Yoko Ono and Janie Hendrix are among the principals behind new music channel, the Coda Collection, which will stream exclusively via Amazon Prime Video. The channel is named after the new multimedia company Ono and Hendrix cofounded with CEO Jim Spinello, director/producer John McDermott, and veteran entertainment lawyer Jonas Herbsman. …
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Ten years after their first entry in NPR‘s Tiny Desk concert series, Future Islands returned to perform a Covid-19-safe remote set from an empty Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall in their home base of Baltimore. “We lost the desk,” lead singer Sam Herring joked, but the band had an advantage: With …
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Chance the Rapper will host a surprise virtual concert, dubbed Chi-Town Christmas, on Friday, December 18th. The gig will stream on Chance’s YouTube and Instagram, as well as Oculus Quest’s Venues app, which said of the concert, “Chance the Rapper gifts the world a performance for the holidays showcasing the …
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The Hives have planned a tour that will bring them to New York, Sydney, and São Paulo, among other cities, next month — all without leaving Sweden. Rather than plan a universal livestream that people all over the world can watch at the same time, the band has decided to …
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Riz Ahmed will take his new concept album virtual in The Long Goodbye: Online Edition, premiering December 19th. Ahmed was originally slated to perform live shows in support of the album at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), but the pandemic caused the dates to be postponed until 2021. The digital …
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Bleachers and Bruce Springsteen released a live performance of “Chinatown,” recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. Directed by Nick Robespierre, the clip features the band on the studio’s rooftop and finds Springsteen strumming his acoustic guitar in front of a festive wall of lights and greenery. “Get …
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Megan Thee Stallion claimed the Number One spot on the Rolling Stone Artists 500 chart for the first time for the week of November 20th through November 26th. The rapper pulled in 108.9 million song streams following the release of her debut album, Good News, which bowed at Number Two …
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Brandi Carlile and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready previewed their performance of Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” from the Peace Through Music virtual concert, airing Tuesday, December 1st. The 40-second clip captures the beginning of the performance, with Carlile singing lead on the song’s first verse. The accompaniment is …
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Meek Mill dropped his surprise new EP Quarantine Pack on streaming services at midnight Friday and with it a video for his new song “Pain Away” featuring Lil Durk. “I just hope this money take the pain away/And I’ve been tryna save my money for a rainy day,” Meek says …
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Bandcamp has announced a new livestreaming platform that will allow artists to broadcast their own ticketed events during the Covid-19 era and beyond. Bandcamp Live, which the indie music site has begun rolling out, offers “ticketed live streaming with integrated merch and supporter chat,” the site states. “With just a …
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