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Drake‘s acceptance speech at the 2019 Grammy Awards was cut off sooner than expected. The Canadian rapper took the stage Sunday night (Feb. 10) to celebrate bringing home the Grammy for Best Rap Song at this year’s event for his hit song “God’s Plan.” “I want to let y’all know that we’re playing in an […]

Drake’s Mic Gets Cut Off During Grammys Acceptance Speech

Kacey Musgraves took home the 2019 Grammy Award for Album of the Year Sunday night (Feb. 10). In her acceptance speech, Musgraves thanked her team, family and fans for the win and said, “It was unbelievable to even be in a category with such gigantic albums, such really brilliant works of […]

Kacey Musgraves Wins Album of the Year at 2019 Grammys

Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, took home the 2019 Grammy Award for Record of the Year Sunday night (Feb. 10), making history as the first rapper to win this category. While Glover wasn’t in the house, Ludwig Göransson accepted on his behalf noting, “No matter where you’re born or what […]

Childish Gambino Wins Record of the Year at 2019 Grammys Amid No-Show

Kacey Musgraves released the music video for her hit single “Rainbow.” The country singer—who swept the 2019 Grammys winning four awards (and tying Taylor Swift!), including Album of the Year for Golden Hour, Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance, and Best Country Song—dropped a brand new music video late last night following […]

Kacey Musgraves Drops ‘Rainbow’ Music Video After Huge Grammys Win

Luani, which means “The Lion” in Albanian, is an independent singer, songwriter, composer and music producer based in Sweden originating from Kosovo. Luani is the name that symbolizes love with strength, power and dominance which is also the result of his upbringing as a child in various foster homes and […]

Singer/Songwriter Luani releases new single ‘Mirror / Mirror’

Smash Hits was the best pop music magazine of the 80’s or perhaps of all time. Check out this tracklist of superb hits from the 80’s including a-ha, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Rufus & Chaka Khan, New Order, Tina Turner, Simply Red, The Human League, Tears for Fears, Culture Club, […]

80 Smash Hits of the 80s – Various Artists

Smooth, sexy and classy it’s time to get making love to this amazing compilation that you’ll fall in love with featuring classic artists like Chaka Khan, Cheryl Lynn, The Pointer Sisters, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Gwen McCrae, The Fatback Band, Mac Band, Gwen Guthrie, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, D Train, Shalamar, […]

80s Soul Jams – Ministry of Sound – Various Artists

The decade of cool dance music and raves featuring artists like Gala, Black Box, Technotronic, Livin’ Joy, Haddaway, Corona, Bobby Brown, C+C Music Factory, The Original, Urban Cookie Collective, Reel 2 Real, Fatboy Slim and more. Listen now          

I Love the 90s – Ministry of Sound – Various Artists

Beirut’s itinerant singer-songwriter Zach Condon has exhibited a pronounced level of musical wanderlust over the years. Past releases from his indie-folk band showed deep reverence for music from Oaxaca (March of the Zapotec) to Eastern Europe (Gulag Orkestar). Their fifth studio album, Gallipoli, references the seaside Italian town, where Condon […]

Gallipoli – Beirut

Before “Despacito” made him a household name globally, Luis Fonsi was already a star. For some two decades, the San Juan native was known as a master balladeer, opening up for Britney Spears and collaborating with generations of chart-dominating artists, including Demi Lovato, Juan Luis Guerra, and members of *NSYNC […]

Luis Fonsi is back with VIDA

EDITORS’ NOTES For their third studio album, the Brooklyn-based alt-pop band traveled to a mountainside studio 20 minutes outside Nashville. The change of scenery is reflected on Seasons: The highs are higher, the mood bright and introspective. “Bring It on Home,” “Neighborhood,” and “Can’t Stop Me Now” feed off the […]

Seasons – American Authors

1 Wolves (Marshmello Intro Edit) [Mixed] Marshmello & Selena Gomez 1:57 2 Poppin (Mixed) Rickyxsan 0:35 3 Gassed Up (Mixed) Jauz & DJ Snake 0:30 4 The Drop (4B & Nvrleft Remix) [Mixed] Gammer 0:42 5 Waiting for Love (Marshmello Remix) [Mixed] Avicii 1:05 6 Check This Out (Mixed) 0:39 […]

Marshmello Fortnite Extended Set (DJ Mix) – Marshmello

After taking over our ear canal with “Frozen.” Mercedez Marie is back with the release of her new project entitled “The Butterfly Effect.” As an artist, Mercedez Marie has allowed her listeners to be part of her journey. Using her Instagram as direct access for her fans, the viewer is […]

Mercedez Marie is back as she drops new project ‘The Butterfly Effect’

For the third edition of the role-playing game Kingdom Hearts, the Japanese singer recruited songwriter Poo Bear (Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean?”) and producer Skrillex to collaborate on a new theme song. Versions in English and Japanese are here, both accented by Utada’s emotional performance and Skrillex’s wobbly, skittering […]

Face My Fears – EP – Hikaru Utada

EDITORS’ NOTES Cody Johnson could’ve jumped to the majors some time ago. Nashville courted the East Texas musician after he amassed a reputation for boisterous concerts and authentic songwriting, both of which he captured across six self-released albums. But Johnson took his time. That makes getting to his major-label debut, […]

