Billy Joel made his first public appearance of the COVID-19 era on Monday night at the “Rise Up New York!” telethon to benefit the Robin Hood foundation and their efforts to combat poverty in the city during this very difficult time. The event was hosted by Tina Fey and featured …
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America’s own troubadour Randy Newman stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night to perform his new quarantine tune, “Stay Away.” “People are saying it’s the greatest song ever written or that they’ve heard,” he says by way of introduction. “A lot of people are saying it. I’m …
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Tones and I takes stock of her whirlwind year of success in her new music video for “Can’t Be Happy All the Time,” released on Thursday. The clip follows Tones’ journey from busking in the streets of Melbourne to her burgeoning popularity at music festivals and the meteoric rise of …
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To celebrate the Star Wars holiday May the Fourth, Deutsche Grammophon has shared video of the series’ composer John Williams leading the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic through a rendition of his “Imperial March.” “It was honestly one of the best presentations of that March I’ve ever heard,” Williams said of the …
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Music can’t cure the virus, nor can it replace whatever or whomever we are grieving during this time. What musiccan do is offer a brief reprieve, and the right song can transport you to a happier place. With that in mind, here’s the first installment inRolling Stone‘s new weekly playlist …
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BTS confirmed on Tuesday that they will be suspending their planned world tour over coronavirus concerns. The seven-member South Korean group had previously postponed the North American leg of their Map of the Soul tour that was scheduled to kick off April 25th, as well as canceled a planned concert in Seoul. …
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Los Angeles’ premier punk band, X, are surprise-releasing Alphabetland, their first new album in 27 years, today via Bandcamp. Although the group issued their last LP, Hey Zeus!, in 1993, the recording marks the first new music by the ensemble’s original members since 1985’s Ain’t Love Grand! “When your heart …
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John Legend and Sam Smith remotely duetted on Ben E. King‘s classic “Stand By Me” for Global Citizen’sOne World: Together at Home special to raise money for COVID-19 relief. The eight-hour concert helped raise $127 million to help the World Health Organization’s efforts to fight the pandemic around the globe. …
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Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has posted a stunning a cappella rendition of the 1963 Beach Boys classic “In My Room.” “When I was a teenager, isolating in my room, this song gave me comfort,” he wrote in an attached note. “Stay safe.” Perry emerged from a long hiatus in …
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Norah Jones has shared “How I Weep,” the second single and opening track from her upcoming LP Pick Me Up Off the Floor. The simmering track sees Jones feeling a full-body mourning for something she’s lost: “Inside I will weep/For a loss that’s so deep/That it hardens and turns into …
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