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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Tuesday presented Lady Gaga with a prestigious Diamond Award in recognition of “Bad Romance” (Streamline/Interscope) surpassing the 10 million threshold counting song sales and streams. The presentation took place at Lady Gaga’s Washington, D.C. Verizon Center show as part of her artRAVE: the ARTPOP ball tour.
Continue readingSarah Jaffe is set to release her third full-length studio album Don’t Disconnect on August 19th, 2014 via Kirtland Records. For the new album, the Texas native chose to work with fellow musician, Texan and friend on the production side, Midlake’s McKenzie Smith. The new album was recorded this past winter in Denton, TX at Smith’s Redwood Studios and finds Jaffe further exploring sounds and textures that reach far beyond her more acoustic beginnings.
Continue readingGlobal superstar Pharrell Williams has partnered with eBay’s Giving Works for a new auction that benefits From One Hand to AnOTHER, a charity that provides youth with the educational tools they need for success. The eBay auction will feature a number of items and experiences donated by Pharrell and friends, including a studio visit with renowned artist JR, two tickets to a taping of NBC’s hit show The Voice during Blind Auditions, unreleased Bee Line X Timberland boots, premiere tickets to the Bruno Mars and Pharrell Wiliams NYC concert which includes a meet and greet with Pharrell, and limited edition art including a print donated by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. The auction concludes on Thursday, May 22ndat 7pm. To check out the auction, please visit www.ebay.com/fohta.
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Big Machine Records, Mötley Records and Eleven Seven Music announced today that the highly-anticipated Country tribute album NASHVILLE OUTLAWS: A TRIBUTE TO MÖTLEY CRÜE will be released on July 8. The project will feature fresh takes on 15 of the band’s biggest hits covered by some of Country music’s biggest names, including Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Big & Rich, LeAnn Rimes, Gretchen Wilson, Darius Rucker, Rascal Flatts and more.
Continue readingCharlie Daniels, best known for his No. 1 country hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” which became a platinum single, topped both country and pop charts, won a Grammy Award, earned three CMA trophies, became a cornerstone of the ‘Urban Cowboy’ movie soundtrack and propelled Daniels’ Million Mile Reflections album to triple-platinum sales levels, is set to World Premiere his latest music video May 20th on CMT Pure. The video for “Tangled Up In Blue,” comes from Daniels latest album Off The Grid—Doin’ It Dylan, which hit stores on April 1, 2014. The video was directed by David Corlew and Nathan Shuppert for dcorlew films.
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Brooklyn based bubble-grunge four piece Charly Bliss combine earworm melodies with distortion caked guitars, toeing the line between super-grime and saccharine sweet. Their live show is characterized by “an enthusiasm that is hard to comprehend” (The Deli).
Continue readingMulti-platinum, 3-time GRAMMY-Award winning band Maroon 5 has signed to Interscope Records. The group¹s highly anticipated fifth studio album, titled V, will be released on September 2, 2014, which will be preceded by a new single that will be released this summer. In addition, the band has signed a worldwide tour deal with Live Nation with tour dates to be announced in the coming weeks.
Continue readingCelebrated singer/songwriter and performer extraordinaire LP will launch a pre-order for her upcoming debut album, Forever For Now, beginning today May 6th. Those who pre-order the album here will receive an instant download of her current single “Night Like This.” Those who pre-order will also receive two additional tracks from the album, “Tokyo Sunrise” and “One Last Mistake,” on May 19th. LISTEN NOW!
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