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Music notes: Taylor Swift, David Archuleta, Lindsey Stirling, Jewel, Harry Styles, Meghan Trainor and more

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Even Taylor Swift‘s mom says Taylor’s doppelgänger is Ashley Leechin. Leechin posted a reaction video to Taylor promoting Midnights and the singer commented, “My mom just saw this and said ‘she looks like you.'”

David Archuleta released the new song “Faith in Me” and is about to head out on a holiday tour. Tickets for his 14-date The More The Merrier Christmas Tour, starring November 18, are already on sale on his official website.

Lindsey Stirling is heading out on her Snow Waltz tour on November 17, in support of her newly announced album of the same name, which arrives October 7. She has released another song off the album, “Joy To The World,” which is inspired by Celtic music.

Jewel loves sleeping in a cold bedroom and dubs it “survival sleeping.” In a new TikTok, the hitmaker revealed, “I like it so cold in my room at night, that as I’m falling asleep, I wonder if I will make it through the night.” She wants to know if her fans are guilty of doing the same.

Harry Styles is teasing something new coming to his Pleasing beauty venture. He shared to Instagram a preview of people wearing bright clothes and wrote, “Coming soon. Find your pleasing.” Harry launched Pleasing in December.

Meghan Trainor revealed her favorite music videos to Allure. “All About That Bass,” “Lips Are Moving,” “Title,” “Me Too,” “Nice to Meet Ya” and “Bad for Me” are her picks, in chronological order.

Frankie Grande — Ariana Grande‘s big bro — revealed he defied Madonna‘s advice to not be in a throuple — or in a relationship with two other people. She told him, “That’s not going to end well,” and he admits to Billboard she was right.

Music notes: Jack Harlow, Lil Nas X, Lorde, Diplo, The Chainsmokers, Meghan Trainor and more

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jack Harlow is this year’s Songwriter of the Year at the 2022 SESAC Music Awards — his second straight win. His Lil Nas X collaboration, “Industry Baby,” shared a win for Song of the Year with Glass Animals‘ “Heat Waves.”

Lil Nas X’s collaboration with M&M’s is here — colorful limited-edition packs meant to bring people together. “Growing up I would have never thought my face would be on M&M’S but here we are, and it’s amazing,” he said in a statement. A portion of M&M’S Packs Inspired by Lil Nas X sales will benefit the nonprofit Sing for Hope.

Lorde teased her new album at Primavera Sound Los Angeles, saying she’ll make an announcement “sometime soon,” reports Music News. The “Royals” singer hinted this album will feature more pop music.

Diplo was awarded a $1.2 million restraining order against a woman who’s been harassing him for two years, reports Pitchfork. The two have taken out orders against each other after their sexual relationship ended in 2020. Diplo’s attorney says “justice prevailed.”

Steve Jobs‘ daughter, Eve, is dating Drew Taggart, of The Chainsmokers, Us Weekly reports. A source said the pair started as a “casual summer fling.” Drew is 32 and Eve, a model, is 24.

Even Taylor Swift’s mom says Ashley Leechin is Taylor’s doppelgänger. Leechin posted a reaction video to Taylor promoting Midnights, on which Taylor commented, “My mom just saw this and said ‘she looks like you.'”

Frankie Grande — Ariana’s big bro — revealed he defied Madonna’s advice to not be in a throuple. She told him, “That’s not going to end well” — and he told Billboard she was right.

Archival Humble Pie rarities album, ‘I Need a Star in My Life,’ available now

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Humble Pie has just released a collection of rare studio tracks, titled I Need a Star in My Life, that they recorded during the mid-1970s.

The 20-song compilation is available now on CD, via digital formats and as a two-LP set pressed on either blue, orange or red vinyl.

I Need a Star in My Life was recorded from 1974 to 1976 by a Humble Pie lineup that featured founding lead singer/guitarist Steve Marriott and bassist Greg Ridley, as well as guitarist Clem Clempson, who had replaced original member Peter Frampton in 1971.

The recordings capture the trio experimenting with various musical styles and include several original tunes alongside covers of songs by Sam Cooke, Bo Diddley and more.

King Crimson sax player Mel Collins makes a guest appearance on the album.

In addition, Humble Pie released a companion seven-inch red-vinyl single that features their rendition of Cooke’s “Shake,” which also appears on the I Need a Star in My Life album, paired with the rare track “Bluestalk,” a blues jam between Marriott and The Rolling Stones‘ Brian Jones that was recorded in 1969.

