Go Kurosawa turned the KEXP studio into something spellbinding. Recorded April 6, 2026, the live session captures the multi-instrumentalist and vocalist (also handling cornet and percussion) leading a five-piece through three patient, atmospheric pieces: “autowalk,” “moon, please,” and “sada no umi.” Ben Hackett adds vocals, wind instruments, and keys, with Taro Yamazaki on bass, Ross McReynolds on drums and percussion, and Rich Ruth on guitar, the players locking into textures that build and breathe across each track. Hosted by Cheryl Waters, the performance is a quietly commanding showcase of a singular musical mind at work.
Genre-Blurring Voice Go Kurosawa Brings Hypnotic Three-Song Set to Live on KEXP
Celine Dion Stretches Blockbuster Paris Residency into May 2027
Celine Dion can’t keep up with the demand, so she’s adding more nights. The pop powerhouse has announced ten new dates for May 2027 at Paris La Défense Arena, answering what promoters call unprecedented demand from fans who registered for the initial Celine Dion Paris 2026 presale. What started as a five-week engagement already grew by six shows in the fall, and now the residency stretches deep into the following spring.
Concerts West/AEG Presents and Inter Concerts say dedicated sales windows for the added shows go to a select number of fans who previously registered through Fair AXS and the Paris La Défense Arena venue presale. Presales begin Wednesday, June 3, ahead of the general sale on Friday, June 5 at 23:59 CEST. Selected fans get an email from their registration point with purchase instructions the day before. Ticket and Hotel Experiences also open Wednesday, June 3 at 10 am CEST.
The show itself runs through Dion’s most beloved hits in both French and English, a tribute to the songs that have carried her career across generations. Award-winning show designer Willo Perron handles creative direction, and the production promises a reunion worth the wait between one of the greatest performers of her era and the fans who’ve followed her.
Authorized ticket sellers include Paris La Défense Arena, AXS France, Ticketmaster France, Fnac Spectacles, and Event Travel. As before, a limited number of VIP Packages and a select quantity of officially issued tickets through AXS Premium and Ticketmaster Platinum are available across all shows, subject to availability.
Celine Dion Paris 2026-2027 Dates:
Saturday, September 12
Wednesday, September 16
Friday, September 18
Saturday, September 19
Wednesday, September 23
Friday, September 25
Saturday, September 26
Wednesday, September 30
Friday, October 2
Saturday, October 3
Wednesday, October 7
Friday, October 9
Saturday, October 10
Wednesday, October 14
Friday, October 16
Saturday, October 17
Saturday, May 8
Wednesday, May 12
Friday, May 14
Saturday, May 15
Wednesday, May 19
Friday, May 21
Saturday, May 22
Wednesday, May 26
Friday, May 28
Saturday, May 29
ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Pulls in Keith Urban for New Single “Brown Paper Bag”
Billy Gibbons has a new single out, and he brought a friend. The ZZ Top guitarist has released “Brown Paper Bag,” a track featuring Keith Urban on lead guitar. Gibbons kept the description simple on social media, calling Urban “my good buddy, Keith Urban, playing some good-ass guitar.” No further details on the song have surfaced yet.
The single adds to Gibbons’ run of solo work outside ZZ Top. He’s put out three solo albums to date, all via Concord Records, starting with 2015’s ‘Perfectamundo’, followed by 2018’s ‘The Big Bad Blues’ and 2021’s ‘Hardware’. “Brown Paper Bag” keeps the momentum going between projects.
The release lands just ahead of a busy summer for ZZ Top. The trio opens a European tour in Tartu, Estonia on June 22, then heads back to the States for more shows in August.
Texas Songwriting Lifer Ray Wylie Hubbard Cranks It Up on ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real’
At nearly 80, Ray Wylie Hubbard is still cranking out rock & roll meant to be played loud. The Texas songwriting lifer returns August 21 with ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real’, his 20th album, a lean and snarly slab of primer-grey garage rock cut in the tradition of the 13th Floor Elevators, Mouse and the Traps, and the True Believers. Hubbard has written plenty of richly poetic stunners over the decades, but this one is built squarely for the “Wanna Rock and Roll” crowd.
The album marks Hubbard’s homecoming to his own Bordello Records, distributed by Soundly Music/Thirty Tigers, after a two-album run on Nashville’s Big Machine. “They treated me great, and did everything they could,” he says, “but it was kind of limited because I’m an old guy. I’m no longer a country hunk, you know?” Lead single “Cassette Mix Tape” tells of a night of lustful misadventure in Dad’s stolen car, soundtracked by Golden Earring, Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Seger, complete with a surrealist animated video.
