Sam Smith News

From William Herschel (discoverer of Uranus and professional musician) to Sun-Ra (jazz composer and wannabe astronaut) via Patrick Moore and his xylophone, staring up at the cosmos' mysteries has always had a close connection with music.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed the catalogues of British music greats Billy Ocean and Slade among a series of new deals with legacy songwriters and artists.

L'Affaire Musicale, Orlove Entertainment & 89.9 KCRW are pleased to present the delectable world of Bryan Rabin and Adam Bravin's Giorgio's. Now approaching its sixth glorious year, Giorgio's, the iconic Discotheque born on the Sunset Strip at The Standard Hotel, and named after legendary producer Giorgio Moroder is going live once again activating it's second annual concert experience at the infamous Globe Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles (740 S Broadway) on Saturday, April 27 with tickets available through this link. 

Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, will be awarded the Visionary Leadership Award at the 50th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 13th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  

Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, will be awarded the Visionary Leadership Award at the 50th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Dinner slated for Thursday, June 13th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  

BBC Music Sound of 2018 winner Sigrid has unveiled a floorfilling set of MK remixes of her latest hit, 'Don't Feel Like Crying', with the original already amassing over 2 million Spotify streams since release earlier this month.

Today, Tourist celebrates the release of his second album Everyday. In support of his new record, Will Phillips aka Tourist will be heading back to North American shores starting next week for appearances in Boston, Chicago, New York, Seattle and the run ends at San Francisco's Noisepop and San Diego's CRSSD Festival.

Brandi Carlile performs a solo, acoustic rendition of her Grammy Award-winning single, “The Joke,” on today's episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Carlile also joins host Ellen DeGeneres for an interview. Watch the performance and interview HERE. The appearance continues a triumphant year for Carlile, who recently won three awards at the 61st GRAMMY Awards: “Best Americana Album (By The Way, I Forgive You), Best American Roots Song (“The Joke”) and Best American Roots Performance (“The Joke”). Carlile also delivered a breakthrough performance of “The Joke” on the live awards broadcast (watch HERE). Of the performance, The New York Times proclaimed, “Carlile's vocals were robust, ragged, full of sneer and hope. On a night curiously light on impressive singing, it was an uncomplicated, genuine, cleansing thrill,” while the Los Angeles Times called it, “triumphant” and Rolling Stone described it as, “breathtaking.” Produced by Grammy-Award winning producer Dave Cobb and acclaimed musician Shooter Jennings and recorded at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A, By The Way, I Forgive You includes ten new songs written by Carlile and longtime collaborators and bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth.

In a performance that's fun for the whole family as seen on America's Got Talent, Alberta Bair Theater's First Interstate Bank Fox Series features iLuminate, a fusion of dance and technology, in their full length show Artist of Life on Sunday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Brit-soul contemporary Mullally returns with emotive new ballad, “Think About You” – a track produced by Grammy-nominated duo Rice'N'Peas, the brains behind G-Eazy hit, “Some Kind Of Drug,” and Bazzi's standout smash, “Beautiful” ft Camilla Cabello.

Multifaceted, award-winning and platinum-selling pop innovator MARINA (previously Marina and the Diamonds) returns with her eagerly anticipated new single 'Handmade Heaven'. MARINA's first solo material in four years, 'Handmade Heaven' is released today Friday 8th February via Atlantic Records. Listen here.

This Sunday, live from STAPLES Center, and hosted by Alicia Keys, is the 61st Annual GRAMMY Awards. The event will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

A young Classics professor puts her career-and her love life-in peril, and calls on the gods of Ancient Greece to save her. Things don't go according to plan when the gods who show up are The Gods of Comedy!

Today, Lucky Daye releases II, which is the second installment of his debut album Painted, set for release later this spring viaKeep Cool/RCA Records. 

Brandi Carlile will continue her extensive tour through 2019 including a special debut headline performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden on September 14. Additional stops include Chicago's Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, St. Paul's Minnesota State Fair, Philadelphia's The Mann and Berkeley's The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley among others. Tickets for the newly announced shows go on-sale this Friday, February 8 at 10:00am local time. See below for complete details. 

On Sunday, February 10th, the Grammy Awards ceremony, known for presenting the most prestigious music prizes in the world, will take place for the 61st time. The Recording Academy praises music professionals for achievements in 84 categories.

The personal becomes the political when passionately-opinionated African American women speak their minds on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Black Lives Matter, missing black women and girls, black-on-black crime, and male/female relationships in a soul-stirring mix of song, dance, poetry, and prose. The interrelated dramatic monologues range from tragedy to comedy in a 'newsical' revue that examines pressing social issues from an African-American female perspective. Sistas on Fire! A Newsical uses theatre to provoke thought, encourage social activism, and build bridges that cross race, class, gender and culture. In short, it's For Colored Girls for the New Millennium.

Sam Smith is in-studio with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 on Apple Music as his new video for 'Dancing With A Stranger' with Normani is released exclusively for 24 hours on Apple Music. He chats about working with Normani on their latest track, 'Dancing With A Stranger.' 

Platinum-selling UK music collective Rudimental released a brand-new album on Friday, 'Toast To Our Differences' - having debuted three huge international singles so far – including UK #1 and RIAA certified Gold US hit'These Days' ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen, the biggest-selling UK record of 2018, 'Let Me Live' (prod. with Major Lazer) ft. Anne Marie & Mr. Eazi and 'Walk Alone' ft. Tom Walker. Written as an emphatic celebration of difference and a coming together of cultures, styles and sounds, 'Toast To Our Differences' (Major Toms/Big Beat Records) is the product of the four-piece band's past three years of work and boasts an extraordinary list of collaborators.

The groundbreaking, Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is a re-imagining of Puccini's 'La Boheme,' and set in New York City's gritty East Village. 'Rent' tells the unforgettable story of seven artists struggling to follow their dreams during a time of great social and political turmoil.