What happens when southern rock meets ancient tradition? Musician Mo Yun has reinterpreted Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic “Free Bird” solo on a Chinese guzheng, turning the fiery guitar classic into an intricate, hypnotic performance.
Airbase Parkway Puts a Bluesy Spin on ‘Severance’ Theme
Southern California band Airbase Parkway has reimagined the haunting intro theme from Severance with a soulful, blues-drenched cover. Swapping out the stark piano for bends, trills, and intricate fills, they turn the minimalist melody into a rich, expressive reinterpretation. It’s the kind of take that feels both familiar and completely new, proving that even a TV theme can find its way into the blues.
@airbaseparkway Happy severance day #severance #airbaseparkway #fyp ♬ original sound – Air Base Parkway
ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Steps Away from Tour for Health Reasons
Shelter Music Group, ZZ Top’s management, has announced the band’s drummer, Mr. Frank Beard, has temporarily stepped away from the current tour to attend a health issue requiring his focus in the near term.
Beard, along with fellow ZZ Top members Billy F Gibbons and Elwood Francis, presently on the Elevation tour since March 5, have engaged fellow Texan and longtime tech member, percussionist and drummer, John Douglas, for the interim.
Mr. Douglas has maintained a close relationship with Beard and the bandmates, having served with the group in the past. Douglas actually filled in when Frank underwent an emergency appendectomy in Paris, back in 2002.
He is looking forward to a speedy recovery.
The Benefits of Professional Waste Collection with Tassie Waste
By Mitch Rice
In today’s fast-paced world, managing waste effectively is more crucial than ever. Professional waste collection services offer a solution that is both efficient and environmentally friendly. This blog post explores the myriad advantages of opting for professional waste collection services, particularly with companies like Tassie Waste, to ensure a cleaner and safer environment.
Environmental Impact
One of the most significant benefits of professional waste collection is its positive impact on the environment. These services are designed to reduce the carbon footprint by ensuring waste is disposed of in an eco-friendly manner. Professional waste collectors are well-versed in sorting and recycling various types of waste, which significantly decreases the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills. By choosing professional services, you contribute to a sustainable future by promoting recycling and reducing pollution.
Cost Efficiency
While some may view professional waste collection as an additional expense, it often proves to be cost-effective in the long run. Managing waste independently can lead to unexpected costs, such as fines for improper disposal or the need to purchase specialized equipment. Professional services eliminate these hidden costs by providing all-inclusive packages that cover collection, sorting, and disposal. This allows businesses and households to allocate their resources more effectively, ultimately saving money.
Health and Safety
Improper waste management can lead to serious health hazards. Accumulated waste attracts pests and rodents, which can spread diseases. Professional waste collection services mitigate these risks by ensuring timely and regular removal of waste. Additionally, they employ trained personnel who are equipped with the right tools and protective gear to handle waste safely. This not only protects the health of individuals but also enhances the overall safety of the community.
Convenience and Reliability
One of the most appealing aspects of professional waste collection is the convenience it offers. Companies provide scheduled pick-ups tailored to your needs, ensuring that waste does not accumulate over time. This reliability means you don’t have to worry about missed collections or overflowing bins. With professional services, you can focus on other important tasks while leaving waste management to the experts.
Compliance with Regulations
Navigating the complex web of waste disposal regulations can be daunting. Professional waste collection services ensure compliance with local and national laws, reducing the risk of legal issues for businesses and individuals. They stay updated on the latest regulations and implement best practices in waste management, providing peace of mind that your waste is being handled legally and responsibly.
Customised Solutions
Every household and business has unique waste management needs. Professional services offer customised solutions tailored to specific requirements, whether it’s handling hazardous materials or providing specialised containers for different types of waste. This flexibility ensures that all waste is managed efficiently, regardless of its nature or volume.
