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Drake finally delivers long-awaited album ’For All the Dogs’

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Drake fans, rejoice, for the 6 God finally dropped his much-anticipated eighth studio album, For All the Dogs.

The 23-track collection arrived for streaming 6 a.m. ET Friday, October 6, a few hours after Drake revealed the feature-heavy track list.

From J. Cole to Chief Keef, Sexyy Red to Lil Yachty, the rapper tapped a list of hip-hop favorites for the new album.

Also making an appearance: Drake’s longtime collaborator and tour mate 21 Savage, who lays bars on the number three track, “Calling for You.”

During the weeks-long promo run for the album, Drake released “Slime You Out” with SZA and on Thursday, unleashed “8AM in Charlotte” with a video on social media featuring his son, Adonis.

The soon-to-be 6-year-old made his For All the Dogs debut as the artist of his dad’s album cover art, an original drawing of a black and white dog with tall ears and red eyes.

For All the Dogs marks Drake’s first album since 2022’s Honestly Nevermind, his RIAA-certified Platinum album that landed in the top spot on Billboard‘s 200, Top Dance/Electronic Albums and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Toast to ‘The Last Waltz’s’ 45th anniversary with Robbie Robertson’s new whiskey

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The late Robbie Robertson is known for his legendary musical career, but this fall he’ll also be remembered for his whiskey.

One of Robertson’s last projects before his death in August was to team with WhistlePig Whiskey for a new spirit in honor of The Band’s legendary concert film and album The Last Waltz, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year.

WhistlePig 12 Rye Whiskey – Robbie’s Blend, which was crafted with Robertson’s input, features a blend of flavors including ripe citrus, cedar, walnut and crushed white pepper. And as a bonus for Last Waltz fans, each bottle has been dipped in wax made with melted vinyl from The Last Waltz album.

“We’re humbled to give fans another way to celebrate The Last Waltz’s legacy this season with a new whiskey created in collaboration with Robbie himself,” says Mitch Mahar, WhistlePig distiller. “With his personal touches, Robbie’s Blend offers a bespoke whiskey that gives you a symphony of flavor in every sip.”

WhistlePig 12 Rye Whiskey – Robbie’s Blend is available to order online starting Friday, October 6, and will also be available this fall in select stores in Tennessee.

The release coincides with several planned celebrations of The Last Waltz’s 45th anniversary, including the October 6 release of a three-LP audiophile pressing of the soundtrack and a record release party taking place the same night at Analog inside the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. The film is also set to return to theaters nationwide for one night only on November 5.

“Nobody sings it like I do”: Stephen Sanchez on his “unicorn” of a debut album and a possible sequel

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Stephen Sanchez‘s debut LP, Angel Face, tells the story of a love triangle between a 1950s singer named The Troubadour Sanchez, a woman named Evangeline and a mob boss named Hunter. Releasing a retro-sounding concept LP as your first album is a bold move, but Stephen says that’s the selling point.

“There aren’t a lot of artists doing what I’m doing, if any, at my age,” he tells ABC Audio. “I think it’s safe to say, with respect to other artists, that this is a very different record and I’m a very different artist. I mean, nobody is making ” rel=”noopener noreferrer” target=”_blank”>1950, ’60s-style music. Nobody’s making a conceptual record their first go-round that is in that style. And nobody sings it like I do, and no one’s doing it at [age] 20.”

That’s why the “Until I Found You” singer feels the album will really take off when he starts touring and fans can see the story play out onstage.

“I think people are going to come see the show live and, and see how much of a unicorn this record is, in the same way that they did with ‘Until I Found You,'” he predicts. “And I think it’s going to do some really great things for music and for the world.”

If you’re already a fan of Angel Face, which ends when Hunter guns down The Troubadour, there’s a sequel coming. “The death of The Troubadour, I don’t think it ends exactly just there,” he teases.

“I already have a story that I’m writing for this little extension piece to the record,” he reveals, calling it a Kill Bill-style story set in 1969, where Evangeline, driven insane with grief, has to track down Hunter in New York “before the police can save him from her wrath.”

