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Taylor Swift to induct Carole King, Christina Aguilera to sing for Tina Turner at Rock Hall ceremony

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

One of the most important singer/songwriters of our era will pay tribute to one of music’s most legendary singer/songwriters next weekend.

Taylor Swift will induct Carole King into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 30, during a ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, OH. Taylor will also perform as part of a tribute to King, whose iconic album Tapestry pretty much set the standard for singer/songwriters 50 years ago.

Jennifer Hudson will be part of that tribute as well; she and King co-wrote the song “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” for her recent movie, Respect, and performed it on the soundtrack. In Respect, J-Hud played the late Aretha Franklin; King wrote one of Franklin’s most memorable hits, “(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman.”

Angela Bassett, who portrayed Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do With It, will induct Turner, and the Queen of Rock ‘n Roll will be saluted with performances by Christina Aguilera, H.E.R., country star Mickey Guyton and Tina’s “It’s Only Love” duet partner, Bryan Adams.

Drew Barrymore will induct groundbreaking female rockers The Go-Go‘s, and none other than Beatles legend Paul McCartney will do the honors for Foo Fighters. Meanwhile, Lionel Richie will present pioneering record executive Clarence Avant with a special award.

More presenters and performers will be announced soon. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air November 20 on HBO and stream on HBO Max.

Luke Bryan to host the 2021 CMA Awards

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Luke Bryan has been tapped to host the 2021 CMA Awards.

This marks the “What Makes You Country” singer’s debut as CMA Awards host. He was awarded the show’s top prize, Entertainer of the Year, back-to-back in 2014 and 2015.

“The CMA Awards is one of the biggest nights of the year for Country Music. Being asked to host the CMA Awards was definitely something I put a lot of thought into before answering” Luke says in a statement. “The pressure that comes along with that can be overwhelming, but knowing I get to help honor and celebrate so many of my friends, I knew it was something I couldn’t turn down.”

Luke also said he’s “honored” to join the list of former CMA hosts, which include Carrie Underwood, Brad Paisley and Darius Rucker. “I’m looking forward to making it fun and memorable and using this platform to continue to make Country Music shine,” he declared.

Reba McEntire and Darius co-hosted the show in 2020. It was revealed earlier this month that Reba was not returning as host for 2021.

Eric Church and Chris Stapleton are the most nominated acts at the 55th annual ceremony. Performers and presenters will be announced in the coming weeks.

The CMA Awards air live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on November 10 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

Ryan Hurd calls wife Maren Morris a “really great mom”

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Ryan Hurd has nothing but praise for wife Maren Morris in her role as mother to their son Hayes.

The husband and wife pair welcomed Hayes in March 2020, and Ryan says it’s been a joy to watch his wife blossom into motherhood. He jokingly admits that he knew she was excelling as a parent when he got home one day to find that Maren had taught their infant son an advanced skill in his absence.

“Maren’s a really great mom and it’s cool to watch her learn how to do that,” Ryan tells Entertainment Tonight. “I didn’t realize how good of a mom she was until I got back and he had learned flash cards. I was like ‘I don’t do that, should I be doing flashcards? I didn’t know we had flash cards.'”

The couple met as songwriters in 2013 during a writing session that resulted in Tim McGraw‘s “Last Turn Home,” marking Maren’s first cut as a songwriter. It is one of many major successes the couple has experienced together, including their duet, “Chasing After You,” that’s racing up the charts, currently inside the top 10 on country radio.

“It was cool to have that moment with her. You see the rocket ship take off and you’re like ‘but I was there at the start,’ and that’s cool,” Ryan reflects, adding that he and Maren’s dream was to move to Nashville and be songwriters. “We both get to do it and we both to get to be passionate about our side of it and also passionate about the other person at the same time. It’s really cool to be in a relationship with somebody who feels the same thing.”

Ryan’s debut album, Pelago, is out now.

Watch Nate Ruess perform on ‘SNL’ with Young Thug

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

If you’ve been wondering what Nate Ruess has been up to lately, apparently he’s collaborating with Young Thug.

The fun. frontman joined the rapper during his performance this past weekend on Saturday Night Live. Ruess sang the hook on the song “Love You More,” which is featured on Young Thug’s new album, Punk.

The rendition also featured Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, aka the future Mr. Kourtney Kardashian.

