John Legend

Multiplatinum artistand activist John Legendmade history as the first African American man to join the prestigious EGOT club. Legend has released nine celebrated albums including, Get Lifted (2004), Once Again (2006), Evolver (2008), Love In The Future (Expanded Edition) (2013), DARKNESS AND LIGHT (2016), A Legendary Christmas (2018), and Bigger Love (2020). The 12-time Grammy Award-winner released his eighth studio album,LEGEND, in September 2022 and just wrapped his critically acclaimed Las Vegas residency entitled “Love In Las Vegas,” which began in April 2022 at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. In February 2023, he released LEGEND (Solo Piano Version), a collection of solo piano rendition of songs from his double album LEGEND.

Legend is a judge on the Emmy-nominated show, The Voice,and a principal in Get Lifted FilmCo. As an activist, Legend initiated the #FREEAMERICA campaign in 2015 and most recently founded the initiative HUMANLEVEL, which is igniting systematic change and building racial equity across American cities and communities.

Lewis Capaldi

Lewis Marc Capaldi is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. He was nominated for the Critics' Choice Award at the 2019 Brit Awards. In March 2019, his single "Someone You Loved" topped the UK Singles Chart where it remained for seven weeks, and in November 2019, it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100; it was nominated at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and won the 2020 Brit Award for Song of the Year. Capaldi also won the 2020 Brit Award for Best New Artist.

Zara Larsson

Zara Larsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter.

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Van Morrison

Released on December 7th on CD, 2 x 12” and all digital platforms via Caroline International

Van Morrison has announced details of a new album, The Prophet Speaks.

The Prophet Speaks is Van Morrison’s 40th studio album and will be released on 7th December on Caroline International. This fourteen track album follows a recent run of hugely acclaimed albums (Roll With The Punches, Versatile and You’re Driving Me Crazy), each of which has delved deep into the musical styles that have continued to inspire Van throughout his life – vocal jazz and R&B. Here, Van takes on a series of unarguable classics by the likes of John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke (among others) and makes them unmistakably his own. Alongside these reinterpretations, The Prophet Speaks features six phenomenal new Van Morrison compositions.

Van Morrison says of The Prophet Speaks: “It was important for me to get back to recording new music as well as doing some of the blues material that has inspired me from the beginning. Writing songs and making music is what I do, and working with great musicians makes it all the more enjoyable.”

The Prophet Speaks again finds Van working with the incredible multi-instrumentalist Joey DeFrancesco (the artist co-credited on You’re Driving Me Crazy) and his band (including Dan Wilson on guitar, Michael Ode on drums and Troy Roberts on tenor saxophone).

The title track from The Prophet Speaks is available now as an instant grat – listen here. The tracklisting is:

1. Gonna Send You Back To Where I Got You From (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Leona Blackman)

2. Dimples (John Lee Hooker, James Bracken)

3. Got to Go Where The Love Is (Van Morrison)

4. Laughin’ and Clownin’ (Sam Cooke)

5. 5 am Greenwich Mean Time (Van Morrison)

6. Gotta Get You Off My Mind (Solomon Burke, Delores Burke, Josephine Burke Moore)

7. Teardrops (J.D. Harris)

8. I Love The Life I Live (Willie Dixon)

9. Worried Blues / Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (J.D. Harris)

10. Ain’t Gonna Moan No More (Van Morrison)

11. Love Is A Five Letter Word (Gene Barge)

12. Love Is Hard Work (Van Morrison)

13. Spirit Will Provide (Van Morrison)

14. The Prophet Speaks (Van Morrison)

Moby

Moby is an American electronic musician and is also the name of his live band. Born Richard Melville Hall on September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York. Moved to Darien, Connecticut at the age of 2.

He's also released music under the names Voodoo Child, Barracuda, U.H.F., The Brotherhood, DJ Cake, Lopez, On the Rim of the Wheel a Nail, and Brainstorm/Mindstorm.

Moby plays keyboards, guitar and bass guitar, and expresses mild[/atrist] irritation at the assumption that everything on his newer albums are samples. He took his performing name from the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville, who is his great-great-granduncle.

Early years

Moby used to be in a punk band called the Vatican Commandos, which was formed in 1980, but abandoned punk in 1989 for electronic music. He realized his music tastes and growth were going in a different direction than his previous band's.

His first album "The Story So Far (aka Moby)" featured the single "Go", which gained popularity in many discos, and earned a spot on the UK charts. The song is so popular that Moby still plays "Go" regularly in his sets. "Go" is a progressive track using the string line from "Laura Palmer's Theme" from the TV drama Twin Peaks.

1994-1998

His first album for the UK based MUTE Records was Everything Is Wrong (which had US distribution via Elektra) , which earned early critical praise and minor commercial success. He followed that up with a hard rock/electronic album called Animal Rights in 1996. In 1997, he released I Like to Score, a collection of music included in movies. Among those tracks was an updated version of the James Bond theme used for the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. However, both Animal Rights and I Like to Score had only limited success and Moby and Elektra parted company however he remained signed to MUTE.

