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Megan Moroney was ‘walking on sunshine’ when she landed on ‘Cloud 9’

March 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

If you’re a Megan Moroney fan, you probably know there was a marked change of mood for the new country superstar between 2024’s Am I Okay? and February’s Cloud 9.

So what made her world change from blue to pink (the colors she chose to represent each album)? While she’s not spilling any major tea, she is offering some clues.

“It was inspired by a time where I was just excited about life,” Megan says. “I mean, I remember being just so happy and I remember thinking, like, ‘I know exactly where cloud 9 is and it feels like I am way above it.'”

“Between the shows I was playing and my personal life, I was just really walking on sunshine,” she adds.

While there’s lots of speculation about exactly who it was that made Megan so happy, so far she’s not dropping any names.

Cloud 9 features her most recent #1, “6 Months Later,” as well as her current hit, “Beautiful Things.”

Sienna Spiro explains her 1960s style

March 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

If you’ve seen Sienna Spiro’s video for “Die On This Hill” — or her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon — you know that she likes to rock a 1960s look, complete with bouffant hairdo, romper dress and boots. Speaking to Interview magazine, Sienna says she was only able to settle on that style after a lot of self-hatred.

“I love the personality and character of the sixties, and how individual it is,” says the British singer. “It took me a really long time to find my style because I grew up, honestly, hating my body. It took me a while to be comfortable being looked at on stage.”

“But I love the silhouettes from back then and I’ve grown into myself and feel a lot more confident than I used to,” she continues. “Nancy Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Francoise Hardy are amazing women who I just admire a lot. And those paper dresses or the little box dresses. I just love that.”

When it comes to her musical style, Sienna’s influences are equally vintage.

“When I was super young, Frank Sinatra, Nina [Simone], Etta James, Dinah Washington, Barbara Streisand, Al Green—all the greats were played in my house,” she says. “That was my pop music, and I used to try and emulate the way they would sing.”

Sienna also talks about about the “sad girl vibes” of her music, explaining, “I have to write wherever I’m living. I’m not sad all the time. I just find it easy to pull from that emotion.”

But, she notes, “It’s a sad set, I’ll be honest with you. I would love to make some upbeat songs.”

Melissa Etheridge’s new album is about ‘rising up after devastation’: ‘It’s very hopeful’

March 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Melissa Etheridge’s new album, Rise, out Friday, is her first album of new, original material since the 2020 death of her 21-year-old son, Beckett Cypher. But despite that, the album contains a lot of joy.

The album is titled Rise after a song of the same name that Melissa wrote after the LA fires, which got her thinking about “rising up after devastation.”

“I’ve … had enough ups and downs in my life that I realized that … life is full of loss, and it helps you appreciate what we do have and the relationships we have and how we move through them,” she told ABC Audio. “And so Rise is very hopeful.”

But the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominee was only ready to write “the uplifting part” of the album after completing “Call You,” a song about Beckett.

“I knew I wanted to just state that, yes, I’ve experienced this incredible loss, this crushing loss. And I’m not going to stop living … I’m going to keep going, even if you’re not here,” she said.

In keeping with the album’s theme, “Call You” is followed by “More Love,” which Melissa first performed at her daughter Bailey Cypheridge’s wedding in September 2025.

Melissa kicks off a tour in support of the album Thursday in Detroit and told ABC Audio that fans will definitely hear the hits, noting, “That’s why I play. I love nothing more than getting up and screaming and shouting, ‘I’m the Only One.'”

But she also plans to play seven or eight songs from the new album, for those who are familiar with some of the songs and want to hear them live, and to encourage those who haven’t to check them out.

As she explained, “I just think it creates new memories.”

Cedric the Entertainer says ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ is an ‘opportunity to stretch’

March 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Cedric the Entertainer is just weeks away from taking the stage in the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. Speaking to People, he said the role is an “opportunity to stretch and do something totally different than being a TV dad.” He also noted its similarities to his roots as a stand-up comedian.

“It’s like riding a horse,” he said. “You can feel the emotion of the horse, and that horse can feel your emotions. When you’re performing live you can tell when you’ve got the audience in the palm of your hand and when you’re losing them.”

