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On This Day, August 30, 1986 … Steve Winwood landed his first Billboard Hot 100 #1 with “Higher Love,” from his fourth solo album, Back in the High Life. The song, featuring backing vocals by Chaka Khan, spent one week on top of the chart. It went on to win Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Vocal Performance. Winwood’s second and only other #1 single came less than two years later […]

Courtesy of MCA Nashville With "Outskirts" climbing up the country charts, Sam Hunt's taking fans into the songwriting session of his latest single. As Sam recalls, though he had the song idea for a while, it wasn't until he buckled down to ready new music that it finally was written and ready for recording. "I have these songs in pieces that exist either in my head or my phone or computer. And that was one that has been around for […]

ABC/ Ida Mae Astute It looks like fans of The Rolling Stones won't have to wait much longer for news on their upcoming album. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers continue to tease the album, which looks to be called Hackney Diamonds. They've launched a new website, which just reads “Welcome to Hackney Diamonds,” along with the caution “warning weak glass” and a picture of a hammer.  After clicking on the site a few […]

NBC All hail queen Reba McEntire. Reba has "taken the throne" as the new coach of season 24 of NBC's The Voice. In a new promo video shared by The Voice and Reba, Reba dresses up in a shiny silver outfit with a crown befitting a powerful queen. Preview clips of the upcoming season are also shared, with fellow coach Gwen Stefani remarking, "I've had two country hits," before Reba retorts without missing a beat, "I've had more than […]

Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for ABA Bob Dylan once gave Post Malone some lyrics for a new song, but why the public has never actually heard that track is a mystery. Rolling Stone reports the tune was supposed to be part of a project producer Michael Cash came up with, which would have featured Dylan lyrics recorded by a group of hip-hop artists. It was inspired by T Bone Burnett’s 2014 project, Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes, a project in which artists […]

Frank Hoensch/Redferns The Who played a special show at the royal family’s Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, on Monday, and they left their mark in a pretty permanent way. U Discover Music reports that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend planted a tree in the Royal Gardens as a way of supporting Heritage Live’s sustainability initiative. Heritage Live is responsible for holding concerts on the grounds, and the tree symbolizes its mission to reduce the impact large […]