Thanks for the thread, bought Emily King's new album off Amazon.

Had never heard of her before.

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1st Vows (AKA Ryan Hunter) taps into his inner Prince on "Kimono".


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Thanks for the thread, bought Emily King's new album off Amazon.

Had never heard of her before.

This makes me happy that you like it. You're welcome. Enjoy.

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THE STAVES – Interview

Your new album was produced by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, how did that come about?
We sort of didn’t even realize it was happening until it was too late. We became friends when we toured with him and he said ‘When you got the time after the road, come up to the house. I’d like to record you singing a bit and figure out what works on your voices”. We literally went up to the studio for 10 days with no plan. We didn’t prepare anything but of course thought we were gonna sing there, maybe write a song but we ended up just making lots of demos. We were downstairs in the studio all the time.
There where little ideas that we’d had through touring. After 10 days, we had about six really nice strong demos and we knew we had to come back. At the end of our second trip out there we had a conversation where we said we think we may be making an album here and Justin was like “ Yeah, can I produce it?“ and we were like “We think you already are!“. It just kind of happened, we did another session and then actually did the recording for the album.

That sounds perfect for the second album because there must have been high expectations.
Yeah, we started before there where any expectations really. We were still touring the first album and when we had time off we were at Justin’s. We hadn’t even started thinking about making a new album. Also, we didn’t really tell our label that we went up the first time cause we were worried they’d get all excited. There would have been expectations and questions like “What did you come up with while you where there? Can you do a duet with Justin? Let’s get a film crew up there to make a documentary!“ It was nice to do it in secrecy.

In the first album there was a lot of sweetness that is still in the second album but in a more mature way. What is “If I was“ biggest difference from the first album?
I don’t know. I think listening to the album for us is a little like looking at a photo album. You hate your nose or remember something about that day. You can not really be objective about it. But we are definitely stronger, we have more experience and a good few knocks that toughened us up. Because we had such a great time recording it, it is difficult to separate yourself from that but when I listen to the album, I hear how excited we were to be there and trying knew things. Just letting things get much bigger.

I did an Interview with ‘Hozier’ and he said something like for him the music is the frame but the lyrics of a song where really the picture.
I feel like the bare bones of the song are the lyrics and the melody, and the voices are the picture, or the Christmas tree and everything else is just decorating it. All the stuff that you can do in the studio, the trickery, the magic. It is interesting because we were talking about how to perform the songs live because we sometimes play with a band and sometimes as a trio. One time in the studio I was getting a little stressed out because I didn’t know how do it. It was just so much now on the recordings, more than we used to do. I thought we were gonna have 50 people on stage, but then I talked to Brad who plays base on the album and he said it were just the songs that people are gonna like. If it is just us and a guitar at a gig playing them, it’s still good songs and people will still have the same connection with them. When the lyrics are shit though, there is no coming back from that.

Most of your artwork is set in past times, also the new video for ‘Black and White’, what is the appeal for you?
We definitely have always been inspired by bands like ‘The Beatles’, but we never made a conscious decision what we wanted things to sound and look like. Maybe the very nature of us being a family band is somehow kind of whimsical and doesn’t seem that modern. It is usually that the song dictates everything and the first album was made in a really old school way. We recorded it on tape and live and we physically edited it. We designed all the artwork, we drew it– it was really similar to how records where made in the 60ies and 70ies and I think when it came to making videos it just fitted. With the new album the influences where maybe a bit more playful. Justin had a lot of Polaroid cameras in his house and he ended up taking the picture that is on the album cover. The video for ‘Black and White’ doesn’t really have anything to do with a specific time, the director just had the idea of doing some sort of TV Quiz Show and we didn’t want to be the main characters but more of onlookers. But if you set it in a different time and a different country it frees you up to heighten the drama of it.

How do you separate working together from just spending time together as sisters?
That is a real battle. As we started going on tour and being real band we noticed the importance of doing that. You have a dynamic in your family, the roles that everyone plays and suddenly that is put in a business area. You are signing contracts and there is money and people you are paying to do jobs. It’s not only about music but it’s about everything else. Every time you try to hang out you end up talking about emails you just read. It’s really important to take time to just be sisters and nothing more.

Getting to Know Rainey Qualley

The “Me and Johnny Cash” singer reveals five fast facts.

photo courtesy Campbell Entertainment

Hopefully by now you’ve heard of Rainey Qualley and even picked up her debut EP, Turn Down the Lights. So you know she’s young and beautiful and her voice is bold and bluesy.

With Mom Andie Macdowell

But we have some inside scoop on the sizzling new singer.

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1. Rainey is pretty sensitive. “I rarely get into heated arguments, but whenever I do, I just cry. Someone gets mad at me and I just start crying.”
2. She’s a girly girl, too. “I definitely have a very feminine nature. I tweeted this thing that I think is really important for people to remember: being feminine is not anti-feminist. Like you can be feminine and still be a strong woman.”
3. Rainey LOVES her cats and her future cats. “I have two cats. I’m hoping for more. I’m hoping to be 80 years old and have 20 cats and children will be afraid of me.”
4. She has a passion for preserving the old and the environment. “My mom started taking me to antique stores when I was a kid and I am very interested in ancient cultures. Even holding things and touching objects that existed long before I did is interesting to me. Also, I’m into helping the environment, so not creating new furniture and whatever else when there’s already so much that exists is important.”
5. Sports? Not so much. “I don’t know if this is surprising, but I never played a sport. I danced, but I never played a normal sport. I still love to dance in my living room all the time.”

