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Duke Fakir, The Last Surviving Member of The Four Tops, Dies At 88

by Paul Cashmere

Duke Fakir, a founding member of The Four Tops, has died at the age of 88 from heart failure.

Tagged as: 60s, Duke Fakir, Four Tops, pop, soul, USA

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Sam Cooke Is Converted To Dolby Atmos

by Noise11.com

Four vintage Sam Cooke albums have been converted to Dolby Atmos audio format for the first time ever.

Tagged as: 60s, Sam Cooke, soul, USA

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The Rolling Stones, Ros OGorman photographer, Rod Laver Arena

The Rolling Stones Play The Rarely Performed Live ‘Fool To Cry’ for Los Angeles

by Paul Cashmere

The Rolling Stones gave fans at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles a rare treat when they performed ‘Fool To Cry’ for the first time on the 2024 Hackney Diamonds tour.

Tagged as: 70s, Black and Blue, Fool To Cry, rock, Rolling Stones, SoFi Stadium, soul, UK

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Will Smith Performs New Song ‘You Can Make It’ At BET Awards

by Music-News.com

Two years after the biggest controversy of his career so far, Will Smith returned to his musical roots at the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Tagged as: 90s, BET Awards, R&B, rap, soul, USA, Will Smith

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Van Morrison Duets Album On The Way

by Music-News.com

Van Morrison has dusted off tracks from his vault for his upcoming album, ‘New Arrangements And Duets’.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Ireland, rock, soul, UK, Van Morrison

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Chocolate Starship Premiere New Song ‘The Candyman Blues’

by Paul Cashmere

Chocolate Starfish have taken ‘The Candy Man’, the Willie Wonka classic made famous by Sammy Davis Jr and turned it into the Blues Rock version ‘The Candyman Blues’.

Tagged as: Australia, blues, Candy Man, Chocolate Starfish, rock, Sammy Davis Jr, soul, The Candyman Blues

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Julian Moss Premieres Second Song of 2024 ‘Company’

by Paul Cashmere

Julian Moss is continuing to build the career with a third song ‘Company’ now out.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Ian Moss, Julian Moss, R&B, soul

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Gypsy Lee Premieres Third Single ‘Pretty In The Dark’

by Paul Cashmere

Melbourne soul singer Gypsy Lee has released her third single ‘Pretty In The Dark’.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Gypsy Lee, Kate Ceberano, pop, soul

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Erykah Badu Cancels Headline UK Festival Shows

by Music-News.com

Erykah Badu was “disappointed” to withdraw from her headlining performance at the Cross The Tracks festival on Sunday.

Tagged as: 90s, Erykah Badu, R&B, soul, USA

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Amy Winehouse Receives Posthumous BRIT Award

by Music-News.com

Amy Winehouse has posthumously received a BRIT Billion Award celebrating one Billion streams in the UK by the BPI, the representative voice for the UK’s world leading record labels and music companies.

Tagged as: 00s, Amy Winehouse, soul, UK

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Andrew Strong To Perform The Commitments Soundtrack In Concert In Australia In September

by Paul Cashmere

Andrew Strong played Deco Cuffe in the 1991 movie The Commitments. The movie soundtrack was huge in Australia that year reached no 2. It was so big there was even a Volume 2 that went to no 3 on the Australian chart.

Tagged as: 90s, Andrew Strong, Glen Hansard, Ireland, soul, soundtrack, The Commitments, The Corrs

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Daryl Hall Has A New Song ‘Can’t Say No To You’ With David A Stewart

by Paul Cashmere

Daryl Hall has recruited Eurythmics’ David A. Stewart to produce and play on his new album ‘D’. The first single is ‘Can’t Say No To You’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, D, Daryl Hall, David A. Stewart, rock, soul, USA

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Italian Soul Singer Mario Biondi To Tour Australia For The First Time

by Paul Cashmere

Mario Biondi is on his way to Australia for three shows in May for Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. This will be the first time the Italian soul singer has toured Australia.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 20s, Abstract, Australian Tour, Italy, Mario Biondi, soul

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Maya Randolph Says It Was Hard To Hear Her Mother Minnie Riperton’s Biggest Hit

by Music-News.com

Maya Rudolph has admitted it used to be “painful” to be reminded of her late mother Minnie Riperton’s song Lovin’ You.

