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Lin-Manuel Miranda Launching the Hamilton Creator’s First Toy and Collectibles Line

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Feb 19, 2018

Lin-Manuel Miranda Launching the Hamilton Creator’s First Toy and Collectibles Line

Entertainment Earth – a popular worldwide toys and collectibles destination – announces the signing of a license with TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda (the Hamilton creator’s merchandise brand) to create a toy and collectible product line. The first product announced is Lin-Manuel Miranda and his beloved dog Tobi adorably designed in the highly popular Pin Mates™ brand of wooden figures.

Set to hit shelves in July 2018, the Lin-Manuel and Tobi Pin Mates recently debuted at the TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda booth at BroadwayCon 2018 and will be introduced to the toy industry at the New York Toy Fair, held at the Jacob. K Javits Convention Center February 17 – 20, 2018.

Pin Mates™ debuted with one wooden character at Toy Fair 2016 and has grown into a line offering almost 200 uniquely numbered characters that range from 1 to 6-inches tall, spanning multiple licenses and delighting fans everywhere.

A renowned composer, lyricist, and actor, Lin-Manuel Miranda first hit the Broadway scene 10 years ago with his musical In the Heights and followed that success with the critically acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize and Tony® Award-winning sensation Hamilton: An American Musical. He continues to inspire across many genres of entertainment, including writing GRAMMY Award-winning music for Disney’s Moana and working on new projects such as Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns – set to hit theaters on December 25, 2018. Lin-Manuel Miranda is also working as the creative producer for the film and television adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle fantasy novel series by Patrick Rothfuss, being developed by Lionsgate and Showtime. Since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, Lin-Manuel Miranda has worked tirelessly to raise much needed funds to aid in the island’s relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts by the Hispanic Federation.

A portion of every sale in this collection will be donated to charity.

45th Anniversary Reissues Honoring The Soulful Legacy Of Barry White Are Coming This Year

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45th Anniversary Reissues Honoring The Soulful Legacy Of Barry White Are Coming This Year

From his hitmaking ’70s heyday until his untimely passing in 2003, Barry White set an unmatched standard for sexy, seductive, soulful R&B. As a vocalist, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, White created music that was unmatched in its sonic and romantic intensity, highlighted by lush, widescreen arrangements and the artist’s deep, dark baritone voice. Over the course of his remarkable career, two-time Grammy Award–winner Barry White scored 106 gold albums worldwide, with 41 of those attaining platinum status, along with 20 gold and 10 platinum singles, with worldwide record sales of over 100 million records. He remains one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.

On April 13, Mercury Records/UMe will release the first of a series of catalog releases of Barry White’s classic work, in a yearlong celebration of the 45th anniversary of White’s first release on 20th Century Records. New collections feature such White solo hits as “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe” and “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything,” along with hits by female trio Love Unlimited (“Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love,” “I Belong To You”) and the 40-piece Love Unlimited Orchestra (“Love’s Theme,” “Satin Soul”), both of which benefited from White’s distinctive songwriting and production skills.

The White reissue series launches with a pair of remastered White hits collections: Love’s Theme: The Best Of The 20th Century Records Singles, a single-CD compilation incorporating 21 classic White hits, which will also be available as a double vinyl LP including the bonus track “Satin Soul” by Love Unlimited Orchestra; and the three-CD, 46-track The Complete 20th Century Records Singles (1973-1979), which will be presented in a specially-designed box with the three discs packaged in individual wallets. Both albums will feature expansive liner notes and track details. Pre-order is available now for both the physical and digital collections with digital downloads receiving the first in a series of instant grat downloads that will be rolled out up to the album’s release. Love’s Theme: The Best Of The 20th Century Records Singles includes the title track “Love’s Theme” and “I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby” while The Complete 20th Century Records Singles (1973-1979) is also accompanied by that song as well as “Just A Little More, Baby (Instrumental).”

On April 20, Mercury/UMe will release The 20th Century Records Singles (1973-1975), a box set of 10 seven-inch vinyl singles that replicates White’s original hit single releases. The ten singles will be housed in a two-piece rigid box, with each disc in a 20th Century Records sleeve and 7″ labels that duplicate the originals, along with a four-page illustrated book. The vinyl set features newly remastered audio from the 20th Century Records master tapes, cut at Abbey Road Studios for the highest possible sound quality.

