Monday, August 18, 2025
Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute " or write seemingly anything "Â it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their c…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:57PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Sheila Jordan, whose cool and supple voice carried her name through decades of jazz recordings, performance and education, died Monday in New York, her family confirms to Variety. No cause o…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Amanda Shires, Brittney Spencer, Cecilia Castleman, Haven Madison, M'Lynn and Queen Anne will headline the second installment of its celebration of female voices and genre …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:22AM[SHARE]Monday, August 4, 2025
It's hardly a surprise given the widespread fan speculation, but two sources close to the situation confirm to Variety that Lady Gaga will release a song titled "Dead Dance" that will appear…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:55PM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2025
Flaco Jiménez, the San Antonio-born accordionist whose music has been a hallmark of Tex-Mex, Tejano and conjunto music for seven decades, died Thursday, according to a statement from his fa…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2025
In the op-ed below, Rachel Landy, an assistant professor at Cardozo School of Law specializing in contracts and copyright law, makes a the case for why states legislatures, not Congress, …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 27, 2025
Even though she's dropped an album every four years, Lorde's career has felt so start-stop that it's surprising to realize we've had a dozen trips around the sun since "Royals" lofted her, a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:05AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 25, 2025
At a time when even mid-level concert tickets sell for extortionate prices, finding an affordable night of music can be a challenge. But the New York-based Burwoodland entertainment company …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Songwriter-producer-entrepreneur Swizz Beatz and showrunner Chris Brancato ("Narcos," "Godfather of Harlem") will be developing new ideas for podcasts, television and film in a newly formali…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:39PM[SHARE]Professional audio technology specialists L-Acoustics, in collaboration with Black Meteor, have launched "The Art of Sound," a three-part documentary series that merges scientific discovery …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 2025
Although Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna is just 23, she's already released two EPs and an album that find her combining the music of both cultures with her soaring voice " and is an open…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 13, 2025
It's safe to say that very few shows that could feature performances by Gracie Abrams, Garth Brooks, George Clinton, Kristen Chenoweth, Dan & Shay, the Doobie Brothers, Debbie Gibson and…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:40PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Formed in 2020 as the COVID pandemic threatened to decimate the live-entertainment business, the National Independent Talent Organization is a 501(c)(6) trade organization that represents…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 10, 2025
David Byrne has announced that "Who Is the Sky?," his first new album since 2018's "American Utopia," will be released September 5 on Matador Records. The album was produced by Grammy-winner…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 5, 2025
Nearly 60 years after it was recorded, a legendary early club set from Sly & the Family Stone will finally be officially released. "The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967" w…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:11PM[SHARE]Monday, June 2, 2025
Gospel music superstar Kirk Franklin is joining forces with Insignia Assets, a new entertainment venture established by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay. The deal will see Franklin's compa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:16AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Live Nation Entertainment, the world's largest live-entertainment company, has announced the election of Richard Grenell to its board of directors. Grenell, who President Trump recentl…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31PM[SHARE]Monday, May 12, 2025
Before her tragic death in a Minneapolis house fire earlier this month, singer-songwriter Jill Sobule had completed work on a Drama Desk-nominated "autobiographical musical memoir" called "F…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:41AM[SHARE]Friday, May 2, 2025
Jill Sobule, the groundbreaking singer-songwriter and activist whose 1995 song "I Kissed a Girl" is widely considered the first openly gay-themed song to crack the Billboard Top 20, died in …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:47AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 17, 2025
The Elton John AIDS Foundation and Brandi Carlile's Looking Out Foundation announced an initiative " the "Who Believes In Angels?" Campaign " to offset recent cuts to HIV/AIDS relief f…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Bruce Springsteen will release a project called "Tracks II: The Lost Albums" on Thursday, the singer announced on social media Wednesday morning. No further information was provided, but the…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 20, 2025
At first, Peter Wolf "Â best known as the limber-limbed solo artist and former lead singer of the J. Geils Band "Â may not seem like a day-one Bob Dylan fan who saw some of the legendary…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 18, 2025
For the first time, paid streaming subscriptions hit the 100 million mark in the U.S. last year, while vinyl sales continued their nearly two-decade resurgence with $1.4 billion in sales, ac…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 8, 2025
Cher, Beck Trey Anastasio and Alicia Keys were just four of the highlights of Thursday night's ninth annual Love Rocks NYC Benefit Concert for God's Love We Deliver. Held at New York's…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2025
"Hey, that was a Beatles scream!" Paul McCartney said, responding to a female audience member's shriek midway through his exuberant set at New York's Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night. "Okay …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46AM[SHARE]Monday, February 10, 2025
David Johansen " the sole surviving founding member of the New York Dolls and a solo artist who also performs as the lounge singer Buster Poindexter "Â is suffering from stage four cancer,…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 8, 2025
The world loves a good "rise of" story " one that captures the first months of a now-superstar artist's meteoric rise, whether it's Elvis or the Beatles or Madonna or Prince or Nirvana (that…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Spotify paid out $10 billion to the music industry in 2024 " some $1 billion more than last year, the previous record "Â making its total around $60 billion since it was founded in 2006. T…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:40PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 25, 2025
Bjork has been doing press interviews to promote today's livestream of her new Apple TV+ concert film "Cornucopia," but a comment she made about Spotify during an interview with the Swedish …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:44PM[SHARE]Friday, August 25, 2023
Republic Records' Kids & Family division and the Rock and Roll Playhouse have announced an exclusive partnership with a multi-album record deal. Founded by Brooklyn Bowl owner and live m…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:51AM[SHARE]Friday, June 2, 2023
Grammy-winning Songwriters Hall of Fame member Cynthia Weil "Â who co-wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling," "On Broadway," "Make Your Own Kind of Music," "On Broadway," "Walking in the …
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