Be listening for Rainey's new single, “Me and Johnny Cash,” and check out her new video here:

SPOTLIGHT

April 2014

Getting to that Stage

When you are Andie MacDowell, the thinking man’s ingénue of the 80s and 90s, and you are trying to raise three children out of the spotlight, a sprawling ranch in Missoula, Montana, is probably a pretty fair bet.

“That was a really idyllic place to grow up,” says Rainey Qualley, 24. She’s the middle of three children MacDowell shares with former model Paul Qualley. “We didn’t have TV or anything.” When Rainey, her younger sister, Margaret, and their older brother, Justin, were still young, MacDowell relocated them to a place slightly more urban. “It was kind of a culture shock moving to North Carolina,” Rainey, who is quick with a joke, says, laughing. “We had neighbors! We were just used to being wilderness children.”

But despite their distance from the limelight, the Qualley sisters, both lifelong dancers, were ambitious from a young age. “I was very determined,” explains Margaret, 19, who will make her television debut this summer in HBO’s The Leftovers. “I left home at 15 to go to the North Carolina School of the Arts.” But even after being offered a prestigious apprenticeship and studying at American Ballet Theatre, the young woman realized her heart wasn’t in dance—it was in acting. Now she’s living in New York, taking time off from N.Y.U. to film the HBO series, in which she acts alongside marquee names such as Justin Theroux and Liv Tyler.

Rainey has had a bit more experience on-screen, having appeared with her mother in 2012’s Mighty Fine and starring in the indie romance Falcon Song. She was also Miss Golden Globe in 2012, an episode she describes as “an overwhelming way to move to L.A.” But she’s currently focused on her singing career; she splits her time between Los Angeles and Nashville, where she’s recording “bluesy country” tracks, the first of which will hit radio stations this spring.

Whatever corner of the country the Qualley sisters end up in, the two seem destined, like their mother, to become enduring beauties. Be prepared to see their faces, and hear their voices—infused with that unshakable small-town warmth—increasingly on the national stage.

I heard this new Vivian Green single last week and I thought it

was Jazmine Sullivan. It's definitely a departure from what she

usually does.

Several weeks ago,I did a thread on The Jack Moves,a new duo with an amazing retro-soul sound.So far,they have released two singles ("Doublin' Down" and "Season Change") and now they just dropped a third single,"Time And Enemy".Their debut album is due later this year.

The Jack Moves are releasing their debut album later this year,featuring the single "Doublin' Down"

"Doublin' Down" by The Jack Moves

Listen: http://joshuajamesmusic.b...de-the-mtn

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Rock legend Steven Tyler's new country music video: Love is your Name

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Public Image Ltd. new album & single

added: 8 Jul 2015 // by: VVN Music

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John Lydon's Public Image Ltd. have announced that their tenth studio album, What the World Needs Now..., will be out on September 4.

Lydon, the sole remaining original member of PiL, is joined by Lu Edmonds, Scott Firth and Bruce Smith. The band recorded the album at Wincraft Studio, owned by Steve Winwood.

Lydon has his hands in all aspects of the album, including the cover design of both the LP and the first single, Double Trouble.

The track list for the album:

Double Trouble
Know Now
Bettie Page
C'est La Vie
Spice of Choice
The One
Big Blue Sky
Whole Life Time
I'm Not Satisfied
Corporate
Shoom

PiL will also be touring Europe in the fall in support of the album:

09/18 - Glasgow, UK - O2 ABC Glasgow
09/19 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy
09/20 - Newcastle, UK - Riverside
09/22 - York, UK - Fibbers
09/23 - Coventry, UK - The Copper Rooms, Warwick Uni
09/25 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy Bristol
09/26 - Buckley, UK - The Tivoli
09/27 - Reading, UK - Sub 89
09/29 - Bexhill On Sea, UK - De La Warr Pavilion
09/30 - Norwich, UK - UEA
10/02 - London, UK - O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
10/03 - Frome, UK - Cheese and Grain
10/04 - Southampton, UK - Engine Rooms
10/06 - Paris, France - Le Trianon
10/07 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Grote Zaal
10/09 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
10/10 - Venezia, Italy - Rivolta
10/11 - Milan, Italy - Magazzini Generali
10/13 - Mannheim, Germany - Alte Seilerei
10/14 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
10/15 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theatre
10/17 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche
10/18 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix

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The Enemy announce 4th Album

added: 7 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

THE ENEMY return to WARNER Records, with whom they released their debut album, in 2007, to release their eagerly anticipated 4th studio album.

All previous three Albums have charted in the Top Ten, with debut album 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' reaching number 1 and going double platinum! They've won numerous awards and headlined many stages across the UK, rapidly selling out venues and gaining a solid live following.

