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Foo Fighters Announce 2018 North American Tour

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Foo Fighters Announce 2018 North American Tour

With newly minted memories of their CalJam 17 triumph still fresh in the eyes and ears of 30,000+ true rock believers, and with Concrete and Gold (Roswell Records/RCA Records) still riding high in the charts worldwide since its international #1 debut, Foo Fighters have announced the next phase of the Concrete and Gold global domination initiative.

The first 2018 North American dates of the Concrete and Gold world tour have been confirmed. The new shows will kick off April 18 in Austin, Texas and will run through the band’s July 29 return to Chicago’s Wrigley Field. Included on the newly announced itinerary are a July 16-17 two-night stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a July 21-22 encore doubleheader at Boston’s Fenway Park, and so much more.

Tickets for these shows will be on sale to the general public Friday, November 3 at 10am local time (*with the exception of the public on sale for Chicago, which will begin November 10).

Capital One cardholders will have access to an exclusive cardholder pre-sale for Foo Fighters Concrete and Gold Tour. The Capital One cardholder pre-sale starts Thursday, October 26 at 10am local venue time and ends Saturday, October 28 at 10am local venue time, or until pre-sale tickets run out. Capital One cardholder pre-sale for the Chicago date will begin Monday, November 6 at 10am.

Foo Fighters kicked off the first U.S. leg of the Concrete and Gold Tour October 12 with an intimate show by FF standards—the grand opening of The Anthem in Washington DC—a performance that USA Today noted “transformed the venue into a raucous rock cathedral.” In the days since, Foo Fighters have continued to storm through sold out arenas in Richmond VA, Greensboro SC, Cincinnati and more. The first Foo Fighters global trek since the 20th Anniversary trek that placed #5 in 2015’s top grossing world tours, the Concrete and Gold Tour has seen the Foos reaching new peaks of their estimable powers. “Foo Fighters keep going and going and going in epic Greensboro show,” wrote the Charlotte Observer, “If there’s one thing you can count on lately when you walk into a Foo Fighters concert, it’s that you probably won’t get home until tomorrow.” The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported, “Having played and sung all night with a seemingly endless store of energy, Grohl noted as midnightapproached, ‘I’m going to feel like I was run over by a truck tomorrow.’” And the Washington Post called the Anthem opener “a rock-and-roll clinic from Foo Fighters,” adding “when it was time to officially open the venue… the Anthem called in the only band with the local roots and international fame that could pull it off: Foo Fighters… That’s exactly what Grohl and friends did, treating the Anthem like a new leather jacket: turning something that glimmers with newness and making it feel as cozy as a childhood home.”

FOO FIGHTERS
CONCRETE AND GOLD
North American Tour 2018

4/18 – Austin, TX — Austin360 Amphitheater
4/19 – The Woodlands, TX (Houston) – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
4/21 – Dallas, TX – Starplex Pavilion
4/22 – Bossier City, LA – CenturyLink Center
4/25 – Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
4/26 – West Palm Beach, FL– Coral Sky Amphitheatre
4/28 – Atlanta, GA — Georgia State Stadium
4/29 – Jacksonville, FL – Welcome to Rockville
5/1 — Lexington, KY —Rupp Arena
5/3 — Memphis, TN — Fed Ex Forum
7/7 — Philadelphia, PA — BB&T Pavilion
7/12 — Toronto, ON — Rogers Centre
7/14 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
7/16 & 17 – New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
7/19 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
7/21 & 22 — Boston, MA – Fenway Park
7/25 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Cleveland) – Blossom Music Center
7/26 – Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
7/29 — Chicago, IL — Wrigley Field

Music, Media & Megabytes: Here’s How the Internet Went from Luxury to Necessity

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In the early 2000s, or even further back – when accessing the internet required time, patience and perseverance – the world wide web was reserved for the wealthy families and businesses well off enough to afford it. Back then, just 361 million people around the globe had access to the internet. After all, while computers may have existed at companies for a while, home computers were still a relatively new phenomenon and were yet to become affordable. Plus, dial-up modems and other primitive internet equipment – that often made necessities of that time such as home phones useless –  were still expensive.

Over the next decade though, computers became far more affordable as they evolved while internet packages became as accessible as other home necessities like television cable and mobile phone contracts. By 2010, 1.7 billion people around the world had access to the internet, and by 2015 the number had passed over a billion. Now, 40% of the world’s population is able to access the internet with ease.