Hubbard walked into co-producer Jonathan Tyler’s Austin studio planning to keep things lean and mean, with only his tried-and-true band on the call sheet: drummer Kyle Schneider, bassist John Michael Schoepf, and his electric and Resonator guitar-playing son Lucas. A small bench of ringers filled it out, including organ player Bukka Allen, Reckless Kelly’s fiddle and mandolin ace Cody Braun, and guitarist Tobin Dale. “Tobin’s a young rock ‘n’ roll guy I met up in Nashville who plays very tasty slide,” Hubbard says. “With him and Lucas, we had our own Keith Richards and Ron Wood kind of thing going.”
The title nods to how the thing got made. Three songs, “El Diablo Esta Ganando,” “Dog or Wolf,” and “Tip Your Hat to the Black Crow,” went straight to tape on Tyler’s cool old gear. “Just hit record and play, you know?” Hubbard says. What started as a demo session turned into eight tracks, after he heard Tyler’s three-mic drum setup and fell for the sound on the spot.
Two more songs came together a world away in Los Angeles, at Mike Campbell’s studio off Ventura Boulevard. The Dirty Knobs leader and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist called Hubbard out of the blue. “He said, ‘Ray? It’s Mike Campbell. I was over with Ringo, and your name came up, and I told Ringo I really liked your writing,'” Hubbard recalls. “So Ringo gave me your number and said, ‘Call him!'” Two cuts later, Hubbard had himself a record.
The final piece was the mastering. After a couple of passes sanded off too many of the sharp edges, Hubbard rang Gurf Morlix, the guitarist and producer who first worked with him 25 years ago on ‘Eternal and Lowdown’. Morlix never played a note on the record, but his mastering threw enough growl back into the works to bring it back to real. Hearing it again, Hubbard had his verdict: “I’m not going to say this is the best record I’ve done. I’ll say it’s the best record I’ve ever heard.”
He figures this one might be the last full album. “This will probably be my last album,” he says, a few months shy of 80. “I still like writing songs. In fact, I’ve got so many damn songs that I don’t know what to do with them.” The plan from here is to keep cutting singles as they come and see what happens.
Reel 2 Reel 4 Real Track List:
- “Cassette Mix Tape”
- “El Diablo Esta Ganando”
- “A Murder of Crows”
- “Look What The Cat Drug In”
- “Dog or Wolf”
- “Tip Your Hat to the Black Crow”
- “Gods Playing Poker”
- “Cobwebs”
- “She Plays ‘Crazy Mama'”
- “The Night”
Video: Editors Bring ‘In Dream’ to the Dutch Forest at Best Kept Secret 2016
Editors found the perfect setting for their darkness among the lakes and forests of the Netherlands. The British indie rockers played Best Kept Secret 2016 at Beekse Bergen park in Hilvarenbeek, one of Europe’s most atmospheric festivals, and the scenic backdrop suited their blend of melancholy and dramatic energy. Led by the charismatic Tom Smith, the band let each chord ring out through the forest stillness, their dark synth lines and guitar swells pulling the crowd into a world where longing and hope intertwine. The set arrived as Editors promoted their fifth studio album ‘In Dream’, and it was among the first to showcase the new material and its turn toward a more electronic sound. The performance stands as a striking display of the band’s command of mood and crowd.
Canada Basketball Names 23-Player Pool and Gordie Herbert’s Staff for World Cup 2027 Qualifiers
Canada Basketball has announced a 23-player athlete pool, and coaching staff, for the Senior Men’s National Team ahead of Window 3 and Window 4 of the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifiers this summer.
The announcement was made Monday at the OVO Athletic Centre in Toronto by Rowan Barrett, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Men’s High Performance, and Senior Men’s National Team Head Coach, Gordie Herbert.
Canada will open Window 3 at TD Coliseum in Hamilton, Ont., hosting Puerto Rico on July 3 before facing Jamaica on July 6, returning to Hamilton for the first time in four years.
Window 4 will include an away fixture before Canada returns home to host at Videotron Centre in Quebec City on Aug. 31, marking the Senior Men’s National Team’s first game in the province of Quebec in eight years.
Tickets to all home games are on sale now at Ticketmaster.ca.
Canada enters the summer following a historic bronze-medal performance at the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2023 — the best finish in program history — highlighted by an overtime victory over the United States in the bronze-medal game.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named to the First Team All-Star Five All-Tournament team, while Dillon Brooks earned Defensive Player of the Tournament honours in 2023.
“This quad, our expectation is to get to the top of the podium,” said Barrett. “We believe that we have the athletes, we believe we have the experience, and now we believe we have the coaching set in place for us to take that next step.”
Monday also marked the first official media availability for Gordie Herbert since being appointed head coach last summer.
“It is an unbelievable honour to have the opportunity to coach this country,” said Herbert. “I don’t know if there’s a bigger honour for a coach, than to be able to coach your country.”