Still only in their mid-to-late 20s, and younger than the bands they emerged with ' and outsold ' they're readying their most ambitious record, 'It's Automatic', for release this October. 'We've been working on it for a long time,' says Tom. 'It's a fucking great record. It was difficult to make but not in a bad way. To people who are still living in 2007 it'll be a shock but to us it's a natural progression.' The birth of the record came when the band were on tour in Scotland, and the evolved Tom was having a crisis of identity. 'I sat Andy down and said, 'Mate, I don't wanna make another Enemy record. I'm bored.
We've nailed what we do, I wanna go and do solo stuff and make music like the music I listen to.' And he said, 'So do I.' So we decided to take a leap of faith together.' Tom warns that there's a possibility people won't get it. 'But the songs are some of the best I've ever written, the

All Pre-orders of 'It's Automatic' will receive an instant grat track 'Don't Let Nothing Get in The Way'

LIVE DATES
Tickets go on pre-sale 9am Wednesday and Full sale on Friday 9am

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

16th Fibbers, York
17th The Ritz, Manchester
18th ' HMV, Birmingham
20th ' Forum, London
21st ' Empire, Coventry
22nd ' Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
24th ' Riverside, Newcastle
25th ' Stylus, Leeds
26th - Garage, Glasgow
28th ' Leadmill, Sheffield
29th ' Waterfront, Norwich
1st ' Rock City, Nottingham

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Win a set of remastered Van Halen vinyl

closing date: 4 Aug 2015

added: 7 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

VAN HALEN II, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST, FAIR WARNING AND DIVER DOWN
ON VINYL AND CD AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER
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First Six Albums Remastered Directly from the Analog Recordings

Music-News.com is giving one lucky reader the opportunity to win Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and Diver Down remastered vinyl copies!

Newly remastered versions of Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning and Diver Down will be released on Friday, July 10, 2015. Pre-orders for Van Halen II, Women and Children First, Fair Warning, and Diver Down on vinyl and CD are available now. Fans who prefer the digital version can purchase those albums now.

Mastering engineer Chris Bellman, who remastered the original albums for Bernie Grundman Studios, Hollywood, CA, was enlisted for the new versions of these six early Van Halen albums with David Lee Roth. In order to produce the original sound the band intended, Bellman cut straight from the quarter-inch, original analog tapes for CD; for 180-gram vinyl; and for the digital version. All six newly mastered albums will be available as a special set.

Remastered versions of Van Halen and 1984 were released on March 31, the same day that VAN HALEN released Tokyo Dome Live in Concert, a newly recorded live album featuring 23 songs that span of the band's albums with Roth. Tokyo Dome Live in Concert is available as a double CD; four-LP set on 180-gram vinyl; and digitally. A deluxe collection featuring Tokyo Dome Live In Concert and the newly remastered Van Halen and 1984 albums, as both a four-CD set and a six-LP vinyl set in special packaging, is also available.

Van Halen announced a 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, which kicks off July 5 in Seattle, Washington at the White River Amphitheatre, with concerts scheduled through October 2nd when the band performs its first-ever performance at the iconic Hollywood Bowl. The tour will feature some of the classic hits included on TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, such as 'Dance The Night Away,' 'Beautiful Girls,' 'And The Cradle Will Rock.' 'Unchained,' and 'Everybody Wants Some!!' as well as blistering versions of 'Tattoo,' 'She's The Woman,' and 'China Town' from the group's most recent studio album, A Different Kind of Truth.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1974, VAN HALEN changed the rock and roll landscape forever with the release of their self-titled, 1978 debut album and subsequently produced a repertoire of hits that remain some of the strongest and most influential rock songs ever written that fans will admire for decades to come. With more than 75 million albums sold worldwide, and more No. 1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart than any other artist, the band's record of achievement is hard to top. The eponymous debut album and 1984 were both certified Diamond, for U.S. sales in excess of 10 million, placing them on an elite short list of double RIAA-certified Diamond Award honorees. VAN HALEN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Full CD Streaming Now: Joss Stone – Water For Your Soul

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Not new came out last year:

Sweetheart 2014 is a compilation album featuring various artists, released on February 4, 2014 by Starbucks' Hear Music/Concord Music Group. The compilation is the fifth in a series of Valentine's Day-themed compilations. Sweetheart 2014 will only be available in a physical form at Starbucks locations and will be available electronically via various outlets like amazon and iTunes.

Track listing

1. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" by Jim James (Bob Marley cover)
2. "Con Te Partirò" by Vampire Weekend (inspired by the Andrea Bocelli recording)
3. "Love" by Beck (John Lennon cover)
4. "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" by Phosphorescent (Bob Dylan cover)
5. "Don't Forget Me" by The Head and the Heart (Harry Nilsson cover)
6. "Happy or Lonesome" by Valerie June (the Carter Family cover)
7. "Always on My Mind" by Bahamas (Brenda Lee cover, best known as by Willie Nelson)
8. "If You Were Mine" by Thao & The Get Down Stay Down (Ray Charles cover)
9. "Fade into You" by Ben Harper (Mazzy Star cover)
10. "I'm in the Middle of a Riddle" by Fiona Apple featuring Maude Maggart (Anton Karas cover)
11. "The Chain" by Brandi Carlile (Fleetwood Mac cover)
12. "I Hope" by Blake Mills (Bobby Charles cover)
13. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings (Stevie Wonder cover)

From this compilation 2010: http://www.amazon.com/Sweetheart-Fa...36378209&sr=1-2&keywords=Sweetheart+starbucks