These comprehensive sets kick off UMG’s historic Barry White/20th Century Records remastered reissue program, with future releases to include complete 20th Century Records LP and CD album box sets, and new compilations and album box sets spotlighting Love Unlimited and the Love Unlimited Orchestra.

Marc Cohn To Release Instant Live Recordings On VNUE’s set.fm

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Marc Cohn To Release Instant Live Recordings On VNUE’s set.fm

VNUE, Inc. is partnering with Grammy-winning soul singer/songwriter Marc Cohn on his upcoming tour, recording each show beginning February 16 and making content available for download within 24 hours via VNUE’s set.fm.

Cohn, who rose to fame with the smash hit “Walking in Memphis,” recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of his platinum-selling self-titled debut with a special tour performing the album in its entirety from start to finish. With his 2018 tour, Cohn continues to dig into the treasure chest of his rich and evocative songs, with a focus on spontaneity and audience connection. No two performances are alike, and requests are always taken, making for an intimate grab bag of a set full of big hits, deep cuts and surprises.

After winning a Grammy for his soulful ballad “Walking in Memphis,” Marc Cohn solidified his place as one of this generation’s most compelling singer/songwriters, combining the precision of a brilliant tunesmith with the passion of a great soul man. Rooted in the rich ground of American rhythm and blues, soul and gospel and possessed of a deft storyteller’s pen, he weaves vivid, detailed, often drawn-from-life tales that evoke some of our most universal human feelings: love, hope, faith, joy, heartbreak.

A portion of each ticket sold for the tour, which begins February 14 at New York City’s City Winery, will benefit God’s Love We Deliver, the New York metropolitan area’s leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutrition counseling for people living with severe illnesses.

“Marc has long been regarded one of the most soulful and powerful performers in the music business, with a truly unique perspective on roots music – and of course, ‘Walking in Memphis’ has long held a special place in my heart as a resident of that great city,” Zach Bair, CEO of VNUE and “instant music” pioneer DiscLive, said. “The fans who experience this live will surely want to relive this music forever, and with VNUE’s set.fm, they’ll be able to do just that.”

“I’ve had so much fun digging into the vault of my past work throughout recent performances, and this upcoming tour will be no exception,” Cohn said. “I want each show to have its own unique feel and setlist, so it’s a natural fit for VNUE and set.fm to capture each one individually and let the fans live them over and over again.”

SOURCE VNUE, Inc.

So So Def 25 Coming This Summer

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will commemorate the 25th anniversary of Atlanta’s hottest hip-hop label with the release of So So Def 25 as a digital album coming this summer through Certified Classics, home of the undisputed classics of hip-hop and R&B from the 80s, 90s and 00s. A 12″ vinyl collector’s edition of So So Def 25 will also be available.

So So Def 25 includes essential smash hits, iconic remixes, and deep cuts from the label’s quarter-century catalog and more.

So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri says, “I been dreaming of getting to this point since my very first release.”

Dupri (who has co-written No. 1 hits like Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together” and “Always Be My Baby,” Usher’s “Burn” and Monica’s “The First Night”) will be the second hip-hop act ever to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced on February 6. The 2018 Songwriters Hall of Fame will honor this year’s inductees at its Annual Induction & Awards Gala on June 14, 2018, in New York City.

Thus far 2018 also sees Dupri being honored with the 2018 Trumpet Awards Music Innovation Award, the 2018 Global Spin Awards Breaking Barriers Award airing on REVOLT and the 2018 Legendary Awards Trailblazer Award.

The visionary producer/musician/entrepreneur launched So So Def Recordings in 1993, following the success of Kris Kross’s hit song “Jump,” which was written and produced by Dupri and just celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. So So Def brought together strains of Southern hip-hop, R&B, soul, and new club sounds to create an ongoing catalog of music that continues to transform the culture. So So Def’s first act, the female R&B vocal quartet Xscape struck platinum with three albums in a row beginning with their 1993 debut Hummin’ Comin’ at ‘Cha continuing through Off the Hook (1995) and Traces of My Lipstick (1998). A creative wellspring for some of contemporary hip-hop’s most innovative artists, So So Def released Da Brat’s historic 1994 debut Funkdafied, the first album by a female solo rapper to achieve platinum status, and, in 1997, introduced the R&B hitmakers Jagged Edge to the world with the group’s debut album, A Jagged Era.

