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Archival Chuck Berry live album released today, recorded during the 2000s at his hometown club Blueberry Hill

December 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The recently announced archival Chuck Berry album Live from Blueberry Hill was released today on CD and digital formats.

The album features 10 performances recorded between July 2005 and January 2006 at the shows that the legendary rock ‘n’ roll pioneer and his backing band played regularly at the Blueberry Hill restaurant and club near his hometown of St. Louis.

Live from Blueberry Hill boasts renditions of many of Chuck’s most famous tunes, including “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Rock and Roll Music,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “Around and Around” and, of course, “Johnny B. Goode.”

Berry’s backing group at the Blueberry Hill shows included his daughter Ingrid on harmonica and his son Charles Berry Jr. on guitar.

In a new interview with the St.Louis Post-Dispatch, Charles says the album is “a serious bonus prize for us and for any fan of my father,” adding, “My whole family is very excited for there to be a non-bootleg release of the Blueberry Hill recordings.”

Chuck’s son notes that his father and the band were in great form at the concerts and that the recordings are “real deal, high quality.”

During his later years, Berry performed 209 times at Blueberry Hill’s The Duck Room, named after Chuck’s famous “duck walk” stage move.

“Out of all the places Dad liked to play, Blueberry Hill was his favorite,” Charles tells the newspaper. “He loved it. We all loved it. It’s an intimate venue, and he could just relax and do what he wanted.”

Regarding whether there are plans for more archival releases, Charles says, “I can’t reveal. But there’s always the possibility of something new and exciting.”

Vinyl versions of Live from Blueberry Hill will be released on April 15, 2022, and can be pre-ordered now.

Berry died in 2017 at age 90.

White All Over: Dave Clark Five’s debut album, ‘Glad All Over,’ reissued on white vinyl

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Legendary British Invasion band The Dave Clark Five‘s 1964 debut U.S. album Glad All Over was reissued today as a limited-edition white vinyl LP.

This marks the first time Glad All Over has been available on vinyl since 1964.

The album reached #3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and yielded three hit singles — the title track, “Bits and Pieces” and “Do You Love Me,” which peaked at #6, #4 and #11, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100. The song “Glad All Over” also was a #1 hit in the U.K.

In 1965, the Glad All Over album was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies in the U.S.

The reissue was remastered at London’s Abbey Road Studios by band leader and drummer Dave Clark himself.

The Dave Clark Five went on to score six more top-10 hits during the 1960s — “Can’t You See That She’s Mine,” “Because,” “I Like It Like That, “Catch Us If You Can,” “You Got What It Takes” and the chart-topping “Over and Over. The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

Here’s the full Glad All Over track list:

Side A
“Glad All Over”
“All of the Time”
“Crying Over You”
“Stay”
“Chaquita”
“Do You Love Me”

Side B
“Bits and Pieces”
“I Know You”
“3406”
“Time”
“Who Do You Think You’re Talking To”

Eric Clapton to release new single, “Heart of a Child,” on Christmas Eve

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Eric Clapton is planning a little holiday gift for fans, announcing plans to release a new song called “Heart of a Child” next Friday…Christmas Eve.

The digital track can be pre-saved and pre-added now.

Interestingly, Clapton co-wrote the song with Robin Monotti, an Italian film producer and architect who identifies as a pro-vaccine-safety advocate, and who apparently espouses similar anti-lockdown views to Eric.

“Heart of a Child” was co-produced by Clapton and his longtime studio collaborator Simon Climie. Musicians joining Eric on the track include Sonny Emory on drums, Nathan East on bass, Dirk Powell on mandolin, Daniel Santiago and Pedro Martins on guitar, Climie on keyboards and percussion, and Sharon White and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals.

Strings on the track were arranged and conducted by Nick Ingman, and the strings were led by violinist Everton Nelson. Ingman also arranged and conducted strings on Clapton’s recent single “This Has Gotta Stop.”

Jimmie Allen’s hoping to keep the cross-genre duets coming, and he’s got a special message for Beyoncé

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Jimmie Allen saw his star skyrocket in 2021, capping off a big year with a Grammy nomination in the all-genre Best New Artist category.

In a new interview with Billboard, he says the magnitude of that mention didn’t fully hit him until much later, during a conversation with a songwriter friend in the pop and R&B worlds.

