Mac Davis, renowned for writing such hits as “In the Ghetto” and “A Little Less Conversation” for Elvis Presley, as well as commanding his own five-decade career that spanned the stage and big and small screen, died Tuesday night (Sept. 29) following heart surgery. He was 78. “Mac Davis has been my client for over
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Calvin Harris is calling out the UK government for “treating [the] music industry like shit.” He sources an article from UK music via Instagram post below. The report shares new findings in Music By Numbers 2019 and proclaims the music industry contributed £5.2 billion to the UK economy in 2018. Now, with the music industry suffering amid the
The New England Music Hall of Fame www.newenglandmusichof.com was founded in 2019 by Christopher Annino https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030399/ , Angel Orsini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Orsini , and Kadrolsha Ona Carole https://queenoftheparanormal.com/ . Its mission is to “Unite, Educate, Promote and Preserve.” The NEMHOF will be having the first of several inductions of its 2020 inaugural class on October 18, 2020 at the Shaboo Stage in Willimantic, CT as
The nominations for the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were announced last week, with a crew of Billboard dance chart all-stars representing for the electronic scene. Up for the Top Dance/Electronic Artist award are The Chainsmokers, Illenium, Marshmello, DJ Snake and Avicii. All of these acts had significant chart action between March of 2019 and March
Buku has been pumping out forward-thinking, innovative bass music for years, and each time you think he has to be hitting a slump, he comes out with something that pushes his sound forward even further. A little over a month ago, he dropped the title track of his new EP, What You See, which we
Hosted by Queen Latifah and featuring appearances by Gabrielle Union and a performance by Katharine McPhee-Foster, the American Lung Association streamed its first-ever live digital fundraising event, #Act4Impact, on Saturday (Sept. 26). At the top of the event, Queen Latifah expressed how the novel coronavirus pandemic “has made glaringly clear the startling inequities in our
Calvin Harris x The Weeknd‘s 2020 collaboration “Over Now” is as smooth as it gets — and it took much finesse on the producer’s part to get it there. For reference: Now, we’re able to go behind-the-scenes with Harris and his room full of synths as he deconstructs the R&B cut from his studio. Breaking
For this week’s edition of First Beat, Travis Scott enlists a star-studded team to build up his “Franchise,” Polo G prays for change and REASON teams up with Vince Staples for a new Cali banger. Travis Scott feat. Young Thug & M.I.A., “Franchise” Even without an album in 2020, Travis Scott has enjoyed a stellar
2020’s been a rough year for a lot of people, but GATTÜSO has been thriving! He’s been putting out a steady stream of releases, as well remixing R3HAB and Steve Aoki. If that wasn’t enough, he also signed new label and representation deals with Ultra and William Morris, respectively. Now he’s reunited with fellow New
Machine Gun Kelly sprayed it around during an on-air chat with Howard Stern, which covered off everything from love, buddies, enemies and switching his sound. The Cleveland native is promoting his fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall, which sees him tread a different musical style. MGK’s previous four LPs could be pigeonholed as hip-hop.
Rolling Stone‘s iconic list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time just got a complete reboot for 2020. The original list was published in 2003 and only received a slight update in 2012 — but over the years, it has remained the go-to source for music’s greatest albums. To make the new list, Rolling Stone compiled
Taylor Swift took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday (Sept. 22) — National Voter Registration Day — to urge the Swifties to use their voices ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election. “Hey guys, it’s National Voter Registration Day today, the election is Nov. 3. It’s really coming up,” she said. “And I’ve put together a ‘swipe
NGHTMRE & Galantis. NGHTMRE & Galantis? Apparently, yes. One of the top bass/trap artists and a duo that specialize in their own quirky brand of EDM pop are collaborating for the first time, and we have no idea what this will sound like. Plenty of artists of separate genres have worked together in the past,
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” grabs a piece of chart history as it snags a fifth week at No. 1 in Australia, while Marilyn Manson bags his second leader on the national albums chart with We Are Chaos. The controversial “WAP” is just the third female-led hip-hop song to rule Australia’s singles chart. And
Whethan has enlisted in longtime friend and collaborator Oliver Tree for their latest and most electrifying collaboration yet, “Freefall.” The new single draws Oliver Tree out of retirement for an encore and heralds Whethan’s highly anticipated album, FANTASY, due out this Fall. For his sixth and final single, the producer plays up an ambitious blend
#Deramalloalmundo streams Sept. 19. La Mosca, the Argentine big band whose infectious, danceable songs — including “Para no verte más” and “Todos tenemos un amor” — became hits throughout Latin America, will livestream their first quarantine show, #Deramalloalmundo (From Ramallo to the World), on Saturday (Sept. 19). The caveat: all nine band members will be