Cedric stars as Seth Holly, who runs a Pittsburgh boardinghouse with Bertha Holly, played by Taraji P. Henson. They provide shelter to Black travelers navigating uncertain paths in the aftermath of the Great Migration, according to Broadway.com.

The story centers on Herald Loomis, who arrives with his young daughter. As noted on the play’s official website, he searches for his lost wife while embarking on a journey of self-discovery after seven years of forced labor under Joe Turner, Broadway.com adds. Performances begin March 30 at the Barrymore Theatre.

In other Cedric news, he’s preparing to say goodbye to The Neighborhood, which is ending May 11 after eight seasons.

He also has an animated film, Swapped, arriving May 1 on Netflix, and a barbecue cookbook with Anthony Anderson set to drop on May 5.

“I love the fact that in a Renaissance man kind of way, I get to do it all,” he said of his busy schedule. “I’d love to continue to have a career that resonates 10, 20, 30 years from now.”

When asked about retirement, he added, “Let’s go until the wheels fall off.”

Rose Byrne on telling Amanda Ogle’s true story in ‘Tow’

March 26, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Rose Byrne may be fresh off her first Oscar nomination for her performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, but she already has another movie in theaters.

The actress stars in Tow, which follows the true story of Amanda Ogle, an unhoused woman living in her car on the streets of Seattle, Washington. After her Toyota Camry is stolen and impounded, she fights a relentless legal battle to reclaim her car and, in turn, her life.

Byrne told ABC Audio she got the chance to meet with the real-life Ogle while preparing for the role. They spent a few days together exploring neighborhoods in Seattle and seeing all of the locations that made her who she is.

“She’s extraordinary,” Byrne said of Ogle, noting “her stubbornness, her perseverance” and most of all her “self-respect and her value of wanting to fight this fight.”

“Which is really what it’s about. Less so the car, but about that drive,” Byrne said, pun not intended.

Byrne continued, “She was really struggling for the basic things and yet she was driven to make sure that she went up against this unbelievable monolith, this corporate monolith who couldn’t care less about this complaint.”

Her story “was very inspiring and unbelievable,” Byrne said. If she had to pick one thing about Ogle that speaks to her the most, Byrne said it was her unyielding dedication.

That stubbornness “was a thing I was fascinated with,” Byrne said, “her unwillingness to let it go.”

Tow is now playing in select theaters.

Sublime premieres title track off upcoming album, ’Until the Sun Explodes’

March 25, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Sublime has premiered the title track from the band’s upcoming album, Until the Sun Explodes.

Until the Sun Explodes is due out June 12 and marks the first new album to be released under the name Sublime since their 1996 self-titled effort, which came out months after the death of frontman Bradley Nowell.

Sublime disbanded following Nowell’s death, and band members Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh launched the spinoff group Sublime with Rome in 2009. They reformed at the end of 2023 with Nowell’s son, Jakob Nowell, on vocals and guitar.

“The last Sublime record that will ever be made is Self-Titled,” Jakob Nowell writes in a Facebook post. “There’s no replacing history, period. Until the Sun Explodes the album is an epilogue, and ‘Until the Sun Explodes’ the single is the epilogue to the epilogue.”

He continues, “It is a tribute to the expansive works of Sublime, it is an acknowledgment for all that my father has done for me my entire life, and most importantly it is a thank you. I love you dad, and I owe you my life.”

You can watch the video for the Until the Sun Explodes title track streaming now on YouTube.

The Until the Sun Explodes track list also includes the 2025 single “Ensenada,” which hit #1 on the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart.

Music notes: Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and more

March 25, 2026 by WDNY Radio

After successful runs in New York City and San Francisco, Sam Smith is taking their To Be Free residency south of the border to Mexico City. They’ll perform at the Auditorio Nacional in August. “Mexico, you know how much I adore doing shows in your beautiful country,” they wrote on Instagram. “One of my favorite places in the world to sing and share music. It’s going to be so special.” Tickets go on sale Friday at 11 a.m. local time.