Needless to say, this change has affected almost every part of our everyday lives. For example, it has changed the way we spend our leisure time and have fun. Instead of watching the same five TV channels or reading the same books repeatedly, we have access to millions of TV shows, movies and novels using sites like Netflix and Amazon Kindle.

Arguably one the most successful online industries is gaming, with online casinos attracting millions of users looking for easy, attainable yet entertaining fun each and every day. In fact, online poker operator 888poker receives over 200,000 unique visitors looking to play table games and slots from North America, Europe and Brazil alone according to Alexa. Poker and its variants – which include Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha Hi-Lo – is incredibly popular online, as online casino operators have adopted almost every part of the internet’s ever-evolving capabilites, including interactive play, live dealer poker games and even worldwide poker tournaments that people can get involved in from their very own homes.

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Meanwhile, if we’re looking to buy something we no longer have to even leave the house as most shops offer online services and home delivery, while sites like Amazon and eBay have created huge empires based on e-commerce. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, individuals can now even take free or cheap courses to educate themselves in how this new, modern world functions at sites like Udacity and Team Treehouse, both of which offer courses in everything from web development to games design.

Of course, the fact that the internet is now a necessity available in 40% of the population’s homes has also changed the music industry. Like games, shopping and online education, music is more accessible and affordable than ever. Occasionally this is considered a bad thing depending on who you ask, as the music industry is simply unable to make money like it used to since the internet’s creation. However, for consumers, the internet has made music more interesting than ever, as sites like iTunes and Amazon allow you to purchase just one song you like instead of an entire album. Plus, sites like Pandora and Spotify are incredibly popular, allowing listeners to stream entire music catalogues and pay for ad-free experiences.

Right now, the internet is a part of many of our everyday lives, but where will it go from here? It appears that the days of desktops and even laptops are coming to an end as consumers look for cheaper, portable platforms. As the latter gain popularity, the internet will be even more accessible than ever, so we can expect the number of households with internet access to grow significantly. Really, it seems as though the days of the internet as a luxury are officially over, and it has now become a necessity in our day-to-day lives.

Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Medicine Songs” Gets Released November 10, 2017

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Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Medicine Songs” Gets Released November 10, 2017

Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964’s It’s My Way!, Buffy Sainte-Marie has been a trailblazer and a tireless advocate. Today the innovative artist shares new song “You Got To Run,” a collaboration that features Tanya Tagaq and announces details of Medicine Songs, the follow-up to the Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award-winning 2015 album Power in the Blood. Medicine Songs will be released November 10, 2017 via True North Records.

For more than a half-century, Sainte-Marie has been a disruptor of the status quo. In 1969, she made one of the world’s first electronic vocal albums; in 1982 she became the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar; When she was blacklisted and silenced from American radio airwaves she joined the cast of Sesame Street and became the first woman to breastfeed on national television. She’s written pop standards sung and recorded by the likes of Janis Joplin, Elvis Presley, Donovan, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes in addition to writing “Universal Soldier,” the definitive anti-war anthem of the 20th century.

Medicine Songs has been a lifetime in the making and is perhaps, Sainte-Marie’s most powerful gift. In a statement, Sainte-Marie describes the album:

“This is a collection of front line songs about unity and resistance – some brand new and some classics – and I want to put them to work. These are songs I’ve been writing for over fifty years, and what troubles people today are still the same damn issues from 30-40-50 years ago: war, oppression, inequity, violence, rankism of all kinds, the pecking order, bullying, racketeering and systemic greed. Some of these songs come from the other side of that: positivity, common sense, romance, equity and enthusiasm for life.

I’ve found that a song can be more effective than a 400-page textbook. It’s immediate and replicable, portable and efficient, easy to understand – and sometimes you can dance to it. Effective songs are shared, person-to-person, by artists and friends, as opposed to news stories that are marketed by the fellas who may own the town, the media, the company store and the mine. I hope you use these songs, share them, and that they inspire change and your own voice.

It might seem strange that along with the new ones, I re-recorded and updated some of these songs from the past using current technologies and new instrumentations – giving a new life to them from today’s perspective. The thing is, some of these songs were too controversial for radio play when they first came out, so nobody ever heard them, and now is my chance to offer them to new generations of like-minded people dealing with these same concerns. It’s like the play is the same but the actors are new.