1999-2004

After a decade's worth of music, Moby's breakthrough album was 1999's Play. Mainstream reviewers raved about his talents on the album (released on V2 Records) though some early fans were let down. The album has 18 tracks and was the first album in history to have all of its tracks commercially licensed: "Porcelain," for instance, appeared on TV commercials for Bailey's Irish Cream, Hong Kong's PCCW and Nordstrom, and Volkswagen's MKIV Jetta; "Find My Baby" was on a commercial for American Express featuring golfer Tiger Woods. The album's tracks eventually were accepted in various radio formats, but because of Play's extensive licensing, the album could have been financially successful even without radio play. In addition to fame garnered through its licensing, Play is also notable for its extensive sampling of old blues recordings collected by Alan Lomax. In a 2005 posting on his web site, Moby theorized that his eagerness to license his music is a result of "growing up in poverty."

In 2001, Moby founded the Area:One Festival. It was a popular touring rock festival that featured an eclectic range of musical genres. A second tour was organized for the following year.

In 2001 Moby also earned the ire of Eminem after calling his music misogynistic and homophobic; Eminem later satirized Moby (among others) in "Without Me," calling him a "fag" and questioning his relevance with the claim "Nobody listens to techno." Moby replied that he hadn't played techno since 1992. The two were in a confrontation at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, though Moby expresses respect for Eminem as an artist.

In 2002, Moby briefly had a television show on MTV, Señor Moby's House of Music, which focused mostly on more obscure electronic music. Also in 2002, Moby released 18, an album that had 18 tracks. The most popular song on the album was "We Are All Made of Stars". Moby says he wrote "We Are All Made of Stars" because of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, which happened on his birthday.

2005

In 2005 Moby released "Lift Me Up", a single from his album Hotel, which featured, in addition to numerous remixes, UK company Digimpro's software. The program allows users to remix the song - using any or all of the samples included—and save it as an MP3 file. Thus unlimited, personalized versions of the title track were possible. Digimpro had previously seen exposure with group Erasure's single "Breathe," allowing users the same ability. Instead of his usual usage of samples, all of the vocals and instruments on "Hotel" were performed live in the studio by Moby and vocalist Laura Dawn, who is the Cultural Director of MoveOn.org.

For certain dates on Moby's 2005 European tour, Liveherenow provided concert goers with CDs of the show 10 minutes after the show finished. Other Mute Records artists like Erasure and Client have previously used this company for similar reasons.

2006

Moby has recently scored the soundtrack for Richard Kelly's upcoming movie 'The Southland Tales'. Whilst he is generally against composing music for films, he was a huge fan of Kelly's previous film 'Donnie Darko' and could not resist the offer the director gave him.

ITV in the United Kingdom use Moby's song "Lift Me Up" for their coverage of Formula One racing by using the song as the intro. and also snippets to segway's for interviews and advertisements.

Also, Moby had one of his older songs used in a Original HBO series, The Sopranos. This song, "When its Cold I'd like to Die" was used in the last scene in which Tony was in his dream state.

Beside music

Moby is a vegan, non-denominational Christian and self-proclaimed "simpleton" (for his often sincere and idealistic political assessments).

Moby lives in New York City's Little Italy, where he's lived for a decade in a small apartment in a five-story building across the street from David Bowie. Until recently he co-owned a small restaurant and coffee shop called TeaNY, where he occasionally waited tables. He also organized the Little Idiot Collective, a group of artists that also includes cartoonist and musician James Kochalka Superstar. He's a huge fan of the TV series "The Simpsons".

Activism

Moby is a well known advocate for a variety of progressive causes, working with MoveOn.org, and PETA, among others. He created MoveOn Voter Fund's "Bush in 30 Seconds" contest along with singer Laura Dawn and MoveOn Executive Director Eli Pariser.

He also actively engages in nonpartisan activism. He has performed benefit concerts for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, promoting music therapy. Moby also serves on the Board of Directors of Amend.org, a nonprofit that implements injury prevention programs in Africa.

He is an advocate of network neutrality and he testified before the US House committee debating the issue in 2006.

Conan Gray

Armed with nothing more than Garageband and a cheap microphone taped to a lamp, Conan released his song "Idle Town" on his YouTube channel as an ode to his hometown of Georgetown, TX. The song went viral, and he later joined forces with LA based producer Dan Nigro to finalize his Sunset Season EP, featuring singles “Generation Why” and “Crush Culture”. The EP debuted in November, 2018 to widespread critical acclaim from The Fader, Billboard, and Ones To Watch, amongst others. In January, 2019, Conan made his television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers, before opening for Panic at the Disco! for several shows on their arena tour. Conan has sold out two North American headline tours as well as his most recent May, 2019 European tour. Recently called the ‘Prince of Pop’ by MTV, he will be performing at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Life is Beautiful this summer before headlining his next North American tour in the fall. Conan has been featured in Paper Magazine, I-D Magazine, and the Sunday Times

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Sting

Sting (born Gordon Matthew Sumner on October 2, 1951) is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to a distinguished solo career, he was the lead singer, principal composer and bassist of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police.

