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Skylar Simone releases ‘WhatsInIt4Me’ alongside new music video

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Skylar Simone is back with new music, releasing her new song, “WhatsInIt4Me.”

The song, which interpolates Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey‘s “I Know What You Want,” finds Skylar sharing her expectations of a man and letting him know he has a “lot to prove.” “Baby boy what’s in it for me?” she asks on the track, letting her potential lover know she’s “in it for love.”

In the video, Skylar walks down a deserted highway after getting ahead of a man who tries to take advantage of her following a few drinks at a party. Instead, she blindfolds him, writes the word “ruined” on his chest and takes pictures of it all before making her escape.

“WhatsInIt4Me” marks Skylar’s first release since Shiver, an EP reintroducing herself to the world after signing with Def Jam. It’s also one in which she defines her sound as a bold, dominant woman with a playful mix of femininity and flirtatiousness.

“I wanted people just to take away a true representation of the artist that they’re listening to and who I am, and also just feel moved and free through the music,” Skylar tells ABC Audio of the EP. “I really just want to be a safe place and a free space for people just to feel great music. And that’s my goal through my whole career.”

With “WhatInIt4Me” out, Skylar’s one step closer to achieving one of her goals for 2025, which is to release a new EP.

Describing Shiver as more intimate, she says the next project feels a little more “fun,” adding it’s more uptempo and “a little bit more experimental slightly.”

“I think it’s different than Shiver but also … still carries over that same identity.”

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

Bonnie Raitt to headline MerleFest

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Bonnie Raitt is set to headline the 2025 edition of MerleFest, which runs April 24-27 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Raitt is set to headline on April 25, with The Avett Brothers and The Dead South also booked to headline. The lineup also includes The War and Treaty, Sam Bush and Asleep at the Wheel.

MerleFest was founded in 1988 by the late Grammy Award-winning musician Doc Watson, in memory of his son, musician Eddy Merle Watson, who died in 1985 at the age of 36. The festival serves as a fundraiser for Wilkes Community College.

Artists who performed at previous editions of MerleFest include Willie Nelson, Elvis Costello, The Doobie Brothers, Robert Plant, John Prine and Dolly Parton.

Tickets and festival information can be found at merlefest.org.

Next up for Raitt, she’ll play Charleston, West Virginia, on Wednesday. A complete list of dates can be found at bonnieraitt.com.

Post Malone covers a Brad Paisley classic

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

It “Goes Without Saying” that Post Malone‘s a Brad Paisley fan.

The multigenre superstar recently shared a video of him performing Brad’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her” onstage.

In true Posty fashion, he sang the song while holding a drink and smoking a cigarette.

Posty previously enlisted Brad on “Goes Without Saying,” a track off his debut country album, F-1 Trillion, which earned a Best Country Album nomination for the 2025 Grammy Awards.

You can check out the full live cover clip on Posty’s Instagram.

Coming up, Posty will perform “Yours” and team with Chris Stapleton on “California Sober” onstage at the 2024 CMA Awards, airing live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Nov. 20 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

Watch the first trailer for HBO’s ‘Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Documentary’

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

HBO has unveiled the first trailer for a new documentary about everyone’s favorite easy listening music – yacht rock.

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Documentary is set to debut Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. ET, and the trailer features interviews with such yacht rock staples as The Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and Toto’s Steve Lukather, as well as Questlove, Fred Armisen and others.

In the clip, Questlove describes yacht rock as “perfect sitting down dancing music,” with Armisen noting, “The singers all seem to be saying, ‘Hey, it’s going to be OK.’”

“These artists provided the soundtrack to our lives, and suddenly all that changed,” Questlove says, before Cross and McDonald discuss the fall in popularity of their music due to the video age.

“I expected to be totally forgotten by the end of the ’80s,” McDonald shares.

It then delves into the resurgence, thanks to a 2005 online comedy series called Yacht Rock, which followed the lives of fictionalized soft rock stars.

“I always thought it was kinda flattering to be made fun of,” McDonald says, with Loggins adding, “I began to see that it was a kind of a** backwards way to honor us.”

“Obviously it made an impression on somebody,” McDonald concludes.

(Video includes uncensored profanity.)

‘Wicked’ director Jon M. Chu says ‘Defying Gravity’ sequence was more stressful ‘than the whole movie itself’

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Jon M. Chu, the director of the hit Crazy Rich Asians, is used to pressure, but in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he says one sequence in Wicked had him stressed.

He calls the movie’s showstopping “Defying Gravity” scene “one of the most complicated things I’ve ever shot in my entire life,” adding, “I felt more pressure with ‘Defying Gravity’ than the whole movie itself.”

Chu explained star Cynthia Erivo had to train for the scene’s exacting aerial sequence not once but twice.

After 160 days of shooting Wicked and its sequel, the production halted because of the Hollywood strikes 10 days shy of finishing the pivotal scene.

“Cynthia had to train and gain — for a year — all the skill set, stunt-wise, to be able to fly and sing at the same time. Then, right when we’re about to shoot it, we stopped for six months. When we came back in January of this year, she had to retrain.”

He says in retrospect he was “grateful” for the unexpected break, and the cast and crew just “f****** unleashed” when filming resumed.

He calls Erivo’s pivotal scene “a revelation when you see her as Elphaba.”

Regarding his other leading lady, Ariana Grande, Chu reveals “she didn’t win the role the first time around … [She] had all her Ariana Grande makeup on. Next time she came in, all makeup gone, and she was in it.”

