba Pier, the album will be rolled out in five weekly installments starting this Thursday
On April 1, 1995, Trisha Yearwood’s “Thinkin’ About You” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, beginning a two-week reign. It became the third of her five career leaders, among 19 top 10s. The hit was the title song from Yearwood’s 1995 album. It was authored by Bob Regan and Tom Shapiro, with
Dating to the start of the Billboard Hot 100, and surely long before, music fans have been fools for songs about fools. (It seems to make sense, as who can’t relate to acting or feeling a bit foolish? And not just on April 1.) The chart began with the edition dated Aug. 4, 1958. No.
You never really know how much your fans have missed you until you go away for a while. Even now, nine months after Oasis shocked the world by announcing that they would be reuniting for a summer 2025 stadium tour that nobody thought would ever happen, songwriter/guitarist and occasional lead vocalist Noel Gallagher finds it
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” won a Grammy for best music video on Feb. 2, but can it also win a Webby Award? The visual was nominated in the music video, general video & film category, along with Dua Lipa’s “Illusion,” Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Mamushi,” Charli XCX’s “Von Dutch” and Lady Gaga‘s “Abracadabra.” The nominees
The 2025 Soundside Festival in Bridgeport, CT will feature headlining sets from The Killers, Weezer, Hozier and Vampire Weekend. The two-day event (Sept. 27-28) formerly known as the Sound on Sound festival will once again take place at Bridgeport’s Seaside Park, with a pre-sale slated to kick off on Thursday (April 3) from 10 a.m.-11