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Toronto Fringe Announces Award Winners

Toronto Fringe Festival announces its award winners, celebrating outstanding performances and productions. Discover the highlights and key achievements from this year's festival.

Breakaway Entertainment's SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT Comes to the 2024 Toronto Fringe Stage

Breakaway Entertainment's newest production, Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, is a tale of betrayal and redemption, following the journey of a young musician ensnared by the ruthless clutches of fame's dark underbelly. Escaping through the soulful melodies of Billy Joel and Elton John, watch as love and inspiration intertwine within the humble notes of a small-town piano, nestled in an old Italian restaurant.

Quinn DeVeaux to Release New LP 'Leisure' This Friday

Soul artist Quinn DeVeaux is set to release his new studio album 'Leisure' this Friday, July 5th, via SofaBurn Records. DeVeaux’s latest album finds the singer-songwriter refining his soul while injecting new elements into his work.

Rap Icon Nas Joins Creative And Producing Team For BEAT STREET Stage Adaptation

GRAMMY Award-winning rap icon Nas announced that he has joined the creative team adapting the groundbreaking 1984 hip-hop film classic into a Broadway musical. Additional creative team members will be announced in coming weeks.

Programming Revealed for The 36th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival

The 36th Annual Toronto Fringe Festival will feature 77 shows in 16 venues across the city from July 3 to 14, 2024.

New Album From Pete Muller 'More Time' Available Now

Pianist / Singer-songwriter Pete Muller has released his highly anticipated new album More Time. Muller will be performing across the country in support of the new project with stops including; Saratoga Springs, New York City, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, and Cleveland with more to be announced. Where his previous work leaned more towards folk and roots, More Time is a harder edged, more soulful recording, a shift due to Muller’s evolution as an artist. Listen to the new album!

Universal Music Publishing Signs Classical Music Icon Andrea Bocelli To Exclusive, Global Publishing Agreement

Universal Music Publishing Group has announced that legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli has been signed to an exclusive, global publishing agreement through UMPG's Classics & Screen department.

Video: Lorde Covers Talking Heads' 'Take Me To The River'

Lorde pays tribute to Talking Heads with a cover of 'Take Me To The River' for A24 Music's compilation album, 'Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense'.

Pete Muller to Drop New Single 'Run Out Of Love' With Lisa Loeb

Singer/Songwriter Pete Muller collaborates with Grammy Winner Lisa Loeb for his new single 'Run Out of Love'. Dive into the melodic journey of this unique musical partnership. The new track, “Run Out of Love” is a blues drenched, alluring duet with Grammy-winning songwriter Lisa Loeb.

Interview: Joshua Henry at Southern Theater

“The idea of sharing music, especially my personal, original music and music from the icons of soul is especially gratifying. I love that feeling because this is from the heart; it was born from the heart of the soul.”

Pete Muller Releases Title Track 'More Time' From New Album

Pete Muller has released the title track to his new album More Time. The album was recorded in Memphis with producer/engineer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price). Muller has also shared the song's video directed by Gus Black  (Phoebe Bridgers, Sheryl Crow) with Rock and Roll Globe.

Lionel Richie And Diana Ross To Headline Inaugural Fool In Love Festival

Lionel Richie and Diana Ross will headline the inaugural Fool In Love Festival at Hollywood Park on August 31, 2024. Lionel Richie and Diana Ross to headline inaugural Fool In Love Festival with additional performances from Santana, Al Green, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, The Isley Brothers, and many more at Hollywood Park.

Marcus King Announces New Rick Rubin-Produced Studio Album 'Mood Swings'

Marcus King swill release a new Rick Rubin-produced studio album 'Mood Swings' and a headlining world tour. Title track and new song out now! In support of this new album, King also announced his 2024 headlining tour across North America and Europe produced by Live Nation and FPC Live!, in addition to dates supporting Chris Stapleton.

Jackie DeShannon to Discuss Her Career and Country Music Roots at the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum

Celebrated singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon discusses her trailblazing career and country music roots at the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville.

Corinne Bailey Rae Confirms 'Plum Red Lipstick' Headline Tour

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae will embark on her Plum Red Lipstick Tour this summer, a headline tour with newly confirmed shows at Boston's The Wilbur Theatre, Washington, D.C.'s The Theatre at MGM National Harbor, and New York City—venue tba—as well as dates across the U.K. and two stops in Australia.

Interview: Renee Elise Goldsberry Goes Beyond Broadway at The Hobby Center

Renée is coming to Houston to launch a new series at the HOBBY CENTER called BEYOND BROADWAY. It will debut on January 20th, and Renée will be a one-night-only affair to kick it all off. Upcoming performers in the series include Alan Cumming and Patti Lupone.

Highways Festival Returns to the Royal Albert Hall for Two Days in 2024 With a Stellar Lineup of Country and Americana Stars

Highways 2024 is set to elevate the excitement over two unforgettable days, featuring a star-studded lineup of top Country and Americana artists headlined by Brett Young and The Cadillac Three and featuring Shane Smith & The Saints, Grammy-nominated The War & Treaty, Tanner Usrey, Josh Ross, BOWEN * YOUNG and William Prince.

Producer/Engineer Matt Ross-Spang Receives 7 Grammy Nods

Ross-Spang has won two Grammy Awards, for engineering Isbell’s album Something More Than Free and again for its follow-up. Other recent work in 2023 alone include producing Peter One's Come Back To Me, Lucero's Should've Learned by Now, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones' Angels In Science Fiction, in addition to mixing Morgan Wade's Psychopath.

'Trailblazing Women of Country: A Tribute to Patsy, Loretta, and Dolly' Tour to Feature Miko Marks & Kristina Train

The pair will be supported by a five-member, all-female band featuring Megan Palmer (musical director, piano), Miss Tess (bass), Heather Thomas (drums), Thayer Sarrano (acoustic guitar, keyboards), and Anne McCue (electric guitar, lap steel). Produced by industry vet Eli Wolf (Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Al Green).

John Mellencamp Returns To UIS Performing Arts Center, March 23

Fresh off the heels of his sold-out “Live and In Person 2023” North American tour, John Mellencamp confirms its continuation with “Live and In Person 2024.” Mellencamp will perform for one night only in 27 new cities.