Herbert joins the program with a winning track record and a reputation as one of international basketball’s most accomplished coaches. He guided Germany to a historic FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup title in 2023 and followed it up with a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“When I start with a national team program, I give a vision. It’s not where we were, it’s not where we are, but where we’re going. And the vision I have for us, going forward, is a gold medal at the World Cup, and Gold at the Olympics.”
Herbert also unveiled his coaching staff for the summer, featuring a strong Canadian contingent alongside international experience. Joining Herbert on the bench will be Jama Mahlalela, Nathaniel Mitchell and Hanno Möttölä.
Mahlalela currently serves as an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors and brings extensive NBA and international experience, including previous stints with the Golden State Warriors during their championship run, and the Raptors 905.
Mitchell has been part of Canada Basketball’s high performance pathway for several years, most recently serving as head coach during the program’s previous two FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup 2027 Americas Qualifier windows, in addition to leading Canada to a fourth-place finish at the FIBA Men’s AmeriCup 2025.
Möttölä, a former Finnish national team player and coach, brings extensive international experience to the staff, and coached along with Mitchell in window 1 and 2 and the World Cup Qualifiers.
Senior Men’s National Team – Athlete Pool
Nickeil Alexander-Walker — Toronto, Ont.
RJ Barrett — Mississauga, Ont.
Charles Bediako — Brampton, Ont.
Aaron Best — Scarborough, Ont.
Khem Birch — Montréal, Que.
Dillon Brooks — Mississauga, Ont.
Marcus Carr — Toronto, Ont.
Nate Darling — Halifax, N.S.
Luguentz Dort — Montréal, Que.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — Hamilton, Ont.
Kyshawn George — Montreal, Que.
Kur Jongkuch — London, Ont.
Mfiondu Kabengele — Burlington, Ont.
Thomas Kennedy — Windsor, Ont.
Bennedict Mathurin — Montréal, Que.
Leonard Miller — Scarborough, Ont.
Andrew Nembhard — Aurora, Ont.
Ryan Nembhard — Aurora, Ont.
Kelly Olynyk — Kamloops, B.C.
Will Riley — Kitchener, Ont.
Kassius Robertson — Toronto, Ont.
Jackson Rowe — Toronto, Ont.
Kyle Wiltjer — Portland, Ore.
Coaching Staff
Gordie Herbert — Head Coach
Jama Mahlalela — Assistant Coach
Nathaniel Mitchell — Assistant Coach
Hanno Möttölä — Assistant Coach
Final rosters for Window 3 and Window 4 training camps will be announced at a later date.
Canada currently sits fifth in the latest FIBA Men’s world rankings presented by NIKE. Single-game tickets for Canada’s games in Hamilton and Quebec City are available at ticketmaster.ca.
Hamilton Hammers Ink Forward Matthew Highmore as First Signing in Franchise History
The Hamilton Hammers have their first-ever player. The club announced today that it’s signed forward Matthew Highmore to a two-year AHL contract, making him the inaugural signing as the team gears up for its first season this October.
Highmore, 30, comes from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and steps into his ninth season of pro hockey. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound forward played 70 games with the Bridgeport Islanders last season, putting up 15 goals and 25 assists for 40 points, third on the team in scoring.
His résumé runs deep. Across 301 career AHL games, Highmore has racked up 76 goals and 130 assists for 206 points, earning two AHL All-Star nods along the way. He’s also logged 187 NHL games with the Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, St. Louis Blues, and Ottawa Senators. Back in his junior days in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, he won a 2017 QMJHL championship with the Saint John Sea Dogs.
The Hammers open their inaugural season in October 2026 at TD Coliseum. Season seat membership deposits for 2026-27 are available now at HamiltonHammers.com.
Deadmau5, Alesso, Griz and Martin Garrix Saddle Up for Goldrush: Midnight Riders Festival
The west is calling, and electronic dance music is answering the call. Goldrush returns to Rawhide Western Town with its Midnight Riders edition on September 11-12, and Relentless Beats has stacked the bill with four headliners it’s billing as the four horsemen of dance music. Swedish progressive house producer Alesso, pioneering Canadian DJ Deadmau5, future-funk multi-instrumentalist Griz, and high-energy Dutch anthem-maker Martin Garrix top a festival that turned sold-out crowds out to the old west town in 2025.
The supporting posse runs deep. AC Slater, Airrica, Boogie T, Broken Hill, CID, Deathpact, Delta Heavy, DJ Pauly D, Dømina, Green Velvet, Idemi, It’s Murph, Joust b2b Mongrel, Kaivon, Know Good, Lady Faith, Midnight Tyrannosaurus, Mitis, Ray Volpe, Riordan, Rossy, Rsquared, Silva Bumpa, Sullivan King, Surf Mesa, Valentino Khan, and Zoey808 fill out the across multiple stages, with top-level production framing the western backdrop. More names, plus silent disco and regional talent, land soon.
