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New Music Friday: Cardi B, Jacquees and more

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Cardi B’s “Ah Ha” is out now, following a great response to the song’s teaser. “AH HA is out RIGHT NOW!! Go run it up in the clubs… the weddings.. the funerals!!!” she wrote on her socials.

Isaiah Falls released LVRS PARADISE: SIDE B, the second part of his debut album, LVRS PARADISE: SIDE A. He’s also dropped the video for “HoneyButter” featuring Mahalia, which draws inspiration from the song’s flirtatious lyric, “red wine, some smoke in the room and acting like lovers do,” according to a press release.

Jacquees has dropped Mood 2, the sequel to his 2016 Mood mixtape. “10 years later… what started as a mixtape is finally an album. Some music never leaves you, it just waits for the right time. Thank y’all for keeping MOOD alive,” he says in a statement. BLXST, Kodak Black, NOBY, Rob49 and Ty Dolla $ign are among the guests on the album.

Skilla Baby’s out with “Show Me Love,” from The Price of Fame, arriving Aug. 21. It’s described in a press release as “a snapshot of the artist as he stands now: grateful, grown, on his grind, and without a single second to spare for haters and fake friends.”

Too $hort dropped SIR TOO $HORT, VOL. 2 – DRINK & SMOKE, featuring lead single “Out Tonight” with King George, about “wanting to have a night out on the town with a special lady,” according to a press release. Guests include E-40, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Tyga, Saweetie, Lil Jon and comedian Godfrey.

Russ, “Coulda Shoulda Woulda”

Tee Grizzley, “No Effort 2“

Ari Lennox, “Hookah Baby“

PlaqueBoyMax, “Diva“

Meek Mill, “Nightmares to Dreams“

Carly Simon releases new ‘Comes in Waves’ track, ‘Peaches’

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Carly Simon is offering up another preview of her upcoming album, Comes in Waves.

The latest is the single “Peaches,” which is now available via digital outlets. It is the second song she’s released from the album, following “Howl.”

“One day, I turned on the drum function and improvised ‘Peaches’ on the spot, which is the opposite way I usually compose music,” Simon said of the song’s origins. “The lesson here may be that underthinking a song can sometimes guide you down a strange, fearless road.”

According to Simon, “Peaches” is about “getting what you always wanted… and realizing you’d rather be home under the covers dreaming about these things.”

Comes in Waves, Simon’s first album of original music in 18 years, is due out Aug. 14. Her last album of new material was 2008’s This Kind of Love.

Comes in Waves is available for preorder now.

The song release comes just days after Simon announced that she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

“So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing,” she said on July 27. “The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease.”

“Parkinson’s is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable,” she added. “Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.”

The Ariana Chainsaw Massacre: Video for ‘petal’ shows Grande’s ‘unfiltered rage’

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Ariana Grande recently said she wrote her new album, petal, from a place of “unfiltered rage.” She definitely shows that off in the video for the title track, which may be a commentary on the singer’s relationship with the public, the music industry, or both.

In the clip, Ari is Pepper, an aspiring actress who shows up at an audition with dozens of other women. The first time she tries out, the old, ugly men judging her stamp her application with the words “Not Good Enough.” But she keeps coming back wearing multiple outfits, one of which seems to be a direct reference to Sandy’s “bad girl” fit in Grease.

Finally, the music stops and the men start telling her why what she’s doing isn’t working.

One says, “There’s something about you — you give off this feeling that is completely—” “It’s unmarketable!” barks another. “Unattractive,” says another. “Inauthentic,” adds another.

“The way you used to be, I miss that,” says the first man. “We miss the old you,” says another man. “Maybe you could go out and find her and give her another shot, huh?”

Then the first guy adds, “You should try singing tenor. Ten or 15 miles from here.”

“OK. Thank you,” says Ariana. She pulls out a chainsaw from a bag at her feet, starts it up, and slices and chops the men to death. As she emerges from the audition room soaked in blood, all the other women cheer, while the secretary says, “Good for you, b***!”

Next, Ari’s sitting in a Chinese restaurant, still covered in blood, opening a fortune cookie that says, “You bloom wherever you are planted.” The camera pulls back and we see that the whole thing was a movie.

