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Muni Long drops new song & video, “Another”

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Following the wildly popular RIAA-certified Platinum hit “HRS and HRS,” superstar musician Muni Long released what could become the singer’s next smash single, “Another.”

She’s spent most of her music career behind the scenes as a songwriter on popular hits like Rihanna‘s “California King Bed,” Ariana Grande‘s “Imagine,” Chris Brown’s “Beg for It” and many more. Now, 33-year-old Florida native is taking full advantage of her newfound fame as a singer.

Following the romance & soul trend of her previous single, “Another” displays Long’s versatility as both a creator and originator of music.

“I really do consider myself as a storyteller and I’m multi-dimensional, so I don’t think that just because I wrote this really successful love song that the song is necessarily true for everyone,” Muni said of the new track in an interview with ELLE magazine. “Hopefully, people hear it and really feel connected,” she said.

“Another” is available for download or streaming today.

Bobby Whitlock attending meet-and-greet Wednesday at Texas museum hosting exhibition of his artwork

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Bobby Whitlock is best known as a member of Eric Clapton‘s 1970s band Derek and the Dominos, but in recent years, the singer, keyboardist and songwriter also has become a prolific painter.

On April 1, Whitlock’s first-ever art exhibition opened at the Crockett County Museum in Bobby’s current hometown of Ozona, Texas, and the 74-year-old musician will be at the museum this Wednesday, April 13, for a special meet-and-greet event that runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT.

The exhibit features almost 200 of his paintings displayed throughout the museum’s three floors, and Whitlock tells ABC Audio that he feels like he’s making art history with such an auspicious debut exhibition.

“No other artist has ever had this happen, where their first exhibition [features] nearly 200 works of art, and in a museum on top of that,” he enthuses. “Generally, an artist gets maybe a showing at a gallery [with] couple of pieces, that’s it.”

Whitlock says the exhibit came about when he was approached by one of the museum’s curators at the local post office.

She said, ‘I’ve been on your [websites] and I love your art, and would you like to do an exhibition?'” he recalls. “And I said, ‘Yeah, that’d be great,’ you know, ’cause I didn’t know what I was gonna do with all of my paintings.”

Bobby says he happily surprised when he was informed that so much of his artwork would be displayed, and that the exhibit was to run for six months.

As for how he felt getting to view his paintings hung on the walls of a museum, Whitlock notes, “[I]t took my breath away…It was pretty astounding to see something like that.”

To find out more about Whitlock’s paintings, visit BobbyWhitlockArt.com.

Mariah Carey’s record-setting album ‘The Emancipation of Mimi’ was released 17 years ago today

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

With huge hits like “Shake It Off,” “It’s Like That,” “Don’t Forget About Us” and “We Belong Together,” Mariah Carey‘s 10th studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi, quickly came to be one of R&B’s greatest album of all time.

The project was released on April 12, 2005, and after only a week of radio airtime, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. After spending 14 weeks in the number-one spot, “We Belong Together” was hailed as the “song of the decade” by Billboard.

The album has garnered numerous accolades, including scoring eight nominations at the 48th Grammy Awards, and winning three trophies, among them the Best Contemporary R&B Album honor. It also was the biggest-selling album of the year worldwide, after amassing an impressive 10 million copies sold, according to U.K. newspaper The Telegraph.

Although it’s considered Carey’s “comeback album,” The Emancipation of Mimi is one that has cemented the superstar as an R&B great.

Maren Morris shares her and Ryan Hurd’s LOL-worthy moment at the CMT Awards

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, but Maren Morris and her husband, Ryan Hurd, shared a sweet exchange onstage during the CMT Awards.

During the debut performance of their duet, “I Can’t Love You Any More,” Maren sang the line “and you like me even when I’ve been a bi***.” Though her husband’s response wasn’t audible on air, Maren is now sharing it.

“For the record, @ryanhurd said ‘you’re not a bi***, baby’ which made me laugh and almost miss my next lyric,” the hit singer revealed with a crying laughing and heart emojis. “I truly can’t love you anymore than I do now.”

“I Can’t Love You Any More” is featured on Maren’s new album, Humble Quest. It serves as the couple’s second duet, following the chart-topping “Chasing After You.”

Deftones side project Crosses debuts video for “Protection” song

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Chino Moreno‘s Deftones side project Crosses has premiered the video for the song “Protection.”

The clip, which was partly inspired by The Exorcist, shows a woman seemingly haunted by unseen forces, cut with footage of Moreno performing with his Crosses band mate, Shaun Lopez.

You can watch the “Protection” video streaming now on YouTube.

The song “Protection” dropped in March alongside another new tune, “Initiation.” The tracks marked the first new, original music from Crosses since their self-titled debut album was released in 2014.

Meanwhile, Moreno and Deftones are prepping to launch a U.S. tour this Thursday in Portland, Oregon. The pandemic-delayed trek will support the latest Deftones album, 2020’s Ohms.

Kevin Federline wishes ex Britney Spears a “happy and healthy pregnancy”

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Britney Spears surprised fans when she announced her pregnancy on Monday, which fiancé Sam Asghari seemingly confirmed hours later in a separate statement about fatherhood.

This will be their first child together and Britney’s third, overall, as she shares sons Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, with ex-husband Kevin Federline, to whom she was married from 2004 to 2007.

In a statement to ABC News, Federline reacted to Britney’s surprise reveal via his attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan.