“He said, ‘This nomination is bigger than you because you are a Black man from Delaware having success in country music,’” Jimmie remembers his friend saying. “‘Your Grammy nomination came from your success in country music, a genre of music that [people] don’t really associate Black people with too much. Win or lose, you have the ability here to inspire people that want to do something [similar], but they don’t see a lot of people that look like them.’”

Jimmie’s profile in the genre and beyond has also risen due to versatile collaborations. For example, the deluxe edition of his Bettie James album features guest spots from the likes of R&B singer-songwriter Babyface and pop/soul star Monica, as well as country stalwarts like Brad Paisley, whose duet with Jimmie, “Freedom Is a Highway,” is a country radio hit.

He’s not planning to slow his collaborations game down, either: Jimmie would love to team up with other out-of-genre artists like Will Smith and Stevie Wonder, plus country legends like Shania Twain.

“Beyoncé and Jay-Z are definitely two dream people on my list,” he adds. “There were rumors about her wanting to do a country song or a country record. Listen, Beyoncé: I’m here. Let’s get cracking.”

New Music Friday: Roddy Ricch, the Weeknd, Gucci Mane, and Nick Cannon’s ‘Miracles Across 125th Street’ soundtrack

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Roddy Ricch dropped his second studio album, LIVE LIFE FAST, on Friday, featuring Future, 21 Savage, Kodak Black, Ty Doll $ign, Lil Baby, Gunna, and Takeoff from Migos. The 18-track project is the follow-up to his 2019 RIAA double-Platinum debut album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial. The Grammy winner also debuted the video for “25 million” from the album. The 23-year-old rapper recently celebrated “The Box” from Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial being RIAA-certified Diamond for ten million sales.

The Weeknd served double duty Friday, dropping two tracks with separate artists. The three-time Grammy winner is featured on the latest posthumous release by Aaliyah, “Poison.” The song is the first single from her upcoming album, Unstoppable, due in 2022. The Toronto star previously sampled her 2002 hit “Rock the Boat” on “What You Need,” from his 2011 mixtape, House of Balloons. The Weeknd is also featured on FKA Twigs’ new song, “Tears in the Club”. The new tracks follows the “Blinding Lights” singer’s previous release, “One Right Now,” with Post Malone, which dropped on November 5

Also, Gucci Mane is celebrating the holidays with his So Icy Christmas compilation album. The “Trap God” recorded five solo tracks on the project, which also features several of the artists from his 1017 Global Music label, including BigWalkDog, BiC Fizzle, and Hotboy Wes.

Finally, Nick Cannon released the soundtrack for his holiday film Miracles Across 125th Street, which he directed, produced, and in which he stars. The 13 tracks feature Cannon, as well as several of the cast members, including Teyana Taylor, Fred Hammond, Lil Kim, Jim Jones, Karen Clark-Sheard, Kierra Sheard, and Kiki Sheard. Miracles Across 125th Street premieres Monday, December 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on VH1.

Incubus’ Brandon Boyd releases new solo song, “Petrichor”

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd has released a new solo song called “Petrichor.”

“It’s a weird and wonderful thing to have a song swimming around in your head for months at a time and then a moment later it’s born into the wild world,” Boyd says of the tune. “Happy birthday little song.”

You can download “Petrichor” now via digital outlets.

“Petrichor” is set to appear on Boyd’s upcoming solo album Echoes and Cocoons, due out next year. It also includes the previously released single “Pocket Knife.”

Incubus, meanwhile, just last week announced a U.S. tour, set to kick off in March 2022.

Thomas Rhett teases a sweet song about parenthood — and gets interrupted by his kids while filming

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

“Write what you know,” the old saying goes, and nobody takes that more seriously than Thomas Rhett: He’s known for writing songs so autobiographical that they mention his wife and daughters by name.

After welcoming baby Lillie Caroline last month, Thomas now has four kids aged six and under at home, so he has plenty of material to draw from when he’s writing songs about parenthood and family. The singer debuted one such song on Instagram this week, singing and accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.

“It’s 5 a.m. and they’re tugging on the covers / You and me baby, looking at each other like / Whose turn is it this time? / Well, I guess it’s mine,” Thomas sings, looking off-camera as the sound of one of his toddler’s voices grows in intensity.