Ain’t Nothin’ to It – Cody Johnson

Kiran Kairab is a singer/songwriter in the Washington, DC metro area who hails from New Jersey. She has spent most of her adult life in the DC/Northern Virginia area working in technology while still pursuing her passion in music. She is a mother to two children and two ornery small […]

Singer/Songwriter Kiran Kairab to release new material in 2019

Singer/Song-Writer Martin Williams has just released his latest music video to accompany his most recent single “Simple Things Are the Best.” Recently signed to Sonorous Records in May of 2018, Martin released “Simple Things are the Best”, his first single with the label, on October 26th, 2018. The single has […]

Martin Williams Releases New Music Video for Simple Things Are Best

Eddy Denim is a singer/songwriter, soloist and expressionist who delivers a melodic musical blend of emotive country pop and folk rock. The brand new E.P from Eddy Denim is entitled ‘Violet’ and is out now on all good digital stores. When asked about the new album ‘ Voilet’ Eddy Denim […]

Eddy Denim drops new album ‘Voilet’

After Bobby Wilson’s very successful Northern Soul Weekender show in the North of England he is returning to the United Kingdom to perform at Rhythm  Riot – Rhythm & Blues, Roots Rock and Roll Weekend.   In addition he will be billing with the hit recording artist Kiki Dee on a […]

Bobby Wilson Releases New Single Bridges Are Burning.

After finishing 2018 with their powerful collaboration ‘It’s Not You’ with TwoWorldsApart featuring Delaney Jane, New York natives ONEDUO have returned to the new year with powerful Paradise Circus single ‘Cross My Heart.’ ONEDUO have been honing their craft since first coming together in 2012, experimenting with a variety of […]

New York Natives ONEDUO Offer New Paradise Circus Single ‘Cross My Heart’

Red Tent Records has announced the release of France-based electronic solo-artist Sound Strider’s latest LP entitled ‘Occult Electric’. Sound Strider (the brainchild of Sam Waks) who prides himself in being an electronic artist with a truly underground ethos and approach. With his latest efforts, he explores the deep space sectors […]

SOUNDSTRIDER AND RED TENT RECORDS ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF NEW LP ‘OCCULT ELECTRIC’

Pittsburgh native and multi-instrumentalist Adam Rose announces the release of his brand new ambient psychedelic album from entitled “Levitate the Base”. He avoids categorization, simply playing what he loves, and his compositions show a wide variety of influences in which he has immersed himself. These songs take on a trippy […]

ADAM ROSE RELEASES NEW ALBUM “LEVITATE THE BASE”

Singer/Songwriter artist Todd Warner Moore is back with a brand new album of original material entitled “Spark”. His newest album contains dashes of Folk, Americana, 70s Singer/Songwriter, Classical, Jazz, and Gipsy music. Even though Todd’s mainstay is more along the lines of acoustic driven songs, he has a knack for […]

TODD WARNER MOORE RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘SPARK’ AVAILABLE NOW !

Massachusetts metalcore enthusiasts Unearth formed in 1998 and immediately started rocking, both in and around Boston and on the road. They quickly found a strong following, booking tours with such like-minded acts as the Black Dahlia Murder and Killswitch Engage, and supporting big names like Lamb of God and Slipknot. […]

Extinction(S) – Unearth

Created by S.M. Entertainment, K-pop group NCT (“Neo Culture Technology”) boasts an unlimited number of members that populate multiple “sub-units” based in various international locales like Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, and Bangkok. The original group was composed of members of SM Rookies. The first spinoff, NCT U, was announced in April […]

NCT #127 Regulate – The 1st Album Repackage – NCT 127

Boston’s Lake Street Dive play a rich, genre-bending blend of neo-soul and pop/rock informed by their various jazz, folk, funk, and country influences. The band, comprising singer Rachael Price, drummer Mike Calabrese, bassist Bridget Kearney, and trumpet-playing guitarist Mike “McDuck” Olson, first met and formed at Boston’s New England Conservatory […]

Freak Yourself Out – EP – Lake Street Dive

Mexico’s Thalía is one of the most celebrated singers, songwriters, and actresses in the country’s history. Often referred to as the “Queen of Latin Pop” because of her renown within the Latin pop music scene since the 1980s, she has sold over 25 million records and numerous awards including multiple […]

Valiente – Thalía

So much has been said and written about the Beatles — and their story is so mythic in its sweep — that it’s difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were […]

The Beatles (White Album) [Super Deluxe] – The Beatles

Muse’s fusion of progressive rock, electronica, and Radiohead-influenced experimentation have helped them sell millions of records and top charts worldwide. It’s all crafted by guitarist/vocalist Matthew Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dominic Howard, a trio of friends who began playing music together in their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon; they […]

Simulation Theory (Deluxe) – Muse

When Steve Aoki first envisioned the Neon Future concept back in 2013, he saw it as a meeting point for his fascinations with music, technology, sci-fi, and graphic novels. While author and inventor Ray Kurzweil popped up on Neon Future I and Bill Nye appears on this third installment, pontificating […]

