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Hackney Diamonds Due Out October 20 via Geffen; Their First Album of Original Material in 18 Years
Sep 28, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Classic rock legends The Rolling Stones are releasing a new album, Hackney Diamonds, on October 20 via Geffen. Now they have shared its second single, the seven-minute long “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” which features Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder. More
The Lockdown Sessions Due Out October 22 via Interscope
Sep 30, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Elton John and Stevie Wonder have shared a new song titled “Finish Line.” It is the latest release from John’s forthcoming album, The Lockdown Sessions, which will be out on October 22 via Interscope. The song was produced by Grammy Award winner Andrew Watt and features Kanye West’s Sunday Service Choir. More
TRIP Due Out November 13 via Merge
Oct 20, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Lambchop (the project of Kurt Wagner) are releasing a new covers album, TRIP, on November 13 via Merge. Now they have shared another track from it, a cover of Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions track “Golden Lady” (from 1973). More
Plus James Blake, Maxband, Julie Byrne and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 16, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Caleb Campbell and Stephen Axeman)
Welcome to the 40th Songs of the Week of 2020. Last week we had a supersized Songs of the Week because it covered two weeks’ worth of songs. This week’s list is supersized because there were so many great tracks shared in the last seven days. Thus this week we’ve got a Top 12 (and could’ve easily had a Top 13 or 14) instead of a Top 10, as well as a lot of honorable mentions. More
Songs Feature Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, Busta Rhymes, and Gary Clark Jr.
Oct 13, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Stevie Wonder hasn’t released a new album in 15 years, since 2005’s A Time to Love, although since then he has put out a couple of singles and guested on other people’s songs. Now he has returned with two new songs, “Can’t Put It in The Hands of Fate” (which features Rapsody, Cordae, Chika, and Busta Rhymes) and “Where Is Our Love Song” (which features Gary Clark Jr.). More
Reflecting on the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination
Apr 06, 2018
By Stephen Mayne
This week we look at Martin Luther King Jr. and the impact he had half a century on from his death, plus there’re sanctions, walls, pay gaps, reworked wedding songs, and Superorganism. More
Healthcare and Taxes (Plus Charles Bradley and The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
Sep 29, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
Debating healthcare is back, because efforts to destroy it won’t seem to go away. On top of the latest attempts to replace Obamacare, we have updates on tax, German elections, unity concerts, Stevie Wonder on one knee, and the passing of Charles Bradley. More
Trump, Russia, Comey, and Stevie Wonder
May 19, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
What a time to be alive. The leader of the often self-proclaimed free world seems ambivalent at best about the values that are supposed to underpin a free world, and old foes are apparently old foes to everyone apart from that same leader who’s in charge of opposing them. More
White Guest Starring on Tonight's Season Finale and Covers "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Mar 01, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
As we reported last week, Jack White (of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather) is guest starring on tonight’s season finale of ABC’s more adult, but still family friendly, revival of The Muppets. Last week we were treated to a clip from the episode of White and Kermit singing The White Stripes’ “Fell in Love With a Girl” (which is below again). More
Plus Franz Ferdinand, Skrillex, Bloc Party, Santigold, Regina Spektor and more.
Aug 14, 2012
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Check out photos from Day Three of the Outside Lands, held in the historic Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA on August 12, 2012. The gallery includes photos of Bloc Party, Caveman, Franz Ferdinand,Jack White, Regina Spektor, Santigold, Skrillex, Stevie Wonder and Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman. More