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India.Arie removing music from Spotify, but not for the reason you might think

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

India.Arie has joined a growing group of musicians who are pulling their music from Spotify, but unlike them, she’s got a different reason for doing so.

Rock legend Neil Young started the movement, pulling his music from the streaming service because it hosts Joe Rogan‘s wildly popular podcast, and Young feels Rogan is spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and the vaccine.

Fellow music legend Joni Mitchell then joined Young, citing the same reason. Young’s Crosby, Stills & Nash band mate Graham Nash said he agrees with Young and he’s requested that his “solo recordings” removed from Spotify.

But on Instagram, India writes, “Neil Young opened a door I MUST walk through. I believe in freedom of speech. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons other than his Covid interviews. For me, it’s also his language around race.”

“What I am talking about is respect — who gets it and who doesn’t,” she continues. “Paying musicians a fraction of a penny? And him $100 [million]? This shows the type of company they are and the company that they keep. I’m tired.”

India captioned the post, “I wonder who else is tired.”

On Monday, Rogan posted a video in which he denies “trying to promote misinformation,” adding, “I’m not trying to be controversial. I’ve never tried to do anything with this podcast other than just talk to people and have interesting conversations.”

Slash & the Conspirators announce album release streaming concert

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Slash and his solo band Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators have announced a streaming concert to celebrate the release of their upcoming new album, 4.

The virtual event, which will feature a live performance of 4 in its entirety, will premiere Friday, February 11, at 2 p.m. ET, via Slash’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. YouTube Premium subscribers can also tune in for a live Q&A session after the show.

4, the aptly titled fourth studio effort from the Conspirators, will also be released February 11. The record includes the lead single “The River Is Rising.”

Meanwhile, Slash is set to appear on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, February 2, for an interview and performance with the Conspirators. The band will hit the road on a U.S. headlining tour February 8 in Portland.

The Linda Lindas announce debut album, ’Growing Up’

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Teen punk band The Linda Lindas have announced their debut album.

The record, titled Growing Up, will be released April 8 digitally, and June 3 on physical formats. You can listen to the title track now via digital outlets.

The Linda Lindas previously opened for Bikini Kill in 2019, but became an sensation last year with their Los Angeles Public Library performance of their song “Racist, Sexist Boy,” which earned raves from artists including Tom Morello, Flea and Hayley Williams. The group then got signed to long-running punk label Epitaph Records, and performed on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!

This Wednesday, The Linda Lindas will perform on CBS’ The Late Late Show. You can also catch them live in October performing at the much-hyped When We Were Young festival.

“This is not just some gangster film” — Look into the making of ‘The Godfather’ with teaser to ‘The Offer’

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

The Godfather, of course, is known as an Oscar-winning cinema classic, but the fact of the matter is Francis Ford Coppola struggled to get the movie to the screen. That battle to bring author Mario Puzo‘s saga of the Corleone family to theaters is the basis of Paramount+’s anticipated series The Offer, which now has a brand-new teaser.

Based on Oscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy‘s experiences of making the film, the series sees Miles Teller portraying the young, driven producer.

Law & Order and The King’s Man vet Matthew Goode plays producer Robert Evans; Ted Lasso‘s Juno Temple is famed agent Bettye McCartt; Giovanni Ribisi plays mobster Joe Colombo; and Dan Fogler portrays Coppola.

“This could become a cultural phenomenon,” Goode as Evans says in the teaser. “The likes we’ve never seen before.”

As mentioned, the filmmakers not only had to “beg, borrow, and steal” from Hollywood for the money to make the picture, but also had to deal with mobsters like Ribisi’s Colombo, who wasn’t happy in the least for the Mob to get the limelight. “This makes us look like a joke. And it’s bad for business,” he warns.

Meanwhile, Folger, appearing as the spitting image of ’70s-era Coppola, asks, “What is our opening line?…’I believe in America.'”

The series also stars Colin Hanks as skeptical producer Barry Lapidus and Patrick Gallo as Puzo.