Prepare for Metalchella: Power Trip starts Friday

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Fill up your water bottle and get your devil horns ready: Metalchella is here.

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and Tool are headlining the inaugural Power Trip festival, taking place October 6-8. It’ll be held in Indio, California, at the same site of Coachella and 2016’s Desert Trip, which featured the similarly stacked lineup of The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who.

“It’s a strange concept, isn’t it?” Priest bassist Ian Hill tells LA Weekly of Power Trip. “Six bands over three days, everybody gets to see the headliner. You couldn’t get six bands of this stature all on the same bill on the same day. There wouldn’t be the time, or the room for the egos probably. Who would wrap the show up?”

“It’s the first thing like this that we’ve ever done,” Hill adds. “We’ve been out with bands like KISS and AC/DC before, years ago. So we’ve been on the two-big-act bill, sort of thing. But with the festival theme, I don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Power Trip will kick off Friday with Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden, then AC/DC and Judas Priest on Saturday, and Metallica and Tool on Sunday.

“I think playing on the bill, just Metallica and us, it’s absolutely going to inspire us,” Tool guitarist Adam Jones tells LA Weekly. “We’re excited to be at our best and to microwave the crowd.”

Jones adds that Tool’s “dusted off some tunes that we haven’t played in a long time” for their set.

“Songs that we think will be appropriate for the setting,” he says.

Colbie Caillat’s ‘Along the Way’ is “a breakup album … in the most optimistic way”

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Colbie Caillat‘s first solo album since 2016, Along the Way, is out October 6. Many of the songs were inspired by Colbie’s 2020 breakup with her fiancé, Justin Young, who she’d been with for nearly a decade, but she insists that the album’s not a downer.

“It’s absolutely a breakup album,” she laughs. “But in the most optimistic way. It’s about endings and how they bring on new beginnings.” But she notes that it took her a long time to get into the right headspace to release the album.

“I recorded this album over two years ago and I remember thinking, like, ‘I don’t know how I can sing these songs,'” she tells ABC Audio. “How am I going to go promote these, like, with a smile on my face?”

“The fact that it’s been this much time and I actually, I’ve digested it all and now I’m just wanting to share these songs for anyone who’s going through that … I feel like it will help people,” she says, adding that she’s excited for her fans to hear it.

Colbie says of Along the Way, “I feel like this is the album I’m most proud of … and so I feel like [listeners will] come along, because it’s all the things that they need or that they’re used to from what I’ve released in the past — just a more mature, elevated version of it.”

Colbie made the album after disbanding her short-lived country group, Go West, but Along the Way also has a country sound to it.

“Now it’s mostly all I listen to and I’m a superfan,” she says of country music. In addition, Colbie says some of her old songs have elements that are similar to country music, making her “feel really comfortable with it.”

DCFC’s Dave Depper reflects on 20th anniversary of ‘Transatlanticism’: “I can’t believe I’m playing this guitar riff”

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Death Cab for Cutie‘s 2003 album Transatlanticism turns 20 on Saturday, October 7. The record was a staple of the 2000s indie rock scene and had a big influence on guitarist Dave Depper, who had no idea he’d be playing those songs as a member of Death Cab in a decade’s time.

“There’s points each night where I’m playing songs like the song ‘Transatlanticism’ where I’m playing that riff,” Depper tells ABC Audio. “It takes me right back to 2014 and being like, ‘I can’t believe I’m playing this guitar riff, this is crazy.'”

Depper joined Death Cab following the 2014 departure of original guitarist and producer Chris Walla, whose tone and style helped define the band’s early sound.

“Just stepping into Chris Walla’s shoes was very intimidating,” Depper says. “These are songs that not only meant a lot to me but obviously mean a lot to millions of people around the world.”

“I just wanted to not screw up at first, and so I worked really hard to play these songs accurately,” he continues. “That went well, and as the years have gone on, I’ve kinda added a bit of my own spin to them.”

