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New LP From Desert Blues Progenitor Abdallah Oumbadougou Out March 1 Via Petaluma Records

Credit: Joyce Rebillard November 15, 2023: Today, Petaluma Records has announced the upcoming release of Amghar: The Godfather of Tuareg Music – VOL. 1, a compilation of both classic and previously unreleased tracks from Abdallah Oumbadougou, the Saharan-born Tuareg guitarist and originating architect of the “Desert Blues” genre. Also shared today is the previously unreleased …

PUSSY RIOT STORMS INDIANA’S SUPREME COURT TO FIGHT FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Indianapolis, November 14 2023 – Today, Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova led the old-school protest art action GOD SAVE ABORTION at Indiana’s Supreme Court.  GOD SAVE ABORTION is part of a bigger reproductive rights campaign of art actions that Pussy Riot are launching this upcoming year. This first piece is in collaboration with students from Indiana University. The lyrics state: GOD SAVE …

Portland’s only Kansas-style barbecue spot just got a second location! Perfect timing for wintertime visitors to The Grotto who are looking for a nearby place to warm up and fill up

Lawless Barbecue Opens Second Location at My-O-My Bar PORTLAND, Ore. — November 8, 2023 — Lawless Barbecue has launched a new second location to provide its authentic Kansas City barbecue to patrons of the My-O-My bar on Northeast Sandy Boulevard.  Lawless has developed a devoted following during its past two years at the Little Beast Brewing Beer Garden, and …

TAYLOR SWIFT’S 1989 (TAYLOR’S VERSION) SHATTERS RECORDS WITH OVER 3.5 MILLION UNITS WORLDWIDE AND OVER 1.6 MILLION UNITS IN THE U.S., BREAKING HER OWN ALL-TIME FIRST WEEK SALES RECORD

1989 (TAYLOR’S VERSION) CAPTURES #1 ON THE BILLBOARD 200 FIRST ARTIST TO EARN SIX #1 ALBUM DEBUTS WITH OVER 1 MILLION UNITS SOLD RELEASE WEEK ACHIEVES BIGGEST FIRST-WEEK SALES FOR A RE-RECORDED ALBUM IN HISTORY FIRST ALBUM TO DEBUT WITH 1 MILLION UNITS SOLD TWICE IN 2014 & IN 2023 November 5, 2023 – Continuing an unprecedented and historic …

Olivia Rodrigo’s New Song “Can’t Catch Me Now” To Appear On The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Music From & Inspired By)

“CAN’T CATCH ME NOW” AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 3 VIA GEFFEN RECORDS OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK FEATURES SONGS PERFORMED BY THE HUNGER GAMES STAR RACHEL ZEGLER DAVE COBB-PRODUCED ALBUM ALSO INCLUDES NEW MUSIC FROM FLATLAND CAVALRY, BILLY STRINGS, MOLLY TUTTLE & MORE November 1, 2023 (Santa Monica, California) – A brand-new song,  “Can’t Catch Me Now” from 3X GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter, Olivia Rodrigo will appear on The …

The Last Beatles Song.

The Beatles at the launch party for the “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album, Brian Epstein’s house, London, 19 May 1967. Credit: © Apple Corps Ltd “NOW AND THEN” TO BE RELEASED WORLDWIDETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 2PM GMT / 10AM EDT / 7AM PDTPreorder & Pre-Save Now THE BEATLES’ 1962-1966 (‘THE RED ALBUM’) AND 1967-1970 (‘THE BLUE ALBUM’) COLLECTIONS …

Evangelist Ashley Gronholm Pens “Do You Know Me? A REVELATION OF A RELATIONSHIP” Available Now on Barnes & Noble, Amazon and West Bow Press

NASHVILLE, TN (October 23, 2023) – In her new best-selling book, Do You Know Me? A Revelation of a Relationship, author and Evangelist Ashley N. Gronholm imparts a powerful revelation of how a personal relationship with Jesus Christ can change your life forever and set you free from fear, condemnation, shame, and doubt, propelling you into a future full …