The first three episodes of The Offer will premiere on Thursday, April 28, exclusively for Paramount+ subscribers, and the remaining episodes of the 10-installment limited series will be released on subsequent Thursdays. (VIDEO CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE)

Country group Lady A and blues singer Lady A have reached a settlement over the moniker

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Country trio Lady A and blues singer Anita White, also known as Lady A, have come to an agreement.

Billboard reports that a settlement was reached in a Nashville court on January 31 between the group and White wherein both parties asked the judge to dismiss their respective lawsuits.

However, the details of the settlement, including how the name Lady A will be used going forward, have not been made public.

In June 2020, the country group of Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood changed its name from Lady Antebellum to Lady A in response to the racial justice protests taking place around the country in the wake of George Floyd‘s murder to disassociate the act from the name’s reference to the Antebellum South, which encompasses slavery.

“We are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused and for anyone who has felt unsafe, unseen or unvalued,” the group wrote in an Instagram post announcing the name change. “Causing pain was never our hearts’ intention, but it doesn’t change the fact that indeed, it did just that.”

Soon after, White came forward and shared that she had been performing under the name Lady A for more than 20 years and cited their ignorance to the use of her name as “pure privilege.”

After an initial meeting between the two acts, the group filed a lawsuit against White, asking the court to solidify their trademark to use the name Lady A. White launched countersued for $10 million, saying that some of the money would be used to support her rebranding to a different name, with $5 million to be donated to various charities, support for independent artists and Black Lives Matter.

Adele subtly addresses the rumors with one Instagram post: “Rich sends his love”

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

Adele is the queen of the low-key denial. With just one Instagram post, she’s managed to shut down the rumors that she’s miserable and has gone into hiding in the wake of her Las Vegas residency cancellation, that she’s canceled an upcoming award show performance, and that her relationship is on the rocks.

Adele posted a photo of herself laughing and holding a playing card, along with the caption, “Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am performing at the Brits next week!! Anddddd I’ll also be popping in to see Graham for a chat on the couch while I’m in town too! I’m looking forward to it! Oh, and Rich sends his love.”

There have been a number of tabloid reports that one of the reasons that Adele’s residency didn’t make its launch date is because she’d been preoccupied with her allegedly “volatile” romance with Rich Paul, and had been spending all her time yelling at him on the phone. So let’s put that rumor to bed.

There were also reports that Adele had canceled a February 8 performance at the BRIT Awards — the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys — even though the performance had never even been announced. Now, Adele has confirmed that she will, in fact, be appearing at the prestigious award show, where she’s up for four trophies.

And finally, there have been so many varying reports about the “real reason” Adele postponed the residency that it would ease fans’ minds to know what the plans are going forward. Adele announced in her post that she’s going to be “popping in to see Graham for a chat” seems to indicate that she may be ready to reveal those details, since “Graham” is British talk-show host Graham Norton. Stay tuned!

R. Kelly contracts COVID-19, delaying conviction appeal

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

R. Kelly has contracted COVID-19 in prison, causing his attorney to request a two-week extension until February 17 in his sex trafficking conviction appeal.

Billboard reports that the extension was immediately approved on Tuesday by the federal judge overseeing the case. Attorney Jennifer Ann Bonjean added that the “Bump n’ Grind” singer was “parting ways” with most of his legal team that represented him during his trial last year. Devereaux Cannick and Calvin Scholar have already requested to withdraw from the case, and attorneys Nicole Blank Becker and Thomas A. Farinella will also reportedly move to leave.

Last summer, Bonjean won a ruling on appeal that overturned Bill Cosby’s 2018 sex assault conviction and led to his release from prison.

Kelly was convicted in September 2021 on nine criminal counts by a federal jury in New York City, including racketeering, sex trafficking and the sexual exploitation of a child. He is set to go to court August 1, 2022 in a separate federal case that includes child pornography, obstruction of justice and sexual abuse charges.

GAYLE named MTV’s Global PUSH Artist for February

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

She’s topped Billboard‘s Global charts, and now MTV has crowned GAYLE its Global PUSH Artist for February.

Gayle has filmed two performances for MTV, for her singles “abcdefu” and “ur just horny,” and also sat down for an exclusive interview, all of which you can watch now.

