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Album capturing Cactus’ 1970 live debut due out this week

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

An archival live album capturing the very first concert by the veteran rock band Cactus will be released this Friday, January 21, on multiple formats.

The album, titled The Birth of Cactus 1970, was recorded at a show that also featured The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Grateful Dead and Steve Miller Band. The concert featured Cactus playing several tunes from its 1970 self-titled debut, as well as select songs from its second and third albums — 1971’s One Way…or Another and Restrictions.

Cactus was formed by Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert around the time of their group’s initial breakup. The band’s original lineup also included singer Rusty Day of The Amboy Dukes and guitarist Jim McCarty of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels.

Appice recalls of Cactus’ first gig, “I remember…hanging out with Hendrix who was a friend of Cactus. We got on stage and the energy level was off the charts! All the songs kicked major a**. We were so excited to get Cactus going and this show helped. Crowd was great and we did ROCK!!”

The Birth of Cactus 1970 can be pre-ordered now and will be available as a CD digipak and a limited-edition purple-vinyl LP, as well as in digital formats.

Here’s the album’s track list:

“One Way…or Another”
“Sweet Sixteen”
“No Need to Worry”
Medley: “Let Me Swim/Big Mama Boogie/Oleo”
“Feel So Good”
“Parchman Farm”

The Kid LAROI teases new song: “When y’all want it?”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Kid LAROI plans to kick off his first headlining tour on January 29, and it looks as though we may have some new music from him before then.

On Monday, the Australian artist posted a snippet of what appears to be a new song featuring Jacksonville, Florida rapper Nardo Wick, which may or may not be called “Rich Boy.” On his Instagram Story, LAROI wrote, “When y’all want it? Lemme know…”

Plus, just a few days ago, LAROI returned to Instagram after a break and wrote “ALBUM IS COMING. BEEN WORKIN DAY AND NIGHT FOR YOU ALL.” In the same post, he also thanked Houston rapper Don Toliver for “joining him.”

“Thank you for sticking with me through this break family,” the Grammy nominee tweeted last week. “I’m beyond blessed to be able to say I have the greatest supporters on planet earth. I love you all eternally, and I can’t wait to show you what I’ve been working on.. it’s almost time.”

LAROI’s debut album, when it arrives, will be the follow-up to his 2021 mixtape F*ck Love 3: Over You, which features his chart-topping Justin Bieber collaboration “Stay.”

T.I. seemingly declares he’s the best rapper

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

After Jay-Z boasted two weeks ago, “No one can stand on that stage with me” in a Verzuz battle, now T.I. is claiming that he’s the best MC.

“Ain’t nobody f***in with me, No one,” the three-time Grammy winner said in an Instagram video. “To the point, they don’t want to be on the same record with me because they know they can’t f*** with me.”

Jay-Z’s comments ignited a social media debate about who could challenge him. As previously reported, last week, Kodak Black offered a bet to Hova.

“I’ll do a [Verzuz] wit Jay Z,” the “Zeze” rapper tweeted with a smiling devil emoji. “‘IF’ he win he get 15% of my catalog I win he make me Vice President of roc nation.”

Tip named Jay-Z, as well as Nas, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Pusha T as stars who can’t compete with him.

“Ain’t nobody do this s*** better than me man. I was doing this s*** since I was 9 years old. You hear me. Nobody f***ing with me.” The “Live Your Life” rapper has been calling out 50 Cent for a Verzuz competition, and also said that he would love to battle Eminem.

T.I. dropped his eleventh and latest solo album, The L.I.B.R.A., in 2020 featuring Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, 21 Savage, Young Thug, John Legend, and more.

Britney Spears was “so sad” following Justin Timberlake breakup, says Jamie Lynn

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Jamie Lynn Spears provided an untold story of how her sister Britney Spears handled the highly publicized breakup from Justin Timberlake.