IMMEDIATE FAMILY the official follow-up to THE WRECKING CREW! – Official Trailer Out Now

Directed by Denny TedescoFeaturing Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Rondstadt, Keith Richards, Don Henley, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins IMMEDIATE FAMILY tracks the rise and collaborations of a group of legendary session musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, and Waddy Wachtel through the 1970s and onward, chronicling their illustrious partnerships and their formidable record of …

ISRAELI-AMERICAN RAPPER KOSHA DILLZ PENS NEW SONG “BRING THE FAMILY HOME” IN WAKE OF RECENT VIOLENCE 

Today, Iaraeli-American rapper Kosha Dillz is sharing a brand new song penned following the news of Hamas’ most recent attack on Israel. Within just a few days Kosha Dillz (aka Rami Even-Esh), had written “Bring the Family Home” and recorded and a stunning video shot in old Jewish New York on the Lower East Side that includes shots …

ALLEN GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA VOL II, A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO BENEFIT PEN AMERICA, OUT NOW

MUSICALLY INTERPRETING POEMS FROM GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA: POEMS OF THESE STATES 1965-1971 FEATURING: AI WEIWEI, PHILIP GLASS, ANNE WALDMAN, THURSTON MOORE WITH SAUL WILLIAMS, DEVENDRA BANHART, MIHO HATORI, JACK DANGERS, YONI WOLF, FENNESZ & TAYLOR DEUPREE, STEPHEN HILLAGE & MIQUETTE GIRAUDY, KAI CAMPOS & CJ MIRRA, AND DJ SPOOKY / AKA THAT SUBLIMINAL …

Counterculture History Extravaganza to Arrive in Time for Holidays: Historian Pat Thomas’ Book, Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg, Out Dec 1

From the author of Listen Whitey! The sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 and Did It! Jerry Rubin: An American Revolutionary comes the next installment in Pat Thomas’ chronicling of the counterculture.  Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg will be published by Powerhouse Books (distributed by Simon & Schuster) on December 1, 2023. The book is a visual treasure trove of previously unpublished …

AMERICA’S GREATEST NOVELIST, MONTANA KANE, RELEASES NEW WORK, “BOOM DAYS,” TO UNIVERSAL CRITICAL AND POPULAR APPROVAL

Amid the exciting pages of “Boom Days,” readers follow breathlessly as former Chicago detective turned small-town PI, Brandy Martini, teams up with hunky local law enforcement in the edgy mountain town of Boomville, Colorado, to track down evil forces blowing up vacation rentals and the occasional sad sack tourist inside them.  Shaken, Martini must pour …

Imagine Dragons – Children of the Sky (a Starfield song) [Official Music Video]

Listen to ‘Children of the Sky (a Starfield song): https://ImagineDragons.lnk.to/Childre… Starfield, the new game from Bethesda Game Studios, is available now on Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC. Shop Imagine Dragons: https://smarturl.it/ImagineDragonsShop Sign up for email updates: https://ImagineDragons.lnk.to/EmailList Catch Imagine Dragons on tour: http://ImagineDragonsmusic.com/Tour Join the Imagine Dragons Discord: https://ImagineDragons.lnk.to/Discord Enter the cosmos: https://ImagineDragons.lnk.to/MerchID Follow …

Legendary Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls is Back with “Must Crush Barbie” single

Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as Spinal Tap, is back with a vengeance – this time with his sights firmly set on the movie phenomenon of 2023, that advocate of everything pink and fluffy, Barbie. The self-described embodiment of lukewarm water reaches boiling point with Smalls’ first track in …

Bring Back WGN, Chicago’s Very Own, by Mark Erickson

Television content creators have had coverage/payment disputes with cable providers for a few years now.  My first  memory of such a standoff was connected to the Big Ten Network demanding more money for its content than cable operators wanted to pay.  Currently, the nation’s second largest cable operator, Charter, has reached an impasse with Disney. The …

Experimental Artist Mary Ocher Announces Album, Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time and releases video, ‘Is Life Possible?’