Tracks:
01. Jose Gonzalez - Hand on Your Heart (Originally recorded by Kylie Minogue)
02. Grand Archives - Cupid (Originally recorded by Sam Cooke)
03. James Mercer & Robert Mercer - Spanish Harlem Incident (Originally recorded by Bob Dylan)
04. Spoon - Love Song (Originally recorded by The Damned)
05. Elvis Perkins - Teneme en Tu Corazon (Keep Me in Your Heart) (Inspired by Violeta Parra)
06. The Long Winters - Give Me All Your Lovin' (Originally recorded by ZZ Top)
07. Yo La Tengo - You Make Me Feel Good (Originally recorded by The Zombies)
08. CéU - Eu Amo Você (I Love You) (Originally recorded by Tim Maia)
09. Diane Birch - I Go Crazy (Originally recorded by Paul Davis)
10. Jason Collett and Zeus - Every Night (Originally recorded by Paul McCartney)
11. The Avett Brothers - I Love (Originally recorded by Tom T. Hall)
12. Mates of State - Long Way Home (Originally recorded by Tom Waits)
13. Angelique Kidjo - Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away) (Originally recorded by Jacques Brel, inspired by the Nina Simone recording)
14. Hey Marseilles - True Love Will Find You in the End (Originally recorded by Daniel Johnston)
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M.I.A. previews music on Instagram:


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Lenny Kravitz drops video for newest single "The Pleasure and The Pain".

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Check out alternative R&B crooner Jesse Boykins III's "When You Get There".

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Keith Richards first album in 20 years

added: 10 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

Keith Richards will release his eagerly anticipated CROSSEYED HEART, his third solo album and his first in over 20 years, September 18th on Republic Records.

CROSSEYED HEART, a fifteen track masterclass encompassing everything that makes Keith Richards one of the 20th century's most celebrated talents, is a 5* musical journey that takes in reggae, rock, country and the blues.

The first taste of CROSSEYED HEART will be unveiled on July 17th with the explosive first single, 'Trouble,' a taut guitar based slice of heaven featuring Richards on electric and acoustic guitars, bass, lead and backup vocals. He is richly supported by old friends, drummer Steve Jordan, guitarist Waddy Wachtel and Bernard Fowler on backup vocals. The song was written by and produced by Keith and Steve Jordan.

'I had a ball making this new record and working with Steve Jordan and Waddy Wachtel again. There's nothing like walking into a studio and having absolutely no idea what you're going to come out with on the other end. If you're looking for 'Trouble,' you've come to the right place.'

Keith wrote or co-wrote the majority of the tracks on CROSSEYED HEART, many with co-producer Steve Jordan. Highlights include the country tinged ache of 'Robbed Blind', the reggae flavored 'Love Overdue,' and the aptly named 'Blues In The Morning.' Richards collaborates with several artists including a captivating duet with Norah Jones on the soulful ballad 'Illusion' which she co-wrote.

Keith Richards, who plays electric and acoustic guitars, bass, piano and vocals on the album, is also joined by guitarist Waddy Wachtel, keyboardist Ivan Neville and background singer Sarah Dash, part of the X-Pensive Winos, who accompanied Richards on his previous solo records.

Steve Jordan plays drums and vocals and other artists accompany Richards' on individual tracks, including Stax songwriter and keyboardist Spooner Oldham on 'Lovers Plea,' pedal steel by Larry Campbell on 'Robbed Blind,' Aaron Neville on backup vocals on 'Nothing On Me,' and dear friend Bobby Keys on saxophone on 'Amnesia' and 'Blues In The Morning.'

Keith has released two other solo studio albums, Talk Is Cheap in 1988 and Main Offender in 1992 as well as a live album entitled, Live at the Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988.

The Weeknd Announces New Album ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ Coming In August!

Posted on July 9th, 2015 by Ni'Kesia in NEWS |

With the growing success of Canadian singer The Weeknd, it was only a short matter of time before the official news of his much-anticipated new album was announced.

Formally sharing the details himself via Twitter, The Weeknd – who found a heightened amount of success with his single “Earned It” – revealed the new album is titled, Beauty Behind the Madness and it is due out next month!

The album, which serves as the follow-up to 2013’s Kiss Land, will host 14-tracks including “Often,” “The Hills,” and the recently released, “Can’t Feel My Face.”

Making the announcement shortly after the pre-order was released internationally on iTunes before being taken down, Abel let fans know that the official pre-order will be coming soon. Set to be released on August 28, the album comes right in time for The Weeknd’s headlining gig at the “Made In America” festival in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend. He will also perform at Lollapalooza next month.

Leona Lewis: I Am empowers

added: 10 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

Leona Lewis views her new album as 'an empowerment record'.

The 30-year-old singer is gearing up to release I Am, her first record since 2013. And the former X Factor winner, who released four LPs prior to her newest album, says her forthcoming offering I Am really reflects what she has been experiencing in her life.

'It's an empowerment record,' she told Entertainment Weekly magazine. 'I really just wanted to speak about the experiences I've been going through the past seven years.

'I've just been delving deep into myself and finding out who I am and finding out how strong I am. I want to, through this record, empower people and myself as well.'

Events that have taken their toll on Leona include her split from Simon Cowell's record label Syco and a relationship breakup.
And the star added in the interview she felt the process of penning tracks for the album was somewhat cathartic for her.

'Even though sometimes some of the songs were coming from a place that were maybe sad or a bit down, the songs lifted me out of that,' she continued.

Leona revealed the album, which was mostly produced by renowned producer Toby Gad, is quite 'choir like'.

It also features a song written by the world-famous Diane Warren, who has previously only penned tracks for Cher and Whitney Houston.

