See the trailer for the Billy Preston doc ‘Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It’

Portrait of American Rock & R&B musician Billy Preston as he poses against a red backgound, London, England, January 28, 1972. (Photo by TPLP/Getty Images)We are getting our first look at the upcoming documentary about legendary musician Billy Preston.A trailer for Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It has just been released, featuring archival footage of Preston performing, including clips of him with The Beatles. Ringo Starr says of Preston in the trailer, “He was so great, he never put his […]

January 21, 2026

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The music of Neil Young to be celebrated at Americanafest pre-Grammy concert

eil Young performs onstage at Light Up the Blues 7 Concert Celebrating Autism Speaks' 20th Anniversary at The Greek Theatre on April 26, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)The music of Neil Young will be celebrated at a concert in Los Angeles ahead of the Grammy Awards.The Americanafest Pre-Grammy Salute to the Songs of Neil Young, put on by the Americana Music Association and the Americana Music Foundation, will be held Jan. 31 at the Troubadour and will feature […]

January 21, 2026

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Talking Heads to release expanded ‘Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live’

Cover of Talking Heads 'Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live' (Talking Heads/Rhino)In November, Talking Heads released Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live for Record Store Day Black Friday, featuring early band recordings. Now they are expanding the release.The original Tentative Decisions: Demos and Live collection included 11 songs that showed the evolution of the band. The new release, dropping March 6, has been expanded to three CDs with the addition of 15 unreleased demos the band made for CBS in September 1975, along with […]

January 21, 2026

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New box set explores The Beach Boys’ mid-’70s era

Cover of The Beach Boys set 'We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years' (Capitol/UMe)The Beach Boys' mid-1970s era is being explored in a new box set.We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years, dropping Feb. 13, is a three-CD, three-LP box set highlighting music recorded between 1976 and 1977. It's made up of 73 tracks, 35 of which are previously unreleased, along with 22 newly mixed tracks. All were recorded at Brother Studio in Santa Monica, California.According to the press release, the set “reframes […]

January 21, 2026

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On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025: The Band’s Garth Hudson died at age 87

On This Day, Jan. 21, 2025...Keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, who was the last surviving member of Rock & Roll Hall of Famers The Band, died at age 87.He passed away in his sleep in a nursing home near Woodstock, New York.The oldest and only classically trained member of The Band, Hudson was best known for his distinctive Lowrey organ work on songs like "Chest Fever" and its dramatic live improvised intro, which is known as "The Genetic Method." He also […]

January 21, 2026

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KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons among 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss pose upon their arrival into Melbourne Airport in Melbourne, Victoria. (Photo by Jake Nowakowski/Newspix via Getty Images)KISS’ Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are among the artists chosen for induction into the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame.The pair will be inducted into the 2026 class in the performers category, along with Kenny Loggins, Alanis Morissette and Taylor Swift.Non-performing songwriters set for induction this year include Walter Afanasieff, who wrote Mariah Carey tunes like “All […]

January 21, 2026

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Bonnie Raitt to play Brandi Carlile’s Echoes Through the Canyon concerts

Bonnie Raitt performs during the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)Bonnie Raitt is set to join Brandi Carlie for one of her Echoes Through the Canyon concerts, which will take place May 29 and 30 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Gorge, Washington, outside of Seattle.Raitt, who Carlile called her "red headed hero," is booked to play May 30. It will feature a headlining set […]

January 21, 2026

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Squeeze releases new track from their upcoming album, ‘Trixies’

Cover of Squeeze's 'Trixies'/(BMG)Squeeze has released another preview of their upcoming album, Trixies.The latest single, “You Get the Feeling,” is the third track they’ve released from the concept album, following "Trixies Pt. 1" and "Trixies Pt. 2." It is available now via digital outlets, with an accompanying video on YouTube.Trixies features some of the first songs Squeeze's Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook ever wrote together. They were written by the duo back in 1974 when they were teens and recording was beyond their skill […]

January 20, 2026

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Bruce Hornsby announces new album and tour

Cover of Bruce Hornsby's 'Indigo Park' (Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers)Bruce Hornsby is back with new music and a new tour.The singer is set to release a new album, Indigo Park, on April 3. He’ll then hit the road in support of the release with his band The Noisemakers.The tour launches April 19 in Cincinnati and hits such cities as Nashville, Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles before wrapping July 25 in Patchogue, New York. It also includes an appearance at Jazz Fest […]

January 20, 2026