GQ introduced K.Dot to Double-R at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, conversational fireworks flew. Hit play, and come away inspired.
The Wrap’s Inaugural “Power Women Summit” to Broadcast Exclusively on SiriusXM
SiriusXM announced today that it will exclusively broadcast The Wrap’s first-ever Power Women Summit, which aims to raise awareness and have frank conversations about gender equity in entertainment and media. The week-long special series will premiere on November 12 at 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET on Stars channel 109.
The “Power Women Summit on Stars” will kick-off on Monday with highlights from the summit, including “The Boxer Podcast” with former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, her daughter Nicole, and actress and activist Alyssa Milano, as they discuss the state of our democracy and how women can take power back and make the world a better place. The week-long broadcasts also include “Activism and Empowering the Next Generation” with Dolores Huerta, Katie Hill, and Zoe Saldana; “On the Basis of Sex,” with Felicity Jones; and “Leading by Example: A Conversation,” with Jill Soloway and Rebecca Sugar. The trailblazing lineup of speakers that will be featured throughout the week also includes attorney Anita Hill, actresses Mira Sorvino and Olivia Wilde, #MeToo Movement Founder Tarana Burke, and more. Founded in 2009 by Sharon Waxman, The Wrap is a leading digital-first news organization covering the business of entertainment and media.
The Wrap’s 2018 Power Women Summit took place in Los Angeles on November 1 and 2 before a gathering of more than 1,500 women from across the media and entertainment industry. More information can be found at http://wrapwomen.thewrap.com.
SiriusXM offers people without a subscription the chance to sample SiriusXM’s content on the SiriusXM app and the streaming web player at SiriusXM.com, seamlessly and without any registration requirements through November 26. Go to https://siriusxm.us/2AVma2a to tune in.
SiriusXM subscribers can hear highlights from the 2018 Power Women Summit beginning on Stars channel 109, and those with streaming access can listen online, on-the-go with the SiriusXM mobile app and at home on a wide variety of connected devices including smart TVs, Amazon Alexa devices, Apple TV, PlayStation, Roku, Sonos speakers and more. Go to www.SiriusXM.com/AtHome to learn more.
Zac Brown Band Announces Spring 2019 Tour Dates, Releases New Song ‘Someone I Used To Know’
Today, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, Zac Brown Band announced dates extending their highly successful summer 2018, “Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour” to include Spring 2019 dates.
The “Down The Rabbit Hole Live Tour,” spring 2019 tour will follow this past summer’s epic, 31-stop tour that brought the band to some of the nation’s most iconic Major League Baseball stadiums, including Boston’s Fenway Park where they played two consecutive sold out shows, extending their record to nine consecutive sold out shows, the most consecutive sold out shows of any other act at the famed venue. In whole, the 2018 summer leg of Zac Brown Band’s “Down The Rabbit Hole Live Tour” played to over half a million fans. “Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour” flawlessly showcases the 8-piece band’s dynamic chemistry and ability to execute an extensive and genre-bending set-list.
Also today, Zac Brown Band launched their first new single in nearly two years titled “Someone I Used To Know,” co-written by Shawn Mendes. The band will perform “Someone I Used To Know” for the first time this evening on a special Veteran’s Day episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
Tickets will go on sale to general public on Friday, Nov. 16 at 10:00 am local. The Zamily Fan Club pre-sale will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 10:00 am local. Fans who received refunds when the band was forced to cancel their 2018 shows due to Hurricane Florence will have pre-sale access to tour stops in Charlotte, Raleigh and Virginia Beach starting on Wednesday, November 14 at 4:00pm ET.
Tickets for the March 15, 2019 show in Phoenix will go on sale Monday, Nov. 19 at 10am local time. Tickets for the April 26, 2019 St. Louis and April 27, 2019 Peoria shows will be available on Friday, Nov. 30 at 10am local time.
