In one of his funniest skits of the season, Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson recreated the famous “Stan” music video by Eminem with his own, called “Stu.”
Where Stan was about an overzealous fan stalking their favorite musician, Stu is about a Santa Claus believer who just wants a PS 5 for Christmas. It spirals quickly downward to the dark side, with Stu becoming the pen pal from Hell. (Eminem makes a cameo)
You can’t go wrong with a groovy ballad, and Meet Me In The Sky by Kandace Springs is definitely all that!
This song was one that helped catapult indie-singer and YouTube prodigy Kandace Springs to fame. She performs it live in studio with crooner Daryl Hall, on his television series, “Live from Daryl’s House,” for cable channel AXS TV.
Per Wikipedia: “Kandace Springs was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, in 1989. Her father Scat Springs was a session singer in Nashville. She has two sisters. At the age of ten she started following piano lessons. She grew up listening to jazz and soul singers like Nina Simone. She was noted for performing Sam Smith’s Stay with Me on the internet. She moved to New York City to work with Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. She believes that music can touch people, spread a message, keep the world sane.
In 2014, she released her self-titled debut EP for the jazz label Blue Note Records. It was produced by Pop & Oak. Love Got in the Way was her first music video. She collaborated with Ghostface Killah on his 2014 single Love Don’t Live Here No More. She performed live on several TV shows: the Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Later… with Jools Holland. Prince asked her to perform with him on stage.
For her 2016 album, Soul Eyes, she kept working with Sturken and Rogers, but she also attracted producer Larry Klein, who praised her as a natural talent. On smooth ballads like Place to Hide and relaxed mid-tempo songs like Talk to Me, she accompanied herself on the piano. Collaborating artists were trumpeter Terence Blanchard, guitarists Dean Parks and Jesse Harris, and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. Her 2018 album Indigo was produced by Karriem Riggins. It combines the vocal jazz tradition with modern R&B influences and a trumpet solo by Roy Hargrove.
On January 31, 2020, Springs released the lead single, “Pearls”, off her third studio album, The Women Who Raised Me. The album was released in March 2020. The Women Who Raised Me is a covers album featuring renditions of songs made famous by some of history’s most iconic vocalists: Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Astrud Gilberto, Lauryn Hill, Billie Holiday, Diana Krall, Carmen McRae, Bonnie Raitt, Sade, Nina Simone, and Dusty Springfield.
http://www.kandacesprings.com/
The genesis of Daryl’s House came from a light-bulb moment seven years ago, when Daryl Hall first had the idea for his Webby Award-winning series, Live from Daryl’s House, which started on the Internet and has since become a fixture on MTV network Palladia.
“Why not just play music at my house and let people see what musicians are really like, when they are relaxed, and among friends,” says the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. “At the same time, although people could see me at home, there was no way to invite everybody over to have some food and watch us musicians play.”
With the opening of Daryl’s House, which officially launched with a special Daryl Hall and John Oates live Yahoo webcast this past Halloween, now, in Daryl’s own words, “We can all hang out, drink some wine, have a good time and listen to some great music.”
Formerly the Towne Crier at 130 Route 22, the new venue’s refurbishing has been personally supervised by Daryl himself, whose own passion for restoring historic homes has been well-documented on his show, Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall on the DIY network. The venue is also the new home for Live from Daryl’s House TV show.
Hall has remodeled the venue in a similar fashion to his former 1770s home in nearby Millerton. “I’ve converted everything, from the tables and chairs, to the walls and ceiling, to an 18th-century style so it looks like a big version of my house,” Hall said. “It’s a very Early American, New England-y kind of vibe.”
The eclectic menu was also carefully overseen by Daryl, with chef Elena Angelides in charge, featuring steaks, seafood, pasta and sandwiches, including, naturally, Philly Cheese Steak Provolone Cheese, Daryl’s Shrimp with Tomato Basil and Half Roasted Chicken “a la Joe Walsh.” Angelides previously was the chief for Mozambique in Newport Beach, CA, among others.
Daryl says: “Welcome to my House!”
Japanese rock star YOSHIKI transforms into a super-powered titan in the new “ATTACK ON YOSHIKI” commercial campaign for Asahi’s Wonda Coffee. Based on the worldwide, hit anime series Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin), the 3D CG animated character was modeled after YOSHIKI, and the thundering drum sounds were recorded live by the X JAPAN drummer himself.
YOSHIKI is a composer, classically-trained pianist, rock drummer, and the leader of the rock group X JAPAN, who has sold over 50 million records. He is also the composer of the Attack on Titan theme song “Red Swan” which debuted at #1 on iTunes Rock Charts in 14 countries.