Neon Future III – Steve Aoki

“Coming from my first album, I still didn’t feel accepted by Nashville,” rising country star Kane Brown told Apple Music shortly before the release of his second LP, Experiment. “So, for this album, it was like a second chance.” In a genre sometimes criticized as conservative, Brown stood out from […]

Experiment – Kane Brown

Rising from the Nevada desert in the late 2000s, rock outfit Imagine Dragons quickly became one of the most popular American bands of the 2010s with their blend of arena rock energy and catchy pop choruses. Winning their first Grammy Award in 2014 for the hit single “Radioactive” from their […]

Origins (Deluxe) – Imagine Dragons

Akin to the Darkness in their unabashedly over the top, retro-fetishist, classic rock style, English rockers the Struts burst onto an unsuspecting public with big dreams and loud mouths to match. The band was the brainchild of singer Luke Spiller, the child of strict Christian parents, who had dreamed of […]

YOUNG & DANGEROUS – The Struts

A five-person a cappella group originally from Arlington, Texas, Pentatonix first found a national spotlight by winning the third season of NBC’s The Sing-Off in 2011. With a decidedly contemporary spin on the format and unique strengths at each position in their lineup, they followed the appearance with a string […]

Christmas Is Here! – Pentatonix

Few rock singers of the alternative era were as original or as instantly unforgettable as Thom Yorke, and his band, Radiohead, became one of the biggest acts of the 1990s and 2000s for their challenging and unpredictable music. Early on, Yorke rarely worked outside the band, but he steadily collaborated […]

Suspiria (Music for the Luca Guadagnino Film) – Thom Yorke

Three years after meeting at a Madeon concert, the electronic pop production duo Louis the Child would open one of his shows. The Chicago-area pair — born Robert “Robby” David Hauldren and Frederic “Freddy” Judson Kennett — went to the same high school and had their own respective projects, but […]

Kids At Play – EP – Louis The Child

South Korean pop singer BoA rose to prominence in the 2000s with her dominance in both the K-pop and J-pop markets. Often recording multiple versions of her songs in Korean, Japanese, and English, BoA also won fans in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. As a teen pop phenomenon who […]

WOMAN – The 9th Album – BoA

An international pop star — despite label problems that halted her career’s momentum several times — Sweden’s Robyn blends the gritty sound of American R&B with the sunny pop of her homeland. Robyn’s first global hit was 1997’s Do You Know (What It Takes), which hit the Top Ten around […]

Honey – Robyn

Matthew Schultz has charted for the third time in 2018 with his melodic new single ‘Somewhere Far’ hitting the Top 30 at No 29 on the official UK Music Week Commercial Pop/Club Charts. Matthew Schultz is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer and performer who started out playing guitar in Chris Daughtry’s […]

Breaking the UK Charts for the 3rd time Matthew Schultz is ‘Somewhere Far’’

Giulia Tudisco was born in Rome on the 31st March 1997. During her teenage years in the city she grew both as a musician and as a singer playing different musical genres with various local bands and widening her musical tastes and abilities while gaining experience both in live and […]

Giulia Tudisco – I Don’t Know

Singer/songwriter Sam Beam, who rose to prominence with a blend of whispered vocals and softly homespun indie folk, chose the moniker Iron & Wine after coming across a dietary supplement named “Beef Iron & Wine” while working on a film. Raised in South Carolina, Beam received his bachelor’s degree in […]

Weed Garden – EP – Iron & Wine

Alex O’Neill, aka Ayokay, is a Los Angeles-based DJ/producer known for his effusive pop, hip-hop, and R&B-influenced EDM. A native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Ayokay first began making music in his senior year of high school, collaborating with longtime friend Mike Temrowski, aka Quinn XCII. The duo continued to develop […]

In the Shape of a Dream – ayokay

WSTR had a swift rise as part of the burgeoning U.K. pop-punk scene that saw them signed to independent American label No Sleep Records before they’d even played their first show. Hailing from Liverpool, the band, made up of Sammy Clifford on vocals, Alex Tobijanski on bass, and Kieren Alder […]

Identity Crisis – WSTR

With his laid-back vocal delivery and earthy acoustic songwriting, Amos Lee draws inspiration from soul music, contemporary jazz, and ’70s folk artists like James Taylor. The Philadelphia native first became serious about performing while attending the University of South Carolina during the mid-’90s. After graduating with a degree in English, […]

My New Moon – Amos Lee

Jack Tatum, formerly of Jack and the Whale and Facepaint, began making his shimmery, synth-washed indie pop recordings under the name Wild Nothing in the summer of 2009. Emerging at a time when a handful of C-86-esque groups (e.g. Crystal Stilts, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart) were in […]

Indigo – Wild Nothing

Passenger, the working name of singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg, makes intimate, folk-inflected indie pop. Originally a four-piece, Passenger formed in Brighton, England, as a collaboration between singer/songwriter Rosenberg and composer Andrew Phillips. Working out of Phillips’ studio, the duo recorded the songs that would become Wicked Man’s Rest, Passenger’s debut album. […]