Here’s the full track list of I Need a Star in My Life:

“Shake”
“Mona”
“Lend Us a Quid”
“Send Me Some Lovin'”
“She Moves Me Man”
“Street Rat”
“Captain Goatcabin’s Balancing Stallions”
“High and Happy”
“Be My Baby”
“It’s All Over”
“Bluegrass Interval”
“Don’t Take But a Few Minutes”
“Louisiana Blues”
“You’re a Heartbreaker”
“I Need a Star in My Life”
“Cocaine”
“I’ll Find You”
“Lord Let Me Hold Out”
“Hambone”
“Signed Sealed”

Nile Rodgers marks 70th birthday by donating $1 million to his charitable foundation

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Nile Rodgers marks 70th birthday by donating million to his charitable foundation

Nile Rodgers celebrated his 70th birthday on Monday. In honor of the milestone, and to mark the 20th anniversary of his We Are Family Foundation, the legendary guitarist, producer and songwriter is donating $1 million to the organization.

We Are Family Foundation seeks to promote cultural diversity, and to support and encourage young people who are involved with programs that address basic human needs and work toward creating a more peaceful world.

“My mother used to say, ‘It’s better to give than to receive,'” Rodgers says. “I knew the best thing I could do to celebrate my 70th birthday and the 20th anniversary of WAFF was to provide a million-dollar endowment to sustain the foundation’s important work. Our Global Teen Leaders and Youth to the Front Fund ‘Frontliners’ give us their all and this is the least I can do to continue supporting them.”

In 2020, the foundation launched its Youth to the Front Fund, which supports youth activists under age 30 and youth-led organizations and initiatives focused on fighting racism and racial injustice in the U.S. and around the world.

In conjunction with Rodgers’ announcement about the generous endowment, the We Are Family Foundation revealed the latest list of “Frontliners,” almost 30 young activists from around the world who will receive financial assistance from the fund to aid in their various projects.

Rodgers is best known as a co-founding member of the influential funk/R&B group Chic, and he continues to lead the current incarnation of the band. Nile has written and produced songs for an impressive list of well-known artists.

He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 in the Musical Excellence category.

Nearly 10 years later, Kanye admits Sway did have the answers

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kanye West is willing to admit he was wrong when he famously told radio host Sway Calloway that he “aint got the answers.”

The rapper made mention of the 2013 interview when discussing the downfall of his relationship with Gap and Adidas.

“It was all kind of a disregard for the voice of something that I co-created. I co-created the product at Adidas. I co-created the product at Gap,” Ye told ABC News. “That means that I was there for some specific agenda, not for Yeezy Gap to be everything that it could be, or this dream that I had about what the Gap could be. It’s time for me to make my own thing.”

He then admitted, “I will go ahead and say, Sway had the answer.”

For some backstory, Ye vented to Sway in 2013 about the struggles he faced getting support from major corporations in the fashion industry. The host then encouraged him to push forward without the backing of those big businesses, prompting the now-viral response from Ye: “How Sway? You ain’t got the answers, man! You ain’t got the answers!”

Like the 2013 clip, Kanye’s admission has sparked many reactions on social media.

Kayne’s full interview airs Thursday night.

Offset announces release date for sophomore solo album

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(Note Language) After teasing fans with singles “Code” and “54321,” Offset has announced the release date for his as-yet-titled sophomore solo album.

Taking to Twitter Wednesday, the rapper randomly shared a date — 11/11/22 — on his account and followed up with a tweet that clarified that’s the day he’ll be dropping his second record.

Offset’s new album will arrive nearly four years after 2019’s Father of 4, his debut solo LP. Aside from Moneybagg Yo, who is featured on “Code,” he’s collaborated with the likes of Metro Boomin, Southside and wife Cardi B for the project. He’s hoping to one day work with a rapper he considers to be a GOAT emcee in his hometown of Atlanta: André 3000.

During an interview with Complex, Offset directed a message to 3 Stacks: “André, I done sent you three songs,” said the Migos rapper. He noted “you gotta be selective” when choosing tracks for André, as he only jumps on “certain songs,” and generally praised his musical genius.

“I love his taste,” Offset said.

Offset’s new album will see the rapper discuss struggles relatable to the everyday person.

“When I came in, we came out the trenches, so that’s what people want to hear, because that’s what people go through every day,” he previously told SSENSE. “Ain’t nobody driving a Wraith.”

He continued, “[In] Black culture right now, and the world in general, the poors outweigh the rich one thousand percent. So you gotta talk about s*** that’s going on in real life. Just the real content of what people see every day. Go back to that.”

Halsey opens up about doubting their career: “The weight of it is suffocating”

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Halsey opened up to fans in a vulnerable post about feeling a “deep sadness” that’s causing them to doubt themself.

In an Instagram Story posted early Thursday, they explained, “I find that often there is a deep sadness inside me that no amount of worldly pleasure can touch. a loneliness. an emptiness.”

