Category: News
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Moby opens video competition to fans
Moby announces details of an exclusive global $10,000 video competition going live on mobygratis.com. Directors are invited to submit their films for the track Ooh Yeah and the winner, chosen by Moby, will win the $10,000 prize money and have their video used as the official music video for Ooh Yeah from Moby’s latest album,…
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Billy Joel podcast is live
The first episode of The Billy Joel Podcast series has just gone live! The series is in celebration of Billy’s classic album The Stranger on its 30th Anniversary with Billy, Phil Ramone and special guests Gavin DeGraw, Diane Warren, Duncan Sheik, Jimmy Webb and others. On this episode, we feature a 1977 interview with Billy…
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Spensha Baker performs at the White House
15-year-old Geffen Records gospel artist, Spensha Baker has been spreading her youthful and vibrant music ministry all across the country. So commanding is the voice and presence of this young lady that Spensha Baker was invited to sing at the White House for its Black Music Month “Salute to Gospel” celebration on Tuesday, June 17th…
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Lil Wayne sells 1 million copies
Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum recording artist Lil Wayne expands his dynasty with Tha Carter III. The new CD is the biggest release by far for 2008, selling over 1 Million copies it’s first week, reigning #1 on Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah Carey’s record-breaking release earlier this year. Not since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in…
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Everlast to release new album
“The sound is totally different than anything I’ve ever done before,” says Everlast aka Erik Schrody, the Irish-American rapper and singer/songwriter about his new album, Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford and that’s saying something for the Grammy-winning artist who has broken ground and sold millions of albums for mixing hip-hop and acoustic-based…
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Darren Hayes is set to release a new live concert DVD
Darren Hayes is set to release a new live concert DVD. The DVD covers his most ambitious and critically acclaimed concert tour to date : The Time Machine Tour, and will see its release on July 22nd on Hayes’ label, Powdered Sugar Productions. Hayes mounted an audacious tour, quietly selling out London’s prestigious Royal Albert…
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Robin Thicke is back
Robin Thicke is back with a new single “Magic” from his forthcoming and highly anticipated album Something Else due in stores September 9! Have a listen:
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Amy Winehouse hospitalized
Amy Winehouse has been taken to hospital after fainting in London today (June 16). The singer is undergoing tests after passing out at her home, although she is said to have “quickly recovered”. Read the rest on NME.com.
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Metallica announce new album
Metallica released what may be their new album title on Metallica.com. The band revealed the title “Death Magnetic.” The album, produced by Rick Rubin, is set to be released in September.
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Goldfinger on tour and releasing new album
The new Goldfinger album is dubbed Hello Destiny, and for the Goldfinger purist, it really can’t get much better than this. That’s because Hello Destiny not only marks the return of guitarist Charlie Paulson, who was active with the band during their formative years, it also marks Goldfinger’s return to its earlier sound, including the…