Runaway (Deluxe) – Passenger

Originally formed at Redding, California’s Bethel Church, Jesus Culture is an internationally operating, Christian revivalist youth outreach ministry that utilizes the power of music to spread its message. Led by youth worship leader and pastor Kim Walker-Smith, the Jesus Culture Band, which releases albums through the ministry’s own record label, […]

Living with a Fire (Live) – Jesus Culture

Formed by ex-Jerkwater and Traitors drummer Matt Skiba (vocals/guitar), former 88 Fingers Louie percussionist Glenn Porter, and Rob Doran (bass/vocals), Alkaline Trio was brought together in 1997 by heartbreak, angst, and the companionship of drinking. The original lineup issued a short EP, For Your Lungs Only, just prior to Doran’s […]

Is This Thing Cursed? – Alkaline Trio

A teenage dream for the 21st century, Why Don’t We is a vocal harmony group comprised of social media stars from across America. Jack Avery, Corbyn Besson, Zach Herron, Jonah Marais, and Daniel Seavey all came from different places in the U.S., but they each gained some measure of social […]

8 Letters – Why Don’t We

MindMassage music unites meditation and mindfulness with funky groovy jams and catchy beats. Created by hypnotherapist Alexander Golombeck, MindMassage includes guided meditations, mindfulness, electronic dance, spoken word, singing, live violin and saxophone. Hypnotherapy and guided mediations are often combined with music, whether it’s to relax, focus or to assist in […]

The Witness is an entrancing meditation in dance music from ‘MindMassage’

Yuri Vekshin is a composer and member of the International Union of Composers of XXI AGE. Yuri composes music in the genre “Classical crossover”. He creates music and music settings with a very special and attractive sound, skilfully balanced harmonies softly reveal the narration. Yuri considers the music as one […]

Elizaveta Antonova & Yuri Vekshin – Non lasciate chi amate

There was no bigger star in Latin music in the first part of the 21st century than Enrique Iglesias. He scored his first number one on Billboard’s Latin charts in 1995, but he soared to crossover stardom at the dawn of the new millennium thanks to the crossover hits “Bailamos” […]

MOVE TO MIAMI (The Remixes) [feat. Pitbull] – Enrique Iglesias

Fusing confessional lyrics with music that walks a tightrope between accessible pop and dour, emotionally forceful rock, Meg Myers is a singer and songwriter based in Nashville. She made her Billboard 200 debut in 2015 with her first album, Sorry. Myers was born in 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee and raised […]

Take Me to the Disco – Meg Myers

U.K. punk band Trash Boat hail from Saint Albans, England. Playing emotive and raw blasts in the vein of Knuckle Puck, the Story So Far, and Roam, the quintet were formed in 2014 by expressive frontman Tobi Duncan, guitarists Dann Bostock and Ryan Hyslop, bassist James Grayson, and drummer Oakley […]

Crown Shyness – Trash Boat

After Nickel Creek disbanded in 2007, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile assembled an all-star quintet called Punch Brothers (the name comes from the Mark Twain short story Punch, Brothers, Punch!) with guitarist Chris Eldridge, formerly of the Infamous Stringdusters; bassist Greg Garrison, who has played with Ron Miles and Leftover Salmon; […]

All Ashore – Punch Brothers

Mason Ramsey became a viral sensation in the early months of 2018 when video footage of the 11-year-old singing Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues” spread like wildfire. Dubbed the “Walmart yodeling kid” due to how the video captured him performing in the store, Ramsey soon appeared on country stages and TV […]

The Famous – EP – Mason Ramsey

Calibre 50, from Mazatlan, Sinaloa, are a charting, award-winning quartet founded in 2010 by Eden Muñoz (vocals, accordion), Armando Ramos (guitars, vocals), Martín López (tuba), and Augusto (drums). Their provocative name (“armor-piercing bullet”) was chosen as a symbol for their music, which they hoped would penetrate geographical lines from Mexico […]

Mitad y Mitad – Calibre 50

Part of the explosion of Dutch EDM DJs who emerged during the 2012-2013 season, Martijn Garritsen (better known as Martin Garrix), kicked off his career in a high-profile way, first landing on the dance charts with his 2012 remix of Christina Aguilera’s “Your Body.” The then-16-year-old DJ spent 2012 remixing […]

Ocean (feat. Khalid) [Remixes, Vol. 1] – Martin Garrix

After a year of travelling the globe and working with a bunch of the hottest producers along the way, London songstress ANGEL announces her new sound with the release of the epic pop-dance track ‘Habibi’. The uplifting single is produced by the much in demand UK producer Rymez, famed for […]

Music Week Top 10 Club Chart star ‘Angel’ drops new single ‘Habibi’

‘The New Age’ is a great new 7″ single from ‘The Spitfires’ that pounds out of the speakers with a racing and raw guitar sound and thumping drums. You can almost feel the spit coming from singer Billy Sullivan’s mouth as he belts out a powerful new British anthem. The New Age […]

The Spitfires – The New Age – Review and Video Premiere

Australian-born pop singer Betty Who makes vivacious yet bittersweet music that calls to mind divas such as Whitney Houston, Robyn, and Katy Perry. Born Jessica Anne Newham in Sydney, she began playing cello, piano, and guitar as a child, and moved to America with her parents when she was a […]