Community Enhancement
Professional waste collection services play a pivotal role in enhancing community well-being. By maintaining cleanliness and reducing litter, they contribute to a more pleasant living environment. Cleaner streets and public spaces foster a sense of pride among residents and encourage community engagement. Moreover, these services often participate in local initiatives aimed at promoting environmental awareness and sustainability.
Final Reflections
The benefits of professional waste collection extend far beyond simple convenience. They encompass environmental preservation, cost savings, health protection, and regulatory compliance, among others. Opting for such services is a proactive step towards a cleaner and more sustainable future. By embracing professional waste collection, you contribute not only to your own well-being but also to that of your community and the planet. Embrace this opportunity to make a positive impact today.
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Toronto-Based Cree Artist Sebastian Gaskin Takes Over Spotify’s Indigenous Playlist
Toronto-based Sebastian Gaskin has been announced as Spotify’s newest Indigenous Takeover ambassador for March, celebrating his impact on the Canadian music scene. Raised in Tataskweyak Cree Nation, Gaskin’s music blends genre-fluid experimentation with raw intuition, setting him apart as a rising force in soul, R&B, and alternative soundscapes. With over 563.5K streams in Canada and a performance history that includes opening for Common and T-Pain, he continues to carve out a space for Indigenous artistry on global stages. This month, Spotify’s Indigenous Takeover playlist will feature Gaskin’s own selections, spotlighting the next wave of Indigenous talent shaping Canadian music.
Warren Zeiders Releases New 21-Track Album ‘Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal’
Warren Zeiders processes a discipline and work ethic unmatched in Country music, and today, he releases his 21-track album Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal via Warner Records. Known for his unapologetically raw storytelling and anthems that navigate love and loss, Zeiders’ album is an intimate exploration of personal transformation, heartbreak, and an unconditional fervor for love. Across the 21 songs, Zeiders brings an intimate approach to songwriting, delivering a crux of heart-on-your-sleeve tracks that explore the full spectrum of human emotions.
Zeiders is rapidly cementing himself as one of Country’s newest and most-promising genre staples. In February, Zeiders performed at the 2025 New Faces of Country Music showcase, which is fitting considering he had the No. 2 most-played song on all of Country radio in 2024.
His undeniable star power continues to capture audiences across genre lines. He earned seven coveted spots on Billboard’s 2024 year-end charts and performed as direct-support on Jelly Roll’s The Beautifully Broken Tour last year. Additionally, he earned two PEOPLE’s Choice Country nominations and won a CMT Award in 2024, and at just 25, Zeiders surpassed 3.6 billion+ global career streams and has earned a staggering 2 billion+ TikTok views and 7.8 million+ monthly Spotify listeners.
Tomorrow, March 15th, he’ll headline the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, followed by his 2025 “Relapse Tour”, which kicks off March 27th at Nashville’s The Pinnacle and hits 25+ dates across major markets, including Nashville, Atlanta, Charlotte and more. See the complete list of tour dates below, and for more information, visit warrenzeiders.com.