In 2000, So So Def released Beware of Dog, the debut album from (then) 13-year-old hip-hop prodigy Lil Bow Wow. Supported by four smash singles–“Bounce with Me” featuring Xscape, “Bow Wow (That’s My Name)” featuring Snoop Dogg, “Puppy Love” featuring Jagged Edge, and “Ghetto Girls”–Beware of Dog went triple platinum, propelling Bow Wow into the hip-hop stratosphere.

The celebration of So So Def will continue throughout 2018 with Legacy Recordings set to press 12″ vinyl reissues of select catalog titles and release additional digital content.

Plans for an all-star So So Def Tour are currently in the works.

Willie Nelson Announces Powerhouse Studio album of 11 Newly-Penned Songs on Latest Album, Last Man Standing

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Willie Nelson Announces Powerhouse Studio album of 11 Newly-Penned Songs on Latest Album, Last Man Standing

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Last Man Standing, Willie Nelson’s new studio album (and 11th for the label), on Friday, April 27.

Arriving just in time for Willie’s 85th birthday (April 29), Last Man Standing will be available on CD, 12″ vinyl LP and digital formats. The first single from the project is the title track from the album “Last Man Standing” and Willie shared a music video capturing the making of the track today.

Last Man Standing, comprised entirely of songs newly-penned by Willie Nelson (and longtime collaborator and producer Buddy Cannon), is the worthy successor to Willie’s God’s Problem Child, which showcased seven Nelson-Cannon compositions and debuted at #1 on the Country charts. Willie and Buddy have been working together since 2008 with Cannon producing more than a dozen of Willie’s albums.

The songwriting duo deploys a unique strategy of shared composition, beginning with back-and-forth text messaging of lyrics with the melodies. On Last Man Standing, Nelson and Cannon’s unorthodox approach generated eleven original songs, “Willie’s a jazz singer and jazz player. He’s an improvisational musician. It’s different every time. Get a good take and go with it,” says Cannon,

With Last Man Standing, Nelson has added 11 essential new songs to his classic catalog. One of Willie’s most personal and introspective albums to-date, Last Man Standing reveals the emotional range of Willie’s concerns, from the deeply reflective (“Something You Get Through,” to the rollicking and playful (“Me and You,” “Ready to Roar”)

An album that acknowledges the transience of time while marveling at the joy, beauty and surprise the world has to offer, Last Man Standing finds Willie Nelson rolling at a creative peak, writing and singing and playing with the seasoned wit and wisdom that comes from the road.

Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing tracklisting
Last Man Standing
Don’t Tell Noah
Bad Breath
Me And You
Something You Get Through
Ready To Roar
Heaven Is Closed
I Ain’t Got Nothin’
She Made My Day
I’ll Try To Do Better Next Time
Very Far To Crawl

Stingray Music Reaches Record Numbers of Canadian Listeners

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Stingray Music Reaches Record Numbers of Canadian Listeners

According to the latest Canadian Listenership Study conducted by Maru/Matchbox, the Stingray Music service has significantly increased its weekly and monthly reach in the past quarter, peaking during the Holiday season.

Stingray is the world-leading provider of multiplatform music and video services, and digital experiences for pay TV operators, commercial establishments, OTT providers, mobile operators, consumers, and more. Its services include audio television channels, premium television channels, 4K UHD television channels, karaoke products, digital signage, in-store music, and music apps. Stingray reaches 400 million subscribers (or users) in 156 countries and its mobile apps have been downloaded over 90 million times. Stingray is headquartered in Montreal and currently has close to 400 employees worldwide.

The Stingray Music mobile app reached 2.5 million downloads and received its highest Apple Store rating in history with 4.8 stars. 68% of Canadians with access to Stingray Music declared tuning in over the past months. This marks a 7% point increase over the September 2017 results. 50% of Canadians with access to Stingray Music had tuned in during the past month. This marks a 14% point increase over the September 2017 results. Nearly 1 in 3 pay TV subscribers confirmed having tuned in to a Stingray Music channel in the past week. This marks a 10% point increase over the September 2017 results.