Betty, Pt. 1 – EP – Betty Who

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native Steve Moakler, a thoughtful, country-tinged songwriter and singer, moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2006, honing his craft in a town where the best of the best go to do the same thing. Thoughtful and prolific, Moakler, after a series of odd jobs and countless local performances, placed […]

Born Ready – Steve Moakler

A songwriter and performer of bluesy contemporary Christian rock, Chris McClarney had an itinerant childhood due to the work of his youth pastor father until they settled down in Nashville around his early teens. After taking piano lessons, leading small worship groups, and engaging in songwriting in the context of […]

Breakthrough – Chris McClarney

A Christian rapper with a distinctive flow that’s laid-back but committed, Nobigdyl got his big break when his boss fired him for being better at his sideline than his main gig. Nobigdyl was born Dylan Phillips on November 23, 1991 in Hayward, California (not far from Oakland in the San […]

SOLAR – nobigdyl.

Under the moniker SOPHIE, the reclusive musician Sophie Long made a huge, fizzy splash on the underground dance-pop scene during the mid-2010s with a series of singles that contorted elements of giddy Eurodance, Japanese, and Korean pop, and experimental sound design into blindingly neon-colored pop-art gems. Often associated with the […]

OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES – SOPHIE

American rock band Mayday Parade made their debut in the mid-aughts with a passionate emo-punk sound similar to contemporaries like Yellowcard, Plain White T’s, and All Time Low, later incorporating a harder rock edge to flesh out their punchy roots. The outfit arose from the merger of two popular Tallahassee […]

Sunnyland – Mayday Parade

South Korean boy band Shinee were one of the country’s biggest pop acts of the late 2000s and 2010s. With their high-energy, bass-heavy, electronic dance-pop and complex, tightly choreographed dance moves, they regularly topped the charts at home, did very well in Japan, and started a youth fashion craze dubbed […]

‘The Story of Light’ EP.2 – The 6th Album – SHINee

Formed in Santa Barbara, California by a group of college music students, Rebelution was built from diverse musical backgrounds united by a shared passion for reggae. Launched in 2004, Rebelution spent a couple years playing around their home base, offering a breezy fusion of roots and rock that immediately set […]

Free Rein – Rebelution

With her beguiling, airy voice and robust blend of cosmic jazz, R&B, folk, and classical, singer/songwriter Kadhja Bonet quietly made waves in the Los Angeles underground prior to releasing the mini-album The Visitor (2016) and full-length Childqueen (2018). A multi-instrumentalist with a background in classical violin dating back to childhood, […]

Childqueen – Kadhja Bonet

The Scoundrel Squirrels are a one piece outfit fronted by mastermind Mondie who hail’s from Leeds but is based in London. The Scoundrel Squirrels and are set up to fuse the wonders of music to the glories of an England football World Cup campaign. They exist due to the firm […]

Pobeda for England – The Scoundrel Squirrels

Mexican group Los Ángeles Azules were formed in the early ’80s by brothers Elías, José, and Jorge Mejía Avante. Playing a Latin style known as onda grupera, the band became a chart-topping act after issuing Inolvidables in 1996, soon achieving platinum status in Argentina, where they successfully performed live in […]

Esto Sí Es Cumbia – Los Ángeles Azules

Josiah White is Serpentwithfeet, a project name that touches on prelapsarian notions of innocence and sin as deftly as White’s songs bridge R&B, gospel, classical, and electronic music. White grew up in a religious family in Baltimore, listening to classical music and gospel before moving to Philadelphia to study classical […]

soil – serpentwithfeet

The thrash-oriented solo project of Mark Tremonti, the Grammy-winning lead guitarist of Alter Bridge (and formerly Creed), was formed in 2010 as an outlet for the prolific songwriter’s material that wasn’t suitable for his main band. Recruiting former Submersed members Eric Friedman and Garrett Whitlock, he went into the studio […]

A Dying Machine – Tremonti

One of the most acclaimed R&B artists of the 2000s, Ne-Yo entered the mainstream as a songwriter in 2004 with Mario’s “Let Me Love You,” a number one pop hit. By the time Billboard determined that the romantic ballad was the eighth most successful single of its decade, Ne-Yo had […]

GOOD MAN (Deluxe) – Ne-Yo

Sugarland, the platinum-selling contemporary country act, began as a trio of songwriters from the Atlanta area, each of whom had enjoyed some level of renown as a solo country artist. Lead singer and songwriter Jennifer Nettles had previously fronted Soul Miner’s Daughter, and her gospel background and deep soul approach […]

Bigger – Sugarland

Specializing in an unsettled, introspective lo-fi with textured chords, Snail Mail is the project of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Lindsey Jordan. She tours and records with a rhythm section. After releasing her debut EP in 2016, she graduated from high school and signed with Matador Records, which issued her first […]

Lush – Snail Mail

Formed in the early ’90s by South African vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews, the Dave Matthews Band presented a more pop-oriented version of the Grateful Dead crossed with elements of jazz, funk, and the worldbeat explorations of Paul Simon and Sting. Matthews populated the group with several Virginia-based musicians — bassist Stefan […]