'I was so honoured to have this one on the record because she specifically wrote it for me,' she said. 'I've known Diane for a long, long time and I always wanted to work with her, but for some reason or another it never panned out. This time I was sure I wanted something by her on the record.'

I Am is due for release on September 11.

Gregory Porter new single

added: 10 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

'Man Of The Moment'* Gregory Porter today announced details of a UK single release of a remix of his classic track 'Liquid Spirit', after Berlin-based electronic production enigma Claptone's original remix version caused a significant stir on the dance scene. The collaborative radio edit version is now being released as a single, with the impact date set for 4 September.

Since its release in May, the original 'Liquid Spirit' Claptone remix has become an underground dance hit. It scored praise from numerous dance blogs including Divesounds.com who exclaimed: 'It's pretty hard to not be in awe of everything Gregory Porter touches and Claptone seems to have that knack of only putting out absolutely massive productions, so this remix was never going to disappoint.'

The track then began receiving multiple plays throughout Ibiza in key clubs, until it became the Most Shazamed track in Ibiza and scored a number one on dance mecca Beatport. The track is on course to become a summer smash, with over 4 million streams on Spotify, 780k plays on soundcloud and 600k views on YouTube, leading to the decision to release a radio version which is expected to score numerous plays across key UK radio stations. It has already had incredible support from key shows at BBC Radio 1 including Pete Tong, Annie Mac, Danny Howard and Mista Jam at BBC Radio 1xtra.

Gregory who is primarily known in the UK for his jazz/soul inspired vocals has surprised many with his remarkable success within the dance music scene, which has also included featuring on collaborative Disclosure single 'Holding On', which received critical acclaim from taste makers including Vice.com, Fader and Indie Shuffle.

Nearly two years after its release, his Grammy-winning album, 'Liquid Spirit', shot up into the Top 10 of the UK Album Charts, reached Gold sales and became the most streamed jazz album of all time. This year Gregory's televised appearances and performances have included his hotly anticipated Glastonbury Festival debut, Sunday Night at The Palladium and VE Day 70. Gregory plays V Festival this summer, amongst others, and tours the UK next spring ' opening at iconic London venue the Royal Albert Hall on 4 April 2016. For more information visit: http://www.gregoryporter.com

Unlike Gregory, whose distinctive look means he's pretty hard to miss in a crowd, producer Claptone's identity is a well-kept secret, with the mystical producer only performing live in a gold Venetian mask. Claptone, who burst onto the scene in 2012, has a London-based performance this summer where he will showcase his Immortal Live show on the main stage of SW4 Festival, supporting dance legends: Faithless. For more information on Claptone visit: https://www.facebook.com/...e.official

Gregory Porter ' Liquid Spirit (Claptone Remix) is available to stream and download now. For more details visit: http://www.gregoryporter.com

Disclosure's 'Holding On' Featuring Gregory Porter is released 17 July 2015 and available to pre-order now: http://po.st/HoldingOnPress

APRIL 2016 TOUR DATES:

4 London Royal Albert Hall
5 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
8 Manchester Bridgewater
9 Sheffield City Hall
10 Edinburgh Festival Theatre
11 Aberdeen His Majesty's Theatre
12 Perth Concert Hall
14 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
15 Gateshead Sage
16 Leicester Demontfort Hall
17 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
19 Brighton Dome
20 Cardiff St Davids Hall
21 Poole Concert Hall
22 Plymouth Pavilions
24 Birmingham Symphony Hall

Space to release 5-album box set

added: 9 Jul 2015 // by: Paul Holmes

Famed for their hits Female of the Species, The Ballad of Tom Jones, Neighbourhood and Avenging Angels, Space were one of the biggest bands in Britain in the late 90s, selling half a million copies of their second album, Tin Planet, and gaining international appeal through their appearances on the soundtracks to Austin Powers and Lost in Space.

It all went wrong for the band, however, when the release of their planned third album, 2000's Love You More Than Football, was postponed and later cancelled completely after a fall out with their record label. Promotional copies have since become highly sought after collectors items, and the band split in 2004.

Now well into their second run following a partial reformation in 2012, the band are set to tour the UK in the Autumn and release a new album next year. But first, there's some cleaning up to do.

Out of print for many years, Space's entire back catalogue will be reissued as a box-set in October. The set will comprise of 1996's debut Spiders, 1998's Tin Planet, 2004's Suburban Rock 'n' Roll and their 2014 revival Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab. Also included, at long last, will be the famed lost album, Love You More Than Football.

There's currently no word on bonus tracks, but given the band's penchant for B-Sides, and the comprehensive nature of this release, it is quite likely at least a few will sneak in.

For more info, keep your eye on the band's Facebook page. The tracklistings for each album are below.