Zac Brown Band is a multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, southern rock group lead by front man, Zac Brown. Throughout their decade-long career, Zac Brown Band has had five consecutive albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and four consecutive albums debut at #1 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. To date, the group has won three Grammy Awards including Best New Artist in 2010, sold more than 30 million singles, 9 million albums, has achieved 15 #1 radio singles and are the second act to top both the Country and Active Rock formats. Zac Brown Band has headlined 8 North American Tours and currently holds the record for most consecutive sold-out shows at the iconic Fenway Park. Since their debut, Zac Brown Band has developed a reputation with critics and fans alike as one of the most dynamic live performers, marked by strong musicianship that defies genre boundaries.
The full list of Zac Brown Band’s Down the Rabbit Hole Live Tour 2019 appearances:
March 1 — Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
March 9 — New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center
March 10 — Orange Beach, AL @ The Amphitheater at the Wharf
March 15 — Phoenix, AZ @ Ak-Chin Pavilion
March 16 — Laughlin, NV @ Laughlin Events Center
March 28 — Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
March 29 — Brandon, MS @ Brandon Amphitheater
March 30 — Memphis, TN @ FedEx Forum
April 11 — Evans, GA @ Evans Towne Center Park
April 12 — Virginia Beach, VA @ Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater
April 13 — Raleigh, NC @ Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
April 14 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion
April 25 — Tuscaloosa, AL @ Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
April 26 — Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
April 27 — Peoria, IL @ Peoria Civic Center
My Next Read: Tina Turner’s My Love Story
Tina Turner — the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend — sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in My Love Story. the eye-opening and compelling memoir.
From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest hours to her happiest moments and everything in between.
My Love Story is an explosive and inspiring story of a woman who dared to break any barriers put in her way. Emphatically showcasing Tina’s signature blend of strength, energy, heart, and soul, this is a gorgeously wrought memoir as enthralling and moving as any of her greatest hits.
Tina Turner, born Anna Mae Bullock, is a singer and actress whose career has spanned more than sixty years. She has won numerous awards, including eight Grammys. Tina began her music career with her husband Ike Turner as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Success followed with a string of hits including “River Deep, Mountain High” and “Proud Mary.” She divorced Ike in 1978 and, after virtually disappearing from the music scene for several years, rebuilt her career, launching a string of hits including her 1984 solo album Private Dancer. In 1986, she published a bestselling memoir I Tina which was turned into the Academy Award-nominated film What’s Love Got to Do with It in 1993. One of the world’s most popular entertainers, Tina has sold more concert tickets than any other solo music performer in history.
You can get My Love Story here.
First Ever Bud Light Music Festival Brings Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Aerosmith, Ludacris, Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby To Super Bowl Eve
The National Football League and Bud Light today announced the launch of the first-ever Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest. The three-night festival will give football fans and the entire city of Atlanta an opportunity to enjoy the artists they love from Thursday, January 31st through Saturday, February 2nd at Atlanta’s fully transformed, premium, sports and live entertainment venue State Farm Arena. On Saturday Night, the Bud Light Super Bowl Eve concert will feature one of the world’s biggest pop artists Bruno Mars and one of the top female rappers in the game Cardi B. Friday’s lineup includes Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Aerosmith and soon-to-be-announced special guest.
Electronic Arts Inc.’s EA SPORTS BOWL will once again serve as the unofficial kickoff to the biggest weekend in the NFL season Thursday night with a Welcome to Atlanta Showcase that features Atlanta hip-hop legend Ludacris and friends, as well as a special Quality Control Music showcase featuring rap supergroup Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby and more.
In addition to top-level talent spanning a multitude of genres, the festival will feature celebrity and athlete appearances. Additional presenting partners for the Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest are StubHub and Ticketmaster. An array of premium seating offerings, including suites and club packages, will be available also featuring options for premium hospitality. For updates, visit https://www.superbowlmusicfest.com.