Come Tomorrow – Dave Matthews Band

Growing up in a non-musical family in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education on his own, listening to records. A love of the music inspired him to move to Nashville at the age of 19, but he quickly grew discouraged by the lack of public […]

The Mountain – Dierks Bentley

Jorja Smith is an English R&B singer/songwriter whose soulful, jazz-tinged cadence, heartfelt lyrics, and retro sound invoke names like Alunageorge, Nao, Lulu James, and Amy Winehouse, the latter of whom the Walsall-based artist cites as her biggest influence. Smith issued her debut single, “Blue Lights,” in 2015, but it was […]

Lost & Found – Jorja Smith

Combining the vocal prowess of Beyoncé, the genre-hopping sounds of Gwen Stefani, and the feisty attitude of P!nk, songwriter Jessie J overcame various career setbacks and health problems to become a star in her own right. Born Jessica Cornish in Chadwell Heath, London in 1988, she started her career in […]

R.O.S.E. (Empowerment) – EP – Jessie J

Don’t Forget to Live – Single 2016 Where U Been? (feat. Phay) – Single 2017 Slums, Pt. 2 (feat. Whatuprg, Parris Charriz & Byron Juane) – Single 2017 Diamonds – Single 2017 Find My Way (feat. Whatuprg & Byron Juane) – Single 2017 High Horse – Single 2017 Get this […]

Pleasant Hill Past releases + WHATUPRG

Associated with soft, intimate vocals, daydreamy atmosphere, and rumination, Clairo is lo-fi singer/songwriter Claire Cottrill. Alternating keyboards and guitar as accompaniment, and often coloring her recordings with samples and sound effects, the Boston native began sharing dozens of her stylized but low-key, melody-driven tunes to music-sharing sites as a young […]

diary 001 – EP – Clairo

British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2016 when he was just 17 years old, performing Shostakovich’s fiendish Cello Concerto No. 1. The first black musician to win the competition in its 38-year history, Kanneh-Mason was born and raised in a suburb […]

Inspiration comes out from artist Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Beneath Your Beautiful (The Voice Performance) – Single 2018 …Ready For It? (The Voice Performance) – Single 2018 Here Comes Goodbye (The Voice Performance) – Single 2018 Unstoppable (The Voice Performance) – Single 2018 Up To the Mountain (The Voice Performance) – Single 2018 Yoü and I (The Voice Performance) […]

The Complete Season 14 Collection (The Voice Performance) – Brynn Cartelli

Bridging the worlds of indie and mainstream pop with big synths and bigger hooks, Glasgow’s electro-pop trio Chvrches features singer Lauren Mayberry and keyboardists/vocalists Iain Cook and Martin Doherty. In September 2011, Mayberry, who previously played with the band Blue Sky Archives and holds a law degree as well as […]

Love Is Dead ? Check out CHVRCHES

Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvin is a chart-topping artist whose polished urban singles and best-selling albums have made him a top-tier Latin pop crossover act. Born José Álvaro Osorio Balvin in Medellín, Colombia, he became interested in music at a young age while listening to rap, champeta, bachata, and reggae […]

Vibras – J Balvin

1 A Cautionary Tale Barrett Wilbert Weed & Grey Henson 1:36 2 Erika Henningsen & Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls 3:31 3 Where Do You Belong? Grey Henson, Barrett Wilbert Weed, Erika Henningsen & Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls 4:53 4 Meet the Plastics Grey Henson, Barrett Wilbert […]

Mean Girls (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Various Artists

It only took Shawn Mendes three years to realize his pop dreams. After catching a wave of fame on Vine, he steered it into solo stardom with two chart-topping albums, a world tour, and a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. Then, the Toronto-area native got right to work on […]

Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes

“Byron is definitely a music genius and understands the importance of the synergy between classical music and the digital space the industry is following.” – B Sharp Entertainment, 2015 Byron Major has achieved quite a lot for a 24 year old – he’s performed his original song ‘South Africa’ at […]

Chart artist Byron Major stuns with hot new single ‘Rockstar’

Kelontae Gavin, an energetic contemporary gospel vocalist from Ridgeville, South Carolina, unwittingly launched his career with a performance of the Rev. Paul Jones’ “I Won’t Complain.” Recorded in his high-school cafeteria in 2014 and uploaded to YouTube, the interpretation caught the attention of Atlanta-based pastor and music executive Marquis Boone. […]

The Higher Experience – Kelontae Gavin

The K-pop girl group Lovelyz was created by Woollim Entertainment and features Baby Soul, Jiae, Jisoo, Mijoo, Kei, Jin, Sujeong, and Yein. Lovelyz arrived in 2014 with the single “Good Night Like Yesterday,” also included in the highly successful debut album Girls’ Invasion. From that point forward, as is typical […]

Lovelyz 4th Mini Album Heal – EP – Lovelyz

The project of singer/songwriter/producer/actor George Lewis, Jr., Twin Shadow’s music expresses a nostalgia for ’80s pop that spanned the chillwave of his early releases to the more accessible sound of his later albums. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Florida, Lewis began singing in his church choir. While […]