As director Christian Breslauer congratulates Ari on her performance, she leaves the studio, stepping over a star on Hollywood Boulevard that reads “Pepper”; a flower grows out of a crack in the pavement.

Spin the bottle? Deerock gives Deana Carter’s ‘Strawberry Wine’ another swirl

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Three decades after Deana Carter first served the world “Strawberry Wine,” it’s time for another drink.

To celebrate the classic’s July 1996 release, it returns in its first-ever remix by New York-based country DJ/producer Deerock.

“I cannot believe it’s been 30 years!” Deana says. “I am so grateful that ‘Strawberry Wine’ & my debut album have become the soundtrack of an era for so many people! I am blown away by all the fans that have carried this song through the years, passed it down and shared it with a whole new generation!”

The first single from the quintuple-Platinum Did I Shave My Legs for This? would go on to top the chart and win CMA single of the year in 1997.

“I’m super excited about our new remix with Deerock,” Deana adds. “It’s a fun, fresh way to celebrate such an anthem of the 90’s! Like a fine wine, may we get better with age and cheers to another round of ‘Strawberry Wine!’ Thank y’all for such an amazing ride!”

Deana performed her signature song earlier this summer on the annual CMA Fest special from the main stage at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. You can stream “Strawberry Wine (Deerock Remix)” now.

Watch Noah Kahan pretend to call Barack Obama and acknowledge summer playlist pick

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Noah Kahan has been jokingly complaining for years that former President Barack Obama has never chosen his songs for his annual summer playlist. On Thursday, Obama finally did put one of Noah’s songs on his playlist: “Doors,” from his album The Great Divide. So Noah decided to acknowledge that at his concert in Arlington, Texas, Thursday night.

As captured in a fan video, Noah picks up a phone onstage and says, “Hello? Obama? You finally put me on your summer playlist after 15 f******years?”

As the audience screams and cheers, Noah continues, “Are you doing OK? It’s not a happy song at all. Is everything all right with Michelle?”

“OK, we f****** miss you so much,” Noah says, wrapping up the pretend call. “Goodbye!”

One reason why Noah may say he misses Obama is because he’s angry that the Trump administration used his song “American Cars” without permission in a social media video. The song has since been deleted from the post on both TikTok and Instagram.

Patti Smith meets with Pope Leo at the Vatican

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Musician, poet and author Patti Smith met with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Friday.

Video posted by Vatican News shows the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer almost speechless as she shakes the Pope’s hand. Later in the clip she sits down with him at his desk, and he asks her first if she speaks English and then if she speaks Italian.

“No, I’m sorry,” she says about speaking Italian. “I’m pure American.”

“The agenda of #PapaLeãoXIV begins to pick up the pace again after the rest period,” read the caption of the post. “On the morning of this Friday, July 31, the Pontiff received, in the Vatican, the American singer, songwriter, and writer #PattiSmith.”

Father Antonio Spadaro, who accompanied Smith, also posted video of the meeting on X.

“There are unforgettable moments in life. Today I lived one of these. With #PattiSmith, with whom for years I have shared a simple and deep friendship, and #PapaLeone, the Holy Father, today an indispensable reference for anyone who still wants to hope in this world,” he wrote. “Together. Today. For 40 minutes. When every single word had its own weight and its own lightness.”

Smith wrapped a European tour on Wednesday in Milan, Italy. She’ll next play the CBGB Festival in Brooklyn on Sept. 26.

Greta Van Fleet announces new album, ’Palace for the People’

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Greta Van Fleet has announced a new album called Palace for the People.

The fourth full-length effort from the “Highway Tune” rockers is due out Oct. 9. It’s the follow-up to 2023’s Starcatcher.

“As much as it is a Greta Van Fleet record and a rock and roll record at its core, in its heart, it’s a very modern record,” says guitarist Jake Kiszka in a statement.

“We love each other just as much as ever, if not more, because we’ve got to spend quality time together off of the road,” adds vocalist Josh Kiszka. “We’ve grown closer, and we have more to say and share than ever.”

Palace for the People includes the previously released single “Play Your Games.” A second cut, titled “Saw You Stand,” is out now alongside a video, which you can watch streaming on YouTube.