Experimental political pop artist Mary Ocher returns with a musical tour-de-force examining the collective dread of the impending future. Ocher, the eternal outsider, has an uncanny ability to craft curious intricate worlds. Unravelling our innermost fears (as described in the album’s essay), and triggering paranoia of the world we live in – which seems to be spinning out …

JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE – Official Trailer Out Now

Magnolia Pictures will release JOAN BAEZ I AM A NOISE in NY theaters on October 6, 2023 – Expanding to LA & Additional Markets on October 13, 2023 Directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O’BoyleExecutive Produced by Greg Sarris, Parri Smith, Josh Braun, Ben Braun and Terry Press Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, JOANBAEZIAMANOISE is a raw and intimate portrait …

A Lament For A City, An Enduring Love Of Its Center, by Steve Stav

When Seattle’s music and arts festival, Bumbershoot, rolls around every Labor Day weekend… I feel bittersweet pangs of poignancy. As I now write of it from 2,400 miles away, I’ve realized that my fuzzy-warm memories have even more to do with the festival’s site – the Seattle Center. The magic, the always-pleasant atmosphere of that …

HYBE x GEFFEN RECORDS ANNOUNCE CONTESTANTS FOR UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL GIRL GROUP: FIRST TIME MAJOR U.S. RECORD LABEL & K-POP ENTERTAINMENT LEADER UNITE TO DEVELOP GLOBAL GIRL GROUP

  TWENTY CONTESTANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD REVEALED AT AUGUST 28th PRESS EVENT  NETFLIX DOCUSERIES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 AUDITION PROGRAM  “THE DEBUT: DREAM ACADEMY” SET TO PREMIERE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 8AM U.S. PDT ON YOUTUBE AND ABEMA (JAPAN) [August 28, 2023 – Santa Monica]—Today, music industry powerhouses HYBE and Geffen Records revealed the 20 contestants from around the …

A 21st century Belafonte, Chris Pierce, is fresh off tour with Neil Young + playing Portland Sept 6 w/new album

Chris Pierce is playing Portland’s Mississippi Studios on September 6, coming up!  Portland, ORMississippi StudiosSeptember 6, 2023‘LET ALL WHO WILL’ TOUR https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3929723/chris-pierce-portland-mississippi-studios With his new album, Let All Who Will, acclaimed Los Angeles singer and songwriter Chris Pierce delivers a powerful set of songs that amplify unheralded voices and aim to bring us together across …

KRISTIN HAYTER, FKA LINGUA IGNOTA, ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM AS REVEREND KRISTIN MICHAEL HAYTER, SHARES VIDEO FOR “ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO HELL”

Photo Credit Rev. Herschel B. Rutherford Read a letter from the photographer HERE Kristin Hayter, the interdisciplinary artist formerly known as Lingua Ignota, has announced SAVED!, the debut album under her new moniker, Reverend Kirstin Michael Hayter. Sonically and thematically, the record is both a logical conclusion to and a significant departure from Hayter’s previous work. Mirroring …

Akira Kosemura (Japan – Modern Classical) – Rudy (soundtrack of the film directed by Shona Auerbach) Out on Sept. 15 – First single/Video available now

Japanese composer/pianist Akira Kosemura has just released two new singles taken from “Rudy”, the soundtrack he composed and which will be released on 15 September by Schole Records on CD, vinyl and digital (pre-orders available here: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/album/rudy). New single “Looking in the Same Direction”:https://youtu.be/8p72oGtWtIAAlso available on all other platforms (https://linkco.re/5ayQeVFH)New single “Cath and Thomas”:https://youtu.be/uOPT7Ekay9cAlso available on all other …

David Teran Launches Kickstarter for Hasselblad Ballet: A Whimsical Marriage of Analog Photography and Ballet’s Elegance

San Antonio based fine art photographer David Teran is excited to introduce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Hasselblad Ballet, an intriguing project that celebrates the grace and elegance of ballerinas from around the world. This exquisite coffee table book is the perfect marriage of analog technology and the timeless beauty of ballet, captured through the …