I really want this collection of songs to be like medicine, to be of some help or encouragement, to maybe do some good. Songs can motivate you and advance your own ideas, encourage and support collaborations and be part of making change globally and at home. They do that for me and I hope this album can be positive and provide ideas and remedies that rock your world and inspire new ideas of your own.”

Medicine Songs Tracklisting:
1. You Got To Run (Spirit of the Wind)
ft Tanya Tagaq
2. The War Racket
3. Star Walker
4. My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying
5. America the Beautiful
6. Carry It On
7. Little Wheel Spin and Spin
8. No No Keshagesh
9. Soldier Blue
10. The Priests of the Golden Bull
11. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
12. Universal Soldier
13. Power in the Blood

Digital version includes:
14. Disinformation
15. Fallen Angels
16. Now That The Buffalo’s Gone
17. Generation
18. Working For The Government
19. The War Racket (Unplugged)

That Time Sesame Street Took Us On A Tour Of A Saxophone Factory

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That Time Sesame Street Took Us On A Tour Of A Saxophone Factory

In 1980, Sesame Street took their viewers on a tour of a saxophone factory, showing every step that it took to create the instrument. As one YouTube commenter posted, “I love that man wearing the glasses playing a song on his saxophone at 1:47 he shouts out “SAXOPHONE!””

Or as Homer Simpson would say, “Saxomophoooone!”

Justin Timberlake headlines Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show

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Justin Timberlake headlines Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show

 Justin Timberlake will headline the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show on NBC at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, it was confirmed tonight.

A multi-talented actor and musician, Timberlake has won ten Grammys and numerous other awards. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he rapidly became a highly respected musician, winning two Grammys for his debut solo album, “Justified.” He’s been recognized for a range of performances, including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Dance Recording and Best Music Video. Timberlake was most recently nominated for an Academy Award® for the song “CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!” from the film Trolls for which he won his 10th Grammy.

A gifted actor, Timberlake has appeared in diverse films including: Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Shrek The Third and The Social Network. He has also won four Emmys for his appearances on “Saturday Night Live.’ Timberlake is a co-star of the upcoming film Wonder Wheel, which opens later this year.

This will be Timberlake’s third time performing on the Super Bowl Halftime stage, giving him the distinction of having the most appearances by an individual entertainer. He previously performed at Super Bowls XXXV and XXXVII.

This announcement is just the beginning. Leading up to Super Bowl LII, fans may visit Pepsi.com for behind-the-scenes looks into Timberlake’s journey to the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show, as well as other surprises along the way.

Timberlake joins an esteemed list of recent halftime acts including Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Madonna, The Who, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Prince, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, U2 and more.

The Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show is the most-watched musical event of the year. Last year’s show was the most-watched musical event of all-time across all platforms and the most-watched Super BowlHalftime performance in history through broadcast and digital channels, reaching more than 150 million unique people, garnering more than 80 million views and totaling 260 million minutes watched. Super Bowl LII and Halftime Show will be broadcast by NBC from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota.

Super Bowl LII marks Pepsi’s sixth year as title sponsor of the Super Bowl Halftime Show and 16th year as an NFL partner. Pepsi and the NFL have teamed again to provide fans with a halftime experience worthy of pop-culture’s biggest stage.

The Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show is an NFL Network Production and will be executive produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton.

Tears For Fears Still Rule The World – Greatest Hits Album Out November 10

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Tears For Fears Still Rule The World – Greatest Hits Album Out November 10

Following a sold-out summer arena tour highlighted by their triumphant UK return in front of 65,000-plus fans as special guests of The Killers during British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park, Tears For Fears – Roland Orzabal [vocals, guitar, keyboards] and Curt Smith [vocals, bass, keyboards] – close out 2017 with the release of their first career-spanning Greatest Hits album, Rule The World. The collection arrives everywhere November 10.

Not only does Rule The World feature classics such as Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Shout, Mad World, Head Over Heels, Woman In Chains, and more, but it also boasts the first original music from the duo since 2004. This year, they recorded two new tracks—I Love You But I’m Lost and Stay—for inclusion on the collection. The single I Love You But I’m Lost bristles with the enigmatic energy of classic Tears For Fears, while the subtle acoustic Stay ranks among their most emotional fare. Both fit comfortably alongside the anthems that have defined three generations.