Biography

Sumner was born in Wallsend, near Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England, to Audrey Cowell and her husband, Ernest Sumner. He is the eldest of four children and has a brother, Philip, and two sisters, Angela and Anita. His father managed a dairy, and as a boy Sumner would often assist him with the early morning milk delivery rounds. Sumner was raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, due to the influence of his paternal grandmother, who was from an Irish family.

Sumner attended St. Cuthbert's Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, and then the University of Warwick, but did not graduate. During this time, he would often sneak into nightclubs like the Club-A-Go-Go. Here he would watch acts like Jack Bruce and Jimi Hendrix who would later influence his music. After jobs as a bus conductor, a construction labourer, and a tax officer, he attended Northern Counties Teachers' Training College, which later became part of Northumbria University, from 1971 to 1974. He then worked as a teacher at St. Paul's First School in Cramlington for two years.

From an early age, Gordon Sumner knew that he wanted to be a musician. His first music gigs were wherever he could get a job, performing evenings, weekends, and during vacations from college and teaching. He played with local jazz bands such as the Phoenix Jazzmen, the Newcastle Big Band, and Last Exit.

Origin of nickname

He has stated that he gained his nickname while with the Phoenix Jazzmen. He once performed wearing a black and yellow jersey with hooped stripes that bandleader Gordon Solomon had noted made him look like a bumblebee; thus Sumner became "Sting." He uses Sting almost exclusively, except on official documents. In a press conference, he once jokingly stated that even his children call him "Sting". However, his wife Trudie Styler, affectionately refers to him by his real name, Gordon.

The Police

In January 1977, Sting moved from Newcastle to London, and soon thereafter he joined Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani (who was very soon replaced by Andy Summers) to form the new wave band The Police. The group had several chart-topping albums and won six Grammy Awards in the early 1980s.

Although they jumped on the punk bandwagon early in their career, The Police soon abandoned that sound in favor of reggae-tinged rock and minimalist pop. Their last album, Synchronicity, which included their most successful song, "Every Breath You Take", was released in 1983.

Solo career

Early solo work

In September 1981, Sting made his first live solo appearance, performing on all four nights of the fourth Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Other Ball at the invitation of producer Martin Lewis. He performed solo versions of "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle".

He also led an all-star band (dubbed "The Secret Police") on his own arrangement of Bob Dylan's, "I Shall Be Released". The band and chorus included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, all of whom (except Beck) later worked together on Live Aid.

His performances were featured prominently in the album and movie of the show and drew Sting major critical attention. Sting's participation in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball was the beginning of his growing involvement in raising money and consciousness for political and social causes.

In 1982 he released a solo single, Spread a Little Happiness from the Dennis Potter television play Brimstone and Treacle. The song was a re-interpretation of a song from the 1920s musical Mr. Cinders by Vivian Ellis, and was a surprise Top 20 hit in the UK.

1980s

Sting's first solo album, 1985's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, featured a cast of accomplished jazz musicians, including Kenny Kirkland, Darryl Jones, Omar Hakim, and Branford Marsalis. It included the hit single "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free". The single included a fan favorite non-LP track titled "Another Day", which to this day is one of the very few Sting songs not released on compact disc. The album also yielded the hits "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Russians", and "Love is the Seventh Wave". Within a year, it reached Triple Platinum. This album would help Sting garner a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. The film and video "Bring On The Night" documented the formation of the band and its first concert in France.

Also in 1985, he sang the introduction and chorus to "Money for Nothing", a groundbreaking song by Dire Straits. He would perform this song with Dire Straits at the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium. Sting also provided a short guest vocal performance on the Miles Davis album You're Under Arrest. He also sang backing vocals in Arcadia's single "The Promise" from their only album, "So Red The Rose". He also contributed a version of Mack the Knife to the Hal Willner-produced tribute album Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.

Sting released ...Nothing Like the Sun in 1987, including the hit songs "We'll Be Together", "Fragile", "Englishman in New York", and "Be Still My Beating Heart", dedicated to his recently-deceased mother. It eventually went Double Platinum. The song "The Secret Marriage" from this album was adapted from a melody by German composer Hans Eisler, and "Englishman In New York" was about the eccentric writer Quentin Crisp. The album's title is taken from William Shakespeare's Sonnet #130.

Soon thereafter, in February 1988, he released Nada Como el Sol, a selection of five songs from Sun sung (by Sting himself) in Spanish and Portuguese. Sting was also involved in two other recordings in the late 1980s, the first in 1987 with noted jazz arranger Gil Evans who placed Sting in a big band setting for a live album of Sting's songs (the CD was not released in the U.S.), and the second on Frank Zappa's 1988 "Broadway The Hard Way" album, where Sting performs an unusual arrangement of "Murder By Numbers", set to the tune "Stolen Moments" by jazz composer Oliver Nelson, and "dedicated" to fundamentalist evangelist Jimmy Swaggart.

