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America's preeminent progressive rock band, KANSAS, will be touring 50 select North American cities to celebrate the band's 50th Anniversary.

Skip Marley continues to deliver with his most recent single ‘Jane’ featuring Nigerian-based Afropop sensation Ayra Starr.

College students, buckle up as 22-year-old rising Country star Conner Smith is hitting the road to headline the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour in the Midwest & Southeast this Spring.

As a performer, Ross draws on a myriad of classic influences: Fleetwood Mac, The Bee Gees, Elton John, The Eagles, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, CSNY, Joni Mitchell, and Tom Petty, not to mention Canadian rock staples the Tragically Hip and '80s/'90s acts

Amistat with the release of their new single “Falling” accompanied with an music video and a live session.

Joining Hale is Korean drumming innovator Minyoung Woo and some of Australia’s finest jazz artists: Jamie Oehlers (saxophones), Andrea Keller (Rhodes and piano), Theo Carbo (guitars) and Simon Barker (drums); with special guests Chloe Kim (cymbals, percussion) and Nadje Noordhuis (trumpet).

RECORDS Nashville, industry veteran Barry Weiss' joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment, announces the signing of multi-award-winning, PLATINUM-selling group, James Barker Band.

The brand new soulful gem from Laurent Simeca and Martina Budde has landed.

Three Days Grace also recently scored their 17th #1 on the Billboard chart and 18th #1 song on the Mediabase Chart with their single,“Lifetime.

On the journey between those two musical bookends are songs about Henry David Thoreau (“Winter Song”), the spirit of the front porch (“Front Porch Symphony”), Narcissism (“Narcissistic Blues), dancing with your lover (“September Eve”), a tribute to Johnathon’s musical hero Pete Seege

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The spring tour will see the band preview new music from their upcoming fourth studio album due this summer via Better Noise Music including its intimate debut single “Heartache” and the latest track “Until We Break” which features a guest appearance from Memphis Mayfire vocalist Matty Mulli

Grammy-winning artist Kali Uchis’ new English language album, Red Moon In Venus, is slated for release in March.

Rock legend Billy Idol will take his lauded live show back on the road this spring with a run of headline tour dates.

While on ‘Sherri,’ former Spice Girl Mel B joins Sherri to dish on the Fox series “Special Forces,” and shares news that a Spice Girl reunion will be announced “very, very soon!” The singer also opened up about why she’s “broken” and how her marriage “chipped away at who she was.

The former Miss Texas and Miss United States, kickboxing commentator and MMA fighter is no stranger to hard work and dedication.

The special will feature music stars, actors and artists Carly Pearce, Vince Gill, Kelsea Ballerini, Ketch Secor, Keb’ Mo’, Charles Esten, Emmylou Harris, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, the late Leslie Jordan and more telling their own personal anecdotes about the venue and what

Their self-titled album is a bone-crunching 35-minutes that agitates, intoxicates and liberates in equal measure.

Naughty Alice has been featured on BBC Radio London, BBC 1Xtra, BBC Introducing and Spotify editorial playlists.

Talkington started another band, The Furies, and eventually dove into filmmaking for about ten years.

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.

Collaborations with Australian songwriter Ziggy Alberts (“THE SUN & THE SEA”) and Natalie Taylor (“Hang On To Me”) followed.

American Nightmare formed in the year 2000 and initially broke up in 2004.

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.