For a glimpse of what to expect, listen to “I Love You But I’m Lost” HERE.

Live, Tears For Fears play London’s Royal Albert Hall October 27 following a special BBC Radio 2 in concert event October 26. It’s just the beginning though. The new music hints at very big plans for 2018 and beyond.

Beyond selling 30 million albums worldwide, performing to countless sold out audiences, and winning various awards, the DNA of Tears For Fears — Roland Orzabal [vocals, guitar, keyboards] and Curt Smith [vocals, bass, keyboards] — remains embedded within three generations of artists.  Quietly casting a shadow over rock, hip-hop, electronic dance music, indie, and beyond, their music has been sampled by Kanye West, The Weeknd, David Guetta, Drake, and more, while getting covered by Lorde, Adam Lambert, Ally Brooke Hernandez, Gary Jules, and Disturbed, to name a few. Meanwhile, classic songs figure prominently everywhere from The Wire and Donnie Darko to Straight Outta Compton and Mr. Robot.

Representing an inimitable intersection of pop palatability, clever and cognizant lyricism, guitar bombast, and new wave innovation, their catalog spans a string of classic album, namely the gold-certified debut The Hurting [1983], quintuple-platinum BRIT Award-winning Songs from the Big Chair [1985], and Seeds of Love [1989].  The latter proved to be Roland and Curt’s last collaboration together until Everybody Loves A Happy Ending in 2004, which rekindled the creative fire between them. Breaking another quiet spell, the boys engaged in a three-year touring whirlwind across North America, Japan, South Korea, Manila, and South America beginning in 2010.  2013 saw them return with their first recorded music in a decade: a cover of Arcade Fire’s Ready to Start.

It proved to be a welcome addition to their three-decade discography of immortal hits ranging from Mad World, Change, and Pale Shelter to Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Shout, Sowing The Seeds of Love, and Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. Following a sold-out 2017 co-headline tour with Hall & Oates and standout sets at Rock In Rio and “British Summer Time” in Hyde Park, they release their first official career-spanning Greatest Hits collection, Rule The World. It features the first new original compositions between Roland and Curt together since 2004: I Love You But I’m Lost and Stay.

RULE THE WORLD TRACKLISTING:

  1. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
  2. Shout
  3. I Love You But I’m Lost*
  4. Mad World
  5. Sowing The Seeds Of Love
  6. Advice For The Young At Heart
  7. Head Over Heels
  8. Woman In Chains
  9. Change
  10. Stay*
  11. Pale Shelter
  12. Mothers Talk
  13. Break It Down Again
  14. I Believe
  15. Raoul And The Kings Of Spain
  16. Closest Thing To Heaven

*/new for 2017

 

Bob Seger’s New Album, I Knew You When, To Be Released November 17

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Bob Seger’s New Album, I Knew You When, To Be Released November 17

Capitol Records recording artist Bob Seger will release his 18th studio album, I KNEW YOU WHEN, November 17. Produced by Seger and recorded in Nashville and Detroit, the album is available for pre-order starting today on BobSeger.com. The standard version of the album (10 songs) will be available on 130 gram vinyl and CD.  The deluxe version of the album (13 songs) will be available on CD, digital download, and via select streaming services. I KNEW YOU WHEN is Seger’s first new studio album since his 2014 release RIDE OUT, which was Seger’s highest-charting debut, entering Billboard’s Top 200 Albums at #3 and Billboard’s Rock Albums chart at #1.

The new set features Seger’s tribute to Lou Reed, a rockin’ cover of Reed’s Busload of Faith, which fans can stream on select services and download now with their digital preorder. Seger also includes tributes to his friend Glenn Frey, in the heartfelt self-penned Glenn Song, and to Leonard Cohen with a timely cover of Cohen’s Democracy.  Seger dedicates the album to the memory of Glenn Frey.

I KNEW YOU WHEN also features the reflective title track, uptempo rockers The Highway, Runaway Train, and Blue Ridge, an ode to the history and beauty of the Appalachian Mountains, and the passionate guitar driven ballad, I’ll Remember You. For a limited time, fans can pick up the album as part of specially priced premium bundles available exclusively on BobSeger.com.

With the new album, Seger and Capitol mark their 49th year, extending Seger’s record as the longest tenured solo artist in the storied label’s history.  Seger has been inducted in both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was honoured with Billboard’s “Legend of Live” award at the 12th annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards in 2015 for his significant and lasting impact on the touring industry.