Tagged as: 70s, Loving You, Maya Randolph, Minnie Riperton, pop, soul, USA

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Macy Gray Announces Australian Tour Details

by Paul Cashmere

Macy Gray will return to Australia for 2024 to mark the 25th Anniversary of her ‘On How Life Is’ album.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Macy Gray, pop, soul, USA

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Watch Amy Winehouse ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’ Unseen Footage

by Paul Cashmere

A new lyric video for the classic single, ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’, the latest in an ongoing series of videos celebrating the genius of Amy Winehouse, is now available to view online.

Tagged as: 00s, Amy Winehouse, R&B, soul, UK

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Amy Winehouse Biopic Slammed By Fans After Teaser Release

by Music-News.com

Amy Winehouse’s fans have declared a new movie biopic “cursed” after seeing a new teaser.

Tagged as: 00s, Amy Winehouse, soul, UK

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Jay-Z Music Festival Cancelled A Second Time

by Music-News.com

Jay-Z’s annual Made in America festival has been canceled for the second year in a row.

Tagged as: 90s, festival, Jay-Z, Made In America, R&B, soul

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Unreleased Marvin Gaye Recordings Found In Belgium

by Music-News.com

More than 60 “spine-tingling” lost Marvin Gaye tracks have been uncovered in Belgium.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Marvin Gaye, soul, USA

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Tom Jones in Melbourne 27 March 2024 photo by Winston Robinson

Tom Jones Delivers His Own Eulogy For Stunning ‘Ages & Stages’ Tour Melbourne 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Tom Jones was sharing way more than just his songs with his Melbourne audience this week. If you have listened to any of Tom’s albums since ‘Praise & Blame’ in 2010 you already know Tom has reached a different plane to where he was as “Pop Star” Tom in the 60s, and “reinvented” Tom in the 90s.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Ages & Stages, Australian Tour, Live Nation, pop, soul, Tom Jones

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Lizzo Claims She Is Quitting Music

by Music-News.com

Lizzo has told fans she “quits” amid negative comments from “everyone in my life and on the internet.”

Tagged as: 20s, Lizzo, pop, R&B, soul, USA

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Vincent Bonham of Raydio Dies At Age 67

by Paul Cashmere

Vincent Bonham, a founding member of Raydio with Ray Parker Jr in 1977, has died at the age of 67.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, pop, R&B, Ray Parker Jr, Raydio, soul, USA, Vincent Bonham

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Marcia Hines Recovering After Collapsing Backstage During Show Recording

by Paul Cashmere

Marcia Hines was taken to hospital in Sydney on the weekend after collapsing in her dressing room before she was due to perform on Australian Idol.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Marcia Hines, pop, soul

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Gypsy Lee Performs Her First Ever Show At The Espy

by Paul Cashmere

Wednesday night (20 March 2024) was a special night for those of us privileged to be in the room for the very first Gypsy Lee performance at The Espy Basement in Melbourne.

Tagged as: 20s, Australia, Gypsy Lee, Kate Ceberano, Lee Rogers, pop, R&B, soul

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Smokey Robinson Could Be In For Glastonbury

by Music-News.com

Smokey Robinson is being lined up for his first Glastonbury headline slot.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, motown, Smokey Robinson, soul, USA

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Renée Geyer ‘Difficult Woman’ To Get First Ever Vinyl Release

by Paul Cashmere

‘Difficult Woman’, the ninth album for Renée Geyer, will be released for the very first time ever on vinyl on 15 March 2024.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Australia, R&B, Renee Geyer, soul

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Madonna Asked To Remove Luther Vandross Image From Her AIDS Memorial Piece

by Music-News.com

Madonna removed a photo of Luther Vandross from her on-stage AIDS tribute at his estate’s request.

Tagged as: 80s, Luther Vandross, Madonna, pop, soul, USA

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The Zutons Says Amy Winehouse Covering Their ‘Valerie’ was “A Gift”

by Music-News.com

The Zutons say Amy Winehouse’s ‘Valerie’ cover was “a gift from God”.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Amy Winehouse, Mark Robson, pop, soul, The Futons, UK, Valerie

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Emma Donovan and Dan Sultan join Archie Roach in the ABC Melbourne Studio Foyer celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Archie Roach album Charcoal Road. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Emma Donovan Previews ‘Til My Song is Done’ With Title Track

by Paul Cashmere

Emma Donovan took to Melbourne’s historic Forum Theatre to create a video for the title track to her upcoming album ‘Til My Song Is Done’.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, country, Emma Donovan, folk, indigenous, reggae, soul

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TV Show Based On Usher Music In The Works

by Music-News.com

A new drama series based on Usher’s music is in the works.

Tagged as: 90s, R&B, soul, Super Bowl, USA, Usher

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