Britney and Justin dated from 1998 to 2002 and their breakup sent shockwaves across the globe. On a two-part episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast debuting Monday night, Jamie Lynn reveals how she and her sister dealt with the heartbreak.

“I think everyone thought it was forever,” she says, according to a preview of the episode obtained by People. “I was so sad, first off because my sister was so sad, but that, too, was the first time I saw [that] maybe I didn’t know everything about the relationship. Perhaps they were protecting me and obviously why would they talk to me about anything.”

Jamie Lynn, who was a pre-teen at the time, confesses she “truly” has no idea why Britney and Justin called it quits. She adds Justin’s 2002 hit “Cry Me a River” further complicated the delicate situation because the track ignited rumors that Britney had cheated on the *NSYNC singer.

Justin publicly apologized for his actions after last year’s Framing Britney Spears documentary revisited the damage his post-breakup behavior had on the “Toxic” singer.

“I thought how heartbreaking it must have been for my sister when ‘Cry Me a River’ came out…,” says Jamie Lynn, adding her sister’s response song made her feel “really sad” about her situation.

“My sister, she wrote that song ‘Everytime‘ and she’s beyond brilliant with anything creative and she picked that song out on the piano and she wrote it,” she says. “It still makes me cry because I think about how heartbroken she was, because that was her song and that was his song.”

Police ask Astroworld attendees to submit photos and videos to assist investigation into the tragedy

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Houston Police Department is asking people who attended the Astroworld Festival on November 5, 2021, to submit photos and videos to an FBI website to assist in the investigation into the tragedy that left 10 people killed.

“Houston Police Detectives have already viewed countless hours of video evidence as part of our ongoing investigation into the Astroworld event,” a department spokesperson said in a statement, according to Billboard. “To ensure that we have captured all possible evidence for a complete investigation, we have partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for additional technical assistance.”

Authorities are specifically interested in photos and videos taken between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. at the festival. Concertgoers can upload a maximum of four files.

As previously reported, Congress announced in December that it was studying the role of the event’s promoter, Live Nation, in the disaster. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino requesting information about the deadly November event, during which 10 people died of “compression asphyxia.”

Also, festival organizer and headliner Travis Scott has been meeting with mayors across the country in an effort to improve concert safety. The “Highest in the Room” rapper is working with the United States Conference of Mayors to implement new safety procedures at festivals. The plan to be developed is titled “Festival Safety,” and is expected to be compiled by June.

Ghost performing this week on ABC’s ’Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Ghost will be haunting late night TV this week.

The Swedish metallers are set to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Thursday, January 20, airing at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.

We don’t know yet what Ghost will be playing on Kimmel, but we’d guess they’ll be rocking their current single “Hunter’s Moon,” which premiered last fall. The track, which hit number one on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, was recorded for Halloween Kills, the latest entry in the legendary Halloween horror film franchise.

If you like what you see on Kimmel, you can catch Ghost live on their co-headlining tour with Volbeat, launching January 25 in Reno, Nevada.

Russell Dickerson is “beyond honored” to be featured on Thomas Rhett’s new album

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Russell Dickerson is “honored” to be featured on a song on Thomas Rhett‘s new album.

Russell and Florida Georgia Line‘s Tyler Hubbard sing with Thomas on “Death Row,” a tune inspired by their experience visiting inmates in a Tennessee prison. In a vulnerable Instagram post, Russell opens up about how meeting the prisoners impacted him, and explains that he’s humbled the experience was turned into a song co-written by Thomas, Ashley Gorley and Zach Crowell.

“I’ll always remember the day TR, T Hubb and I went to death row. We played a bunch a songs we thought they might know. But by the end we were all singing ‘Amazing Grace’ together. And in that moment you realize…we need that amazing grace just as much as they do,” Russell shares in the caption. “Beyond honored to be a part of this one @thomasrhettakins @tylerhubbard.”

“Death Row” is on Thomas’ new album, Where We Started, out on April 1.