Seger has earned 13 platinum and 7 multi-platinum RIAA Certified sales awards, including his studio albums BEAUTIFUL LOSER, NIGHT MOVES, STRANGER IN TOWN, AGAINST THE WIND, LIKE A ROCK, THE DISTANCE, THE FIRE INSIDE, FACE THE PROMISE and his double live albums LIVE BULLET and NINE TONIGHT.   Earlier this year, Seger’s GREATEST HITS album was certified diamond by the RIAA for achieving 10 million units sold in the U.S.

I KNEW YOU WHEN TRACKLISTING

  1. Gracile (2:48)
  2. Busload of Faith (4:32)
  3. The Highway (3:38)
  4. I Knew You When (3:53)
  5. I’ll Remember You (3:48)
  6. The Sea Inside (4:14)
  7. Marie (3:26)
  8. Runaway Train (4:10)
  9. Something More (3:47)
  10. Democracy (6:32)
  11. Forward Into The Past (4:12) *
  12. Blue Ridge (3:50) *
  13. Glenn Song (2:49) *

*Deluxe album only

“The Ultimate Bryan Adams” Features Two New Songs On November 3

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“The Ultimate Bryan Adams” Features Two New Songs On November 3

Gifting fans with a brand-new best of album, iconic singer/songwriter Bryan Adams is set to release Ultimate on November 3. Featuring 21 tracks in total, it will also contain two new songs – one of which will be available upon pre-ordering the album via all digital partners. The vinyl issue of Ultimate will follow on November 24.

Known the world over for his signature brand of feel-good rock and roll and big ballads, Bryan Adams is an icon of epic proportions. With multiple awards under his belt, including a Grammy, an American Music Award, an Ivor Novello Award and countless Juno Awards, he was also awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia. Given to him for his contributions to popular music and philanthropic work via his own foundation, The Bryan Adams Foundation, it’s solid evidence that his impact on pop culture goes way beyond just music.

The aim of Ultimate is to condense Bryan Adams’ extensive back catalogue – 13 studio albums, 5 live albums, 5 compilation albums and over 75 singles – into a 21-track offering guaranteed to capture the true essence of the hitmaker’s much celebrated career. Containing early hits such as Cuts Like A Knife and Run To You as well as later additions to his repertoire, like When You’re Gone with Melanie C and Cloud Number Nine, it’s a must have collection for any fan of the Canadian rock star.

Of course, no Bryan Adams best of is complete without his record-breaking international smash hit (Everything I Do) I Do It For You. And aside from the song with the longest unbroken run at number one on the UK Singles Chart – 16 consecutive weeks – other mammoth hits that appear on Ultimate include Summer Of ’69, Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? and his Rod Stewart and Sting collaboration All For Love.

It’s not just the classics that feature on Ultimate either. Releasing two brand new songs, Ultimate Love and Please Stay – the latter of which is instantly available upon pre-ordering the new best of – are the first new songs by Bryan Adams in over two years.

“As a songwriter and musician you are always creating – it’s what you do,” said Adams. “So even though I’ve released an “ultimate” collection, I’m always looking ahead. There are two new songs included ‘Please Stay’ and ‘Ultimate Love’ both written this year with the message that love still counts, even in uncertain times.”

ULTIMATE TRACKLISTING:

  1. Go Down Rockin’
  2. Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
  3. Run To You
  4. Ultimate Love *BRAND NEW TRACK*
  5. Heaven
  6. It’s Only Love (with Tina Turner)
  7. Here I Am
  8. When You’re Gone (with Melanie C)
  9. Cloud Number Nine
  10. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
  11. You Belong To Me
  12. Summer Of ’69
  13. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
  14. Somebody
  15. Please Forgive Me
  16. Cuts Like A Knife
  17. The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
  18. All For Love (with Sting & Rod Stewart)
  19. Back To You
  20. Please Stay *BRAND NEW TRACK*
  21. 18 Til I Die

The Carpenters: The Vinyl Collection To Be Released November 17

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The Carpenters: The Vinyl Collection To Be Released November 17

On November 17, A&M will release The Vinyl Collection, a new career-spanning 12-LP vinyl box set chronicling the recorded output of one of the most celebrated and best loved duos in pop/rock history, the Carpenters.