1990s

Sting's 1991 album The Soul Cages was dedicated to his recently-deceased father and included the Top 10 song "All this Time" and the Grammy-winning "Soul Cages". The album eventually went Platinum. The following year, he married Trudie Styler and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music from Northumbria University. In 1993, he released the album Ten Summoner's Tales, which went Triple Platinum in just over a year. The title is wordplay on his surname, Sumner and Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Canterbury Tales. Concurrent video albums were released to support "Soul Cages" (a live concert) and "Ten Summoner's Tales" (recorded during the recording sessions for the album).

In May 1993, Sting released a cover of his own classic Police song from the Ghost In The Machine album, "Demolition Man" for the Demolition Man film.

Sting reached a pinnacle of success in 1994. Together with Bryan Adams and Rod Stewart, they performed the chart-topping song "All For Love" from the film The Three Musketeers. The song stayed at the top of the U.S. charts for five weeks and went Platinum; it is to date Sting's only song from his post-Police career to top the U.S. charts. In February, he won two more Grammy Awards and was nominated for three more. The Berklee College of Music gave him his second honorary doctorate of music degree in May. In November, he released a greatest hits compilation called Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting, which eventually was certified Double Platinum.

Sting's 1996 album, Mercury Falling debuted strongly, but it dropped quickly on the charts. Yet, he reached the Top 40 with two singles the same year with "You Still Touch Me" (June) and "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" (December). During this period, Sting was also recording music for the upcoming Disney film Kingdom of the Sun, which went on to be reworked into The Emperor's New Groove. The film went through drastic overhauls and plot changes, many of which were documented by Sting's wife, Trudie Styler. She captured the moment Sting was called by Disney who then informed him that his songs would not be used in the final film. The story was put into a final product: The Sweatbox, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Disney currently holds the rights to the film and will not grant its release. That same year Sting also released a little-known CD-ROM called All This Time, which was well ahead of its time in providing music, commentary and custom computer features describing Sting and his music from his perspective.

The Emperor's New Groove soundtrack was released, however, with complete songs from the previous version of the film, which included Rascall Flatts and Shawn Colvin. This is seen by many as a move on Disney's part to soothe the relationship with Sting and to keep open the door for future projects. The final single used to promote the film was "My Funny Friend and Me".

Sting also performed a duet country cover version of "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" on Toby Keith's 1997 Dream Walkin’ album.

2000s

Sting's September 1999 album Brand New Day included the Top 40 hits "Brand New Day" and "Desert Rose" (Top 10). The album went Triple Platinum by January 2001. In 2000, he won Grammy Awards for Brand New Day and the song of the same name. At the awards ceremony, he performed "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami. For his performance, the Arab-American Institute Foundation gave him the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award. However, Sting was criticized for appearing in a Jaguar advertisement using "Desert Rose" as its backing track, particularly as he was a notable environmentalist.

In February 2001, he won another Grammy. His song "After The Rain Has Fallen" made it into the Top 40. His next project was to record a live album at his Tuscan villa, which was to be released as a CD and DVD, as well as being simulcast in its entirety on the internet. The resultant album and DVD "...All This Time" was released in November and featured re-workings of Sting favourites such as "Roxanne" and "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free." It was recorded on September 11, 2001 and is dedicated "to all those who lost their lives on that day."

In 2002 Sting won a Golden Globe Award and in June, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In the summer, Sting was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 2003 with, he released Sacred Love, a studio album collaboration with hip-hop artist Mary J. Blige and sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar. He and Blige won a Grammy for their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name."

His autobiography Broken Music was published in October. Sting embarked on a Sacred Love tour in 2004 with performances by Annie Lennox. Sting went on the Broken Music tour, touring smaller venues, with a four piece band kicking off in Los Angeles on 28 March 2005 and ending this "College Tour" on 14 May 2005. Continuing with his involvement in Live Aid, he appeared at Live 8 in July 2005.

In October 2006, Sting released an album entitled "Songs From The Labyrinth" featuring the music of John Dowland (an Elizabethan-era composer) and accompaniment from Bosnian lute player Edin Karamazov.[1] As a part of the promotion of this album, he appeared on the fifth episode of Studio 60 during which he performed a segment of Dowland's "Come Again" as well as his own "Fields of Gold" in the arrangement for voice and two archlutes. Reports surfaced in early 2007 that Sting would reunite with his former Police bandmates for a 30th anniversary tour. These rumours were confirmed by posts on the popular fanzine Stingus and on various other newswebsites such as De Standaard, Yahoo! etc.