Speaking about “abcdefu,” GAYLE says the song was inspired by a relationship in which she “had a really unrealistic idea of what commitment was.” As she notes, “I thought that once I was committed to somebody, I was committed, no matter what they do, I’m still going to choose to be with them because I already made the commitment.”

She also explains that despite her youth — she’s 17 — she’s been working on her music for a long time, which is why she’ll be O.K. if her music career goes up in smoke.

“I’ve had a lot of time to…really try my best and give it my all,” she explains. “Even if none of this works out, I want to be able to look back and be like, ‘You know what? At least I tried.’ That is a really empowering thing. Who cares if anybody doesn’t like it, if anybody doesn’t accept it? You like it and what you want, matters.”

GAYLE also revealed the songs on her Push playlist:

Song that reminds you of your childhood: “Fireflies,” by Owl City

Song you listen to before a big night out: “Body,” by Megan Thee Stallion

Song you listen to loudly in the car: “Crash My Car,” by Coin

Go-to karaoke song: “Stone Cold,” by Demi Lovato

Favorite throwback track: “Come Together,” by The Beatles

‘SEAL Team’ renewed for season 6 on Paramount+

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

David Boreanaz‘s Jason Hayes and his fellow frogmen will return for a sixth season of SEAL Team, which moved from CBS to its sister streaming network Paramount+ for season 5.

A “very excited” Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount+ Original Scripted Series, said in a statement, “The show’s loyal fanbase followed the series to its new exclusive home, and it…[ranks] consistently in the top 10 most-watched original series.”

She adds, “We can’t wait for the fans to see what our brilliant creative team has in store for Team Bravo next season!”

Boreanaz, who is an executive producer on the show and also directs episodes in the action series, was asked by ABC Audio if there are additional creative freedoms on streaming versus a traditional TV network.

“There is,” he agreed emphatically, stressing the series makes the mental health issues military members face a top priority. “I mean, it’s going to allow us to really examine these storylines much deeper and get into their lives and what they how they’re affected by it and the mental health of these characters,” Boreanaz says.

He adds, “You know, it’s something that we pride ourselves on when doing these shows, is to be able to touch those lives of people that are out there now that can kind of escape, and like family members [of] military people that they’ve lost a son or a daughter and they can find respite and say, ‘Thank you for showing that or portraying that.'”

Of SEAL Team, which keeps the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel veteran in elite shape, Boreanaz says, “It’s the type of show that when doing it mentally and physically, it’s tough, but not compared to what these men and women do for our freedoms.”

Jury selection rescheduled for officer involved in botched raid on Breonna Taylor’s apartment

February 1, 2022 by WDNY Radio

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Jury selection has been rescheduled to Thursday in the trial of a former Kentucky police officer who was involved in the botched raid that killed Breonna Taylor.

Brett Hankison’s trial was initially scheduled to begin Aug. 31, 2021, but was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Now Hankison’s trial is being delayed due to an unscheduled recent surgery.

Hankison is charged with three counts of wanton endangerment for firing into a neighboring apartment while serving a “no-knock” warrant on Taylor’s apartment on March 13, 2020.

He and Louisville Metro Police Department officers Myles Cosgrove and Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly fired 32 shots into Taylor’s apartment.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has called Taylor’s death a “tragedy” but defended the officers’ decision to shoot. None have been charged with Taylor’s killing.

“Our investigation found that Mattingly and Cosgrove were justified in their use of force after having been fired upon by Kenneth Walker,” Cameron said. “This justification bars us from pursuing charges in Ms. Breonna Taylor’s death.”

Hankison fired 10 of the shots into Taylor’s apartment. Errant bullets penetrated a wall of the residence and entered a neighboring apartment that was occupied by a child, a man and a pregnant woman, according to Cameron.

Taylor, a Black 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was fatally shot multiple times during the raid. No drugs were found in her apartment.

Cameron said none of Hankison’s shots struck Taylor.

Hankison has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.

“Our hope is that we can pick an impartial jury,” Hankison’s lawyer Stew Mathews told ABC News. “We’re going to both defend [against] the charges in the courtroom.”

The fatal shooting sparked protests nationwide, as demonstrators demanded action against police brutality and racism in policing.

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