Greta Van Fleet is celebrating the album announcement with a sold-out underplay show at Chicago’s Metro Friday night.

Tyga embraces a new sound with alter ego on ‘$TARFACE’

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

When you think of Tyga, you probably think of his rap career and the hits that made him famous. That’s why he created an alter ego and embraced a completely different sound on his new project, $TARFACE.

“I just feel like there’s no rules anymore,” Tyga tells People. “You don’t have to put yourself in a box on what things have to be creatively. I’ve been in the game for 15 years-plus. So, after a while, you just got to try different stuff.”

He says the project represents a fresh start.

“This is the first project that people are seeing that’s completely different than other things that I’ve done,” he says. “This character, $TARFACE, is a completely separate artist, completely separate aesthetic and everything.”

The album’s ’80s-inspired sound also serves as a tribute to his late mother, who loved the decade.

“This was her era, and this is something that always felt like we shared a close bond with the ’80s. Just ’80s music mostly, but really ’80s films and just the whole culture of the ’80s,” Tyga says.

Rather than simply borrowing from the era, Tyga wanted the album to sound as if it were released then. So, he recorded with vintage equipment and studied Purple Rain, Off the Wall and Scarface.

“I wanted it to be a story,” he says. “I think that’s what people are invested in: the story in music. I don’t think there’s a lot of stories in music anymore. … I want to tell Scarface and Elvira’s love story but do it my own way.”

Tyga knows the change won’t satisfy everyone, but he’s OK with that.

“When you take the risk of knowing that you’re going a different route, obviously, you can’t please everybody,” he says. “But I felt really good and really connected to the music. I know there’s people out there that’s going to feel exactly the same way.”

Even before TR plays London with Luke Combs, he’s mapped out a return

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Thomas Rhett joins Luke Combs for a three-night run on his My Kinda Saturday Night Tour Friday at London’s Wembley Stadium, but he’ll be back on his own: TR’s adding three U.K. dates himself on his Soundtrack to Life Tour.

He’ll play Manchester on April 22; London on April 23; and Glasgow, Scotland, on April 25.

“Our U.K. fans have always shown us so much love,” TR says. “Getting back for our own arena tour has been something we’ve been working on for a really long time. We’ve got a lot of songs to catch up on together and I can’t wait to see everybody next spring.”

This will be his first headlining run in the U.K. since 2018.

Presales start Aug. 4, with tickets going on sale to the public Aug. 7.

Rod Stewart helps raise $1.7 million for Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock non-profit

July 31, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Rod Stewart helps raise .7 million for Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock non-profit

Rod Stewart helps raise $1.7 million for Stevie Van Zandt’s TeachRock non-profit — Rod Stewart and Stevie Van Zandt perform in Southhampton, New York. (Photo Credit: Lane Oliveri)

Rod Stewart headlined a special charity event Thursday night in Southhampton, New York.

The rocker performed for more 200 guests at the home of philanthropists Bob and Lauren Day Roberts, with the night raising more than $1.7 million for E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt’s national education non-profit TeachRock.

The performance included a collaboration between Stewart and Van Zandt on “We’re Having a Party” and “Stay With Me.”

“When I started TeachRock, I hoped we’d build a community of artists who believe music belongs in every classroom,” Van Zandt says. “To see someone I’ve admired for so long lend his talent to this mission and to watch people come together to support teachers, students, and the next generation through music is incredibly moving.”

He adds, “Rod didn’t just give us an unforgettable performance this evening, he gave our mission a tremendous boost. Every dollar raised helps us put free arts education into more classrooms, and that’s something worth celebrating.”

“Playing alongside the legend that is Stevie Van Zandt for TeachRock — what a night,” adds Stewart. “Music changed my life, and TeachRock is making sure it can change theirs too.”

The TeachRock curriculum aims to bring arts-integrated education into classrooms across the country.
More than 80,000 educators across all 50 states have used TeachRock to help bring core subjects to life with the help of music and popular culture.

Stewart is set to kick off a new set of North American tour dates on Friday in Wantagh, New York. A complete list of dates can be found atRodStewart.com.

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