Ruess released one solo album, Grand Romantic, in 2015, but has been fairly quiet since fun. went on hiatus earlier that year. Meanwhile, his fun. band mate Jack Antonoff launched his Bleachers solo project and has produced albums for artists including Lorde, Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey.

Watch music video for Deep Purple’s new cover of Love’s “7 and 7 Is”

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Deep Purple recently released a cover of Love‘s classic 1966 garage-rock song “7 and 7 Is” as the first single from their upcoming studio album, Turning to Crime. Now the veteran U.K. hard-rockers have debuted a music video for the tune.

The clip, which you can watch at the earMUSIC label’s YouTube channel, features footage of Deep Purple’s five members — singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice, bassist Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey — working on the album in separate locations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deep Purple’s version of the hard-driving “7 and 7 Is” adds some prog-rock elements to the song’s arrangement and showcases solos by Morse and Airey.

As previously reported, Turning to Crime will be released om November 26, and is the first Deep Purple album made up of songs originally recorded by other artists.

The covers collection, which was produced by the band’s frequent collaborator, Bob Ezrin, features 12 tracks, including versions of Fleetwood Mac‘s “Oh Well,” Bob Dylan‘s “Watching the River Flow,” Little Feat‘s “Dixie Chicken,” The Yardbirds‘ “Shapes of Things,” Cream‘s “White Room” and more.

A 40-minute documentary about the album’s creation, titled Locked Up: The Making of Turning to Crime, will be released as a limited-edition DVD Digipak and a Blu-ray disc. A DVD with the film also will be included in a limited-edition, five-LP vinyl box set that also will features a bonus song, “(I’m a) Roadrunner,” that does not appear on the regular album’s track list.

Deep Purple’s “7 and 7 Is” is available as a digital download and via streaming. You can pre-order Turning to Crime now.

Here’s Turning to Crime‘s full track list:

“7 and 7 Is”
“Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu”
“Oh Well”
“Jenny Take a Ride!”
“Watching the River Flow”
“Let the Good Times Roll”
“Dixie Chicken”
“Shapes of Things”
“The Battle of New Orleans”
“Lucifer”
“White Room”
“Caught in the Act” (Medley: “Going Down”/”Green Onions”/”Hot ‘Lanta”/”Dazed and Confused”/”Gimme Some Lovin'”)

Watch never-before-seen footage of Gwen & Blake’s engagement

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton celebrated the one-year anniversary of their engagement on Sunday, and now, Gwen has shared some never-before seen video and pictures from the day that Blake popped the question.

“one year ago today?!” she captioned her Instagram post. “October 17th 2020 we got engaged! @blakeshelton I love you!” The first video shows Gwen showing off her ring as Blake dances up behind her and kisses her cheek. “Look! We just got engaged!” she yells, as the song “Celebration” plays in the background.

Another image shows Gwen on her knees covering her face as Blake kneels in front of her, holding her waist. Next, there’s video of Gwen’s massive diamond engagement ring.

Gwen and Blake didn’t make their engagement public until October 27, 2020. They tied the knot July 3, 2021 at Blake’s Oklahoma ranch.

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Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, Joint Chiefs chair, dead at 84 of COVID-19

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Colin Powell, the Army general who served as both chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as U.S. secretary of state, has died of complications from COVID-19 at age 84.

A statement from the Powell family, posted to Powell’s Facebook page, reads: “Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19. He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment. We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.”

Powell served under four presidents — Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush — at the very top of the national security establishment, first as deputy national security adviser and then as national security adviser. He was later appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the senior ranking member of the U.S. armed forces and top military adviser to the president.

Powell was the first African-American ever to hold the post of Joint Chiefs chairman, and the first to be secretary of state, a position he held from 2001 to 2005 under President George W. Bush.

Powell helped shape American defense and foreign policy. He was in top posts during the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the downsizing of the military after the end of the Cold War, the 1989 invasion of Panama, the 1991 Gulf War, the 1992-93 engagement in Somalia, and the crisis in Bosnia.

Following his 1993 retirement from the Army at the rank of four-star general, Powell’s supporters urged him to enter politics, touting him as the only candidate with the moral stature needed to unite the country and heal longstanding racial wounds.

Throughout his service in the military, Powell never made his political leanings known. Although he served under both Democratic and Republican administrations, it wasn’t until 1995 that Powell announced that he had registered as a Republican. He publicly supported the candidacy of only two presidential candidates: Lyndon Johnson and Barack Obama, both Democrats.

