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Respected Dallas, TX-based singer/songwriter/producer/musician-of-many-trades Salim Nourallah is set to release a sprawling double-album, Somewhere South of Sane, this fall on Palo Santo Records. The release date and more details about the album will be announced soon. The 21 tracks that comprise the four-sidedSomewhere South of Sane are what Salim calls, “the work of a functional crazy person.” Nourallah is equal parts songwriter and producer, creating a shifting sonic landscape that could easily be mistaken for the work of multiple artists. This is the sound of someone trying to save his own mind. Nourallah did — in the end — and created nothing short of a musical odyssey.

It's no secret that Georgia's film industry has exploded in recent years.  As a result of the tax credit the state offers filmmakers, Georgia has become the world's largest producer of film.   Last year alone, the film industry generated nearly $10 billion dollars for Georgia's economy. Filmmaking has added over 90,000 jobs in our state and with economic success like that, it's clear that film is here to stay.  

Washington, DC electro-pop duo GEMS have shared their version of John Lennon's 'Oh Yoko!' off their full album cover of the iconic Imagine. The record is available now exclusively on vinyl, limited to 1000 copies, via Turntable Kitchen's SOUNDS DELICIOUS subscription series. GEMS' covers of 'Imagine' and 'Crippled Inside' are also streaming online now. 

Hot Jazz Productions and The McKittrick Hotel join forces with the World Music Institute to present the first annual New York Brass Festival, a ten-hour marathon celebration of brass band music. The Festival is scheduled for Sunday, June 10 from 2:00 pm to midnight on two stages at Chelsea's McKittrick Hotel (530 West 27 Street,) home of the immersive theater spectacle Sleep No More.

Filming has begun on the ten-episode sixth season of CINEMAX's high-octane drama series STRIKE BACK, which will be shot entirely in Malaysia. Returning stars Warren Brown (“Luther,” “The Dark Knight Rises”), Daniel MacPherson (“A Wrinkle in Time”) and Alin Sumarwata (“Neighbours,” “Burning Man”) are joined by new cast members Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Monday Mornings”) and Yasemin Allen (“Water and Fire”).

The War and Treaty's anticipated new full-length debut, Healing Tide, will be releasedAugust 10 on Strong World/Thirty Tigers and is now available for pre-order. In advance of the release, the powerhouse duo, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Blount-Trotter, is debuting the album's title track today (listen/share here). Additionally, the album trailer is now available to view/share here.

At long last, Kinky Friedman's second musical act begins. With the proclamation that here “is what music was, before it came homogenized, trivialized and sanitized,” Kinky is dropping his first all-new CD of original tunes in four decades. Called Circus of Life, it presents a side of Kinky that few would have suspected in the halcyon days of his Texas Jewboys, laying perhaps legit claim to the title “The Leonard Cohen of Texas.” On July 3, 2018, he will release it on his own terms and on his own Echo Hill Records.

Rabbitt is no stranger to big releases. His unique and honed style of production has found itself featured on some of Electronic music's biggest labels in the last couple of years, including Juicy Music and Armada. His latest offering 'No Mo', releasing on Beat Nasty Records is just another example of why he is on the radar everyone who is anyone in Dance music.

Thou have announced their return with new full-length, 'Magus'. With the impending release of 'Magus', the band have decided to take a different approach and release three EPs ahead of the full-length, each of which the band note 'are all a complete sonic departure from 'Magus' and from each other...'.

True to the album's theme of persevering through hard times, Fight the Good Fight opens with “Title Holder” - a fast-paced anthem that celebrates the notion of “taking all the bad things you've overcome and turning them into a beautiful part of your character,” according to guitarist Kevin Bivona.

CMT announced today that country music's hottest breakthrough artists Carly Pearce, Devin Dawson, LANCO, Lindsay Ell, Russell Dickerson and Walker Hayeswill perform on the Ram Trucks Side Stage at the “2018 CMT Music Awards,” airing LIVE from Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, June 6th at 8:00 pm ET/PT.

WCBS-TV New York news anchor Kristine Johnson will guest co-host on the Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show, THE TALK, Monday, June 4 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET), joining hosts Julie Chen, Eve, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood. Actress Lucy Liu (CBS' ELEMENTARY) and actor Don Diamont (CBS' BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) are the episode's scheduled guests.

Founders Entertainment is proud to announce the official Governors Ball live stream via the DIRECTV NOW app and television broadcast presented by AT&T. Dubbed a “Festival with a New York Heart” by the New York Times, the eighth annual edition of New York City's very own homegrown fest will take place from Friday, June 1st through Sunday, June 3rd on beautiful Randall's Island Park. U.S. music fans can watch live performances from artists including Jack White, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Post Malone, The Gaslight Anthem, CHVRCHES, Manchester Orchestra, Sylvan Esso, Khalid, the world wide live debut of Silk City (Diplo + Mark Ronson), and many more.

Podcast network Night Vale Presents is launching a talk show dedicated to the mega-popular podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Premiering June 7th, GOOD MORNING NIGHT VALE is hosted by cast members Meg Bashwiner, Symphony Sanders, and Hal Lublin. Each week, the hosts do a deep dive into one episode of Welcome to Night Vale, starting with the very first from 2012. Episodes will feature interviews with the cast and creators, revealing origin stories, behind-the-scenes trivia, and more never-before-heard information. Listeners are invited to share their thoughts, comments, and questions via e-mail or voicemail. Episodes will be released weekly.

NASS Festival are proud to deliver the full stage splits for their 2018 edition, with the event now just one month away the festival are gearing up for their biggest show to date at the Royal Bath & West Showground. Already announced headliners include, 'Boy In The Corner' Dizzee Rascal who will perform live on Friday, music veterans Run DMC will take it back to the old skool on Saturday, and Grammy-award winning Jamaican reggae artist Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley is down to close on Sunday.

Academy of Country Music Female Vocalist Of the Year, Grammy nominee and multi-million selling '80s icon Sylvia will greet her CMA Fest fans with new music this year. She will be performing songs from her brand-new CD, SECOND BLOOM - The Hits Re-Imagined, during the festival. The disc, on Red Pony Records, hits store shelves June 8. Fans the world over can catch three exclusive song premieres from the CD this week: Billboard.com ('Tumbleweed'), The Boot ('Drifter'), and Roughstock ('You Can't Go Back Home'). A compelling remake of her #1, 'Nobody,' will be available to radio programmers tomorrow via PLAY MPE. SECOND BLOOM includes 10 fresh interpretations of Sylvia's # 1 / Top 10 hits from the RCA years (1979 to 1987).

In the upcoming movie “Ocean's 8,” Anne Hathaway is one of an all-star cast of female stars playing a crew out to pull a heist. The actress tells TODAY's Hoda Kotb that although “certain members of the media wanted us to fight,” the stars collaborated as friends instead.

THIRTEEN's Great Performances and Pacific Symphony, led by music director Carl St.Clair, pay tribute to America's history with a performance of composer Peter Boyer's “Ellis Island: The Dream of America,” a Grammy-nominated contemporary classical work celebrating the historic American immigrant experience.Great Performances – Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony premieres nationwideFriday, June 29 at 10 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) in honor of Immigrant Heritage Month. It will be available to stream the following day via pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps.

One of the most respected songwriters in pop's rainbow spectrum Charli XCX unveils another bleeding-edge pop moment with her brand-new single “5 in the Morning” – LISTEN HERE!

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily-Rose Depp have joined Timothee Chalamet and Joel Edgerton in Netflix's upcoming period drama, The King. Sean Harris and Lily-Rose Depp will also co-star in David Michod's Netflix drama.