‘Relapse, Lies, & Betrayal’ Tracklist:
Relapse (Warren Zeiders, Blake Pendergrass, Justin Ebach)
Lies (Warren Zeiders, Blake Pendergrass, Justin Ebach, Ross Copperman)
Betrayal (Warren Zeiders, Ali Tamposi, Blake Pendergrass, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Justin Ebach)
Can A Heart Take (Warren Zeiders, Randy Montana, Ross Copperman, Ryan Beaver)
You For A Reason (Warren Zeiders, Alex Maxwell, Rivers Rutherford)
Love in Letting Go (featuring Lanie Gardner) (Warren Zeiders, Blake Pendergrass, Griff Clawson, Nick Long, Ali Tamposi, Jacob Kasher Hindlin)
Bad (Warren Zeiders, Ali Tamposi, Blake Pendergrass, Griff Clawson, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Nick Long)
Crying Whiskey (Warren Zeiders, Ali Tamposi, Blake Pendergrass, Griff Clawson, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, John Byron, Nick Long)
Without You (Warren Zeiders, Blake Pendergrass, Justin Ebach, Ross Copperman)
Every Single Version Of You (Connor Mcdonough, Feli Ferraro, Riley Mcdonough)
Everything Comes To Go Away (Ben Goldsmith, Cecilia Castleman)
Withdrawal (Warren Zeiders, Alex Maxwell, Russell Sutton)
Take It To The Grave (Warren Zeiders, Greylan Egan James, Mark Holman, Matt Roy)
Intoxicated (Warren Zeiders, Bart Butler, Benjy Davis, Mark Holman, Randy Montana)
Addictions (Warren Zeiders, Alex Maxwell, Rivers Rutherford)
Stones Throw Away (Warren Zeiders, Erik Dylan, Mark Holman, Randy Montana)
High Desert Road (Warren Zeiders, Eric Paslay, Rivers Rutherford)
Death Of A Cowboy (Warren Zeiders, Joybeth Taylor, Rivers Rutherford)
Fight Like Hell (Warren Zeiders, Erik Dylan, Jared Keim, Ryan Beaver)
Devil I Know (Warren Zeiders, Joe Clemmons, Mike Walker)
Love On The Line (Al Anderson, Chris Stapleton)
WARREN ZEIDERS UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
March 15 – Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
March 22 – San Diego, CA – Pioneer Square at Petco Park
March 27 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle
March 28 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy
March 29 – Columbia, SC – Township Auditorium
April 3 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
April 4 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall
April 5 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
April 10 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Criterion
April 11 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
April 12 – New Braunfels, TX – Whitewater Amphitheater
April 13 – Belton, TX – Central Texas State Fair
April 17 – Clearwater, FL – The BayCare Sound
April 18 – Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
April 19 – St Augustine, FL – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 24 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
April 25 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
April 26 – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union LIVE!
May 1 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
May 2 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage
May 3 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall at Fenway
May 9 – Newport, NY – MegaCorp Pavilion Outdoor
May 10 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park
May 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
May 16 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre
May 17 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
June 11 – North Lawrence, OH – The Country Fest
June 20 – Wildwood, NJ – Barefoot Country Music Fest
June 26 – Camdenton, MO – Ozarks Amphitheater
June 27 – Wichita, KS – WAVE
June 28 – Greeley, CO – Greeley Stampede
July 10 – La Porte, IN – LaPorte County Fair
July 11 – Rhinelander, WI – Hodag Country Festival
July 12 – Jacksonville, IL – Morgan County Fair
July 17 – Mankato, MN – Vetter Stone Amphitheater
July 18 – Waite Park, MN – The Ledge Amphitheater
July 19 – Hastings, NE – Adams County Fairfest
July 25 – Columbus, OH – Ohio State Fair Concert Series
July 26 – Dubuque, IA – Q Casino – VIP
July 31 – West Fargo, ND – The Lights Amphitheater
August 1 – Arnolds Park, IA – Preservation Plaza
Chikoruss Breaks Out of the Friendzone with New Single “Bestfriend”
Montreal R&B charmer Chikoruss can’t keep his feelings a secret anymore on his intoxicating and irresistible new single “Bestfriend” out today via 300 Entertainment. The buzzing star breaks out of the friendzone with this catchy banger, embodying his signature “R&Bounce” sound.
About “Bestfriend,” Chikoruss reveals, “While making this song, I was thinking about what I would say to a female best friend who I liked more than a friend. So, this became an ode to me pouring out my feelings while I’m drunk or letting the liquor talk. Fun fact, I was at home watching “Love Don’t Cost A Thing” when I came up with the idea for the hook, so while recording this in the studio I put myself into the role of a movie character or actor to try and drive the narrative home.”