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Angus & Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone’s music seems to float on its own dreamy wavelength. Maybe that effect comes from the enigmatic bond of a shared history between brother and sister — or maybe it’s something deeper, something in their DNA that comes through so often in the music of family bands. The duo released their first EP, Chocolates and Cigarettes, before moving to London in 2006, where they recorded Heart Full of Wine and their debut album, A Book Like This. Released in 2007, A Book Like This charted Top 10 in Australia. Two years later they returned with Down the Way — a breakthrough record that earned them their first number one album, five ARIA Awards, and Australia’s Hottest 100 with “Big Jet Plane,” while introducing their music to a global audience. In 2014, they released the Rick Rubin–produced Angus & Julia Stone, followed by the critically acclaimed Snow (2017), the first album they wrote and recorded entirely themselves. Their most recent album, Cape Forestier (2024), was recorded at Sugarcane Mountain Studios and released ahead of one of their biggest global tours to date.

James Taylor

As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 50 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired. Over the course of his celebrated song writing and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards since the release of his self-titled debut album in 1968. In 2015, Taylor released Before This World, the first-ever #1 album of his illustrious career. Taylor has won multiple GRAMMY Awards, has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll and the prestigious Songwriters Halls of Fame and in February 2006, The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences selected him its MUSICARES Person of the Year. Taylor was also awarded the distinguished Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government and the National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama in 2012. In November of 2015, Taylor was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor and in December of 2016 he received the Kennedy Center Honors, which are presented annually to individuals who have enriched American culture by distinguished achievement in the performing arts.

Deep Purple

Deep Purple is an English hard rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they are considered to be heavy metal/hard rock pioneers. Especially influential to heavy metal were Ian Gillan's powerful screams and Ritchie Blackmore's virtuouso solos. Deep Purple were also very influential to progressive rock.

Deep Purple's early output ranged from rock (such as their cover of Joe South's "Hush") to strongly classically influenced pieces (such as "April", from their third album). Their first few albums contained very long solos, such as those on the band's covers of "Hey Joe" and "I'm So Glad."

After their third album, founding member and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in particular felt the band should move in a harder direction - and felt that then singer Rod Evans and bassist Nicky Simper were incapable of working in that direction. Both were therefore let go, and replaced with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover from Episode Six, producing what is now thought of as the classic Deep Purple lineup with keyboardist Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice.

The first output of this new lineup was a mixed electric and orchestral album with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Deep Purple In Concert, with the centrepiece being Lord's "Concerto For Group And Orchestra." The whole project was reputedly initiated after idle chat with the band's manager about the possibility led to him book the orchestra and give the inexperienced composer a deadline to produce the work of a public concert.

Following on from this unusual venture were four very influential studio albums over the next four years: Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, and Who Do We Think We Are?, and the live album Made in Japan.

Though this lineup still recorded some songs with a lighter, pop tone such as "Strange Kind of Woman" and "Black Night", the influence of their new blood and the impetus this provided to the existing members showed strongly in hard rock songs such as "Speed King", "Child in Time", and the massively successful "Smoke on the Water".

In 1973, creative tensions led to Gillan and Glover leaving the band, being replaced by previously unknown singer David Coverdale and ex-Trapeze bassist/singer Glenn Hughes. This new lineup continued the success of their predecessors, recording the albums Burn and Stormbringer, and further successful tours and live albums. However, Blackmore became disenchanted with the increasing funk direction he felt the band was taking and left to form Rainbow (a name inspired by the stage set when they performed at the California Jam music festival) with former members of Elf, who had previously toured with Deep Purple as a support act.

The band recruited former James Gang guitarist Tommy Bolin and recording Come Taste the Band. It was on the 75/76 tour that the tensions within the band really came to the surface, finishing with their final performance in Liverpool in March 1976, where Coverdale resigned and the band ceased to exist. Tommy Bolin died of a heroin overdose in December 1976 whilst on tour with his solo band.

Coverdale went on to form Whitesnake, with Paice and Lord joining Tony Ashton to form the short-lived Paice, Ashton And Lord before they too joined Coverdale in Whitesnake. Hughes completed a solo album but spent most of the 70s and 80s fighting drug addiction which he finally overcome in the 90s and has since produced a string of solo albums.

In 1984, Deep Purple's best-known second lineup (Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, and Richie Blackmore) reunited to produce the albums Perfect Strangers and The House of Blue Light. Tensions returned however, and Gillan was fired and replaced by Joe Lynn Turner, formerly of Rainbow. This lineup only lasted for one album, Slaves and Masters, before Ian Gillan returned again for The Battle Rages On. Blackmore subsequently departured the band for good while touring in support of this album, being temporarily replaced by Joe Satriani.

The remaining members recruited Dixie Dregs/Kansas guitarist Steve Morse and, revitalised, produced what many regarded as their best work in many years, Purpendicular, then Abandon before Lord retired and was replaced by former Rainbow and Ozzy Osbourne keyboardist Don Airey. This lineup has since recorded the albums Bananas and Rapture of the Deep.

While not as influential or commercially successful as in their original incarnation, the band have remained a successful studio and live act throughout this latest period.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

Wild God the new album from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be released on 30 August.

