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NYC vocalist TRAEDONYA! Aka ‘’ the Bride of new funk’’ pays homage to actor Daniel Craig with her latest release Naked Space.

When American rockers Foo Fighters confirmed they would be appearing as the musical guests on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” fans were hopefully wondering if they would be playing some new music. With their previously announced forthcoming album being delayed due to COVID-19, leading up to their appearance on the show, they had offered teasers of a new track on their social media.

After fifteen long years, heavy metal fans have been stunned by legendary American quartet, System of a Down, dropping new music. Prior to this, their last release had been 2015’s “Hypnotize.”

American shock rocker Rob Zombie is set to release his first studio album in five years, with the awesomely titled “The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy” set to land in March 2021 through Nuclear Blast. When announcing the album, Zombie treated us to the first single from the upcoming release, “The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition).”

BWH Music Group is proud to announce the 2020 W.A.M. Award Winners in 27 categories. The W.A M. Awards celebrate the year’s most outstanding independent artists from around the world in multiple genres and categories. "Best Song" and "Best Album" awards were based on Artistry, Musicianship, Originality, Professionalism, Diversity, and Excellence. W.A.M. stands for "We Are the Music Makers.' 

Veteran new-80s and chillout rocker Wil Hinkson has surprised fans with two new singles packaged with two B-side tracks.

Artist and trailblazer Miley Cyrus has announced that her upcoming album Plastic Hearts will be released on November 27th via RCA Records.

Xtra Mile Recordings and songwriters Frank Turner & Jon Snodgrass are pleased to present: Buddies II: Still Buddies - for release on Friday 13th November 2020 (pre-order).

Global icon singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias will be recognized as the “Top Latin Artist of All Time” at the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards—as announced today by Telemundo and Billboard. The show airs live from the BB&T Center in Sunrise, FL on October 21 and will be broadcast on Telemundo.

Multi-platinum, award-winning Scottish rock band, The Fratellis, announced their global music competition today, to give one unknown music artist or band a platform to accelerate their path to stardom. 

Rock icon, and bona fide legend of music, Eddie Van Halen, has died aged just 65. After a lengthy battle with cancer, Van Halen passed away in California, with his wife, Janie, brother, Alex and son, Wolfgang at his bedside. The devastating announcement first came to social media by Wolfgang Van Halen, in a heartbreaking and touching tribute, describing Eddie as “the best father I could ever ask for.”

On their latest album, 2020, Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bon Jovi deliver their most powerful work yet. Jon Bon Jovi joins host Steve Baltin on today’s episode of People Have The Power to discuss the writing of the band’s brilliant new album, the iconic protest song he used as the benchmark for new songs like “American Reckoning” and “Lower The Flag”, and his friendship with Sir Paul McCartney.

US rap / hip hop artist Rockwelz has dropped his latest single, the catchy “Just Dance.” Featuring singer / dancer Osa, the track embraces those feelgood vibes and will have you eager to hit the dance floor.

Founded in 2009 by lead vocalist Matthew Bonazzoli and piano and keyboard player Patrick Thompson, The Bonazzoli Band had never recorded a covers album before Under Cover, their fifth LP and their first since 2019’s Torqued.

Neave Zaria is a 19 year old singer-songwriter from the UK who possesses a talent way beyond her years.

Mickael Marabou teams up with BM aka the King of Afrobeat Dance with a hot new Afrobeat jam called “Mamma”.

Townshend weaves a spellbinding tapestry of sounds in Carlo Hintermann’s directorial debut about hopes, dreams, and death.

Birmingham bred and Nashville based pop-rock outfit The Indigo is set to release their debut single, “The Way You Say No” on September 4th recorded and produced by Toby Hulbert at East Avalon Recorders in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. With mixing credentials at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London, England.

In a previous article, Music Talkers brought you the story of the fear being felt by Melbourne in Australia, that it would lose its cultural identity as the music and live entertainment capital of Australia because of COVID.  Venues were struggling due to being forced to keep their doors closed, while continuing to pay high rent and overhead costs. With lockdowns in Melbourne escalating to stage 4 in early August, that was a fear that only grew, as the city was placed under the strictest rules in the country.

Passport: Back To Our Roots, which is raising money for grassroots music venues at risk of closure, has confirmed a second wave of artists who have committed to playing gigs in support of their campaign.