YOSHIKI has also created themes for high-profile anime projects such as X, X2 Double X, Buddha: The Great Departure, and Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary. He served as the inspiration for the Blood Red Dragon comic series by the legendary Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee.
“Red Swan” (Attack on Titan anime theme) – Official Lyric Video
YOSHIKI’s musical versatility has led to collaborations with Beatles producer George Martin, Roger Taylor of Queen, St. Vincent, and Sarah Brightman, as well as his recent work with Bono, will.i.am, and Jennifer Hudson on the song “#SING4LIFE”. YOSHIKI is currently composing music for xXx 4, the next film in the Hollywood blockbuster franchise starring Vin Diesel, and other soon-to-be-announced TV and film projects.
YOSHIKI Website: https://www.yoshiki.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yoshikiofficial
Major Lazer debuts a new track, “QueLoQue” featuring New York-born, Chilean artist Paloma Mami. The track is from Major Lazer’s long-awaited fourth album, Music Is The Weapon.
“‘QueLoQue’ has been in the works for a while now and I’m so happy to finally be able to share it with you all!” Paloma Mami says. “It has a fire energy to it with some elements of old school reggaeton and mixing it with that electronic touch from Major Lazer = PALO!”
Major Lazer and Paloma Mami recently performed the track as part of the band’s set at the virtual Save Our Stages Festival to benefit the National Independent Venue Association. The band will also play a series of socially distant, drive-in Major Lazer Sound System shows in Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte and more.
Major Lazer is the global dance trio of Diplo, Walshy Fire and Ape Drums.
1. Hell and High Water (feat. Alessia Cara)
2. Sun Comes Up (feat. Busy Signal & Joeboy)
3. Bam Bam (feat. French Montana & BEAM)
4. Tiny (feat. BEAM & Sheensea)
5. Oh My Gawd with Mr Eazi (feat. Nicki Minaj and K4mo)
6. Trigger (feat. Khalid)
7. Lay Your Head On Me (feat. Marcus Mumford)
8. Can’t Take It From Me (feat. Skip Marley)
9. Rave de Favela with MC Lan & Anitta (feat. BEAM)
10. QueLoQue (feat. Paloma Mami)
11. Jadi Buti with Nucleya (feat. Rashmeet Kaur)
12. Que Calor (feat. J. Balvin & El Alfa)
K-Pop stars BTS and Blackpink are dominating the US charts, but it’s time to remember that GOT7 is also a major musical boy band force. Recently nominated for the Billboard Music Awards, the video for their hit single “You Calling My Name” has reached over 94 MILLION views.
Even if you can’t follow the lyrics, the beat is hot!
Song; 니가 부르는 나의 이름 You Calling My Name
Artist: GOT7
Album: Call My Name
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SONG BONUS FOR THE GOT7 FANS
British breakout vocalist, songwriter and producer LAUREL shares her new single “Scream Drive Faster” today via Communion Records. The track is LAUREL’s first new music since her 2018 debut LP Dogviolet.
The ’80s-hued “Scream Drive Faster” finds LAUREL euphoric, a mood starkly different from the melancholic chamber pop of her first album. “I really loved the songs on Dogviolet, but they were very heavy,” she explains. “At one point in my life I was in a pretty dark place and it was really comforting to sing about it, but it was hard to revisit those emotions every night.” When composing the track, Laurel wanted it to reflect the happiness she has found since.
Self-recorded, produced and mixed, Dogviolet received high praise from The Guardian, who likened her to Lana Del Rey, The Independent, and Vogue, who called her “the new face of British alt-pop.” The album also won her fans in the likes of BBC Radio 1 and Triple J. Still, her solitary approach to the record left her isolated and unhappy. Her new work is marked by a move from London to America and, having found people there she trusts and admires to work alongside, a newfound artistic process that’s open to collaboration. She wrote and produced “Scream Drive Faster” with Chrome Sparks.
LAUREL, born Laurel Arnell-Cullen, starting writing her own music at age 11 and by 13, inspired by Laura Marling’s debut record, began playing in local bars with her first guitar. At 17, she signed to Universal, and found herself living alone in a basement flat in London for the next three years, composing the material that would become Dogviolet. The transition was difficult: “Making music all day and night is how I survived and didn’t go crazy,” she says. She released her first book with the album, The Mutterings Of A Laurel, a collection of her journal entries to be read alongside the music. Though now writing from a much different perspective than she was with her debut, she is still dealing with the same big issues—love, loss and survival. Only now, she is happier, more determined, and head-over-heels in love.