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Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) is a 24-year-old, Los Angeles-based singer, composer, producer
and multi-instrumentalist whose jazz songs are about young love and self-discovery. Raised
between Reykjavík and Washington, D.C. with annual visits to Beijing, the Icelandic-Chinese
artist grew up playing cello as well as piano and became hooked on the jazz standards of Ella
Fitzgerald after digging through her father’s record collection.
In 2020, while still a student at Berklee College of Music, Laufey released her debut single
“Street by Street,” which went on to top the Icelandic radio charts. Following the release of her
2021 Typical of Me EP, Laufey was named Best New Artist in Jazz and Blues at the Icelandic
Music Awards and hosted her own show on BBC Radio 3/BBC Sounds. Her debut full-length
Everything I Know About Love, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Alternative New Artist Album
chart, and the lead single “Valentine” peaked at #1 on the Spotify Jazz Chart. In 2022 Laufey
was the most streamed jazz artist on Spotify, with 425 million streams across all platforms.

Gregory Porter

With his customary class, elegance, and sophistication, GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Gregory Porter today announces his first-ever Christmas album, to be released on November 3 via Blue Note/Decca Records. Entitled Christmas Wish it is a loving tribute to his favorite time of year – and to great songwriters, singers, and interpreters including Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Gaye, Dinah Washington, and Nat King Cole. In addition to this list of world class names, Porter himself has added to the Christmas songbook with three original tracks, soon to be favorites for the festive season, including the first single “Everything’s Not Lost” which is out now.

Backed by his long-time band and produced by repeat collaborator Troy Miller, the album features inspired interpretations of carols, standards, and soulful sixties deep-cuts including “Silent Night,” “Little Drummer Boy,” Marvin Gaye’s “Purple Snowflakes,” Stevie Wonder’s “Someday At Christmas,” and Frank Loesser’s “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?,” which features a special guest appearance by GRAMMY-winning vocalist Samara Joy.

The theme of sharing and caring at Christmas, and the sense of renewal and revival that comes when the year draws to a close, is all here in Porter’s most personal contribution – his trio of new, self-penned songs, “Christmas Wish,” “Heart For Christmas,” and “Everything’s Not Lost,” an elegant piano ballad that is Porter’s persuasive plea to remember those less fortunate than ourselves. “I'm always thinking of balance” he explains. “That has been instilled in me and it keeps coming up in a lot of my music. At your highest, at your greatest, at your most pleasant time, don't forget about other people who are suffering.”

Christmas Wish features Porter’s longtime pianist Chip Crawford on piano, Emmanuel Harrold on drums and percussion, Gregoire Maret on harmonica, Jahmal Nichols on bass, Ondre Pivec on Hammond organ, Tivon Pennicott on flute, soprano saxophone, and tenor saxphone, and backing vocals by Stephanie Fisher-Alvarenga, Chris Ashley Anthony, and Sheherazade Holman with orchestral contributions from the Kingdom Orchestra. The album was recorded between Sear Sound Studio in New York City and London’s Crossways Studio and Abbey Road Studios.

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Young Miko

La cantante y compositora, Young Miko, comenzó a desarrollar su talento artístico a temprana edad. La joven natural de Añasco, Puerto Rico, se ha destacado en el género urbano al cantarle abiertamente a la mujer.
Con el lanzamiento de su primer EP “TRAP KITTY” –de los productores Mauro y Caleb Calloway– demostró tener un completo dominio de la escena musical. Asimismo, se solidificó al ser una intérprete versátil y extrovertida. Su primera gira mundial "Trap Kitty World Tour" la llevó a presentarse en plataformas locales e internacionales que suman 17 países, 46 shows y 44 ciudades, todos llenos total.
Temas como "Wiggy" y "Lisa" contribuyeron al crecimiento de su carrera. En especial, Wiggy que superó los 30 millones de reproducciones y posicionó a Young Miko como la primera artista puertorriqueña en ingresar una canción en solitario en el Top 200 Global de Spotify, ocupando el puesto #150.
A su corta, pero exitosa carrera, se destacan colaboraciones como "Classy 101" junto al artista colombiano Feid, la cual se posicionó en el Hot 100 Latin Song Billboard.
En el 2023 se destacó como "Billboard's Latin Rookie of the Year".

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Joy Crookes

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Rival Sons

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Charlotte Cardin

Born in Montreal and based in Paris for the past few years, Charlotte Cardin shines on the global stage thanks to her striking authenticity and emotional depth. Named Billboard’s Global Woman of the Year in 2025, the Canadian singer-songwriter has amassed hundreds of millions of streams worldwide, confirming her remarkable international reach. She has graced some of the world’s most renowned stages — from Bonnaroo to Festival d’Été de Québec to Les Vieilles Charrues — earning praise from major outlets such as Harper’s BAZAAR, W Magazine, TF1, and Le Parisien.