46% of respondents who tuned in to Stingray Music in the past declared that they would consider switching to a different TV provider if they were offered free music and mobile app access for the same price. Stingray Music’s audio TV channels are offered free to Canadian subscribers with most pay TV packages. The companion mobile app and web player, each with a selection of over 2,000 channels, are available to Canadian subscribers at no extra charge. 9% of respondents reported listening to Stingray Music via a tablet, mobile device or online in the past week. This is higher than results from previous reports (6%).
Stingray Music’s reach remains strong with younger listeners aged 35-54 and 18-34, with 36% and 35% respectively reporting tuning in in the past week. The data collected confirms Stingray Music’s growing popularity and brand awareness across the country.

DJ Cummerbund’s Shaxicula

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Britney Spears x Rob Zombie + The B-52s = DJ Cummerbund’s Shaxicula

Short Cuts: The Best Songs Heard On February 18, 2018 From The Indie World

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GEO
Mágica (feat. Caro Pierotto)
Growing up, GEO wasn’t really surrounded by a whole lot of “world” music until he started listening to and playing a lot of jazz. He brings his own unique personality to this bossa, samba, and salsa-tinged-flavoured track.

Justin 3
Tonight We Are Lovers
A captivating rock track perfect for those romantic first – or last – dances chalked full of lushly textured moments.
https://youtu.be/aUNCcak4xT4

Mom & Bear
My Will To End You
Behind Mom & Bear is songwriter and producer Jens Rahbek Johansen and he takes control of his second single with a powerful and alt.rock composition.

mild surprise
Letter From Your Past
Spooky stuff, like a crucial scene from a David Lynch film or your own psychological thriller going on in your own head late at night. It marches on.

Champion Electric
Squid
If you’ve been missing MGMT, this group will glamorously take the lead here. With the studio as their playground, they’re far from even reaching their full potential, and, amazingly, this is going to give him a running start to success.

Cedar House
Jilted Lover

The basic assumptions about Americana aren’t in play here, as there’s influences from Jason Isbell and The Civil Wars but it rivals The National and My Morning Jacket’s fuller sound, too. Vintage and modern, all at the same time.

Lex Rex and the Dragons
Trigger
Between the two scoops of Hip-Hop and the turnaround to Pop/Synth, you’ll want more of this as soon as the song ends.

outsideOUTSIDE
Habits
An astonishing trip to the chaos of the world, but with the vibe of The Chainsmokers as your soundtrack.

neek
let her go
For fans of Jessie Ware, Billie Eilish, and FKA Twigs, the LA-based producer and performer is back with this intimate and aching ode to unexplained rejection.

Praa
Do It All Again
Her uncanny ability to turn the song with a lush arrangement with an elegant vocal into one with a side of dancefloor with cinematographic Northern soul is no easy feat. She does it here with ease.

Those Wicked Hours
West
One for the headphones. The song was was meant to be about the gold rush in the mid 1800s. As the song evolved, the west was seen in a broader sense and became more a place of nostalgia rather than a geographic location. Love it and let it wash over you.

The Story Of A Rock Band Pulled Apart By Mysterious Circumstances

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The Story Of A Rock Band Pulled Apart By Mysterious Circumstances

An unknown rock band struggles with a radioactive energy in their music that blows up amps, liquefies tape decks, and starts electrical fires. On the eve of their first (and possibly last) show, they must decide whether to risk life, limb, and legacy for a 1AM slot on a Tuesday. It could change everything…or nothing at all.

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Tuxedo: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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The pairing of Tuxedo is a natural feel in person, but highly unlikely on paper. Seattle-based producer Jake One has a who’s-who client list, from Rick Ross to 21 Savage — while DJ, singer-songwriter and producer Mayer Hawthorne is a renaissance soul man from Ann Arbor, Michigan. They stealthily debuted three tracks on SoundCloud in 2013 with only a black square stamped “Tuxedo” as the cover art, leaving fans wondering where this new funk was coming from. A few months later they unveiled their identities along with a debut self-titled LP, resurrecting a sound popularized by greats like The Gap Band, The Fatback Band and Roger Troutman.