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Clarence Avant is one of the music business’s most legendary executives. Mentored by Joe Glaser, the longtime manager of Louis Armstrong, Avant has been in the business since the 1950s, managing Sarah Vaughan, R&B singer Little Willie John and others, before he became a powerhouse at Venture and Sussex Records, …

SoCal singer-songwriter Cuco has dropped a new track titled “Bossa No Sé.” Featuring hip-hop newcomer Jean Carter, it is the second single off Cuco’s major label debut, due for release via Interscope in June. Blending flutters of bossa nova guitar with cutting trap beats, “Bossa No Sé” — a wordplay …

At 78, Willie Hightower sometimes struggles to remember details from his long career, but there are some occasions he recalls vividly: like the day his wife died (April 16th, 1995 — Easter Sunday), or the time he met Sam Cooke. The gospel phenom had traveled to Hightower’s Gadsden, Alabama, hometown …

For anyone who thinks Fox News is in some way legitimizing itself by hosting town hall events with Democratic candidates,please direct your attention to the events of the past 24 hours. It began Sunday night, when the network hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. As …

Marilyn Manson has joined the cast of The New Pope, the follow-up series to HBO‘s acclaimed The Young Pope. While it’s unknown what role Manson will fill on the series, a set photo of Manson released by HBO shows the rocker portraying a character that doesn’t appear to stray too …

One of the funniest lines in Amy Poehler’s new movie Wine Country is when Paula Pell tells Rachel Dratch that her soul’s age is around 18-and-a-half. “Probably old enough to drink and bone … almost out of the house.” It’s a sentiment Carly Rae Jepsen can certainly relate to. The …

Elton John and Taron Egerton unite on “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” a soulful new song John wrote with longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin. The track appears in the closing credits to the upcoming John biopic, Rocketman, and on the film’s soundtrack. The uplifting duet, which follows Egerton’s rendition of the …

Aboard the Outlaw Country Cruise in January, Jesse Dayton proved to be one of the most popular draws, attracting a boisterous crowd at every stage he played. Credit his charismatic stage presence and a hard-to-pin-down mix of old-school country, rock and punk. Dayton nods to all of those styles on …

Ask someone in the music industry how to sell a new single, and you’ll get rambling answers that go on for days — but ask them how to sell a single that was released 25 years ago, from an artist who’s only ever put out one five-track LP and since …

Revealing, complicated and contentious, musical influence is like a family tree. In the last 15 years, no musician’s roots have been dissected more than Kanye West’s. The production and lyrical sensibilities of A Tribe Called Quest and Ma$e birthed the young Chicago star and, in turn, West’s suburban anxieties and …