Spiders [1996] {#5}
01. Neighbourhood {#11}
02. Mister Psycho
03. Female of the Species {#14}
04. Money
05. Me & You vs the World {#9}
06. Lovechild of the Queen
07. No-One Understands
08. Voodoo Roller
09. Drop Dead
10. Dark Clouds {#14}
11. Major Pager
12. Kill Me
13. Charlie M
14. Growler

Tin Planet [1998] {#3}
01. Begin Again {#21}
02. Avenging Angels {#6}
03. The Ballad of Tom Jones {#4}
04. 1 O'Clock
05. Be There
06. The Man
07. A Liddle Biddy Help from Elvis
08. The Unluckiest Man in the World
09. Piggies
10. Bad Day's {#20}
11. There's No You
12. Disco Dolly
13. _
14. Fran in Japan

Love You More Than Football [2000 - unreleased]
01. Everybody in the Madhouse
02. Diary of a Wimp {#49}
03. Good Times
04. Love You More Than Football
05. Evil Things
06. Steal My Love
07. Gravity
08. More Than a Friend
09. Voices
10. Supersonic Jetplane
11. Despise
12. Thank You
13. Juno 54
14. Yes You Do

Suburban Rock 'N' Roll [2004]
01. Suburban Rock 'N' Roll {#67}
02. Zombies {#87}
03. Hitch-Hiking
04. Punk Rock Funeral
05. Hell's Barbecue
06. Paranoid 6Teen
07. The English Language
08. Pretty Suicide
09. 20 Million Miles From Earth {#124}
10. Quiet Beach
11. The Goodbye Song

Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab [2014]
01. Teardrops from the Moon
02. Fortune Teller
03. Armageddon
04. She's in Love with the Boy in the Bodybag
05. Attack of the Mutant 50ft Kebab
06. Frightened Horses
07. Anthony's Brainwaves
08. Crying on the Webcam
09. Guest List to Hell
10. Happy Clowns
11. Falling in Love
12. Day of the Dead

New Upcoming Releases:

Carry You Home | Jake Isaac featuring JP Cooper

Thanks for this post, JB.

Wow, Nice Thread!!

Identity said:

Thanks for this post, JB.

My pleasure ID.

Julio Iglesias Is Back With First Spanish Single in 12 Years, 'Fallaste Corazón': Listen

By Angie Romero | July 10, 2015 12:39 PM EDT

Julio Iglesias performs 'Julio Iglesias In Concert At Gran Teatre del Liceu' In Barcelona on July 4, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.

Miquel Benitez/Getty Images

JoeBala said:

TD3 said:

Thank GOD, this Thread is back. I purchased a lot of music because of you two gents. Thank you.

and I will be contributing new finds as well.

These needs to be a stickey mods... please, thanks.

TD3 here is another to add to your list.

POSTED 2 DAYS AGO BY ZO

Stream Emily King’s Gorgeous New Album ‘The Switch’

Emily King may very well be one of NYC’s best kept secrets, an artist loved by the learned and accessible to a keen ear. And while her hometown reverence may be right up there with that ill little pork bun and Thai tea spot down on Bayard or Jarobi’s Tribe Taco Tuesday pop-up happy-hour in BK (shameless plug, I know) it’s King’s timeless blend of pristine r&b chops and just a little bit of funk, paired to her brilliant vocal treatments that might just put her a notch or two above your cuddie local culinary treasures.

Last week the NYC-born & bred crooner let loose her third studio LP The Switch viaThe Wall Street Journey, and today she’s announced that she’ll be bringing a live & direct revue of the stud record to six cities down the eastern seaboard. And as someone that had the pleasure of catching an intimate set last week in which she previewed just half of the album, you may rest assured that this is one you don’t want to miss. King and her four-piece ensemble (engineered by Black Messiah‘s BenKane) are precisely the dose of forward-minded funkateers you should be capping off any evening with. Below you will find both a stream of Emily King’s gorgeous new The Switch LP, along with the forthcoming tour dates, which will soon be added to, so keep your ear to the ground for those in the weeks ahead. And if it’s good to ya, grab your own copy of King’s new record on iTunes today.

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/emilykingmusic

Tour Dates:
July 20th @ Vinyl- Atlanta, GA
July 22nd @ U Street Music Hall – Washington, DC
July 24th @ Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
July 25th @ Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
July 27th @ The Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
July 28th @ Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA

Listened to it and bought it. THANKS

TD3 said:

JoeBala said:

TD3 here is another to add to your list.

POSTED 2 DAYS AGO BY ZO

Stream Emily King’s Gorgeous New Album ‘The Switch’

Listened to it and bought it. THANKS

AWESOME glad you like it. On the deluxe she does a nice version of It's Now or Never. Just kidding no deluxe.

Robert Cray: 4 Nights of 40 Years Live

added: 14 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

Robert Cray is to release a double CD and video package 4 Nights of 40 Years Live.

The set will be available in a variety of formats - 2 LPs + Mp3, 2 CDs + DVD, Blu-Ray + 2 CDs and digitally. 4 Nights of 40 Years Live will be released August 28 on the Netherlands-based Mascot Label Group.

The first CD is fresh, live recordings from four nights recently recorded at four venues in the LA area. With his current band --longtime bassist, collaborator and friend Richard Cousins, keyboardist Dover Weinberg (who was in Cray's first band) and drummer Les Falconer (O'Jays, Keb 'Mo) ' Cray fronts a group that is solid, seasoned and vital. The playing is in the moment, and the sound is singular.

The thirteen cuts are selected from the Cray Band's recording library of 20 releases. Among them are rock radio favorites 'Bad Influence' and 'Right Next Door (Because of Me),' the soul searing 'Love Gone to Waste,' and 'These Things,' a bluesy ballad that features one of Cray's string-bending and mind-blowing guitar solos. The live CD is the fourth Cray Band release produced by Steve Jordan, who plays drums on several cuts. Also guesting are vocalist Kim Wilson and harmonica player Lee Oskar, tenor saxophonist Trevor Lawrence, trumpeter Steve Madaio and saxophonist Tom Scott.

