#music-collaborations

#music-collaborations

Ely had an expansive vision for country and rock, heard on singles like "All My Love," "Honky Tonk Masquerade," "Hard Livin'," "Dallas" and "Fingernails." Born in 1947 in Amarillo, Texas, Ely was raised in Lubbock before moving to Austin and kicking off a new era of country music in the region, one that reflected both punk and the heartland rock of the era back into the roughhousing country scenes they came from.

After several years of perseverance, things are happening for Storefront Church. The audience at this month's sellout gig at St Pancras Old Church in London included Perfume Genius and members of the Last Dinner Party and the Horrors and their self-released second album, Ink & Oil, is picking up rave reviews. One used the term emotional flood to describe the album's epic, baroque pop, big pianos and drums, sweeping choruses and Travis Warner's lush, cinematic orchestrations.

I think if I made this album, it's because of the love and curiosity, wanting to learn other languages, wanting to understand better the other. Through understanding the other better, maybe you can understand yourself better and you can love learn how to love better. A lot of trying to understand how other languages work. It's a lot of intuition also, and trying to be like, OK, I'm going to just write and let's see how this will sound in another language.

On Sunday, Smith invited Depp (who sued The Sun, the British tabloid, after it referred to him as "wife-beater" but lost the case) to perform "People Have The Power" (the irony!) at her show. As she began her encore, Smith introduced her entire band to the audience, adding: "And Johnny? And Johnny Depp? The original Johnny." So, not only did Depp get an opportunity to play with the legendary singer,

Sidney Brown, the producer and DJ who worked with the likes of Drake, Beyoncé, and Lil Wayne under the name Omen, has died. Brown was found in his Harlem, New York apartment on Saturday, September 13, by his sister, Nicole Iris Brown. "He was holistic and healthy. So we don't know of him being sick, so this is all pretty sudden," she said in a statement to NBC News. Brown was 49.

Lady Gaga is the most-nominated artist at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards with 12 nominations, including categories for Artist of the Year and Best Album for Mayhem.

During her summer GUTS World Tour, Olivia Rodrigo celebrated music legends like David Byrne, Ed Sheeran, and Robert Smith, highlighting their influence on her career.