Grammy Award-winning singer Alessia Cara returns with “Growing Pains,” the first single off her as-yet-untitled sophomore album. Cara released her debut LP Know-It-All in 2015. Pop & Oak produced the booming track, which was written solely by Cara. The lyrics reflect the anxiety of transitioning from teen to young adult …
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It has been more than a decade since Drakeroamed the halls of Degrassi Community School, but the rapper returns to his Jimmy Brooks-portraying roots in the video for his latest single “I’m Upset.” Several of his old Degrassi: The Next Generationcastmates – including Shane Kippel, Nina Dobrev, Stacey Farber, Jake …
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For Sugarland fans, the wait for a follow-up to 2010’s The Incredible Machine has been a long one. For the duo itself, the time between their new album Bigger, out Friday, and the start of their hiatus in 2012, was filled with both personal and universal changes. That includes the …
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Shawn Mendes became famous as a teenager, which had its literal highs and lows. Just as he conquered the pop world with hits like “Stitches,” he was forced to perform live in front of ravenous fans as his voice changed – often in real time. The singer laughed at the …
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Jerry Hopkins, an author andveteranRolling Stone writer that served as the magazine’s Los Angeles corespondent in the late Sixties,died in Bangkok, Thailand on June 3rd after a long illness. He was 82.His wife Lamyai confirmed Hopkins’ death. In 1980, Hopkins wrote No One Here Gets Out Alive,the definitive Doors biography …
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“It’s like taking your pants off and running through a field of daisies, with just a light mist and enough sunshine to keep you warm, and there’s also rainbow.” No, that’s not a pitch for a deodorant commercial. It’s Thompson Square‘s Keifer Thompson, sitting down alongside bandmate and wife Shawna …
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As if on cue, a Top Dawg Entertainment employee politely interrupts producer Mark “Sounwave” Spears, who was telling the story about how he linked with rap icon Kendrick Lamar more than a decade ago. “I think you’ll be pretty happy with this,” the TDE staffer slyly winks. “Is that what …
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Country Music Hall of Fame member Bobby Bare was welcomed back last month as a member of another Nashville institution – the Grand Ole Opry. Having been part of the long-running radio show’s cast in the Sixties, when he was charting with such classics as “Detroit City” and “500 Miles,” …
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Train recruited country artist Cam and Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy for their summer-ready new single “Call Me Sir.”The song follows Train‘s 10th studio album, 2017’s A Girl, a Bottle, a Boat. Each of the vocalists leads a verse in a song about how a lover can feel like …
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The first season of ABC’s American Idol reboot wraps up with Monday’s episode as the three contestants vying for the crown offer their final performances for the judges and the voting viewing audience. With Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie in the judges’ chairs, the finalists loaded the penultimate …
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