Caer – Twin Shadow

Specializing in corridos and ballads, Gerardo Ortíz is a regional Mexican singer/songwriter who broke through to mainstream success in 2010 with the album Ni Hoy Ni Mañana and its numerous hit singles. He is one of the architects of the alternative corrido movement. Born in Los Angeles and raised in […]

Comeré Callado, Vol. 2 – Gerardo Ortíz

Maranda Curtis is a praise & worship leader and gospel singer based in Miami, Florida. The daughter of Pastor W.S. Curtis and his wife Darlene, Maranda was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She started singing as a child, eventually going professional as an adult. Maranda married Pastor Jamill Willis […]

Open Heaven – The Maranda Experience – Maranda Curtis

Boston-based alternative metal group Godsmack infuse a sound influenced by Alice in Chains and Metallica with mystical imagery and percussive tribal rhythms. Part of the late-’90s post-grunge/nu-metal wave, the band originally comprised vocalist Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rambola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Tommy Stewart. After debuting in 1997 with […]

When Legends Rise – Godsmack

New York City-based rap and hip-hop artist Andy Mineo makes progressive, electronic-influenced hip-hop. Raised in Syracuse, Mineo began rapping and producing albums in his home studio while still in high school. Originally going by the stage name of C-Lite, Mineo was signed to Syracuse University’s Marshall Street Records and opened […]

I: The Arrow – EP – Andy Mineo

Morgan Wallen is a singer and songwriter with a taste for all sorts of music, from classic rock to hip-hop, but with a voice that points straight to country. Morgan Wallen was born in Sneedville, Tennessee on May 13, 1993. Growing up in the Knoxville area, Wallen’s father was a […]

If I Know Me – Morgan Wallen

Husband-and-wife duo Jess and Gabriel first gained renown as prominent vloggers, documenting their romance and subsequent marriage via social media and their various YouTube channels. Prior to their musical and nuptial union, Jessica (née Bauer) became known for her music videos, while Gabriel Conte’s videos relied more on comedy and […]

Greater – EP – Jess and Gabriel

Tearborn are a duo based in London that consists of Monika Mikalauskaite on Lead vocals and Kelly Hauge on production. The duo are an Independent band with British, Norwegian and Lithuanian roots. Tearborn met in Buspace Studios, Ladbroke Grove while Monika was studying music. In her own words “I was […]

Tearborn drop new single ‘Beauty in Me’

A side project that turned into a main band for all involved, rap-rock group From Ashes to New fell together with members from other Lancaster, Pennsylvania bands that were falling apart. Vocalist and guitarist Matt Brandyberry started the band in August of 2013, and the lineup gradually coalesced around area […]

The Future – From Ashes to New

Though New Zealand pop singer Kimbra released an award-winning debut album with 2011’s Vows, it was her cameo on Gotye’s smash hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” that won her global fame. She then used that acclaim to make some of the most audacious and playful fusions of jazzy […]

Primal Heart – Kimbra

Nashville-based duo Brothers Osborne make earthy, passionate country-rock. Raised in Deale, Maryland, siblings John and T.J. Osborne grew up listening to their father’s country and rock records. Encouraged to write and play their own music, the brothers began to practice in a shed behind their house. By their teens they […]

Port Saint Joe – Brothers Osborne

Inspired by long drives across sprawling L.A., Lord Huron’s dreamy third album is music for soul-searching. It begins, like many journeys do, with a broken heart. “She went west to chase her dreams/She took my money, but she didn’t take me,” confesses frontman Ben Schneider, before setting off to get […]

Vide Noir – Lord Huron

Legado 7 is a norteno group from Orange County, California, best known for their “lumbre corridos” (fire corridos), a direct reference to their favorite song subject: marijuana. Founded in 2014 by songwriter and lead vocalist Alexander Guerra and accordionist Ramón Ruiz from the ashes of earlier individual projects, they recruited […]

Pura Lumbre – LEGADO 7

Bishop Briggs is a Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter of dark pop. Born Sarah Grace McLaughlin, she was briefly known as BISHOP before reverting to the full form of her branding inspiration, her family’s hometown of Bishopbriggs, Scotland, in order to avoid confusion with a heavy metal band of the […]

Church of Scars – Bishop Briggs

A five-piece band from Mexico with a psychedelic rock style, Zoé rose to the top of the rock en español scene during the late 2000s. Their third album, the chart-topping breakout smash Memo Rex Commander y el Corazón Atómico de la Vía Láctea (2006), earned the band an array of […]

Aztlán – Zoé

Korean pop boy band VIXX was created by Jellyfish Entertainment in 2012 as part of the MyDOL reality show. The members of the dance- and R&B-influenced group, participants on the televised survival program, were chosen by fans, who also decided their name, which stands for “Voice, Visual, Value in Excelsis.” […]

EAU DE VIXX – VIXX

Made up of Austin Porter, Brandon Arreaga, Nick Mara, Edwin Honoret, and Zion Kuwonu, Prettymuch are an American/Canadian boy band formed in 2017 by British music mogul Simon Cowell. Each member was originally pursuing a solo career until Cowell decided there was much power, aplomb, and magic to be created […]

