When the indie pop band The Marías emerged in 2017 with their first EP, “Superclean Vol. 1,” they quickly solidified a sound. It wasn’t any one sound, really, but a sonic identity. With lead vocalist María Zardoya’s mellow, romantic vocals serving as the unifier, the band’s productions were free to oscillate between dance beats, Latin … Read more
Australian Idol has a history of being a star-making TV show, with many of its contestants going on to stellar careers in the music industry. Think Guy Sebastian, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Jessica Mauboy, Shannon Noll, Stan Walker, Casey Donovan and Anthony Callea — and the list goes on. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Dylan Wright wins Australian … Read more
Doug Ingle, the lead singer and last surviving member of psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, has died. He was 78. The band was best known for its 1968 song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, a huge inspiration for the progressive rock music of the following decade. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Iron Butterfly’s best-known song. Know the news with the … Read more
Willie Nelson has never in his long life not wanted to be making music. After 2023 saw him celebrate his 90th birthday with an epic two-night concert celebration at the Hollywood Bowl, get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and release two studio albums along with the usual constant touring, 2024 finds … Read more
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The four members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song “Waterloo,” are set to receive one of the most prestigious knighthoods in Sweden at a ceremony Friday. The Order of the Vasa will be handed out for the first time … Read more
In the halcyon days when Judy Garland performed at New York’s famed Palace Theater, it was, as Johnny Carson once put it, “bedlam.” Her outsize influence echoes to the present in Ben Platt’s new residency at the same theater, which he helped to reopen on Tuesday following a seven-year, $80 million dollar renovation. Platt took … Read more
For more than half a century, British guitarist Richard Thompson has created albums filled with curious characters, love laments, dark chords, dark humor and peerless guitar work. That makes each release a cause for celebration, which is the case with his new album “Ship to Shore.” It ends a five-year recording hiatus, the longest break … Read more
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andra Day gained acting acclaim after her starring role in a 2021 Billie Holiday biopic, but the soulful singer nearly lost the strength of her powerful voice during the process. Day injured her vocals after she smoked cigarettes as part of her role in Lee Daniels’ film “The … Read more
“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art — all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.” That’s the opening salvo of Qommittee, a group of drag performers banding together to protect and promote their art form, as it announced its formation ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride … Read more
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 2023/02/20: SM Entertainment Building (Headquarters) in Seoul. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of two of South Korea’s largest K-pop companies fell on Tuesday as industry giant Hybe announced a $50 million sale of its stake in SM Entertainment. Kospi-listed Hybe’s stock slid as much as 2.4%, while SM … Read more
