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Band Together with Logic and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Band Together with Logic and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

It’s not a competition. It’s a collaboration.

In this YouTube Originals special, award-winning rapper and producer, Logic invites the world to collaborate with him on an original song, and opens up his creative process like never before. After Logic lays down some rough ideas and releases them on Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s online collaborative platform, HITRECORD, the song takes on a life of its own: Thousands of people from around the world build on what Logic started, bringing their own ideas and influences, and inspiring each other to push the music in unexpected directions. Through this unique process, Logic discovers the stories and talents of 21 musicians: an unlikely band of collaborators who come together to create a truly original song and music video.

Watch Glen Hansard at Paste Studio NYC

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Watch Glen Hansard at Paste Studio NYC

Irish singer/songwriter Glen Hansard stopped by the Paste Studio this week to perform songs from his fourth solo album This Wild Willing, out on April 12 via ANTI- Records.

My Next Read: Begin the Begin: R.E.M.’s Early Years

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My Next Read: Begin the Begin: R.E.M.’s Early Years

Begin the Begin, out May 14, 2019, is the first biography of R.E.M. wholly researched and written since they disbanded in 2011, and written by Robert Dean Lurie. It offers by far the most detailed account of the group’s formative years–their early lives, their first encounters with one another, their legendary debut show, early tours in the back of a van, initial recordings, their shrewdly paced rise to fame.

The people and places of the American South are crucial to the R.E.M. story in ways much more complex and interesting than have previously been presented, claims Robert Dean Lurie; he explores the myriad ways in which the band’s adopted hometown of Athens, Georgia–and the South in general–shaped its members and the character of their art.

The South is much more than the background here; it plays a major role: the creative ferment that erupted in Athens and gripped many of its young inhabitants in the late 1970s and early ’80s drew on regional traditions of outsider art and general cultural out-thereness, and gave rise to a free-spirited music scene that produced the B-52’s and Pylon, as well as laying the ground for R.E.M.’s subsequent breakout success. Lurie has tracked down and interviewed numerous figures in the band’s history who were underrepresented in, or absent from, earlier biographies–they contribute previously undocumented stories and cast a fresh light on the familiar narrative.

The 15-Year-Old Photographer Who Photographed John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Bed-In For Peace

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The 15-Year-Old Photographer Who Photographed John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Bed-In For Peace

This year is the 50th anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s iconic bed-in for peace at the Hilton Amsterdam. Despite being only 15 years old at the time, photographer Govert De Roos tells us how he was able to find a way into the room to capture some of the most recognizable images of that moment. Now, as he prepares to be part of a new exhibition celebrating this moment, Govert, alongside Hilton Amsterdam General Manager Roberto Payer, talks about how the message of peace and understanding continues to be relevant today and how the legacy of room 702 lives on.

What It Means To Be An Independent Artist Today

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What It Means To Be An Independent Artist Today

The definition of what it means to be an independent musician is more complicated than one might think. It comes down to market share, ownership and so much more.

Gino Vannelli takes to Wilderness Road for 20th album in 46 years

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Gino Vannelli takes to Wilderness Road for 20th album in 46 years

With over 20 million records sold worldwide, multi JUNO Award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli is back with album #20 — available April 5th, 2019.

46 years following his debut release, Wilderness Road is Vannelli’s first studio album featuring all new and original material in over ten years.

Best known for his reflective and soulful chart-toppers like “I Just Wanna Stop”, “Living Inside Myself”, “Black Cars”, and “Wild Horses” — or as ‘the Canadian singer songwriter with a lion’s mane’ — his rabid fanbase around the world are eager to hear what Vannelli is working on now.

Wilderness Road is at once unexpected yet familiar, evolutionary yet home-sewn; with Vannelli playing most of the instruments throughout, the living legend and musical mainstay has added a touch of Americana to earlier influences of rock, soul, jazz, and even classical sounds all recognizable on his previous 19 releases.

“Combined with a more narrative approach to the lyrics, Wilderness Road is altogether a musical endeavour set apart from all others I have undertaken in my career,” he shares. “It’s filled with a host of stories I have kept close to my heart for the last five years.”