He adds, “And when she showed up on day one, she was Galinda. Her voice was different. The way she walked was different. I have never seen anyone change like that. She earned this thing like no other.”

Wicked: Part One hits theaters on Nov. 22. Wicked: Part Two is slated to open on Nov. 21, 2025.

‘Strength and honor’: Airbnb inviting would-be warriors to the Colosseum for the ultimate ‘Gladiator’ experience

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

While Airbnbs are usually synonymous with cozy getaways, a new Icons experience from the homeshare company will let guests follow in the footsteps of the legendary Roman gladiators.

Set at the actual place where countless epic battles took place, the Colosseum in Rome, and naturally tied into the release of Gladiator II, the ad copy teases that “for the first time in nearly 2,000 years, the Colosseum returns to its original purpose as a venue for performances, inviting daring warriors to step foot inside the historic arena to forge their own paths and shape their destinies.”

It continues, “Those brave enough to rise to the challenge will follow in the footsteps once traversed by victorious fighters, suit up in historically accurate armor, and put their skills to the test to determine their fate in battle.”

The site continues, “The patron will meet you at the Colosseum after sunset and lead you inside. Whether you emerge from this night victor or vanquished, know this – your eyes will embrace a sight not oft seen,” and “savor the symphony of swords and shields as seasoned gladiators engage in a thrilling showdown for your benefit. You must study them – for your turn will soon follow.”

Specifically, guests can request to book one of two three-hour experiences that take place May 7 to May 8. “Each experience has capacity for up to 16 guests each (8 guests and their +1).”

You’ll have to make your own way to Rome — but undoubtedly that will be more enjoyable than how real gladiators found themselves there back in the day.

Bookings begin Nov. 27 at 9 a.m. ET at airbnb.com/gladiatormovie.

Shinedown’s Eric Bass details debut solo album, ’I Had a Name’

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Shinedown bassist Eric Bass has announced his debut solo album.

The record is called I Had a Name and is due out Feb. 28. The first single, called “Mind Control,” is out now via digital outlets.

“We live in a world right now where music gets homogenized and maybe everything sounds and feels the same,” Bass says. “I wanted to create something different and I hope listeners hear that. Lyrically and emotionally I hope it empowers them and they can see themselves in the character and stories I sing about.”

Shinedown’s latest album is 2022’s Planet Zero.

Here’s the I Had a Name track list:
“A World Unseen”
“The New Gods of War”
“Azalia”
“We Can’t Go Home”
“Goodnight Goodnight”
“Mind Control”
“New Graves”
“All Good Children/Our Guts”
“Modenhardt”
“Dead Inside”
“The Churches of the Dead”
“Wanna Go to Hell? (Meanwhile, Back on Earth)”

Chris Lane teases ‘intimate piano version’ of his new song

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Chris Lane is teasing a piano version of his new track, “If I Die Before You.”

The “Fix” singer shared a clip of him and his wife, Lauren Bushnell, sitting on rocking chairs on a front porch, sharing a sweet moment as the unreleased rendition of his latest song plays.

“Made an intimate piano version for ‘If I Die Before You’ Coming Soon! Cant wait for y’all to hear it,” Chris teased in his Instagram post.

No word has been shared on its release date, but you can follow Chris on his socials to find out as soon as it’s announced.

The original studio version of “If I Die Before You” is out now wherever you listen to music.

Watch Lady Gaga’s new version of ‘Disease’: ‘Disease (The Antidote Live)’

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

If Lady Gaga‘s new single, “Disease,” is too frantic for you, you might like the new version she just released.

Called “Disease (The Antidote Live),” it’s an extremely stripped-down version of the song. Gaga is shown performing it on piano in a studio, sporting long black and blue hair and what looks like a black negligee.

The song is the first release from Gaga’s upcoming seventh studio album. When it first came out, she wrote on Instagram that it was about facing her “inner demons,” especially, she wrote, “how I get seduced by chaos and turmoil.”

She wrote, “It’s about about facing that fear, facing myself and my inner darkness, and realizing that sometimes I can’t win or escape the parts of myself that scare me. That I can try and run from them but they are still part of me and I can run and run but eventually I’ll meet that part of myself again, even if only for a moment.”

“Disease” was co-written by Gaga’s fiancé, Michael Polansky.

Mother Monster has fed her fans with plenty of music these past few months: She released her Joker-inspired Harlequin album, her Grammy-nominated duet with Bruno Mars, “Die With a Smile,” and now these two versions of “Disease.”

Sammy Hagar teasing new music & tour dates

November 13, 2024 by WDNY Radio

Sammy Hagar is teasing fans with some big news.

The rocker just shared videos on social media of him and Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony in the studio, adding the caption, “Big announcement coming up next week. The best of all worlds band We are up to something.”

The post included #newmusic, and in the clips you can hear what is likely a new song. In one, Anthony is playing bass, while you can hear Hagar singing “thank you” in the background. In a second clip, Anthony appears to be recording backing vocals.

And it may be more than just music. The post also included #moreshows, suggesting another leg of the tour is happening. Hagar tagged Anthony, Joe Satriani and drummer Kenny Arnoff, who filled in for Jason Bonham during part of the last trek, in the post.

Hagar recently told ABC Audio that he had planned to make new music with his The Best of All Worlds tour band and had even written a song with guitarist Satriani already. He also mentioned that he hoped to do another leg of the tour.

Hagar launched the Best of All Worlds tour back in July, with a set filled with Van Halen classics and solo tracks.

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