“I wonder often if I chose the wrong life for myself. And the weight of it is suffocating,” Halsey continued. “I’m sorry that melancholy has penetrated my art in a way that hasn’t served a greater purpose other than my own self loathing.”

The message continued, “I am approaching my 28th birthday in a week and just now exhaling and gasping for air for the first time since I took a single breath in this new life at 18. A breath that was meant to sustain me for a decade.”

“I am wandering lawlessly and I hope to find my way somewhere meaningful soon so that I can give you the guts I’ve always known to scoop heapings of into your ears,” Halsey confessed. “They are shriveling lately.”

The singer signed off the post by asking fans that if they “cannot be kind, at least be gentle” with how they react to the news.

It is unknown what triggered Halsey’s latest post.

The “Closer” singer is currently on the Love and Power tour, with a penultimate stop set Thursday night in Dover, Delaware. The trek wraps on Saturday in Las Vegas.

‘Monarch’ EP says story line that resembles Naomi Judd’s death is the “strangest, saddest” coincidence

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

A story line on the new, country-themed Fox series Monarch may bear some similarities to a real-life tragedy in country music, but show executive producer Jason Owen says it’s a coincidence.

Lead character Dottie Roman — played by Susan Sarandon — is diagnosed with terminal cancer in the show and, wanting to keep control over her life and death, plans her own memorial service and ends her life by taking a lethal dose of pills, with one of her daughters at her side.

Of course, for many country fans, it’s impossible to watch that story play out without thinking of recent events with The Judds. Naomi Judd died by suicide in April at the age of 76, taking her life with a firearm after a long battle with mental illness.

Naomi’s daughter Ashley Judd was at her mother’s house when her death occurred and was the one who discovered her. Additionally, Naomi preplanned her memorial service before she died.

But Owen — who is also an industry executive in country music — tells People that the Monarch scenes were filmed before Naomi’s death.

“What feels like art imitating life is really just one of the strangest, saddest, eeriest coincidences I’ve seen,” he says.

Monarch, which co-stars Trace Adkins and features cameos from superstar guests like Shania Twain and Little Big Town, premiered earlier this month.

Whiskey, kettle bells and “super uncomfortable $700 slippers”: Jon Pardi shares his tour essentials

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Whiskey, kettle bells and “super uncomfortable 0 slippers”: Jon Pardi shares his tour essentials

Jon Pardi introduces fans to some of his favorite on-the-road items in a new video interview with CMT, showing off some of the essentials that make his tour bus feel like home.

Some of Jon’s tour must-haves are self-explanatory, like a good bottle of whiskey, his acoustic guitar and his choice of workout gear (kettle bells, the singer explains, because they “don’t take up a lot of space” on the bus.)

But other items are more personalized to his music. For example, Jon shows off his custom boot jack, which has his name on it and was gifted to him at the San Antonio rodeo.

Then there’s a product that Jon spent quite a bit of money on, but — so far, at least — hasn’t lived up to the hype. “These are my super uncomfortable $700 slippers,” the singer says, holding up the Gucci shoes in question. “I thought they’d be great, but they dig into my heels, so I have to wear the non-cool socks. I still have to put some miles on it with my non-cool socks before they become really comfortable — I was told.”

Stay tuned for whether or not Jon ever breaks in his shoes, but worst-case scenario, they’ll be a fun thing to send to fellow country star Parker McCollum, Jon says, adding “he’s very Gucci.”

Jon’s tour essentials list will likely soon grow to include diapers, a stroller and a crib: He announced this week that he and wife Summer are expecting their first baby in early 2023.

Kelsea Ballerini says promoting an album during tough personal time makes her feel like a “sociopath”

September 22, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Kelsea Ballerini’s Subject to Change album is all about growth and the contrasting, complicated emotions it brings — so it makes sense that she’s feeling some complex feelings about her own life as she readies the project.

Of course, a big change going on in the singer’s life right now is her divorce: Kelsea recently announced that she is splitting from husband Morgan Evans after nearly five years of marriage.

“Sometimes while promoting this album I feel like a sociopath, because I’m presenting this thing I’m really proud of, and I’m really happy to be in this chapter and putting this record out,” she explains in conversation with Today’s Country Radio With Kelleigh Bannen on Apple Music Country. “But at the same time, there’s a lot going on in my life.”

Kelsea stresses the fact that, objectively, life is pretty great — she’s got her dream job as a successful singer-songwriter, after all. But life is always a mix of triumphs and challenges, and she hopes her music will reflect that, she continues.

“I talk about this album, about it being a juxtaposition. And I’m in such a juxtaposition while putting it out,” she continues. “So of course it’s like this.”

Subject to Change arrives on Friday.

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