Powell was engaged in several notable humanitarian and personal efforts. In 1994, he, former President Jimmy Carter and former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., embarked on a peacekeeping mission in Haiti, during which they were able to help bring to an end to military rule and establish an elected government for the country.

In 1995, Powell published his autobiography, My American Journey, in which he touched on everything from his military experiences to more personal matters. Powell was also involved in America’s Promise, a non-profit organization geared toward empowering young people, for which he served as chairman from 1997-2000.

Powell spent his entire adult life in service to his country. He leaves behind his wife of 48 years, Alma Powell, and his son, Michael.

Pink mourns the passing of her father, Jim Moore: “I won’t miss you yet. I’m not ready”

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Pink has confirmed that her father, Jim Moore, lost his battle with prostate cancer.

Taking to Instagram on Friday — her father’s birthday — the singer shared a photo of his grave, and reflected on the complicated relationship she had with him before expressing, “I don’t even know that I can handle the cold hard truth that I miss you yet. I wanna still act like this is one of those times that I’m busy and not calling. I can’t feel this yet.”

Noting that her father would have turned 76 on Friday, she lamented, “I don’t know where you are. And therefore I don’t know where I am either. Happy Birthday Daddy Sir. Gone but not forgotten. I won’t miss you yet. I’m not ready.”

Pink first hinted of her father’s passing in August when she shared two photos to Instagram of herself dancing with her dad, one at her wedding to husband Carey Hart and the other of a young Pink and Jim at a formal function. She captioned it, “Til forever.”

She’d previously revealed in June 2020 that her father was battling cancer, sharing on Instagram a photo of Jim smiling while undergoing his second round of chemotherapy, noting that he learned he had cancer after he “fell off a ladder and fractured his back.”

Pink, whose parents divorced when she was 10, helped her dad realize his music dreams in the mid-2000s when they recorded “I Have Seen the Rain” — a song Jim wrote while he was serving in the Vietnam War — together. She credited her dad’s song with helping her learn to play the acoustic guitar and how to harmonize, since it was the first song she ever learned.

The song was a hidden track on her 2006 album, I’m Not Dead.

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‘Adele One Night Only,’ featuring Oprah interview, to air November 14

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

The reports were true: Adele is indeed promoting her new album with a network TV special.

Adele One Night Only will air Sunday, November 14 on CBS at 8 p.m. ET, and will also be available to stream on Paramount+. The two-hour special, which will be filmed in L.A., will feature the star performing her new material, as well as some of her hits. It’ll also include Adele sitting for an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

CBS describes the chat as Adele’s first “televised wide-ranging conversation,” with topics including her new album, her life after her divorce, raising her son and her weight loss.

Adele’s new album, 30, arrives November 19. Its first single, “Easy on Me,” is out now.

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Kourtney Kardashian announces engagement to Travis Barker: “Forever”

October 18, 2021 by WDNY Radio

Kourtney Kardashian is ready to say “I do” to Blink-182‘s Travis Barker… because she just said “yes” to him asking for her hand in marriage.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star shared two ultra-romantic images to Instagram late Sunday, which show them cozying up on the beach while surrounded by a sea of red roses and flickering white candles.

She simply captioned the announcement, “forever” and tagged Barker, who repeated the caption verbatim in the comment section using all capital letters.

Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian gave her Twitter followers a closeup look at her sister’s stunning engagement ring, writing in all caps, “Kravis forever.”

The video, which is set to Bruno Mars‘ “Marry You,” zooms in on Kourtney’s oval-shaped sparkler.

This will be Barker’s third marriage. He was previously married to Melissa Kennedy from 2001 to 2002 and to Shanna Moakler between 2004 and 2008. He shares two children, 17-year-old Landon and 15-year-old Alabama, with Moakler. Both Landon and Alabama celebrated the happy news on their respective Instagram stories and congratulated their future mother-in-law.

As for Kourtney, she shares three children with ex-Scott Disick, whom she never married: 11-year-old Mason, nine-year-old Penelope and six-year-old Reign.

Kourtney, 42, and Barker, 45, were first romantically linked in 2019, but the pair insisted they were just good friends and have been for years. The two went Instagram official in February 2021.

KRAVIS FOREVER 💍 @kourtneykardash @travisbarker pic.twitter.com/gymsssnMFr
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) October 18, 2021

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