As such, the single plays out like a big screen romance with Chikoruss as the star. Claps set the tempo for the track accented by echoes of loose guitar and glimmering keys. With a little liquid courage and a dope beat, he’s got the confidence to open up on the refrain, “Girl can you tell me how to love you better. This liquor care is making me tell you to chill. Drink half of the liquor, you got me pouring out my heart when I’m with ya.”
Mother Mother Marks 20 Years with New Single “Make Believe” and 2025 European Tour
Celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band, globally-celebrated alt-rock phenomenon Mother Mother have shared their brand new single “Make Believe.”
Today, the band also announces a run of European headline and festival dates beginning this summer, including stops at Lollapalooza Berlin and Paris, as well as headline shows in Budapest, Vienna, Frankfurt, Tilburg and a show at London’s famed O2 Academy Brixton, the band’s only UK show of 2025. The run concludes with their first ever headline date in Istanbul, on July 22. See the full list of dates below and click HERE for ticket information.
The imaginative “Make Believe” is only the first taste of what’s to come on Nostalgia. “I indulged a bit in my own life-philosophy on this track,” frontman and lyricist Ryan Guldemond says of the song. “Magical thinking, interconnection, cosmic gallivanting.”
Nostalgia is an album that delivers a creative palette as simultaneously expansive and cohesive as Mother Mother have ever offered. Arriving on the heels of 2023’s acclaimed Grief Chapter, it fosters both the spirit of creativity and total originality that fans have come to know and love about the band, while also pushing their musicality, lyricism, and aesthetics to new peaks. It’s heartfelt and dark, funneling and fractaling themes of alienation, existentialism, self-love and self-hate, gender roles, and spirituality through the vibrant imagery of otherworldly landscapes and mythical creatures.
“In creating ‘Nostalgia,’ our goal was to embody a childlike creativity which often becomes elusive as we age and gather too many tricks,” explains Guldemond, noting the importance of their emotional cohesion for this album-making process. “We evaluated every creative choice by its emotional impact—whether that was a lyric, a reverb trail or an EQ curve. If something didn’t evoke a strong emotional reaction—we let it go. This approach led to work we genuinely love and take pride in.”
In making their tenth studio album, Mother Mother have achieved something few acts get the chance to: freedom in creativity, resulting in a record that feels both true to their legacy and gesturing towards the next two decades ahead. Stay tuned for more as the group dives into Nostalgia and the journey in front of them.
Nostalgia Tracklist:
Love to Death
Make Believe
Station Wagon
ON AND ON (Song for Jasmin)
Better of Me
Namaste
FINGER
Me & You
little mistake
Mano a Mano
Nostalgia
To Regret
Mother Mother 2025 Tour Dates:
*Newly announced date
^Supporting Muse
Jun 27 Stockholm, Sweden STHLM Fields^
Jun 28 St. Gallen, Switzerland OpenAir St. Gallen Festival
Jun 30 Vienna, Austria Simm City*
Jul 1 Budapest, Hungary Akvarium NagyHall*
Jul 3 Werchter, Belgium Rock Werchter
Jul 4 Gdynia, Poland Open’er Festival
Jul 7 Stuttgart, Germany Im Wizemann*
Jul 8 Tilburg, Netherlands 013 Poppodium*
Jul 10 Madrid, Spain Mad Cool Festival
Jul 11 Lisbon, Portugal NOS Alive
Jul 13 Berlin, Germany Lollapalooza Berlin
Jul 16 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton*
Jul 18 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp*
Jul 19 Paris, France Lollapalooza Paris
Jul 22 Istanbul, Turkey Maximum Uniq Open-Air*
Photo Gallery: Boyz II Men at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
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Bob Dylan on Why Music Keeps Getting Worse
In a rare and revealing interviews, Bob Dylan shares his thoughts on why music has declined in quality, blaming an increasingly commercial-driven industry. As someone who’s witnessed decades of musical evolution, Dylan reflects on how artistry has taken a backseat to profit, offering brutally honest takes on the state of music today.