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Journey’s Jonathan Cain releases new six-track Christian-music EP, ‘Oh Lord Lead Us’

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Journey keyboardist and songwriter Jonathan Cain has just released a new EP titled Oh Lord Lead Us, the latest in a series of Christian music projects he’s put out in recent years.

The six-track collection includes the title track, which was issued as a single in July, and a tune called “Blue Thunder” that was inspired by Cain watching a storm roll by while at his home in Florida.

“It just hit me that there was a powerful conversation that God was having with the whole neighborhood,” Cain explains to American Songwriter. “The lightning hits and the thunder comes right after it; and the way it rolls, it feels like the sound waves roll, really, across the land. You can feel the earth kind of shake.”

A lyric video for “Blue Thunder” got its premiere at AmericanSongwriter.com.

The EP also features “Something Greater,” a song named after and inspired by a book by his wife, pastor Paula White-Cain.

Cain is planning to release a new full-length solo album soon.

Meanwhile, Jonathan’s song “Oh Lord Lead Us” will serve as the theme song for a new series Rockin on Heaven’s Door that will debut in December on the Pure Flix faith-based network. Cain also will appear on the debut episode of the series, which will feature various musicians discussing their spiritual beliefs.

Cain also is planning a songwriting event and a Christmas concert, with details to be announced soon.

As previously reported, Journey will be performing a series of Las Vegas concerts in December, including a six-show residency at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, a special symphonic performance on December 18 in Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Here’s the EP’s full track list:

“Oh Lord Lead Us”
“Pray to the Father”
“Worship Our Way”
“Beautiful Thunder”
“Something Greater”
“No One but You Jesus”

New Music Friday: Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, A$AP Rocky and Lil Uzi Vert

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

As Jay-Z prepares to be inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame on Saturday in Cleveland, he dropped two new tracks on Friday.

“Guns Go Bang” featuring Kid Cudi, and “King Kong Riddim” featuring Jadakiss, Conway The Machine and British rapper BackRoad Gee, are both from the soundtrack of the new Netflix western The Harder They Fall. Hova co-produced the film, which stars Idris Elba, Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield and Zazie Beetz.

Alicia Keys serenades her husband, Swizz Beatz, in the video for “Best of Me,” which is the second single from her upcoming double album, KEYS. The 15-time Grammy winner also announced that she will drop KEYS on December 10. “Best of Me” follows “LA LA” featuring Swae Lee, which was released on September 9.

“My new album, KEYS, will have two types of songs,” she commented Tuesday in an Instagram video. The first album named, Originals, which Alicia produced, features “laid back piano vibes.’ The second disc, named Unlocked, which she produced with Mike WiLL Made-it, is described as “upbeat, drums, level up vibes.”

A$AP Rocky, who was a surprise guest during 50 Cent‘s Rolling Loud New York set Thursday, released a new track titled “Sandman.” The song was included on his 2011 mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP, which became available Friday on streaming platforms for the first time. The project was Rocky’s first release, and now he’s celebrating his 10th anniversary as a recording artist.

Finally, Lil Uzi Vert, who also performed Thursday during Rolling Loud New York event at Citi Field, has fans ready for Halloween with his latest track, “Demon High.” It’s his first solo single of the year. In May, he and Don Tolliver dropped “His & Her’s” featuring Gunna under the name Internet Money.

Little Big Town is joining The Eagles on tour: “What a bucket list dream come true”

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Little Big Town had a major piece of news to share on Friday: They’re the opening act for The Eagles’ upcoming 50th anniversary tour.

The five-stop stadium trek will take place over the month of June 2022, and will include four shows in the U.K. and one in the Netherlands. It will conclude with a set at London’s 10-day music festival BST Hyde Park.

“We’ve been DYING to share this news,” LBT wrote on social media. “What a bucket list dream come true. We’re headed to Europe, including HYDE PARK, with The Eagles!!!!”

As direct support for the legendary rockers, they won’t be the only country-contingent group onstage: The Eagles’ current lineup includes Vince Gill.

