Grammy award winning Jess Glynne – singer, star and voice of the street – shares a brand-new song and accompanying music video for ‘All I Am’ off her upcoming sophomore album ‘Always In Between’ due for release on October 12.
‘All I Am’ is the brighter, bolder and even more brilliant follow up to the ‘I’ll Be There’ – the history-making first single from ‘Always In Between’ which flew straight to number one making Jess the only British female to have achieved a whopping seven #1 singles. In every way possible, ‘All I Am’ is loaded with pure joy, and from the second it begins it exudes the type of universal positivity that has made Jess so widely popular across the world. ‘All I Am’ is a proclamation of togetherness, a celebration of friendship and ultimately one of the most magnificent pop-songs you’ll hear this year.
‘Always In Between’ finds Jess on a breath-taking journey of self-acceptance. Jess’s debut album, ‘I Cry When I Laugh’ is one of the defining British pop records of its era. It debuted at number one in the UK, spawning 12 million worldwide singles sales, 39 weeks on the UK top 10, 2.5 billion Spotify streams, a sold-out UK arena tour, Brit, MTV: EMA, Ivor Novello, MOBO, Q and Glamour award nominations.
‘Always In Between’ captures the heart of what being a 28-year old woman in 2018 can feel like – trying to balance real life with everything that you want it to. If ‘I’ll Be There’ and ‘All I Am’ are anything to go by, there’s no doubt that ‘Always In Between’ will capture even more under its spell as Jess Glynne once again reaches out her hand, and offers love and friendship and unity to all that can hear her.
Adding to their fan loving tradition of vlogging their travels, The Kings’ newest video — a behind-the-scenes view of their recent trip to Nashville — reveals exciting new details on what’s coming up for the rockers.
The Kings are set to release “another rocking two-fer” — “Circle of Friends / Man That I Am” — this fall. Founding members Dave Diamond and Mister Zero recently headed to “Music City” to do the final mix on the single with Canadian producer Bob Ezrin, who’s known for his extensive work with Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Phish, Alice Cooper, KISS, Lou Reed, and Deep Purple, among more.
“Dave and I do these little travelogues all the time,” says Z, aka Mister Zero, “They’re fun for us.”
Hailing from Oakville, ON and Vancouver, BC, The Kings are best known for their 1980 smash, “This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide.” A huge success in all North American major radio markets, the Billboard Hot 100 hit recently surpassed 1.2 million streams on Spotify, and was dubbed by the Toronto Star as the ‘#1 almost official song of Toronto’. Its video is a digital masterpiece, featuring footage from more than 40 sources of live footage that took upwards of 140 hours to edit, it will soon pass 3 million views on YouTube.
The Kings are set to release a new single — another two-song segue called “Circle of Friends / Man That I Am” produced by The Kings and mixed by Bob Ezrin (Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel) — this fall.
The vlog starts off on a rainy, traffic-filled road funnelling into downtown Nashville, as the pair quip about being surrounded by other songwriters from across the continent. What follows are the duo’s time in “Music City”, including eats and beats.
Among the sights? The Kings head to 8th Ave’s Rumble Seat Music, snapping shots of four vintage Les Pauls valued at more than $1 million between them, before battling summer crowds at President Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage and its famous guitar-shaped driveway. There was a jam session at the Cambria Hotel with Joe Denim’s band, and a stop at the Ryman Auditorium.
“So here we are in our ongoing series of two Canadian boys exploring the fast food world of the U.S.,” they narrate as they pulled into Krystal, the second oldest fast food chain in America. Spoiler alert? The gents were not impressed, and recommended Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q or Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint instead.
“There’s such good food and music in Nashville, and that’s all fun,” says Z on the undisputed world class music mecca. “But we were there to get the mix done this trip, so that was the main focus.
“Working with Bob Ezrin is a serious situation. You better have your A-game ready because he is so professional.”
“When I first heard this thing,” Ezrin shares on hearing the song’s rough mix, “it was reminiscent of work that we’ve done together in the past, and (having) two songs combined again.
“I really liked it. I thought it was really cool, and I thought that it had so much of the same energy and the same spirit of the stuff that we had worked on together before, so I was well into helping (The Kings) to finish it.”
The 13+ hour road trip down was well worth the drive for The Kings to collaborate with Ezrin on “Circle of Friends / Man That I Am.” It’s a familiar and welcome dynamic; Ezrin also produced their first two Elektra Records albums.
“Very happy to be able to mix it down here, (and that they) came down to Nashville to do this thing at my studio,” Ezrin says. “(I) made it sound as good as I think I could. I hope it’s good enough… I think it’s slammin’…!”
Fans already agree and are chomping at the bit. “Can’t wait for the new single,” says Mike Cohn on the video’s comments. “Excited to hear that news,” agrees another, CD, below. “Waiting to hear and buy the new tune!”
The Eagles can now add another accolade to their unparalleled resume – Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is the best-selling album of all time, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which recently certified the album 38x Platinum, accounting for sales and streams of more than 38 million copies since its release in February of 1976. Later that same year, in December, the band followed up with Hotel California, which is now the third best-selling album of all time, certified 26x Platinum by the RIAA for sales and streams of more than 26 million copies.
“Congratulations to the Eagles, who now claim the jaw-dropping feat of writing and recording two of the top three albums in music history,” said Cary Sherman, Chairman and CEO, RIAA. “Both of these transcendent albums have impressively stood the test of time, only gaining more currency and popularity as the years have passed, much like the Eagles themselves. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the RIAA’s Gold & Platinum Program this year, it is only fitting that we can recognize the Eagles for their singular contribution to the history of American music.”
In today’s faddish, fractured, rock landscape, the Eagles retain an appeal that transcends both generation and genre, cementing the band’s role as enduring musical icons. As the best-selling American band of the ’70s, and one of the top-selling acts of all time, the Eagles have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, scored six #1 albums and topped the singles charts five times. They have won six GRAMMY Awards, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, in their first year of eligibility, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.
The Eagles – Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill – are currently on tour through October 2018. The band has performed for more than half a million fans since the latest tour began on March 12.
Oltedal, Norway-based multi-instrumentalist and singer Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios teamed up with vocalist musician Trey Xavier to give a head-banging, metal makeover to Avicii’s 2013 EDM hit, “Wake Me up.”
James Corden invites rock and roll legend Steven Tyler to play a game of Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts, in which the two pose very personal questions to each other and the choice is simple: answer honestly or eat what’s in front of you, which includes cow intestines and pig jelly.
According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, almost one in four Americans has not read a book in the past year. So to find out if that is true, Jimmy Kimmel sent a team to the street to ask pedestrians to name a book, and here are the very sad results.
While visiting the UK to promote their new film, Deadpool 2, actors Ryan Reynolds and Josh Brolin stopped by Scott Mills’ BBC Radio One show to play the hilarious game “Playground Insults,” where they try not to laugh while taking turns brutally insulting each other.
Lyrics are meaningful and they often tell a powerful story, but sometimes caught aback by the catchy tune we often neglect to think about how the lyrics actually come across. Take Thriller for example by Michael Jackson, a chilling Halloween associated song if you go by the lyrics but it’s often a party classic due to the funky dance moves. Likewise, Copacabana, a well-known karaoke hit that stems generations, the lyrics however are quite dark.
Songs are lyrically skilled and if you stop and spend the time carefully listening to the words, you may be surprised at some of the epic stories they could be turned into. The Online Pen Company decided to created book covers based on the nation’s favourite songs and when you see them, you’ll never be able to hear favourite tunes the same way again.