The song “Yet Something Beautiful” is just one example; with lyrics of “life is cruel there ain’t no denyin’, at times too heavy a cross to bear, and yet something beautiful, when love is there,” Vannelli credits his inspiration as a chance observation of gentle caregiving towards a disabled partner.

“I was in the coffee shop above the studio,” he recalls, “and about to sit down for lunch when I noticed a woman pushing a man in a wheelchair.

“They had entered the small bistro and took a space close to me. The man appeared mostly paralyzed and unable to speak coherently, and at times shook violently before getting a word out.

“Other than a sense of sorrow, what struck me deeply was the woman’s sincerity in her eyes. I sat and marvelled at her kindness and grace. To my mind, there went a real-life unsung hero. I wrote the song almost immediately afterwards.”

Wilderness Road is available April 5th, 2019

Gino Vannelli Canadian Tour Dates
April 24th @ Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto
April 26th @ Place des Arts, Montreal
April 27th @ Place des Arts, Montreal

Music Writer Vish Khanna Interviews Music Producer and Prince Collaborator Susan Rogers

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Music Writer Vish Khanna Interviews Music Producer and Prince Collaborator Susan Rogers

Esteemed music producer and Prince collaborator Susan Rogers discusses with Vish Khanna her pioneering work as a music engineer/producer, her research in the field of music cognition and psychoacoustics, Prince vs. Michael Jackson, hitting it big with Barenaked Ladies, and much more. This episode was recorded before a live audience at the Dominion Chalmers Centre in Ottawa, Ontario during MEGAPHONO on Friday February 8, 2019.

Broken Record with Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam Interviews Questlove

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Broken Record with Malcolm Gladwell, Rick Rubin, and Bruce Headlam Interviews Questlove

Questlove talks about how he got involved with D’Angelo’s Voodoo record, the evolution of his drumming style, how he approaches DJ’ing, and tells the best Obama story ever.

Audible And Rolling Stone Team Up To Create Slate Of Original Audio Productions: First Up Is Steve Nicks

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Audible And Rolling Stone Team Up To Create Slate Of Original Audio Productions: First Up Is Steve Nicks

Audible Inc., the world’s largest producer and provider of downloadable audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment, today announced a production deal with Rolling Stone and its critically acclaimed journalists to create vivid audio-only portrayals of legendary musicians and larger-than-life icons. The Wild Heart of Stevie Nicks, a look at the life, music and legend of the Fleetwood Mac singer written and performed by best-selling author Rob Sheffield, will be released exclusively on Audible on April 4th. The production is available for preorder here.

“The epicenter of culture and technology is where Audible lives, so we’re honoured to work with Rolling Stone, a magazine that has served as a purveyor of pop culture and rich storytelling for decades, to produce next-level audio journalism,” said David Blum, Editor-in-Chief of Audible Originals.

“Audio journalism represents a great step forward in longform storytelling for Rolling Stone,” said Rolling Stone President and Chief Operating Officer Gus Wenner. “We couldn’t ask for a better partner in this space than Audible Originals.”

Audible teamed up with Rolling Stone in October 2018 to produce The Queen, an uncompromisingly honest Audible Original that honored the life and legacy of the incomparable Aretha Franklin, written by Rolling Stone journalist Mikal Gilmore and performed by Adenrele Ojo. The Queen immediately landed on Audible’s bestseller list, and remained there for numerous weeks.

Stevie Nicks helped make Fleetwood Mac one of the biggest bands on the planet before launching an extremely successful solo career. Next month, she’ll be inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, becoming the first woman ever to enter the Rock Hall twice (she was first inducted with Fleetwood Mac in 1998). She’s earned 13 Grammy Nominations, including seven as a solo artist, and continues to tour arenas worldwide with Fleetwood Mac.

Additional Audible productions with Rolling Stone will be announced in the coming months.

The Police Are Getting Their Own Funko Pop Figures

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The Police Are Getting Their Own Funko Pop Figures

Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take these Pop! British rockers will be watching you. The Police are becoming the latest classic rockers to be immortalized in Funko’s Pop! Rocks series. The company announced that officially licensed figurines of the trio will arrive in June.

Lead vocalist and bass guitarist Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and percussionist Stewart Copeland are ready to fill your house with the sweet, sweet sounds of the Second British Invasion.

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