Rachel Platten is beautiful, has a wonderful voice, and has had a few songs in the Top 10 of the Billboard charts recently. She’s also a giving and nice person. It’s more than we can stand, but the reality is Rachel is the whole package, and the kind of girl you’d love your son to […]
The estate of the late music icon Michael Jackson has agreed to sell one half of the singer’s music catalog to Sony Music for just over $750 million dollars. The deal for Jackson’s half-share of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing catalog will also give Sony sole ownership of works by Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Taylor Swift, […]
Coldplay has had a great 2016 – playing at the halftime of the biggest TV event of the year (the big football game in February) and the release of their new album “A Head Full of Dreams,” with rising popularity across the Latin speaking nations. Coldplay has never done anything by the book. In 2016 […]
The class of 2016 for the Songwriters Hall of Fame has been announced, and will include inductees Marvin Gaye, Tom Petty, Elvis Costello, Nigel Rogers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, along with songwriter Chip Taylor (“Angel in the Morning” and “Wild Thing.”) The class will be inducted in ceremonies to take place on June 9 […]
Fats Domino once sang about “Blue Monday” while the Mommas and Papa’s added “Monday Monday.” Monday is a very popular day it seems for those in the music business. Let’s share the latest music headlines this wonderful Monday… Trisha Yearwood has been performing for over 25 years, but just last week did something she had […]
Elton John is rock star with a conscience, and recently performed with Adele and others at a Hillary Clinton fundraiser in NYC. On hand were other political dignitaries including former President Bill Clinton. Elton was knighted by the royalty of England in 1998, has earned 6 Grammy awards over his incredible career, and was inducted […]
At this year’s Grand Prix event, you’ll see something you’ve never seen before – Taylor Swift! The 10-time Grammy winner has been confirmed to perform the day before the race, Saturday, October 22. The actual race itself will happen the next day, Sunday. This is a bold effort by the Formula 1 race event staff, […]
In the 80s and 90s, we experienced a wide array of musical sounds. Some of these sounds included the rich sounds of soul and early R&B, rocking hair bands, punk rock, and techno, but love remained the common denominator regardless of style. What were the best love ballads of the 80s and 90s? Here are […]
2016 may be remembered as the year of great loss, as David Bowie, Glenn Frey, and Robert Stigwood and others have died within the past 3 months. Now, we hear from across the pond in the UK that Sir George Martin, the man who produced all but one Beatles albums, has died at the age […]
Being rich and famous is no guarantee of happiness, and certainly not of good health or long life. Another tragedy has struck the super group The Eagles, as former original member Randy Meisner’s wife Lana Rae was killed in what police are calling an accidental shooting. Lana Rae Meisner was moving a rifle that was […]