Billy Joel explained in a recent interview with Rick Beato why he has mostly refrained from penning original songs for the past four decades. According to the Piano Man, he wasn’t feeling the same motivation following 1993’s River of Dreams and wanted to dedicate time to being a husband and a father.…
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Fans patiently awaiting Lana Del Rey’s new album Stove are apparently being rewarded with a second companion album called Spyda. Del Rey revealed the existence of Spyda in an Instagram post on Wednesday night, revealing that the project, came about as she continued work on Stove. “I need a month…
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For the better part of the last decade, vinyl has been the face of music’s physical revival. But according to Luminate’s 2026 Midyear Report, another format is quietly making an even bigger comeback: the compact disc. During the first half of 2026, CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units,…
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Fiona Apple is back with a new song, “Horns of a Bull,” which serves as the theme for Apple TV’s new series Lucky. With a pounding drum beat, piano chords, and Apple’s signature smoldering alto, “Horns of a Bull” is a tense return from the singer-songwriter. The rhythmic emphasis makes…
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Dave Kendall, creator and former host of MTV’s 120 Minutes, has died. Fellow MTV alum and former 120 Minutes host Matt Pinfield shared news of Kendall’s passing on Tuesday. “Dave was one of the true believers. Long before alternative music found its way into the mainstream, he was there every…
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Mick Jagger has spent decades collecting stories few people could imagine. One, however, is the story that never happened. Appearing on SiriusXM’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, The Rolling Stones frontman revealed that he never met Elvis Presley because John Lennon warned him against it. Lennon, who famously met Presley…
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Tom Morello has announced the passing of his mother, Mary Morello, at the age of 102. A former high school history teacher and lifelong activist, she also founded the anti-censorship organization Parents for Rock and Rap. As her son proudly recounted in a 2021 essay for the New York Times,…
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Mr. Worldwide is now Mr. World Record. Miami rapper Pitbull set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing bald caps on July 10th at BST Festival in London’s Hyde Park, at which he was a headliner. The official count was 22, 141 people in bald caps,…
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Jack White shared the stage with his daughter, Scarlett, during his concert at Brooklyn Paramount on Saturday night. The 19-year-old Scarlett, an aspiring artist, musician, and model based in New York City, joined her father on bass for performances of “Cannon,” John the Revelator,” and “Black Math.” Scarlett previously joined…
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The Cure announced Saturday that bass player Simon Gallup had briefly stepped away from playing on the band’s European tour because of an illness. Fortunately, the band has a worthy replacement: his son Eden. The band told fans on a social media post that shortly before a July 10th Berlin…
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