“Kevin is aware of the announcement Britney made on her Instagram,” the statement reads. “Kevin wishes her to have a happy and healthy pregnancy. He extends his congratulations to Britney and Sam Asghari as they navigate through the excitement of planning for parenthood together.”

Others reacting to the Britney’s big reveal include Tia Mowry, Selma Blair, Britney’s “Pretty Girls” collaborator Iggy Azalea, Chloe Bailey, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, model Tess Holliday, Andy Cohen and many others.

Interestingly, fans noticed Jamie Lynn Spears quietly liked Britney’s pregnancy announcement, making her the only member of the Grammy winner’s immediate family to publicly react to the news as of early Tuesday afternoon.

ABC News has reached out to both Britney and Sam’s teams for comment.

‘All Things Must (Puff, Puff) Pass’: New line of George Harrison-themed cannabis products available now

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The cannabis brand Dad Grass has launched a new line of George Harrison-themed products celebrating the late Beatles guitarist’s classic 1970 solo album, All Things Must Pass, and approved by Harrison’s estate.

The All Things Must Grass collection in includes pre-rolled joints featuring organic CBD and CBG hemp flower, as well as paraphernalia and merch items. The products can be purchased online now, and will be available at select U.S. stores this month.

Among the products available is a pack of joints made to look like an All Things Must Pass cassette case, featuring the classic cover image of Harrison on the lawn of his Friar Park estate surrounded by garden gnomes. The collection also includes rolling papers, a rolling tray, silk-screened posters, buttons, pins, and stickers.

To promote the All Things Must Grass collection, a teaser video has premiered online set to George’s song “Let It Roll.” The clip brings the All Things Must Pass cover to life, with an animated Harrison frolicking with his garden gnomes, and the gnomes sampling the Dad Grass products.

Dad Grass CEO and co-founder Ben Starmer says, “For this project, we set out to create a mellower kind of joint, something that blended together the type of high quality, low potency, and all-natural flower that was around when George was ‘having a laugh’ back in the early ’70s. Just a classic smoke for a classic bloke.”

The season 2 trailer for Sara Bareilles’ ‘Girls5eva’ is finally here

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Girls5eva saga continues with the premiere of season two. The Emmy-nominated comedy, which stars “Brave” singer Sara Bareilles, is set to return May 5.

The trailer for the upcoming season dropped Tuesday, showing Sara and the gang entering “album mode” — only to be told they have six weeks to finish it to make a true comeback.

Standing in the former ’90s girl group’s way, however, is a “toxic” male producer — that’s according to Sara’s character, Dawn. That leads to a hilarious exchange with her other group mates who remind her how awful their former producers of the past were, citing instances where they would sniff their chairs or flash their private parts.

Whether or not Dawn’s instincts are right has yet to be seen, but she is also facing another unique pressure as the group’s songwriter: she has a month to write all the songs for “the most undeniable album of all time.”

Says Busy Philipps‘ Summer in a pep talk gone wrong, “If everybody hates it, it means that they hate you as a person on every level.”

Then there’s the final question: would anyone be interested in hearing the album? After they fail to get one fan to watch their Instagram Live video, they try to make as much noise as possible to drum up interest.

Will their comeback succeed? Find out when Girls5eva – also starring Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry — premieres its second season May 5 on the Peacock streaming service.

Shinedown delays Planet Zero album release; band being inducted into Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Shinedown‘s Planet Zero will be arriving a few months later than originally planned.

In an Instagram post Tuesday, the “Second Chance” rockers announced that the upcoming album, which was scheduled to drop next Friday, April 22, will now be arriving on July 1, citing “delays in vinyl production.”

“We want to ensure our fans have FULL access to Planet Zero via every possible medium on the day it comes out to give you all the BEST album release experience possible!” Shinedown says.

Planet Zero is Shinedown’s seventh studio album, and is the follow-up to 2018’s ATTENTION ATTENTION. It includes the previously released title track, which is also the record’s lead single, and the cut “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo.”

In happier Shinedown news, the band is being inducted into the Mohegan Sun Arena Walk of Fame, which honors artists that “have made significant contributions to the success” of the Connecticut concert venue.

Shinedown will be officially inducted during a ceremony taking place at the Mohegan Sun the afternoon of April 16, during which the band’s official Walk of Fame star will be unveiled. Later that night, Shinedown will play their fifth sold-out show at the arena, and sixth overall.

Previous Mohegan Sun Walk of Fame inductees include Mötley Crüe, KISS, Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift.

Interpol concludes two-part short film with new song, “Something Changed”

April 12, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Interpol has released a new song called “Something Changed,” a cut off the band’s upcoming album, The Other Side of Make-Believe.

The track is accompanied by a video that concludes the two-part short film that began with the previously released The Other Side single, “Toni.”

“In ‘Something Changed’…reality and reverie converge and our two lead characters find themselves in a kind of dream state — being pursued inexorably by an ominous figure (played by myself),” says frontman Paul Banks. “The lives of the three are intertwined in a nebula of fear, retribution, desire, and defiance. Who will receive their just deserts? Stay tuned and find out.”

You can listen to “Something Changed” now via digital outlets, and watch its video streaming now on YouTube.

The Other Side of Make-Believe, the follow-up to 2018’s Marauder, arrives July 15. Interpol will be on tour in support of the record throughout the spring and summer, including a run of co-headlining dates with Spoon.

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