The Carpenters’ The Vinyl Collection box set includes all 12 albums replicated on 180-gram black vinyl and housed in a stylish slipcase. Each album features lovingly restored original packaging and related artwork. Mastered for vinyl by Ron McMaster (The Beach Boys, Don McLean) at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, each album will also be released individually. The box set does not include their two Christmas albums.

This unprecedented box-set collection chronicles the runaway success of the Carpenters’ super-successful 14-year career, which resulted in 11 studio albums and a greatest hits collection, The Singles 1969 – 1973, that has been certified at seven-times platinum and features such indelible chart-topping hits as We’ve Only Just Begun, Top of the World, Superstar, Rainy Days and Mondays, Goodbye to Love, Yesterday Once More, It’s Going to Take Some Time, Sing, For All We Know, Hurting Each Other, and (They Long to Be) Close to You.

The Carpenters – vocalist/drummer Karen and her older brother, pianist/composer/arranger Richard – are one of the most successful sibling duos in pop/rock history, having garnered over 100 million album and singles sales to date. Their unique blend of smooth vocal harmonies and classically influenced pop arrangements frequently vaulted them to the top of the charts, resulting in three No. 1 singles and five No. 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and a dozen Top 10 singles overall, not to mention an astonishing 15 No. 1s on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Karen and Richard have more than earned their superstar standing as one of the world’s most popular and bestselling duos of all time, and their influence as songwriters, performers, and composers  spans  multiple generations and genres. The Carpenters have long elicited critical praise as well as numerous accolades from their contemporaries, from such notable artists as Paul McCartney, Gwen Stefani, Michael Jackson, and Beyoncé. Showing the scope of their reach, the 1994 If I Were a Carpenter tribute album showcased entries from alternative-rock icons ranging from Sonic Youth (Superstar), Shonen Knife (Top of the World), The Cranberries ((They Long to Be) Close to You), Sheryl Crow (Solitaire), and Matthew Sweet (Let Me Be the One), to name but a few.

The Carpenters were nominated for numerous GRAMMY Awards throughout their storied career, and they won three of them: Best New Artist (1970), Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus for (They Long to Be) Close to You (1970), and Best Pop Vocal Performance for a Duo or Group for Carpenters (1971). Two of their most cherished songs have also been inducted in the GRAMMY Hall of Fame: (They Long to Be) Close to You and We’ve Only Just Begun. Following Karen’s untimely death in 1983, the Carpenters received a well-deserved star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

No matter what your walk of life is, the Carpenters have a song that touches your soul and finds a place where there’s room to grow.

The Carpenters The Vinyl Collection

  1. Ticket to Ride (1969)
  2.  Close to You (1970)
  3.  Carpenters (1971)
  4.  A Song for You (1972)
  5. Now & Then (1973)
  6.  Horizon (1975)
  7.  A Kind of Hush (1976)
  8.  Passage (1977)
  9.  Made in America (1981)
  10. Voice of the Heart (1983)
  11. Lovelines (1989)
  12. The Singles 1969 – 1973

A KIND OF HUSH

This album was the Carpenters’ 7th studio release and included both original recordings and cover tunes. It included “A Kind of Hush (All Over The World)” which was successful in both the U.S. and the UK and was originally recorded by Herman’s Hermits in the 1960’s.

  1. There’s A Kind Of Hush (Side A) 2. You (Side A) 3. Sandy (Side A) 4. Goofus (Side A) 5. Can’t Smile Without You (Side A)
  2. I Need To Be In Love (Side B) 7. One More Time (Side B) 8. Boat To Sail (Side B) 9. I Have You (Side B) 10.Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Side B)

A SONG FOR YOU

Critics agree that A Song For You was the highpoint of the Carpenters’ recording career.  The album showcased songwriting by Richard Carpenter, Carole King, Leon Russell and more.  Packed with hits, “Top of The World” became one of the most popular songs of the decade.

  1. A Song For You (Side A) 2. Top Of The World (Side A) 3. Hurting Each Other (Side A) 4. It’s Going To Take Some Time (Side A) 5. Goodbye To Love (Side A) 6. Intermission (Side A)
  2. Bless The Beasts And Children (Side B) 8. Flat Baroque (Side B) 9. Piano Picker (Side B) 10.I Won’t Last A Day Without You (Side B) 11.Crystal Lullaby (Side B) 12.Road Ode (Side B) 13.A Song For You (Reprise) (Side B)

CARPENTERS

Carpenters is the third studio album from the Carpenters, originally released in 1971.  The record is most notable for two of the duo’s strongest and best-loved singles. “Rainy Days and Mondays” and “Superstar.”