Appropriately, Thomas’ song about toughing out the more grueling parts of parenthood while simultaneously trying to soak up every moment got interrupted by his real-life “tornado in the living room,” in the form of one of his four daughters.

“One needs a nap,” he sings pointedly, nodding at the chaos going on offscreen, “And the other needs a changin’…I pick her up, put her on my shoulder / Better hold her while she lets me hold her.”

In a mix of comedic timing and tear-jerking tenderness, Thomas sums up the young parents’ plight in his new song. He didn’t share any more details about it, or whether it’ll be on either of the two albums he’s got planned for 2022.

His first project of the new year, Where We Started, is due out first; its lead single is “Slow Down Summer.” Later on, in the fall, Thomas will release Country Again: Side B.

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Watch Elton John and Ed Sheeran eat — and sing about — sausage rolls in new charity Christmas video

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

As previously reported, Ed Sheeran and Elton John have reworked their holiday hit “Merry Christmas” into a new song called “Sausage Rolls for Everyone” — a charity collaboration with the British couple who call themselves LadBaby. Now, all four of them are starring in a new music video for the song, which has them dressing as sausage rolls, eating sausage rolls and singing about sausage rolls, all in an attempt to raise money for the hungry.

In the clip, the male half of LadBaby, Mark Hoyle, smuggles Elton and Ed into the recording studio dressed as giant sausage rolls. They start the song, with Ed playing a guitar decorated like a sausage roll. Mark, his wife and musical partner Roxanne and Ed are sporting Santa hats and Elton-style glasses, while we see Elton behind the mic chomping away on a sausage roll.

The whole project — the song and the video — raises money for The Trussell Trust, a charity that supports food banks throughout the U.K. and works to end hunger.

“Every pound for this song goes to helping the people along/Sausage rolls for everyone,” they sing. At the end, Elton says, “I haven’t had a sausage roll for years!”

Now, “Sausage Rolls for Everyone” will be directly competing with Ed and Elton’s original version of “Merry Christmas” for the coveted title of the U.K.’s Christmas Number One — the song that will be on top of the chart on Christmas. The winner will be revealed December 24.

If the LadBaby track wins, they’ll be the first act ever to score four Christmas number ones in a row. Their three previous songs were also charity singles with funny lyrics about sausage rolls, set to the music of pre-existing hits like “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “I Love Rock ‘n Roll.”

Jessie J says she’s ready to find the love of her life

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Jessie J says she’s ready to fall in love again and sent an open invitation for her future partner to make their move.

Taking to Instagram recently, the “Domino” singer shared a video of her belting out her recent single, “I Want Love,” and opening up about what she’s currently feeling about settling down.

“They say you find the love of your life when you are not looking,” Jessie captioned. “So boom… I’ll pretend to look the other way, and then you just (whoever you are) sneak up on me.”

She added “anytime soon is good,” illustrating that she is hoping that someone sweeps her off her feet in the near future.

The British singer was previously linked to Luke James, Channing Tatum and, most recently, dancer Max Pham Nguyen.

Jessie’s announcement comes a month after she revealed that she suffered a miscarriage. She previously said she’s healing from the heartbreaking loss and vowed she is “not quitting on my happiness or myself.”

(Video contains uncensored profanity.)

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Lizzo empowers her fellow artists to “make the music YOU love”

December 17, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Lizzo was overwhelmed with emotion after learning former President Barack Obama crowned her “Rumors” collab with Cardi B one of his favorite songs of 2021. The singer used the honor to show her fellow artists why it’s important to follow their heart when making music.

Reflecting on the unexpected recognition, Lizzo said Friday on Instagram, “Whew! I needed this right now.” She then offered her sincere advice to those who are working hard to become famous through their music, saying they instead should work on making music that resonates with people.

“Listen ya’ll— there’s amazing music that isn’t viral, that isn’t charting, that don’t have a TikTok trend… My music touches people— don’t believe me, ask Obama,” the Grammy winner said. “Artists don’t be discouraged— make the music YOU love and believe in and the rest will follow!”

She then expressed her gratitude to the former president for selecting “Rumors” as part of his year-end roundup.

“Rumors” was released on August 13 and mocks all the nasty lies her critics spread about her on the internet. The main message of the clap-back anthem is to tell haters to focus on the bigger problems of the world and stop obsessing over what she chooses to do with her body and spare time.

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