The pre-show pool party is back too. Held at Gila River Resorts & Casinos minutes from Rawhide, the daytime bash runs Saturday, September 12, from 11 am to 7 pm in partnership with the Oasis Pool Party Series, one of the Valley’s most celebrated. The setup spans 17 cabanas, day beds, stage tables, and a large VIP area with private bars. Benny Benassi headlined the party last year, and this year’s lineup arrives later.
Two-day tickets across GA, GA+, VIP, and Platinum tiers are on sale now, along with extras like shuttle passes, lockers, parking, and hotel packages. Premium options from Gila River Resorts & Casinos at Wild Horse Pass throw in complimentary Oasis Pool Party tickets and festival shuttle service.
Yes Unearth 50-Year-Old Jersey City Set on ‘Yes: Live At Roosevelt Stadium’
A legendary night from 1976 is finally getting its official due. Yes will mark the 50th anniversary of one of their most storied performances with ‘Yes: Live At Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, 17 June 1976’. The show captured the formidable Relayer lineup of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, and Patrick Moraz playing to a capacity crowd at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey.
The recording catches the band at a creative high point on the “Solo Albums Tour.” After the success of ‘Relayer’ in 1974, the members spent 1975 cutting five individual solo projects, and this 1976 run marked the first time those new arrangements folded into the live set. The result is a snapshot of five players stretching out in every direction at once.
The set balances full-band epics like “The Gates Of Delirium” and “Ritual” with staples including “Siberian Khatru” and “Heart Of The Sunrise.” It also makes room for rare individual spotlights, Anderson’s ethereal selections from ‘Olias of Sunhillow’ and Moraz’s rhythmic explorations from ‘The Story of I’, alongside Howe’s acoustic signature “Clap.” The night closes with a rare run through “I’m Down,” the high-energy classic originally by The Beatles, a fitting jolt to send everyone home.
The quintet was captured mid-tour during a live broadcast on New York’s WNEW-FM. The performance has circulated as one of the band’s most beloved bootlegs for decades, and this release brings it into the catalog officially for the first time.
Jazz Saxophone Titan Joe Lovano Convenes Paramount Quartet with Julian Lage on New ECM Set
Joe Lovano hears something new in the air, and he’s named his latest project after it. The saxophone titan has announced ‘Paramount Quartet’, a striking new ECM set that teams him with guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Asante Santi Debriano, and drummer Will Calhoun, the last known for his work in American rock outfit Living Colour. “I feel like at this point I’m on the rise,” Lovano says, brushing past decades of experience and dozens of leader dates. “We’ve arrived at this unique place with this quartet, it’s very special. It’s a new thing. Recording this with Manfred [Eicher] in the studio, I was really thrilled with the way the group continuously developed. And those cats, they play with a real global awareness.”
The group came together by chance. Lovano met Debriano and Calhoun at a 2023 fundraiser for Puerto Rican hurricane relief, and the connection was instant. “Sometimes you meet, and it’s like you’ve known each other your whole life,” he says. “That happened with Will, Asante and I.” Adding Lage was the natural next move, the two having talked about collaborating since Lage played in one of Lovano’s Berklee ensembles around 2006.
The record moves freely across moods. It opens with Charlie Haden’s “First Song,” a refined invocation full of soulful yearning, a tune Lovano fell for while subbing in Haden’s Quartet West years ago. His own compositions carry the rest, from the rubato unisons of “Amsterdam” to the groove-laden post-bop of “Fanfare For Unity,” the extended forms of “The Great Outdoors,” and the easy mid-tempo sway of “Congregation.”
The band adapts to anything, dropping to chamber-music quiet on “The Call” and lighting up “Fanfare For Unity” with electricity. Lovano adds his own dimension by switching instruments mid-song, moving between tenor sax, tarogato, and soprano as the music calls for it. The interplay is constant and alive.
Lovano is effusive about his bandmates. “Will Calhoun has a way of playing that is so expansive and beautiful in so many directions,” he says, going on to praise Debriano’s Panamanian roots and his history with Archie Shepp and Randy Weston, and calling Lage among the most gifted players in the music. The set marks Lage’s first recording for ECM, and his solos throughout are agile and precise, full of harmonic double stops and elegant phrasing that lock right into Lovano’s winding lines.
The two go back decades, ever since Lovano met a teenage Lage at a McCoy Tyner gig at Yoshi’s in California in the early 2000s. That history shows in the music’s ease. The set’s other non-original, Wayne Shorter’s “Lady Day,” gets a graceful reading, with Lovano breathing fresh life into a melody he first heard on Shorter’s ‘Soothsayer’. “Just the theme alone is haunting,” he says. “There’s so much possibility in the harmonies and the harmonic rhythm.”
Recorded in February 2025 at La Buissonne Studios in Southern France and produced by Manfred Eicher, ‘Paramount Quartet’ captures four players locking into something rare.