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Cover of Talking Heads 'Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live' (Talking Heads/Rhino) In November, Talking Heads released Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live for Record Store Day Black Friday, featuring early band recordings. Now they are expanding the release.The original Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live collection included 11 songs that showed the evolution of the band. The new release, dropping March 6, has been expanded to three CDs with the addition of 15 unreleased […]

Cover of The Beach Boys set 'We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years' (Capitol/UMe) The Beach Boys' mid-1970s era is being explored in a new box set.We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, dropping Feb. 13, is a three-CD, three-LP box set highlighting music recorded between 1976 and 1977. It's made up of 73 tracks, 35 of which are previously unreleased, along with 22 newly mixed tracks. All were recorded at Brother Studio […]

On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025...Keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died at age 87.He passed away in his sleep in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York.The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever" and its dramatic live improvised […]

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss pose upon their arrival into Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Victoria. (Photo by Jake Nowakowski/Newspix via Getty Images) KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are among the artists chosen for induction into the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame.The pair will be inducted into the 2026 class in the performers category, along with Kenny Loggins, Alanis Morissette and Taylor Swift.Non-performing songwriters set for induction this […]

Bonnie Raitt performs during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Bonnie Raitt is set to join Brandi Carlie for one of her Echoes Through the Canyon concerts, which will take place May 29 and 30 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Gorge, Washington, outside of Seattle.Raitt, who Carlile called her "red headed hero," is […]

Cover of Squeeze's 'Trixies'/(BMG) Squeeze has released another preview of their upcoming album, Trixies.The latest single, “You Get the Feeling,” is the third track they’ve released from the concept album, following "Trixies Pt. 1" and "Trixies Pt. 2." It is available now via digital outlets, with an accompanying video on YouTube.Trixies features some of the first songs Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook ever wrote together. They were written by the duo back in […]

Cover of Bruce Hornsby's 'Indigo Park' (Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers) Bruce Hornsby is back with new music and a new tour.The singer is set to release a new album, Indigo Park, on April 3. He’ll then hit the road in support of the release with his band The Noisemakers.The tour launches April 19 in Cincinnati and hits such cities as Nashville, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles before wrapping July 25 in […]

Joe Elliott of Def Leppard performs onstage during Radio 2 In The Park at Hylands Park on September 7, 2025 in Chelmsford, England. (Photo by Katja Ogrin/Getty Images) Looks like we’re about to get some new music from Def Leppard.The band shared a video teasing what appears to be a new song on Instagram, with the clip showing posters popping up with the words “Def Leppard,” “Rejoice” and the tag line […]

Stevie Nicks performs on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Disney/Randy Holmes) Stevie Nicks has added another show to her 2026 schedule.The two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to play The Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on April 22.The last time Stevie played The Moody Center was in August 2023. In announcing the show she wrote on Instagram, “3 years is far too long, Austin! Can’t wait to see you all again […]