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Jake Shears (the musician and frontman of seminal NYC indie glam-pop greats Scissor Sisters) has shared brand new track, “Devil Came Down the Dance Floor”, featuring Amber Martin.

With the new album, Diawara continues to reinvent traditional African music, combining her Mandinka roots with afrobeat, jazz, pop, electronic and hip hop influences.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Declan Legge, the album is heralded by the premiere of the first single, “Morse Code,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

Chris Stapleton is adding a show at UBS Arena at Belmont Park to his “All-American Road Show.

ALASKALASKA (pronounced “Alaska-laska”) are sharing a remix by Jas Shaw from their album closing track “Long Lasting Pleasure,' and “Glass” by Tom Vek, taken from their album Still Life which is out via Marathon Records (Lava La Rue, Courtney Barnett, Pond etc).

Made with Grammy-winning producer John Congleton (Lana Del Rey, St.

Sciubba gathered collaborators, including Grammy winning singer and composer Dhani Harrison (The Traveling Wilburys), cowriter Barry Reynolds (Marianne Faithfull, Grace Jones, Brazilian Girls), singer-songwriter Albin de la Simone, and renowned clarinetist Nico Gori.

The “lovespell” video was also directed by Tom Flynn, who also partnered with the band for the recently released, free-spirited “firebird” clip.

GRAMMY Award-winning bluegrass group The SteelDrivers is gearing up for a busy concert season with the announcement of the band's Riding The Rails tour.

Reaching record shops in Sweden on March 26, 1973, Ring Ring offered a wealth of great pop tunes.

Less than three years since forming, vocalist Julian Comeau and multi-instrumentalist Dylan Tirapelli-Jamail’s remarkable ascent has seen Loveless make big waves in the US, the band signed to the same management team as Blink-182/Mark Hoppus, Simple Creatures and Hot Milk.

Working with producer Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster, Of Montreal) in Athens, he fleshed the tracks out with analog synthesizers and reverb-drenched guitars, taking cues from Jonathan Richman, The Pretenders, Dire Straits, and Tunnel of Love-era Springsteen to cast a warm, cinematic haze over the who

“Mister Peabody Strikes Again,” by singer/songwriter Wonky Tonk, first appeared on the 2011 album Music for the Mountains 2, a regional compilation album and concert involving multiple artists, which raised money to oppose mountaintop coal mining.

Billy Joel is one of the biggest concert draws in the world, selling out arenas and stadiums across the globe.

Recorded at 4115 Studios in Nashville, it features an all-star cast of musicians including Tyler Chester (Sara Bareilles, Jackson Brown, Madison Cunningham), Juan Solorzano (Becca Mancari, Mary Gauthier, Michaela Anne), Graham Bechler (Erin Rae, Allen Stone), Jon Truman (Lilly Hiatt, Carly Pearce),

Seven years after the release of their multi-award winning Shelter, the Belgian indie folk group teamed up once again with Yann Arnaud (Phoenix, Air) for Grand Salon.

Following the critical success of their debut EP 'All Must Go', LA psych-rock trio Magna Zero have announced the release of their first LP, The Great Nothing.

Vevo, the world's leading music video network, announces the release of Chiiild's live performance of 'Bon Voyage' off his latest album, Better Luck In The Next Life.

Ayleen Valentine shares her second “a/b” single package “a/b__2.

poptropicaslutz! - comprised of 20-year old Christian Cicilia and 21-year-old Nick Crawford- are genuinely living out their dream.

The song arrives as the first taste of Jai Wolf’s new installment of artistry.

Rising to prominence in the early 2010’s, Candyland gained notoriety as one of the promising acts in dance music.

Produced by her long-time collaborator/now-fiancé Josh Horine, these five songs find the artist dipping into pop, rock, folk, and electronic music.

The National has released a third new track ahead of its upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein.

After a highly praised week of performances at SXSW, Frost Children release their new single “HI 5,” off their upcoming album, SPEED RUN, via True Panther via a Zane Lowe premiere.