The bonus CD is a revealing glimpse of Cray's early career and the promise of a future that would reward fans for decades. Selected from the band's set at the 1982 San Francisco Blues Festival and a 1987 appearance on the Dutch TV Show 'Countdown,' the music captures the band's youthful presence and its ability to revive the blues without abandoning it. Included are favorites from the Cray's Band 80s set lists; 'Smoking Gun' and 'Too Many Cooks.'

The 94 minute video in 4 Nights of 40 Years Live is a Cray Band convergence. Coming together are a mesmerizing blend of clips from the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Dutch TV show and the four concerts featured on the first CD. Between clips Cray comments on the band's history and his personal philosophy of music. There is also behind the scenes footage of the band collaborating with producer Jordan. And putting the Cray Band in perspective are interviews with Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan and Buddy Guy each giving their personal response to the music and the man.

Upcoming UK Dates

Sat 3 October ' Lowry, Salford - TICKETS
Mon 5 October ' Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham - TICKETS
Tues 6 October ' St David's Hall, Cardiff - TICKETS
Weds 7 October ' Truro Hall, Truro - TICKETS
Fri 9 October ' The Anvil, Basingstoke - TICKETS
Sat 10 October ' Theatre Royal, Norwich - TICKETS
Mon 12 October ' Barbican, London - TICKETS
Tues 13 October ' Sage, Gateshead - TICKETS
Weds 14 October ' Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow - TICKETS
Fri 16 October ' Town Hall, Birmingham - TICKETS
Sat 17 October ' City Hall, Salisbury - TICKETS
Sun 18 October ' Orchard, Dartford - TICKETS
Mon 19 October ' Assembly Halls, Tunbridge Wells - TICKETS
Weds 21 October ' Town Hall, Cheltenham - TICKETS
Thurs 22 October ' Corn Exchange, Cambridge - TICKETS
Fri 23 October ' Alban Arena, St Albans - TICKETS

4 Nights Of 40 Years Live:

CD 1
1. I Shiver
2. I'll Always Remember You
3. Poor Johnny
4. Won't Be Coming Home
5. On The Road Down
6. Sittin' On Top of the World
7. Wrap It Up
8. Love Gone To Waste
9. Bad Influence
10. These Things
11. Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
12. The Forecast (Calls For Pain)
13. Time Makes Two

Disc 2 (bonus disc):
1. I Guess I Showed Her *
2. Right Next Door (Because of Me) *
3. Smoking Gun *
4. Still Around *
5. Too Many Cooks ^
6. T-Bone Shuffle ^
* Live at Dutch TV Show 'Countdown' 1987
^ Live at SFO Blues Festival San Francisco 1982

Dvd track list:
Intro / I Shiver
T-Bone Shuffle
Love Gone To Waste
I Guess I Showed Her
I'll Always Remember You
Your Good Thing Is About To End
Too Many Cooks
Wrap It Up
Won't Be Coming Home
Smoking Gun
Sittin' On Top of the World
Two Steps From The End
Bad Influence
These Things
Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
The Forecast (Calls For Pain)
Time Makes Two

http://mascotlabelgroup.com/
www.robertcray.com/

Twitter: @RobertCrayBand
Facebook.com/robertcraymusic

Lars Ulrich: Modern music is regurgitated

added: 14 Jul 2015 // by: Music-News.com Newsdesk

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has explained why he's in favour of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

In an interview for The Inquiry on the BBC World Service he said "I believe streaming is good for music. People sit there and go, "I'm not getting paid very much for streaming"....but streaming is a choice on all fronts. It's a choice for the fan to be part of....it's a choice for the artists who are involved in making their music available on streaming services. It's a choice ...by the record companies that represent the artist....15 years ago those choices didn't exist."

However, he accepted that streaming would be better for more established artists like Metallica than newer, less famous acts: "streaming probably does benefit artists with higher profiles, yes. A lot of these playlists that are being made available for people in the streaming service, they seem to feature higher profile artists and that just seems to be the way it's sort of playing out right now."

He added that it was particularly helpful to artists like Metallica with large back catalogues.

He also said that, if people were engaging less with music these days, it wasn't only streaming's fault, but because today's music is "blander" than it used to be.

"one of the main reasons I connect less with new music in my life now is because there's less great new music to connect with. I mean a lot of the stuff that's been played is just regurgitated, this year's flavour, this thing, but it's not people on the leading edge like The Beatles or the Miles Davises or the Jimmy Hendrixes taking us all by the hand into these completely unknown, unchartered musical territories."

Lana Del Rey Releases New Dreamy Love Song 'Honeymoon' [LISTEN]

Lana Del Rey (Photo : Jason Merritt / Getty)

After much anticipation, Lana Del Rey is back to deliver her signature dreamy pop sound. She teased snippets of the single earlier in June, but now her song "Honeymoon" is finally out.

The lyric video for the new song opens up with a '70s-style home video of the "Summertime Sadness" singer relaxing sleeping peacefully in a flowery meadow, with the song's eerie opening piano chords playing in the background. The lyrics are then shown on a pink floral background. Continuing with Lana Del Rey's usual themes of scorned love, "Honeymoon" tells the tale of a complicated romance. In the second verse, she sings, "We both know the history of violence that surrounds you/But I'm not scared, there's nothing to lose now that I've found you/We could cruise the news — Pico Poulevard in your little used bullet car if we chose/Mr. Born to Lose." In the chorus, she sweetly sings "our honeymoon" repeatedly.

