The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as living legends of gospel music. Celebrated by The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with Lifetime Achievement Awards, inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and winners of five Grammy Awards, they have attained the highest levels of achievement in a career that spans over 70 years.

Campbell met Teresa Williams in 1986 when he was hired to play in her band, but their collaboration went far beyond the music – they married in 1988. For years, Williams worked on projects independent of her husband. They started working together as part of Helm’s musical universe in 2004 and then served together as adjunct musicians for other bands. In 2015, after decades of working on other people’s projects,

Amy Helm’s latest studio album, What the Flood Leaves Behind, is a reflective, engaging musical statement. She recently told Relix, “I just feel like I had a different relationship with trusting myself. That guided me through the performances. There were years of getting some experience as a solo artist, getting some experience as a mom.

Angelique Kidjo, Femi Kuti and Davido lead a chorus of Africa’s arts and business leaders in calling on the richest nations to donate COVID-19 vaccines to some of the poorest.

Recognised as one of world's 100 most inspiring women, award-winning singer-songwriter and activist Angelique Kidjo has been called ‘Africa's premiere diva’. In this episode of Interview, Euronews' Jane Witherspoon caught up with the singer following her recent performance at the opening of the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, to talk about her music, passions and work as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Musician says he’s already recorded demos for what will be his first solo effort since 2012’s Sunken Condos

The ‘Joseph’ EP sees Christine covering George Michael classic ‘Freedom’ as well as a popular French song from the 1970s, ‘Comme l’oiseau’.

Christine and the Queens has shared two new cover songs after performing them during Global Citizen Live. The covers of George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” and Michel Fugain’s “Fais comme l’oiseau” are housed on the new Joseph EP. Listen below.

Germany – On 9 September 2021, Gentleman was the star guest at the Strandkorb Open Air series of concerts at Berlin’s Hoppegarten venue. The reggae artist from Cologne and his band delighted around 2,000 fans who watched from the comfort of 1,000 two-seat beach chairs at the historic racecourse. Wired and wireless microphones and IEM solutions from the Sennheiser portfolio are ubiquitous at concerts by Gentleman and his band. And by forming the first links in the audio signal chain, they play a key role in ensuring superb live sound quality.

Thousands of people gathered on the iconic Champ de Mars to see Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Black Eyed Peas, Christine and the Queens, Måneskin, and Doja Cat perform, along with special guest performances by Angélique Kidjo, Charlie Puth, and Fatma Said, at the global concert uniting the world in the mission to defend the planet and defeat poverty.

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney and the E Street Band’s Max Weinberg join Rolling Stone Music Now for a look back at a rock legend. Charlie Watts, who died August 24th at age 80, combined the tastefulness of a jazz accompanist with an unearthly gift for groove and funk, driving the Rolling Stonesfor six decades straight, getting stadium-sized audiences all around the world out of their seats.

Jimmy Barnes has shared a new video that sees him and his family linking up remotely for a performance of Queen‘s classic ‘We Are the Champions’ in celebration of Australia’s Paralympians.“ This is a song for all of you guys, for every one of you Paralympians. Just incredible, and every single one of you are champions,” Barnes says when introducing the song. “It’s really just been wonderful to watch, and I hope you realise how much you’ve changed our lives.”

“I am thrilled and delighted to return to Dyess to perform the first public concert from the living room of my father’s boyhood home,” Cash said. “This exciting benefit event raises funds to continue our mission of bringing attention to the rich history of my father in the Arkansas Delta and the New Deal-era colony where he was raised. This year, I am honored to share our family home in a special way.”

Persistence pays off. Singer-songwriter Mike Younger began this project now titled, Burning the Bigtop Down, in January of 2001, over 20 years ago. The original tracks, the same nine Younger originals represented herein, were recorded alongside the departed icons Levon Helm and Jim Dickinson. For reasons which remain inexplicable to us, maybe even to Younger, his label called at the time and told him to shut the project down. Yet, through endless battles with lawyers and a will to win Younger is now able to present the project some twenty years later.

Sara-Jayne King catches up with African singing sensation Angélique Kidjo to talk about her latest album 'Mother Nature'.

- **Angélique **Kidjo is one of Africa's best-loved performers, with a career spanning more than 30 years

- Kidjo's latest album 'Mother Nature' was released in June and sees her team up with some of the continent's up-and-coming music stars including Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Zaynab, and Sampa The Great.

Nach der von Kritik und Publikum hochgelobten Reunion Tour 2019, sind Carl Carlton & The Songdogs motiviert und heiß, jetzt in 2021 ihren musikalischen Siegeszug fortzusetzten. Das Tourmotto „HIGH IN A SWEET RELEASE” signalisiert diesen neugewonnenen Enthusiasmus der fünf Ausnahmemusiker.

Mike Finnigan, a famous keyboardist and session musician who was also a former KU basketball player and onetime Wichita resident, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, friends are reporting. Finnigan and the Phantom Blues Band had been scheduled to perform on Sept. 3 at Knuckleheads in Kansas City, Missouri. His son Kelly is performing with them instead.

Donald Fagen will release two live albums in September. ‘Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live’ will be the first Steely Dan live album in 25 years. Fagen will also release the solo ‘The Nightfly Live’.

On February 12, 2021, Capitol/UMe will celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Band’s classic third album, Stage Fright, with a suite of newly remixed, remastered and expanded 50th Anniversary Edition packages, including a multi-format Super Deluxe 2CD/Blu-ray/1LP/7-inch vinyl box set photo booklet; digital, 2CD, 180-gram black vinyl, and limited edition 180-gram color vinyl packages. All the Anniversary Edition releases were overseen by principal songwriter Robbie Robertson and boast a new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain from the original multi-track masters.

A musical odyssey about two veteran musicians in search of what they call “music utopia”, It Was the Music features Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; he’s from New York’s Upper East Side, she’s from rural West Tennessee.

This is the first time The Boss has recorded with the likes of Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Stevie Van Zandt, Max Weinberg, Charlie Giordano, and Jake Clemons since 2014’s High Hopes. Letter to You features nine new Springsteen songs, which were written on a guitar randomly gifted to him by a fan, as well as three cuts from the 1970s that have never been released: “Janey Needs a Shooter”, “If I Was the Priest”, and “Song for Orphans”. Mixing was provided by Bob Clearmountain, and mastering was handled by Bob Ludwig.

Like most artists, Rosanne Cash has been stuck in her home for the bulk of the past year. But unlike some singer-songwriters who feel creatively paralyzed by the moment, Cash has been able to process what’s happened throughout 2020 — a deadly pandemic, an uprising for black lives, a looming election — into art.

“My tour was cancelled, and I was off the road, sequestered in my own home, with time, a stack of writing journals, and a recording studio in the basement,” Cash says. “The only thing to do was write songs.”

A new, one-hour documentary digs down deep into Alabama’s African American inspired blues tradition, one less well-known than its Mississippi counterpart, but equally rich.

Alabama Black Belt Blues is produced by One State Films in partnership with Alabama Public Television (APT). It premieres on APT stations at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, with a rebroadcast at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.

For the first time, the space that usually advertises current exhibitions will be turned over to the Japanese-born conceptual artist Yoko Ono. The artist created two 24-by-26-foot banners, one that reads “DREAM” and one that reads “TOGETHER,” during lockdown as a way to address the longing for connectivity felt by so many.