Tickets for the tour dates go on sale November 5.

We’ve been DYING to share this news. What a bucket list dream come true. We’re headed to Europe, including HYDE PARK, with The Eagles!!!! Tickets on sale Friday, 11/5. pic.twitter.com/bgnKeki5kZ
— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) October 29, 2021

Billy Joel reveals he paid band members their full salary during the pandemic

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

When a lot of people didn’t know where their next paycheck was coming from, Billy Joel made sure his band did.

During a recent interview, Joel revealed that he made sure the money kept flowing for his band members during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though live shows were shut down.

“I did pay them full salary for a year,” Joel told Howard Stern on Stern’s satellite radio show. “I have a great band, I’m so happy to have them on stage.”

The “Piano Man” went on to explain that he wanted to express his appreciation for the team that stuck by him through all these years, even when he had some financial issues of his own.

“I don’t do as many gigs as I used to do…back in the day when I had some money issues, I wasn’t able to take care of the band the same way I am now. I wasn’t able to compensate them…and I wanted to take care of the band,” said Joel.

Joel is set to kick off an 11-stop tour on November 5, starting in New York City’s Madison Square Garden.

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett light up the studio in “Night and Day” video

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett take to the studio for the video for “Night and Day.”

Much like “Love for Sale,” the title track of Gaga and Bennett’s most recent collaborations album, the dynamic duo take viewers inside the recording process of the song, which was penned by acclaimed Broadway songwriter Cole Porter, and was featured in the 1932 musical Gay Divorce.

Accompanied by session players, the two superstar singers step up to the mic, capturing the theatrical nature of “Night and Day,” taking notes and workshopping the song during the recording process. Throughout the session, Gaga can be seen adoringly looking at her duet partner, the performance ending with a double-cheek kiss.

Love for Sale reached #1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and landed inside the top 10 on the all-genre Billboard 200 after its September release.

It marks the final studio recording of Bennett’s career. It was revealed in February that the 95-year-old music legend has been living with Alzheimer’s since 2016.

Fetty Wap pleads not guilty to federal drug charges

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Fetty Wap pleaded not guilty to federal drug charges during an arraignment Friday in Central Islip federal court in Long Island, New York, ABC News confirms.

Federal prosecutors asked that the rapper be detained pre-trial, which the defense did not contest.

“This defendant is part of an organization that systematically distributed 100 kilograms of fentanyl and heroin across Long Island,” assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Wenzel said.

Prosecutors noted Fetty Wap, birth name William Junior Maxwell II, faces a minimum of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.

The rapper was arrested Thursday during the Rolling Loud music festival at Citi Field in Queens, New York. He was charged with five others, including a New Jersey corrections officer, with conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances across Long Island and New Jersey.

Elton John is “so proud” as ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ debuts at #1 in the UK

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

2021 just keeps on getting better for Elton John. After scoring his first number-one single in his native U.K. in nearly 20 years with “Cold Heart” two weeks ago, his latest album, The Lockdown Sessions, has debuted at number one on the Official U.K. Albums Chart.

The Lockdown Sessions, which features Sir Elton singing with everyone from Stevie Wonder, Stevie Nicks and Charlie Puth to Miley Cyrus, Eddie Vedder and Lil Nas X, is Elton’s first chart-topper in Great Britain since 2012.

On Instagram, a delighted Elton writes, “This album is all about the capacity for music to bring people together to form new friendships and connections. And right now I couldn’t feel more connected to my amazing fans in the U.K. who made this happen.”

He continues, “When I started collaborating with some of my favorite artists at the start of the pandemic, I couldn’t have dreamt in my wildest dreams it would lead to a number one album. I am so proud of what we have created and thrilled that it has connected with our fans to such a degree. It shows the spirit of collaboration and togetherness that can still happen in the most trying circumstances.”

Elton’s songwriting partner Bernie Taupin didn’t co-write any of the tunes on The Lockdown Sessions — with the exception of “Cold Heart” — but he still jumped into Elton’s comments section to write, “Yea buddy congratulations.”