It has been just over a year since her last album Ultraviolence, which TIME named one of the top ten best albums of 2014. Del Rey is set to release her next album, also titled Honeymoon, in the fall of this year. She confirmed her upcoming album with Billboard and said that this album would be different from her previous work. She stated, "It's very different from the last one and similar to the first two, Born to Die and Paradise. I finished my last one [Ultraviolence] in March and released it in June and I had a follow-up idea. It's growing into something I really like. I'm kind of enjoying sinking into this more noirish feel for this one. It's been good." She also confirmed that she was planning on featuring a cover of Nina Simone's "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," saying "I'm having fun with my interpretation ... I'm so so much a fan."

Check out Lana Del Rey's new song "Honeymoon" and let us know what you think of the single.

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Jordin Sparks Unveils ‘Right Here Right Now’ Album Cover & Tracklist

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by ThisIsRnB in NEWS |

Jordin Sparks is ready to drop her long-awaited third studio album, Right Here Right Now, but before it hits stores on August 21, the singer has shared the official album cover and tracklisting. Preceded by the singles “It Ain’t You,” the 2 Chainz-assisted “Double Tap,” and the title track, “Right Here Right Now,” the 14-song set also features appearances from B.o.B, Shaggy, Elijah Blake, and J-Doe.

“I am very influenced by 90s R&B, so there’s a lot of that. There’s a little bit of pop; there’s some club tracks, some fun ones, some sad ones and the power ballads,” Sparks said about the project.

‘Right Here Right Now‘ follows Spark’s surprise mixtape, #ByeFelicia. The LP will be released on Louder Than Life, an imprint founded by producer Salaam Remi via Sony Music.

“I am very excited to be working alongside Salaam Remi,” Sparks said in a press release. “Together, we have created something special. I’m very proud of it and can’t wait to share it!”

Check out the full tracklisting below, and you can pre-order the album on iTunes now.

Right Here Right Now Tracklist:

01. Work from Home feat. B.o.B
02. 1000 feat. J-Doe
03. Right Here Right Now
04. Double Tap feat. 2 Chainz
05. Boyz in the Hood
06. Silhouette
07. They Don’t Give
08. Left….Right?
09. Casual Love feat. Shaggy
10. Unhappy feat. Elijah Blake
11. Tell Him I Love Him
12. 11:11
13. 100 Years
14. It Ain’t You

lolawolf dropped a new mixtape

we're gonna be listening to it everyfuckinday

by: keryce chelsi henry — June 25 2015

It is a basic requirement of every cool girl to be in a band. Gwen Stefani has No Doubt, Kim Gordon has Sonic Youth—hell, even Lindsay Lohan's character in Freaky Friday rocked out with her homies (don't act like this wasn't your jam). So it's no surprise that Coolest Girl in the World Zoë Kravitz is the frontwoman of the hip-hop-influenced electro-pop trio LOLAWOLF. The real shocker is the band's latest EP, everyfuckinday, which unexpectedly dropped on Tuesday. The mixtape features four new songs, along with the title track, for which a video was released earlier this month. LOLAWOLF's signature I'm-just-doing-me attitude and Kravitz's effortless, sung/rapped vocals remain true throughout, making for the perfect soundtrack to the edgy rooftop parties you'll be hitting up with your friends this summer.

Stream everyfuckinday below and, to really get your Zoë Kravitz fix, watch her play Go Fish with Miley Cyrus in LOLAWOLF's "Bitch" music video.

https://soundcloud.com/lolawolf/sets/lolawolf-everyfuckinday

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Leigh Nash Channels Willie Nelson, Flaco Jimenez on New Solo Album

'The State I'm In' merges musical influences from the past with life lessons of the present

Leigh Nash will release her third solo album, 'The State I'm In,' in September. Alysse Gafkjen

"I listen to Willie Nelson every single day, and he doesn't even know me. That keeps me up at night," jokes Leigh Nash, lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer.

The angelic, unmistakable voice behind huge pop hits including "Kiss Me" and "There She Goes" is going back to her Texas roots for her third solo album, The State I'm In, due out September 18th. The Brendan Benson-produced project was heavily influenced by the music Nash grew up on, which included everyone from Nelson and Patsy Cline to the mariachi music coming across the border from just about 200 miles south of her New Braunsfels home.

"I fell in love with storytelling in music and great, strong lyrics," Nash says of the music filling her speakers as a child. And the storytelling the now 39-year-old does on The State I'm In comes from pages in her diary. Many of the songs stemmed from the joys of parenthood (the singer has an 11-year-old son) and sadness of losing her father, which was followed shortly after by the demise of her marriage.

"I've been busy with life and busy learning lessons about love and loss and keep on keepin' on when things are rough," says Nash, who co-wrote all 12 tracks on the new album.

Along with Nelson and other country greats, the musician tried to emulate the sounds of Flaco Jimenez on much of The State I'm In. ("His sound is the embodiment of much of the vibe I tried to capture," she explains.) And there's even a little Beach Boys influence heard in "What's Behind Me," which she co-wrote with her husband, Stephen Wilson, and Jesse Hall. Still, "it isn't a throwback record," Nash insists of the LP, which was recorded in Nashville. "And we weren't afraid of going beyond the country genre. We just went where the songs told us to go — and they took us to some great places."

Pre-order Leigh Nash's The State I'm In here.