In late 2024, following a triumphant sold-out show at the Zénith de Paris and a standout performance on Star Academy, Charlotte was thrust into the spotlight with the single Feel Good. The song quickly became a true phenomenon, standing out as the most-played track on French radio and television. It sustained over three million weekly streams for several weeks and earned Platinum certification.

Released in 2023, Charlotte Cardin’s second album, 99 Nights, marked a major turning point in her career. The project brought her international visibility, with a billboard in Times Square, a dedicated Apple Music 1 radio show, a COLORS performance, and a debut at #9 on Spotify’s Global Debut Chart. In Canada, the album was widely acclaimed, earning JUNO Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.

Charlotte first broke through in 2021 with Phoenix, a critically acclaimed debut that garnered six JUNO Award nominations and four wins, including Album of the Year and Single of the Year for Meaningless. Certified Platinum in Canada, Phoenix made Charlotte the first Canadian artist to reach the top of the Canadian Billboard chart since Céline Dion in 2016.

Following the Big Boy EP and Main Girl EP, Cardin emerged as an international phenomenon with her 2021 debut Phoenix. At the 2022 JUNO Awards, the LP took home “Album of the Year” and “Pop Album of the Year,” while Meaningless garnered “Single of the Year” and she personally received “Artist of the Year.” Inciting unanimous tastemaker applause, HYPEBAE christened her “one of Canada’s brightest young talents.” Following sold-out headline dates and powerhouse turns at Bonnaroo and Festival d’Été de Québec, Cardin topped the bill at Osheaga in 2021, marking a momentous Montréal homecoming.

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Aldous Harding

Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter.

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Faouzia

Guitarricadelafuente

Guitarricadelafuente se ha doctorado desde una originalidad extrema, la misma que le ha convertido en uno de los artistas más prometedores de la década. ‘La Cantera’, su primer álbum, publicado en 2022, es un salto descomunal en un artista de proyección ya internacional. Las raíces de Álvaro (Benicasim,1997) están impresas en este trabajo debut que ha contado con la colaboración de Raül Refree, uno de los grandes productores del momento.

Guitarrica se apoya en el folclore o en la poesía y escarba entre sonidos introspectivos pero coloridos, en una versión refinada de aquel chaval que hizo boom con ‘El conticinio’ y ‘Guantanamera’. Había madera de artista singular, la de un artista capaz de construir un imaginario visual perfectamente identificable con elementos tan básicos como un micrófono de videojuego, unos posts de Instagram o unos vídeos caseros. De ahí que el salto hacia su primera nominación en los Latin Grammy o sus recientes sold outs en México y Colombia signifique un enorme paso adelante.

También lo es su reconocimiento en Estados Unidos. Rolling Stone —que incluyó ‘Mil y una noches’ entre las 100 canciones de 2022— lo define como “un experimentador brillante y prometedor”. En idéntico ranking lo destaca NPR, (National Public Radio de EEUU), aunque en este caso por ‘Quién encendió la luz’.

Adriatique

The rare feeling of a immediate mutual connection that bonds two people stronger than many years of friendship can.

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Marcus Miller

William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer, best known as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, among others. His collaboration with Vandross was especially close: Miller co-produced and served as the arranger for most of Vandross's albums, and co-wrote many of his songs, including the hits "I Really Didn't Mean It", "Any Love", "Power of Love/Love Power" and "Don't Want to Be a Fool". He also co-wrote the 1988 single \"Da Butt\" for Experience Unlimited. Miller was the main songwriter and producer on three of Miles Davis's albums: Tutu, Music from Siesta, and Amandla.

iliona

liona is a singer songwriter, musician and producer who was born in Brussels in 2000 and has been musically active since she was a teenager. At 16, she creates her own YouTube channel where she posts her all-DIY compositions and videos. An accomplished self-taught artist, she releases her first EP 'Tristesse' with eight songs in 2021. After a passage in get French show programme Taratata and a duo with Julien Doré, she releases her second EP 'Tête Brulée' barely eight months later. She only starts performing in early '22, first at the Botanique, then at festivals, including les Francofolies de la Rochelle et Montreux Jazz.

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Noga Erez

Eddy de Pretto

DON WEST

Soul music from Sydney, Australia.

Bekar

En concert aux Zéniths de Paris et Lille en janvier 2026

Maro

MARO is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer from Lisbon. Graduating from Berklee College of Music (Boston), she debuted in 2018 and has since released five albums and an EP, alongside representing Portugal at Eurovision 2022 with ‘saudade, saudade’. After her 2022 album ‘can you see me?’ with influences from pop, trap, world and folk, the Portuguese artist has taken a more acoustic route on her new record ‘hortelã’.

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Naïka

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Liniker

Danny L Harle

Daniel Eisner Harle is a British music producer and composer who records under the alias Danny L Harle. He has released two singles through the London-based PC Music label and is a member of Dux Content with A. G. Cook.

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Nectar Woode

From the joyful musical roots of her Ghanaian heritage, to the raw storytelling of singers like Lauryn Hill that first piqued her interest as a teen, to the supportive South London music community that she’s found a home in more recent years, there’s one thing that connects the musical jigsaw of 24-year-old Nectar Woode: honesty.