Elton’s last #1 U.K. album was 2012’s Good Morning to the Night, which featured dozens of his old hits remixed and spliced together by Australian dance duo Pnau, the same team who similarly put together “Cold Heart.”

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Dan + Shay are dropping hints about something festive and fun coming this holiday season

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Are Dan + Shay planning to release holiday music this year? Some fans certainly think so, as the duo have been on social media this week dropping hints about something Christmas-y to come.

“60 days ’til Christmas. Just sayin’,” Dan + Shay wrote on their socials. While they didn’t share many more details than that, fans poured into the comments section, clamoring for Christmas music from the group, or possibly even a full holiday album.

It wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility: Last year, Dan + Shay dropped a pair of original holiday tracks, “Take Me Home for Christmas” and “Christmas Isn’t Christmas.” On the heels of their success with those two songs, the pair posted an end-of-year reflection letter to fans just a couple of days after Christmas 2020, which said they were thinking about putting out more holiday music in 2021.

“It’s been really encouraging, and has inspired lots of conversations about doing more next year (if you think we should, let us know),” they wrote at the time, adding, “It’s always been a dream of ours to release Christmas music.”

In non-holiday related news, Dan + Shay are still riding the high of their latest album, Good Things. They’re also on the road for their The (Arena) Tour, which makes up some dates that were canceled amid the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and also includes brand-new stops.

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In new book ‘The Lyrics,’ Paul McCartney now claims he wrote opening lines to “A Day in the Life”

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Paul McCartney apparently is now claiming that he wrote the opening lines to the classic 1967 Beatles song “A Day in the Life,” which previously had been attributed to the late John Lennon.

The Daily Mail reports that in McCartney’s upcoming book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, he claims that when he wrote the lyrics “He blew his mind out in a car/ He didn’t notice that the lights had changed,” he was thinking about Guinness heir Tara Browne, who was killed in a 1966 car crash.

The newspaper points out that Lennon had once said that Browne “was in my mind when I was writing that verse,” while McCartney was quoted as saying in a 1997 biography that when the song was being written, he envisioned the lines being about “a politician bombed out on drugs who’d stopped at some traffic lights and didn’t notice that the lights had changed.”

Paul then added that the lyrics had been attributed to being about “Tara Browne, which I don’t believe is the case.”

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present will be published this Tuesday, November 2. A new video trailer promoting the book has been posted on McCarntey’s official YouTube channel that shows clips of Paul chatting with British comedian and podcast presenter Bob Mortimer about different aspects of the book and his career.

Topics Sir Paul touches on in the trailer include writing songs with Lennon, and forgetting the lyrics to “Blackbird” while he was performing at New York’s Grand Central Station in 2018. The video also captures McCartney checking out the new exhibit focusing on his book that will be opening at the British Library in London on November 5.

You can pre-order The Lyrics now.

Watch animated video for Ozzy Osbourne & Lemmy’s mash-up “Hellraiser”

October 29, 2021 by WDNY Radio

A new video has been released for the mash-up duet version of Ozzy Osbourne and Lemmy‘s song “Hellraiser.”

The animated clip starts with the two rock legends playing an arcade game together at the late Motörhead frontman’s beloved Rainbow Bar and Grill in Los Angeles when aliens start invading. Somehow, things get even stranger from there.

“I’m so glad we were able to honor my dear friend Lemmy with this duet and now the video,” Ozzy says. “We immortalized him with a clip of the two of us being together, hanging out and getting into some trouble as we so often did.”

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

The original “Hellraiser” appears on Osbourne’s 1991 solo album No More Tears, and is one of four songs off the record co-written by Lemmy. Motörhead then recorded their own version of “Hellraiser” for 1992’s March ör Die.

The duet version, which combines Ozzy’s and Lemmy’s vocals from their respective recordings, is included on the 30th anniversary reissue of No More Tears, which was released in September.

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