BUD LIGHT SUPER BOWL MUSIC FEST SCHEDULE
- Thursday, January 31 – Ludacris & Friends, Quality Control Presents: Migos, Lil Yachty, & Lil Baby. Plus Metro Boomin + Special Guests, a DJ set by Lil Jon, & more
- Friday February 1 – Aerosmith and Special Guest
- Saturday, February 2 – Bruno Mars and Cardi B
Electric Blues Icon Howlin’ Wolf’s Legendary 1959 Debut LP ‘Moanin’ In The Moonlight’ Reissued On Vinyl Ahead Of 60th Anniversary
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known to blues fans as Howlin’ Wolf, remains one of the essential exponents of the electric blues. With a raw, booming voice and explosive guitar and harmonica styles to match, the Mississippi-bred Wolf made music that was unmatched in its primal ferocity. In the process, he helped to put Chess Records on the map as America’s preeminent blues label.
Now, just in time for the 60th anniversary of Moanin’ In The Moonlight’s original release, Geffen/UMe has released a special vinyl edition of the original mono album. Remastered from the original flat master tape, this new edition features a high quality 150-gram black vinyl pressing housed in a printed sleeve with scans of the analog tape box and comes in a distinctive tip-on jacket reproducing the album’s distinctive original cover art. A perfect tribute to Howlin’ Wolf’s originality and influence, this anniversary edition of Moanin’ In The Moonlight is available now.
Howlin’ Wolf performed throughout the South in the 1930s and 1940s, having reportedly learned to play guitar and harmonica from legendary bluesman Charlie Patton and Sonny Boy Williamson, respectively. He was discovered in the early 1950s by future Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, who recorded Wolf’s early sides, some of which he licensed to Chess. Wolf eventually relocated to Chicago and began recording for Chess directly.
Like many LPs of the period, Moanin’ In The Moonlight includes tracks stretching back several years, including a trio of numbers—”Moanin’ at Midnight,” “How Many More Years” and “All Night Boogie”—recorded in Memphis in the early ’50s with Sam Phillips. The album’s nine remaining songs were recorded after Wolf’s move to Chicago and produced either by label owners Leonard and Phil Chess, or by staff musician/songwriter Willie Dixon. Moanin’ In The Moonlight features four songs that had been hits on Billboard’s national R&B charts: “Moanin’ at Midnight”, “How Many More Years,” “Smokestack Lightning” and “I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline).”
In the years since his passing in 1976, Howlin’ Wolf has been widely recognized for his musical achievements. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. In 2011, Rolling Stone ranked him number 54 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” Meanwhile, the Howlin’ Wolf Foundation continues to preserve and extend the artist’s legacy.
Moanin’ In The Moonlight continues to be singled out for individual praise. In 1987, the album received a prestigious W.C. Handy Award under the category of “Vintage/Reissue Album (US).” Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album as #153 on their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. And seminal rock critic Robert Palmer cited “How Many More Years” as the first record to feature a distorted power chord.
Although Howlin’ Wolf would continue to release new albums for the next decade and a half, it’s widely agreed that Moanin’ In The Moonlight is the definitive document of his remarkable talent. Now it can be heard once again, in all of its original vinyl glory.
MOANIN’ IN THE MOONLIGHT TRACK LISTING
SIDE A
1. Moanin’ At Midnight
2. How Many More Years
3. Smokestack Lightnin’
4. Baby, How Long
5. No Place To Go
6. All Night Boogie
SIDE B
1. Evil
2. I’m Leavin’ You
3. Moanin’ For My Baby
4. I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
5. Forty-Four
6. Somebody In My Home
The History of Music According to Spike Jones
In this 1952 episode of the television show Four Star Revue, legendary musician Spike Jones and his talented orchestra, offered a hilarious history of music. Not all of it is going to accurate, mmkay?
YouTube commetner garnerjazz58 gives a bit more insight to the sketch.
