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Watch Carlos Santana & Rob Thomas rock their way through a storm in "Move" video
BMGThe official video for "Move" -- the single that reunites "Smooth" duo Carlos Santana with Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas -- has arrived. The black-and-white clip features Thomas singing alone...
Andrea Dresdale Oct 07, 2021

Old Daddy: John Mellencamp celebrates his 70th birthday today
Credit: Marc HauserJohn Mellencamp, the Indiana-born singer/songwriter who came to fame in the early '80s under the name John Cougar, was born 70 years ago today. Known for his roots-rock songs often ...
Matt Friedlander Oct 07, 2021

Listen to new Robert Plant & Alison Krauss song, "High and Lonesome"
Rounder RecordsRobert Plant and Alison Krauss have shared another new song from their upcoming collaborative album, Raise the Roof. The track, titled "High and Lonesome," was written by the Led Zeppel...
Josh Johnson Oct 07, 2021

Alice Cooper shares "Who I Really Am" in new installment of Audible's 'Words + Music' series
Courtesy of Audible OriginalsAlice Cooper delves into his many adventures as a famous shock rocker in a new installment of Audible's Words + Music audio series, Who I Really Am: The Diary of a Vampire...
Matt Friedlander Oct 07, 2021

New Emerson, Lake & Palmer live box set, 'Out of This World,' due out in October
BMGAn expansive new Emerson, Lake & Palmer box set titled Out of This World: Live (1970-1997), featuring five full concert performances spanning 27 years of the British prog-rock trio's long histo...
Matt Friedlander Oct 06, 2021

Elton John to release a joint Christmas single with U.K. pop star Ed Sheeran
Kevin Mazur/WireImageElton John and British pop singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran have collaborated onstage, but never on record -- until now. The U.K.'s Official Charts Company reports that, while speakin...
Andrea Dresdale Oct 06, 2021

Deep Purple releasing first-ever covers album, 'Turning to Crime,' in November
earMUSICA little over a year after the release of their last studio effort, Whoosh!, Deep Purple has announced plans to put out a new album titled Turning to Crime on November 26. The new collection, ...
Matt Friedlander Oct 06, 2021

Listen to Bruce Springsteen read from Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' in trailer for new documentary, 'Ants'
Taylor Hill/Getty ImagesA recording of Bruce Springsteen recording a passage from John Steinbeck's classic book The Grapes of Wrath is featured in a new Italian documentary titled Ants, about the plig...
Matt Friedlander Oct 06, 2021

Wolfgang Van Halen shares post honoring one-year anniversary of dad Eddie's death
Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty ImagesWolfgang Van Halen has shared a post honoring his father, Eddie Van Halen, on the one-year anniversary of the iconic guitarist's death. "You fought so hard ...
Josh Johnson Oct 06, 2021

Detroit post office building renamed in honor of Aretha Franklin
Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesIf you happen to be in Fox Creek neighborhood of Detroit, you can now mail a letter or package at a post office that's named after the late Queen of Soul. On Monday, the Fox ...
Matt Friedlander Oct 06, 2021
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