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Nicole Mitchell

Chris Stapleton’s All-American Road Show Tour on the Heels of ACM Success

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Celebrating his new albums, ‘From A Room: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Chris Stapleton recently announced his All-American Road Show Tour. Show dates include stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, The Forum in L.A. and Chicago’s Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre. Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb will be featured as guest artists and audiences will even be spoiled with appearances from The Eagles on few of the dates.

On April 15th, Stapleton won three awards at the 53rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards, taking home the award for best album and male vocalist of the year. The artist and his wife also became parents to twins making the evening even more special.

Stapleton’s next stop will be in Daytona, Florida on May 5th and will be ending his Road Show Tour at The Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore MD, on the 4th of November. Tickets are on sale online and interested fans should act fast as a large number of shows are already sold out.

Patti Smith Performs at Documentary Premiere for the 40th Anniversary of her Album, ‘Horses’

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Patti Smith recently breathed new life into her most renowned music at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of the documentary, ‘Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band’. The rock and roll legend performed with guitarist, Lenny Kay and her son, Jackson along with guests of honour Bruce Springsteen and Michael Stipe.

After the screening, Smith and her band were revealed with only the naked, brick wall of the Beacon Theatre behind them. The theatre is praised for its acoustics, remarkable sound and design. The documentary is intimate and intuitive and director, Steven Sebring, succeeded in constructing the documentary into an alluring experience in the theatre space. For the documentary, marking the 40th anniversary of her 1975 debut album, Smith recorded a live version of the album in front of an in-studio audience before hitting the road to perform in sold-out shows around the world.

After thanking the audience and members of her band, Smith called Springsteen from behind the curtains and the two artists started singing ‘Because the Night’, a single written by Springsteen on Smith’s third album, ‘Easter’. Michael Stipe then joined in for the grand finale of ‘People Have the Power’. Members of the audience were nostalgically captured and transported during these performances.

‘Horses’ hit the punk world in December 1975 and left the world staggered at her androgynous performance of ‘Gloria’ on SNL, April 1976. Smith became associated with artists like Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison as her album grabbed listeners by the lapels and demanded unwavering attention.

Today in History: The Passing of Prince

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Prince died two years ago today. The renowned artist’s career spans over 6 decades, leaving behind hundreds of songs in multiple genres under his own name and pseudonyms.

Born in Minnesota as Prince Rogers Nelson in 1958, he would soon experience a career like no other and become known for his exhilarating stage presence, fashion sense and wide vocal range. The artist passed away suddenly on 21 April 2016 from an allegedly accidental fentanyl overdose. However, many have their suspicions regarding the circumstances of his passing. Dying at the age of 57, he was cremated after his autopsy which ruled his death as accidental.

Prince was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame soon after his passing.

 

Evident in the numbers below, Prince’s career had a massive impact on today’s music industry:

Studio albums: 39

Singles: 104

Grammy Awards: 7

Academy Awards: 1

American Music Awards: 6

MTV Video Music Awards: 4

BET Awards: 2

Hall of Fame inductions: 6

Honorary awards: 7

Tours: 29

Film appearances: 4

Jack White: “Boarding House Reach”

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The Third Man Rocker released his third solo album, ‘Boarding House Reach’, on March 23rd this year. The full-length album consists of 13 tracks and is a follow-up to 2014’s Lazaretto. The artist initially started with the album in Tennessee, but eventually recorded and produced in well-known studios; Sear Sound, New York, Capitol, Los Angeles and his own studio in Nashville.

White recruited a whole new group of musicians and also finally gave and started using Pro Tools during sessions.

Session musicians included;
Drummers: Louis Cato, Daru Jones, and Carla Azar
Bassists: Charlotte Kemp Muhl and NeonPhoenix
Synth players: DJ Harrison and Anthony “Brew” Brewster
Keyboardists: Neal Evans and Quincy McCrary
Percussionists: Bobby Allende and Justin Poree

Some of the songs on the album date back many years. “Ice Station Zebra” was originally written for a collaborative album with JAY-Z and “Over and Over and Over” for The White Stripes. “Connected By Love” and “Corporation” also fall under the early singles of White’s new album.

White forges elements of hip-hop, country, jazz, electronic music, gospel, high-voltage blues, cross-pollinated rock, and robo and psychedelic funk into his tracks. It is an invigorating album, a definite must-listen. Some may even describe it as wack, but after two decades of committing himself to vinyl, the possibilities for Jack White seem endless.

War On Drugs’ Tour on the Heels of their First Grammy Win

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War on Drugs was recently awarded a Grammy for Best Rock Album for their fourth full-length album,  A Deeper Understanding. This was the first ever Grammy nomination for the band and went as far as to beat out entries from Metallica, Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age and Nothing More. Their song, “Pain”, also hit the top of the Adult Alternative Songs chart in January, another first for the band. 

Right on the heels of their Grammy win, the band announced the dates of their world tour. They recently played in Australia before returning to America on April 11th at Las Vegas’s Brooklyn Bowl and continued on to Coachella, Shaky Knees, and Panorama. The band will also be heading to Europe where they will play at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival ending in Hannover, DE at Capitol on August 21st. 

War on Drugs’ will be seen next at Coachella, Indio, CA on April 20.