  1. Rainy Days And Mondays (Side A) 2. Saturday (Side A) 3. Let Me Be The One (Side A) 4. (A Place To) Hide Away (Side A) 5. For All We Know (Lovers And Other Strangers Soundtrack) (Side A)
  2. Superstar (Side B) 7. Druscilla Penny (Side B) 8. One Love (Side B) 9. Knowing When To Leave (Bacharach/David Medley) (Side B) 10.Sometimes (Side B)

CLOSE TO YOU

When released in 1970, the Carpenters 2nd studio album rose to #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and gained them international success.  The album contains the hit singles “(They Long to Be) Close to You” and “We’ve Only Just Begun”.

  1. We’ve Only Just Begun (Side A) 2. Love Is Surrender (Side A) 3. Maybe It’s You (Side A) 4. Reason To Believe (Side A) 5. Help (Side A)   6. (They Long To Be) Close To You (Side A)
  2. Baby It’s You (Side B) 8. I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (Side B) 9. Crescent Noon (Side B) 10.Mr. Guder (Side B) 11.I Kept On Loving You (Side B) 12.Another Song (Side B)

HORIZON

Horizon was the sixth consecutive platinum-certified album by the musical duo, Carpenters. The album’s first single, “Please Mr. Postman”, became the album’s biggest hit single and also the Carpenters’ biggest hit single worldwide. It reached no. 1 in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa.

  1. Aurora (Side A) 2. Only Yesterday (Side A) 3. Desperado (Side A) 4. Please Mr. Postman (Side A) 5. I Can Dream, Can’t I? (Side A)
  2. Solitaire (Side B) 7. Happy (Side B) 8. (I’m Caught Between) Goodbye And I Love You (Side B) 9. Love Me For What I Am (Side B) 10. Eventide (Side B)

LOVELINES

Lovelines commemorated the duo’s 20-year association with A&M Records, though Karen had passed away six years before. Ten of the 12 tracks were recorded for other albums but were not included for various reasons; two are remixes of previously released material. Richard penned the liner notes, which give some insight into the history of the pieces.

  1. Lovelines (Side A) 2. Where Do I Go From Here (Side A) 3. The Uninvited Guest (Side A) 4. If We Try (Side A) 5. When I Fall In Love (Side A) 6. Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night (Side A)
  2. Remember When Lovin’ Took All Night (Side B) 8. You’re The One (Side B) 9. Honolulu City Lights (Side B) 10.Slow Dance (Side B) 11.If I Had You (Side B) 12.Little Girl Blue (Side B)

MADE IN AMERICA

Released in June 1981, Made in America is the tenth album by Carpenters, and was the final album by the duo to be released during Karen Carpenter’s lifetime.

  1. Those Good Old Dreams (Side A) 2. Strength Of A Woman (Side A) 3. (Want You) Back In My Life Again (Side A) 4. When You’ve Got What It Takes (Side A) 5. Somebody’s Been Lyin’ (Side A)
  2. I Believe You (Side B) 7. Touch Me When We’re Dancing (Side B) 8. When It’s Gone (It’s Just Gone) (Side B) 9. Beechwood 4-5789 (Side B) 10.Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song) (Side B)

NOW & THEN

Now & Then is the fifth album from the Carpenters, released in 1973. The title for the album was suggested by Richard and Karen’s mother. The album featured a three-panel cover that folded out, showing a panoramic view of Karen and Richard Carpenter driving past the Carpenter family home in Downey, California. The car pictured on the cover was a 1973 Ferrari owned by Richard.

  1. Sing (Side A) 2. This Masquerade (Side A) 3. Heather (Side A) 4. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) (Side A) 5. I Can’t Make Music (Side A)
  2. Yesterday Once More (Side B) 7. Medley: Fun Fun Fun (Side B) 8. Yesterday Once More (Side B)

PASSAGE

This album was a considerable departure for the siblings and contained experimental material such as the Klaatu cover “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” and “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from the hit broadway play, Evita.