Now it can be told: Graham Norton doesn’t know anything about Taylor Swift’s wedding. According to The Independent, the talk show host recently clarified his previous claim that he’d signed an NDA. “I said that as a joke on [my] podcast,” he stated. “I said, ‘oh I’ve signed all these NDAs’, and then it started getting reported as a serious thing in America. I didn’t say cut that out because I thought it was so obviously a joke.” Norton does appear in Taylor’s video for “Opalite.”

Taylor’s future sister-in-law, Kylie Kelce, also claims not to have any information about the wedding. In an episode of the Conversations with Cam podcast, Kylie, who is married to Travis Kelce’s brother, Jason Kelce, was asked, “What can we expect from Taylor and Travis’ wedding?” “I would love to give you all the details,” Kylie responded. “I don’t have them.”

Snoop Dogg to star in true crime thriller ‘God of the Rodeo’

March 25, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Another day, another gig for Snoop Dogg. Deadline reports he is set to star in God of the Rodeo, a true crime thriller from filmmaker Rosalind Ross.

Snoop will also produce the film with his Death Row Pictures partner Sara Ramaker, Giannina Scott for Cara Films and Ridley Scott for Scott Free Productions, while Ross writes and directs.

“Linking up with Scott Free Productions and working with Ridley Scott and Giannina Scott on God of the Rodeo is life changing and an honor,” Snoop said in a statement. “Rosalind Ross brought a story with heart and grit, and that’s what I’m about. Me and the team at Death Row Pictures stepping in as producers, I’m acting in it, and Death Row Records is building the soundtrack—and this one got soul. … We’re bringing an important story and something special to the screen.”

Giannina Scott said she is “excited and blessed to have Snoop join the cast,” calling him “one of the most gifted and influential artists alive.”

Ross added, “It’s a thrill and an honor as a filmmaker to bring the legendary swagger, soul and eccentricity of Snoop to this story in what will be a completely transformative role for him.”

While Snoop’s exact role has not yet been revealed, God of the Rodeo — based on reporting by Daniel Bergner— is set against the brutal backdrop of Louisiana’s Angola Prison in 1967.

It follows Buckkey, an inmate serving a life sentence “who finds a glimmer of redemption” in Angola’s first inmate rodeo, according to Deadline. He later learns the rodeo is less of an opportunity and more of “a grueling fight for survival designed to satiate the public’s” desire for bloodshed and the warden’s sense of power.

Slayer’s Kerry King to begin work on sophomore solo album

March 25, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Slayer guitarist Kerry King is prepping a return to the studio.

Talent agency Independent Artist Group, which has signed King for international representation, tells Pollstar that the “Raining Blood” metaller will begin recording his sophomore solo album in April.

King released his debut solo album, From Hell I Rise, in 2024.

IAG adds that King plans to launch a solo tour in early 2027.

Slayer, meanwhile, will be performing at the upcoming Rocklahoma and Sick New World Texas festivals. Their sets will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their 1986 album, Reign in Blood.

Documentary on ‘Mercy’ singer Duffy’s kidnapping ordeal coming to Disney+

March 25, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Welsh singer Duffy, best known for her Grammy-nominated song “Mercy” and Grammy-winning album Rockferry, disappeared from the spotlight for 10 years. She remerged in 2020 to reveal that she’d been kidnapped, trafficked and abused. Her story will now be told in a Hulu Original documentary for Disney+.

The documentary will track Duffy’s life from her childhood in Wales and her global fame, to her harrowing ordeal and its aftermath. According to a press release, the documentary will be driven by “new, unprecedented access to Duffy,” as well as archival footage and interviews with her family, friends and industry peers.

Disney+ executive Sean Doyle said in a statement, “This film will give Duffy the chance to tell her story in her own words,” adding that the project has been handled “with sensitivity and care.” He notes, “I’m especially in awe of Duffy — for her honesty and courage to share her story.”

Director Gill Callan said in a statement, “Duffy’s life has been shaped by success and fame, but equally by pain, defiance, and an irrepressible sense of self. I’m drawn to the tension between vulnerability and confidence in her story and how a person can be deeply affected by their experiences, yet still find a powerful, expressive voice that is unmistakably hers.”

Disney is the parent company of ABC News and Hulu.

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