Now with support from Jack Saunders and Jess Iszatt at BBC Radio 1, coverage from the likes of CLASH and DIY to being the playlist cover of Spotify’s RADAR: UK & IRELAND, [untitled] & Fresh Finds UK (among numerous other major playlists) and garnering up to 30k streams per day, she’s turning heads and ears to her alt-leaning, pop sensibilities.

Charles Lloyd

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Erin LeCount

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Sekou

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SIENNA SPIRO

SIENNA possesses the type of voice that stays with you long after her music has left the room. With her effortlessly soulful tone, cinematic storytelling, and subtly modern yet timeless sound, it’s almost impossible to believe that the London-born singer and songwriter is just 20 years old.

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Wesley Joseph

For polymath artist Wesley Joseph, music and filmmaking are his great loves, and writing a song is like shooting a film. He started making DIY videos aged 12, them when Joseph moved to London to study as a filmmaker, he discovered something in the freedom and independence of city life that demanded to be captured in song, and found a crew of collaborators, including A.K. Paul, Joy Orbison, Leon Vynehall, Loyle Carner, and childhood friend Jorja Smith. His 2021 debut ULTRAMARINE is a deeply textured collection of avant-R&B and soulful future-pop that stretches from psychedelic ballads to hard hip-hop bars.

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Bandalos Chinos

Kidd Voodoo

Ebony

Midnight Generation

Dinamarca

Dinamarca is a Swedish-Chilean producer and DJ. His music draws from Latin dancefloor styles like dembow and reggaeton, all filtered through his signature sunset-toned lens—making his sound just as fitting for the first sunlight creeping into a club at dawn as it is for quiet daydreaming with headphones on.

In recent years, Dinamarca’s music has gently shifted away from the intensity of his earlier, club-focused work. What’s emerged instead is a more dreamlike, introspective sound that flirts with pop. On his critically acclaimed album soñao, as well as on earlier releases like the Fantasilandia series, his genre-blurring approach shines through clearly.

This evolution has been largely shaped by collaborations with a wide range of vocalists and artists from across the globe, including rusowsky, AKRIILA, Ralphie Choo, Meth Math, AMORE, Eartheater, and La Favi. Working together has resulted in stellar output for Dinamarca and his collaborators, like “mwah :3” with rusowsky, which has become an international hit. In 2025, he released two mesmerizing projects so far: headphones ! with AKRIILA and pachamami with Meth Math—both showcasing his ongoing evolution and ability to explore new sonic territory while maintaining his ethereal and recognizable sound.

Dinamarca’s laid-back, intuitive creative process plays a key role in shaping his unique sonic aesthetic. When working with others, he aims to keep things spontaneous and fun, believing the best moments often happen early on. From there, he fine-tunes, resulting in the pristine and polished sound that has become Dinamarca’s hallmark. It sounds futuristic, yet feels nostalgic.

As a DJ, Dinamarca has brought his sensual and genre-defying selections to dancefloors all around the world. He’s appeared at clubs and festivals in New York, Tokyo, Barcelona, Mexico City, and far beyond—continuing to captivate audiences with a sound that’s always evolving, yet unmistakably his own.

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Zélie

Poings serrés, sourcils froncés, intense et bouillonnante, Zélie chante et danse sa force et sa sensibilité dominante sur des chansons énergisantes et crues aux sonorités électroniques.

Bavarde et personnelle, sa plume fait partie de celles qui retiennent l’attention par son universalité étonnante devant tant d’impudeur et d’intimité.

Après une Cigale complète, elle s’attaque à l’Olympia avec la détermination qu’on lui connaît: elle promet une expérience, un spectacle explosif d’inspiration américaine fusionnant la danse contemporaine, hip-hop, avec sa pop tranchante et acidulée qui saura aussi vous faire sentir proche d’elle et de son univers haut en couleurs.

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Tonina

Tonina, the accomplished vocalist, bassist, and songwriter hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, weaves a rich tapestry of musical influences spanning Jazz, Classical, Folk, and Rock genres. With a background blending Black and Sicilian heritage, her initiation into Upright bass at the age of 8 marked the beginning of a remarkable journey. She has graced stages in Italy, Argentina, Spain and cities throughout the U.S. Tonina's diverse experiences have bestowed upon her an unparalleled musical scope. Her performances, marked by innate rhythm, captivating melodies, and extraordinary vocal prowess, have taken her across the globe, earning recognition from NPR and even a spot on former President Barack Obama's top songs list. Today, Tonina, along with her band, continues to captivate audiences in Los Angeles, showcasing not just her exceptional talent but also a deep-seated passion for music that transcends conventional boundaries.

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Montreux Jazz Festival 2026 @ Auditorium Stravinski, 2M2C

Montreux Jazz Festival 2026 @ Auditorium Stravinski, 2M2C

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