Watch Heart singer Ann Wilson’s disturbing music video for her cover of Alice in Chains’ “Rooster”

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Heart‘s Ann Wilson has released a music video for her cover of Alice in Chains‘ 1993 grunge classic “Rooster” that you can watch now at her official YouTube channel.

The clip mixes visually distorted footage of Wilson singing the song with a variety of disturbing images and segments, including new and archival photos and film of soldiers, a baby doll set on fire, maggots feeding on a dead fly, a depressed looking older man drinking a bottle of liquor, a military drone and more.

Alice in Chains guitarist/singer Jerry Cantrell wrote “Rooster” about the psychological scars his father experienced while serving in the Vietnam War.

Wilson first released her version of “Rooster” in December 2020 as the B-side of a limited-edition vinyl single that also featured her rendition of the 2004 Steve Earle song “The Revolution Starts Now.”

A video of Ann performing “Rooster” also was shown during the virtual Founders Award tribute honoring Alice in Chains that was presented by Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture, a.k.a. MoPOP, in December 2020.

On her social media pages, Wilson has posted a screen grab of a Seattle Times interview from December 2020 in which she explains that the “Rooster” music video originally was created to be shown at the Founders Award tribute to Alice in Chains, noting that the organizers decided not to use it because they preferred live footage of artists performing.

Ann added, “[S]ometime I’ll put that video out because it’s really cool. Just maggots and war stuff and darkness and insanity.”

Wilson’s “Rooster” cover also is available as part of a five-song EP compiling some of her recent solo recordings titled Sawheat 8 that she released last June.

(Video contains images that may disturb some viewers.)

Snippet of new Lana Del Rey song featured in preview for next ’Euphoria’ episode

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Lana Del Rey is joining the world of Euphoria.

A snippet of a new song from the “Summertime Sadness” singer can be heard in a preview for the next episode of the Zendaya-starring teen drama series.

No official details for the track have been announced, but fans are hoping to hear the full tune this Sunday when the new episode premieres on HBO.

With a new song to kick off 2022, Del Rey is continuing to build on her prolific 2021, which included the release of two albums: Chemtrails Over the Country Club and Blue Banisters. Meanwhile, her breakout 2012 album Born to Die celebrates its 10th anniversary next Thursday, January 27.

Aaliyah’s family and Missy Elliott remember the late singer on her birthday

January 17, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The late Aaliyah would have turned 43 on Sunday, and her family, along with close friend Missy Elliott, paid tribute to the Romeo Must Die star.

“To You Our Love Flowers From Above Candles From The World We Will See You Again Bask In The Day God Sent You We Will See You And Your Comrades Again Not Yet, Not Yet,” the family posted on her official Instagram page with a photo of a floral arrangement surrounded by candles set to an unreleased track of Aaliyah singing “Ave Maria.” “Mom, Dad, Ra, All Who Truly Loved You and Love You Still. Forever More.”

They also shared a photo of the three-time American Music Award winner with another message. “Happy Birthday, baby girl! Today, we celebrate your life, legacy, and beautiful soul. You brought so much light and passion to everyone you met and everything you did. You remain forever in our hearts and minds.”

Missy Elliott, who wrote several Aaliyah songs with Timbaland, including “One in a Million” and “Are You That Somebody?,” also remembered her close friend.

“Babygirl even though you are not here in physical form your SPIRIT still lives on! Your IMPACT is FOREVER! You are still (TIMELESS) Your work & STYLE still INFLUENCING a new generation,” Missy tweeted. “Happy BornDay Aaliyah You are Loved & missed by many. Love you.”

As previously reported, the Aaliyah posthumous Unstoppable album will be released later this month. “Poison” featuring The Weeknd, dropped on December 17. Drake, Ne-Yo, Snoop Dogg, and Future will also be featured on the album.

August 25, 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of Aaliyah’s death at the age of 22. She died in 2001 with eight other people in a plane crash after shooting the “Rock the Boat” video in the Bahamas.

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