PRETTYMUCH an EP – PRETTYMUCH

‘Way Back’ the new single from ‘Teasley’ has receiving big support from DJ’s across the United Kingdom in venues like The Walkabout, Yates, Lloyds Bars, GAY Heaven, Ministry of Sound, Egg, Pacha and more and has now debuted on the official Music Week Commercial Pop Charts at No 35. No party playlist is complete without Teasley. […]

Teasley enters official U.K Pop Charts with new track ‘Way Back’

The new album “Sacrifice Paradise” from ‘Tank Full O’Gas’ was revealed to the world on 15 April 2018. With Independent Pop Rock in a lyrical style and catchy moods the bands aim is to thrill the listeners. ‘Mama’ will be released as the debut from the album on 1 May 2018 […]

‘Tank Full O’ Gas’ drop new single ‘Mama’

Matthew Schultz is an artist based in New York with an interesting background in the entertainment industry having been involved in it since his teen years. Matthew Schultz a multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer and performer who started out playing guitar in Chris Daughtry’s first band. His Influences include artists like Diplo, […]

A Top Hit for ‘Matthew Schultz Feat Gyptian’ with ‘Promise for Keeps’

Pop singer Mackenzie Nicole made her debut in 2015 on Tech N9ne’s collaboration album Strangeulation, Vol. 2 with their song “Actin Like You Know.” Although it was her first release, the Kansas City teenager was no stranger to the business: her father, Travis O’Guin, co-founded Strange Music, an indie label […]

The Edge – Mackenzie Nicole

Chrome Sparks is an indie electronic project helmed by Brooklyn-based Jeremy Malvin, who began producing music under the name while attending college in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His songs blend playfully manipulated samples and vocals, and are equally primed for dance parties as well as chilling out. Through word of mouth […]

Chrome Sparks – Chrome Sparks

One of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of his generation, John Prine is a master storyteller whose work is often witty and always heartfelt, frequently offering a sly but sincere reflection of his Midwestern roots. While Prine’s songs are often rooted in folk and country flavors, he’s no stranger to rock […]

The Tree of Forgiveness – John Prine

South Korean boy band Super Junior is best known for their breakthrough 2009 hit K-pop single, “Sorry, Sorry.” Formed under the production and management group SM Entertainment, Super Junior (aka SJ or SuJu) made their debut in 2005 and were instantly popular in their home country and in a great […]

REPLAY – The 8th Repackage Album – EP – SUPER JUNIOR

A five-person a cappella group originally from Arlington, Texas, Pentatonix first found a national spotlight by winning the third season of NBC’s The Sing-Off in 2011. With a decidedly contemporary spin on the format and unique strengths at each position in their lineup, they followed the appearance with a string […]

PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I – Pentatonix

Seoul-based girl group Twice features members from Korea, Japan, and Taiwan performing bright, catchy pop tunes. Formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015 on the reality show Sixteen, Twice is comprised of leader and main vocalist Jihyo Park, Nayeon Im, Jeongyeon Yoo, Dahyun Kim, and Chaeyoung Son from South Korea; Momo […]

What is Love? – TWICE

A Macon, Georgia-born singer/songwriter, Jason Aldean quietly turned into a genuine country superstar in the back half of the 2000s. His parents separated when he was three years old, and he spent his childhood with his mother in Macon through the school year while spending the summers with his father […]

Rearview Town – Jason Aldean

Academy Award-nominated film composer Alan Silvestri is perhaps best known for his work with director Robert Zemeckis. They followed their first collaboration, 1984’s Romancing the Stone, with many more blockbuster classics, including Forrest Gump (1994) and The Polar Express (2004). The latter earned Silvestri an Oscar nomination for Best Original […]

Ready Player One (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Alan Silvestri

Growing up on the hardcore music of Saccharine Trust, the Minutemen, and Killing Joke, and sharing the quirky insider humor of bands like Dead Milkmen, They Might Be Giants, and Ween, twin brothers Fletcher and Wyatt Shears started the band Garden in their hometown of Orange, California when they were […]

Mirror Might Steal Your Charm – The Garden

Tink was one of many young talents to arise from Chicago during the 2010s. Technically a native of Calumet City, a southern Chicagoland suburb, the songwriter, singer, and rapper — born Trinity Home — began singing as a young child and got into songwriting at the age of 12. While […]

Pain & Pleasure – EP – Tink

A vocalist and songwriter with touch of rock & roll swagger, a honky tonk heart, and a lyrical voice that puts a modern-day spin on classic country themes, Ashley McBryde put in years of hard work before becoming an overnight success. Hailing from Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, McBryde first displayed her […]

Girl Going Nowhere – Ashley McBryde

A multi-talented American actress, pop singer, and songwriter, Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft was born on April 3, 1991, in Los Angeles, California. The daughter of actor/comedian Jamie Alcroft and Japanese-Canadian figure skater Sarah Kawahara, Kiyoko began acting in commercials and taking drum lessons while still in her single digits. Her middle- […]

Expectations – Hayley Kiyoko

Dong Bang Shin Ki, a collective of many names — it’s known in Japan as Tohoshinki and is also called Tong Vfang Xien Qi (particularly in China) and abbreviated to TVXQ — is a Korean boy band that managed to score big not just on their home turf, but in […]

New Chapter #1: The Chance of Love – The 8th Album – TVXQ