You can hear that during Death Cab’s current 20th anniversary Transatlanticism tour, during which they’re playing the album in full.

“I obviously don’t wanna change what people love about [Transatlanticism‘s songs], but I do think that we’re playing them in a way that kinda fits the lineup of the band now in a very copacetic way,” Depper shares.

Death Cab’s tour continues Friday, October 6, in Seattle. The run is co-headlined by frontman Ben Gibbard‘s other band, The Postal Service, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2003 album, Give Up.

Chayce Beckham talks “23” + reflects on post-‘American Idol’ journey

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

“Two years and ’23’ has finally made its way to country radio,” Chayce Beckham notes with a laugh.

His self-penned “23” helped catapult him to being crowned the winner of American Idol’s 19th season. Beyond that, the reflective, autobiographical track is rooted in real-life events he had faced.

“It’s a song about my life and it’s just something that I wrote just trying to talk about what I had been through up until that point and some of the hard lessons I’d learned,” Chayce tells ABC Audio.

“It just made me feel better to write it and that’s why I did it,” he says. “So I never in a million years would have thought that we’d be sitting here right now talking about it.”

The journey “23” has taken since American Idol is something Chayce doesn’t take for granted.

“It’s just really been such a big deal for everything that I’ve done at shows, radio [and] live concerts,” he shares.

Chayce is currently out on the road with Luke Bryan on the Country On Tour. For a full list of dates and tickets, visit Chayce’s website.

“23” is currently approaching the top 20 on the country charts.

Snoop Dogg to perform at 2023 Baby2Baby Gala in November

October 6, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Snoop Dogg will take the stage at the Baby2Baby Gala this fall as the fundraising event’s celebrity performer.

Taking place in Snoop’s hometown of Los Angeles on Saturday, November 11, the annual charity event aims to raise money to support Baby2Baby’s mission to help children living in poverty.

This year, the nonprofit will provide nearly 300,000 essential items to support the children who participate in the Snoop Youth football and basketball Leagues, as well as the Snoop Special Stars; both organizations help inner-city children across Los Angeles take part in sports.

Snoop founded his Youth Football League in 2005 in an effort to keep kids out of street life and to offer resources that teach the values of teamwork, good sportsmanship, discipline, and self-respect and academics.

In 2017, the SYFL added The Snoop Special Stars Football and Cheer Division to serve “all Special Needs children and young adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.”

The Offspring, Sum 41 & Pierce the Veil announces apparel collaboration with Broken Promises

October 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The Offspring, Sum 41 and Pierce the Veil have announced a collaboration with the apparel company Broken Promises.

The collection is set to launch on Saturday, October 7, and will only be available for two weeks.

“It’s a dream come true to be collaborating with legendary bands The Offspring, Sum 41 and Pierce the Veil,” says Broken Promises founder/designer Mandee Bence. “These are bands that we grew up listening to, as teenagers when we were trying to figure out who we really were, and discovering music that we were able to really connect with. We tapped into these emotions as we took inspiration from some of our favorite songs for this collection.”

For more info, visit BrokenPromisesCo.com.

Broken Promises will also be offering exclusive merch at the upcoming When We Were Young festival, taking place October 21-22 in Las Vegas. The Offspring, Sum 41 and Pierce the Veil are all on the lineup along with headliners Blink-182 and Green Day.

‘TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR’ earns more than $100 million in global advance ticket sales

October 5, 2023 by WDNY Radio

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How high can the box office go for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR?

A week before its official premiere, AMC, the company distributing the movie, has announced that as of October 4, the film had sold more than $100 million worth of advance tickets globally. The film is set to open October 13 in nearly 8,500 theaters in 100 countries.

TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, which was filmed in August during one of Taylor’s shows in LA, will play at least four times per day on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at all U.S. AMC locations.

Many theaters showing the film are offering Taylor-themed popcorn and soda containers, giveaways, and the opportunity to rent out an entire showing for $800.

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