These routines are filled with musical references that few in today’s audiences would understand. There was an adage that “you don’t chew gum in the orchestra” that was widely known of in popular culture. The upturned trombone bell is no doubt a reference to Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet. The giant portrait of Spike behind the band comes from Paul Whiteman, who used a similarly placed caricature of himself with his band. References to “all girl bands”, players opening their case and blowing the dust off their instrument (they never practice…), a harpist knitting during a piece (they count a lot of rests and of course the harp isn’t utilized in most pieces of symphonic repertoire..). The tuba which expels bubbles (ala Lawrence Welk), and many more. And Spike calmly presiding over all of the bedlam, chewing away on a stick of Beeman’s. Among his sidemen for this NBC TV series: George Rock, trumpet; Mickey Katz, clarinet; Tommy Pederson, trombone.
This Punk Band is Made Up Entirely of Robots
The One Love Machine band are a scrappy crew. They have an affinity for punk rock, and members of the band play the bass, drums and flute. Oh, and they’re all robots. The band is made up of scrap metal animatronics, created from salvaged junk from scrapyards around Berlin. For creator of the band Kolja Kugler, it’s all about giving new life to discarded objects.
Said The Whale Makes Brilliant Stop Motion Music Video With 2,500 Pieces Of Paper
Vancouver-based Said the Whale has created a brilliant stop motion music video for their single “UnAmerican” that was completely made by hand. No visual effects or green-screens were used in the making of this video. Everything you see was created by hand using 2,250 separate pieces of paper, each printed with a frame of a previously filmed performance video.
Canadian indie folk and roots singer/songwriter John Muirhead knows a thing or two about trying to get some shut-eye while on the road.
Canadian indie folk and roots singer/songwriter John Muirhead knows a thing or two about trying to get some shut-eye while on the road.
The London, Ontario-based artist has been touring nearly non-stop for the better part of the last two years, and his new single and video — available today — is John’s appreciative, candid, and behind-the-scenes perspective on life as an indie musician.
Two years of ambitious cross-Canada touring can produce a great many things: irreplaceable memories, life-altering experiences, unexpected challenges, a bit of self-discovery, and — for John — a new single.
Penned during moments of downtime between northern Ontario folk festivals all the way to speeding VIA Rail trains through the maritimes, the new track “I Can Sleep Anywhere” — available now — is Muirhead’s appreciative, eyes-wide-open ode to roughing it on the road as an indie music man. He recently stopped by CBC’s London Morning, Afternoon Drive, Up North, and London’s CHRW to talk all about it.
“It’s about the call to adventure, and playing your heart out even if the room is empty,” explains the self-described troubadour. “It’s is a reminder that every show — whether it’s on a moving train, a folk festival, a theatre or someone’s living room — could be my last, and that I truly love music, regardless of the ups and downs I face.”
Not that the talented songster should have much to worry about on that front; widely known for his storytelling songs that kindle late-night Canadian campfires, Muirhead’s distinct brand of indie folk has seen him nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and an honourable mention in the Canadian Songwriting Competition.
From fingerpicked folk confessionals to upbeat roots-rock jams inspired by the likes of Frank Turner, Neil Young, The Weakerthans, and Julien Baker, Muirhead’s eclectic song collections across two EPs, Yesterday’s Smile and Foundational, reflect the highs and lows of love, ambition, and being a young musician.
The video for “I Can Sleep Anywhere” serves as much of a scrapbook as the lyrics; put together from a collection of Muirhead’s own iPhone videos spanning the last 24 months, it’s meant to reflect the joys and adventure that inspired the lyrics of the song. “I had no intention of putting these into a music video while I was filming but, when I finally had time to look through my old footage, I knew I needed to compile it all together.
“This was the perfect song for that.”
“I Can Sleep Anywhere” was produced by David Worthen and recorded at Vapor in Toronto. “We recorded it in a couple of sessions at the end of the summer, featuring Alex Lam on drums and Sam Fitzpatrick on bass,” Muirhead shares. “It was such a fun experience, we really tried to keep the energy of the track alive and I think we accomplished that.”
“I Can Sleep Anywhere” is available now.