  1. B’wana She No Home (Side A) 2. All You Get From Love Is A Love Song (Side A) 3. I Just Fall In Love Again (Side A) 4. On The Balcony Of The Casa Rosada / Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (From The Opera “Evita”) (Side A)
  2. Sweet, Sweet Smile (Side B) 6. Two Sides (Side B) 7. Man Smart Woman Smarter (Side B) 8. Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (The Recognized Anthem Of World Contact Day) (Side B)

THE SINGLES 1969-1973

This collection of Carpenters’ biggest Top 10 hits  shows off the lush melodies brought out in Richard Carpenter’s arrangements and Karen’s singing.  The packaging is original, including the notes about the origin of each track.

  1. We’ve Only Just Begun (Side A) 2. Top Of The World (Side A) 3. Ticket To Ride (Side A) 4. Superstar (Side A) 5. Rainy Days And Mondays (Side A) 6. Goodbye To Love (Side A)
  2. Yesterday Once More (Side B) 8. It’s Going To Take Some Time (Side B) 9. Sing (Side B) 10.For All We Know (Side B) 11.Hurting Each Other (Side B) 12.(They Long To Be) Close To You (Side B)

TICKET TO RIDE

Ticket to Ride is the Carpenters’ most interesting album, for it contains a range of interests and sounds that were modified or abandoned on subsequent albums. The lushly orchestrated “Someday” is a brilliant showcase for Richard’s arranging skills and the most dramatic side of Karen’s voice.

  1. Invocation (Side A) 2. Your Wonderful Parade (Side A) 3. Someday (Side A) 4. Get Together (Side A) 5. All Of My Life (Side A) 6. Turn Away (Side A)
  2. Ticket To Ride (Side B) 8. Don’t Be Afraid (Side B) 9. What’s The Use (Side B) 10.All I Can Do (Side B)   11.Eve (Side B) 12.Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing (Side B) 13.Benediction (Side B)

VOICE OF THE HEART

Consisting of previously unreleased masters for a solo album by Karen, this album was compiled by Richard after her death.

  1. Now (Side A) 2. Sailing On The Tide (Side A) 3. You’re Enough (Side A) 4. Make Believe It’s Your First Time (Side A) 5. Two Lives (Side A)
  2. At The End Of A Song (Side B) 7. Ordinary Fool (Side B) 8. Prime Time Love (Side B) 9. Your Baby Doesn’t Love You Anymore (Side B) 10.Look To Your Dreams (Side B)

 

Johnny Reid Announces Ninth Studio Album “Revival” Coming November 3

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Johnny Reid Announces Ninth Studio Album “Revival” Coming November 3

Multi-platinum, award winning singer-songwriter Johnny Reid today announces his highly anticipated ninth studio album, Revival, set to be released November 3. Fans who pre-order for Revival will also instantly receive Johnny Reid’s new song, “Soul Train”. Pre-orders are available here – see below for track listing. “Soul Train” is the first song released from the soulful album and is accompanied by a lyric video, watch below.

Co-produced by Johnny Reid and Bob Ezrin (KISS, Alice Cooper) Revival is Reid’s first new music since 2015’s Platinum-certified What Love Is All About. A six-time JUNO award winner and twenty-six time CCMA winner, Reid has sold over 1.5 million albums in Canada. Revival is his ninth studio album. Fans can expect a major tour announcement from Reid soon.

“Revival is all about new beginnings, finding a voice in the middle of all the noise and distraction,” said Johnny. “It’s about looking into a mirror and then looking back on life and figuring out how best to move forward. It’s about fixing and mending relationships broken by angry words so that we may speak again with a softer, more understanding voice. It’s about presenting exactly what I have to say and more importantly how I wish to say it.”

Since arriving on the music scene over 10 years ago, Johnny Reid has captured the hearts of fans and audiences around the world. The blue-collared, soulful singer-songwriter is widely known for his lyrical honesty and musical ability, as demonstrated by album sales totaling over 1.5 million units, countless awards, and multiple sold out national arena tours. He’s a modern day working class hero with long-standing collective appeal – one that captures the hearts of many one song at a time.

Johnny Reid – Revival:

Soul Train
Heart Of A Woman
Memphis
Whiskey Kisses
Shoulders
She Just Wants to Dance
The Light In You
Never Love Another
Blank Page
Every Time I Roll The Dice
Cry No More
Regret
Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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