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The album features new original music by film composers Jacob Shea (“The Blue Planet”) and Frode Fjellheim (“Frozen”) as well as new arrangements and melodies by Ola Gjeillo, James Newton Howard, Selim Palmgren, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Henning Sommerro, Ole Bull and Edvard Grieg.

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE, Local 800) will honor multi- Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro with the prestigious William Cameron Menzies Award, celebrating his visually striking and emotionally rich body of work. Del Toro’s most noted films include Pan’s Labyrinth, which garnered Academy Awards.

Collaborations with Australian songwriter Ziggy Alberts (“THE SUN & THE SEA”) and Natalie Taylor (“Hang On To Me”) followed. Woods spent much of the second half of the year on the road, supporting Matt Nathanson in the U.S., who’s song “Boston Accent” Woods co-wrote. Followed by EU/UK dates with Aoife O’Donovan.

American Nightmare formed in the year 2000 and initially broke up in 2004. Dedicated to the Next World was recorded live to 2-inch tape by AN drummer Alex Garcia-Rivera at Mystic Valley Recording Studio in Boston.  The EP was mastered and cut for vinyl by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Service.

The song comes on the heels of Shaky's jubilant live shows before Christmas, as Very Special Guest on Status Quo's UK arena tour. It also serves as a taster for a bold addition to his vast recording legacy, the album Re-Set. Its ten songs combine deeply heartfelt, meaningful lyrics with the most impassioned vocal performances.

Acclaimed rock band Nickelback announced the upcoming 2023 Get Rollin’ Tour, in support of their most recent 10th studio album, Get Rollin’. Renowned country rocker Brantley Gilbert joins the band on all non-festival dates along with rising country artist Josh Ross. Check out the list of tour dates now!

A new movie musical starring Selena Gomez will begin filming this spring in Paris. The film will be titled 'Emilia Perez,' and it will also star Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña. French director Jacques Audiard will helm the movie, working with composer Clement Ducol, singer, songwriter and composer Camille, and choreographer Damien Jalet.

Barlow has accrued a remarkable resume of critical success, including seven Juno nominations, with two jazz vocal Juno awards—2013’s best Jazz Vocal Recording for her all-French song collection Seule ce soir and her Clear Day collaboration with the Metropole Orkest winning the same award in 2016.

Following a massive start to 2023 with a rework of his track I’m Good (Blue) from David Guetta and Bebe Rexha that returned to top the global charts after 25 years, Gabry Ponte releases single Dance Dance (feat. Alessandra) via Spinnin’ Records. The Grammy-nominated and Multi-Platinum producer has amassed over 2B streams on Spotify.

Sondre Lerche released “Summer In Reverse” (SPARKLE DIVISION remix) from Avatars Of The Night, a forthcoming collection of remixes, reworks, demos of the material from his 2022 LP Avatars Of Love along with brand new song “The Most Savage Joke.” Their tour will make stops in New York, Los Angeles and more.

Supermodel and Cay Skin sun care founder Winnie Harlow makes an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” This week continues with “BMF” star La La Anthony, dad-to-be Shemar Moore, and rising star Reneé Rapp, followed by Katharine McPhee Foster and a performance by two-time GRAMMY-nominated artist Samara Joy. Watch videos from the episode now!

Arriving as a musical phenomenon seemingly overnight, the quartet of Jon Schmidt [pianist, songwriter], Steven Sharp Nelson [cellist, songwriter], Paul Anderson [producer, videographer], and Al van der Beek [music producer, songwriter] have delivered bold compositions that transcend boundaries of style and genre.

Prior to the release of More Love, Less Ego, Wizkid dropped the singles “Money & Love” and “Bad To Me”. Along with featuring on Chris Brown’s track –“Call Me Every Day”. The 13-track album features collaborations with Skepta, Shenseesa, Ayra Starr, Skillibeng, Naira Marley and Don Toilver.

The archives of The Ed Sullivan Show have opened again to share rare vintage performances by Louis Armstrong. As dear friends who traveled together, were both born in the same year (1901), and had a great mutual respect, it is believed that Ed Sullivan himself lent these clips to Louis Armstrong and Universal Music Enterprises. Watch the videos!

Madonna, the best-selling female solo touring artist of all time, announced that The Celebration Tour has sold-out 36 shows and counting across Toronto, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and more, with over 600,000 tickets sold. The tour will feature special guest Bob the Drag Queen a.k.a. Caldwell Tidicue.

Singer, performer, and producer Jackson Wang announces his first-ever North American tour dates as a solo act for his MAGIC MAN World Tour.

New Zealand’s acclaimed pop duo Foley, including members Ash Wallace and Gabe Everett, share the news of the first part of their debut album titled Crowd Pleaser, Pt. 1. The pair also releases heartfelt new single, “Nothing,” which features Gabe’s lead vocals for the first time. Watch the visualizer now!

Featured guests include Los Angeles rappers Jay Rock and Eastside K-Boy along with platinum artists Rick Ross and R&B vocalist Vedo. The latter two are featured on the Highly Favored new single and music video “Can’t Knock The Hustle,” a track inspired by the classic from Jay-Z's debut album Reasonable Doubt.

Prolific French producer Stwo has returned from a years-long hiatus with his most ethereal work to date. Building upon a catalog that includes acclaimed collaborations with the likes of Sevdaliza, Jeremih, and The-Dream (alongside production for 6LACK and Drake), his new single “Go Back” (out now via Ultra Records.

Earlier he shared the piano ballad “Montana”, aptly named after where he spent his adolescent years, and his harrowing, heart-wrenching track 'Oxycontin' (+ live video directed by Jax Anderson). The latest signee to esteemed Neon Gold Records (HAIM, Matt Maeson, et. al) will release these tracks on his upcoming Stories From Montana EP.