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UPDATE (11/2): Cardi B has been tapped to host the 2021 American Music Awards, which airs live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles via ABC on Nov. 21. “When I received the invite to host the AMAs, I was so excited,” the five-time AMA winner said in a statement. “I’m …

The pioneering electronic group Kraftwerk has influenced everyone from David Bowie and Duran Duran to Afrika Bambaata and David Byrne — yet for years they were overlooked by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The German group was first eligible for induction in 1996 but didn’t make it onto …

Brandi Carlile made her Saturday Night Live debut this weekend with explosive performances of “Broken Horses” and “Right on Time” that earned extended applause from the studio audience. Carlile will take that captivating stage presence on the road in 2022 with the headlining Beyond These Silent Days Tour, which gets …

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ 1971 LP Teaser and the Firecat, and he’s celebrating by releasing a super deluxe box set packed with previously unheard demos, alternative mixes, and live recordings from the era. He’s also re-recorded the album cut “Bitterblue” with the original Teaser and …

On an evening in September, at the tail-end of New York Fashion Week, rapper Maxo Kream tells me that he’s worn out from the city’s nightlife. “Anybody that does Fashion Week in New York is always tired after,” he says. Seated at a restaurant in Manhattan, he explains how he’d …

Leslie Bricusse, the Oscar and Grammy-winning songwriter who wrote lyrics for Bond theme songs and memorable tunes for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, died on Tuesday in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, Variety reports. He was 90. His son, Adam Bricusse, announced the news on Facebook. “My Dearest Father, passed away peacefully …

Reba McEntire may be known as a country music traditionalist, but she paid tribute to a diverse range of influences on the 1995 covers album Starting Over, including a faithful version of Diana Ross & the Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.” Through a remix of the same song by …

Duran Duran party with Queen Elizabeth, Lady Gaga, and Daniel Craig — well, at least their very impressive lookalikes — in the new music video for “Anniversary.” The clip was directed by Alison Jackson, a filmmaker, artist, and photographer whose work examines celebrity and fame, a theme that permeates the …

This year marks the 50th anniversary of many landmark albums, from Joni Mitchell’s Blue to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On to John Lennon’s Imagine. So it’s only fitting that the Morrison Hotel — a gallery co-founded by Henry Diltz that specializes in rock photography — celebrates these classics with a …

Adele has officially kicked off her new album30 with the power ballad “Easy on Me,” the Grammy winner’s first new song since the release of 2015’s 25. The song’s stirring video launches with black-and-white footage before the singer is seen in full color. It opens on Adele leaving her home, …