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After three months of a sold-out European arena tour, 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer-songwriter, Alicia Keys, kicked off her 2022 ‘The Alicia + Keys World Tour’ with a sold-out show in Charlotte, North Carolina. She returns to America with a concept inspired by her longtime friend and mentor, the legendary “Prince,” to perform intimate, once in a life time shows. 

The London Suede have released “15 Again,” the powerful new single taken from their forthcoming studio album Autofiction, described as “a song about falling in love with life for the first time” by Brett Anderson.

Hot Chip are pleased to reveal the third cut from their upcoming new album Freakout/Release, out Aug 19. The title track from their eighth record, the sound of “Freakout/Release” hits different to the previously shared singles "Eleanor" and "Down."

Project Grand Slam, the celebrated band that plays an original fusion of Rock and Jazz, led by acclaimed bassist/composer Robert Miller, announces the release of their new single, “All Of The Time”.

JAXN’s early tracks have resulted in attention from Clash, Lyrical Lemonade and Office, hit numerous alternative playlists across streaming services, and seen the producer/songwriter/vocalist amass more than a million likes at TikTok. Now returning in a much bigger way with more releases on the horizon, JAXN now shares his first new track of 2022, ‘One Kiss’. Listen below.

USA Songwriting Competition is pleased to announce a brand new book release: How to Write Better Songs: Songwriting Secrets from Award-Winning Songwriters, by Scott Ashley.

San Jose, CA-based band, Sweet HayaH, goes back over a decade in the young members’ shared lives. The local heavyweights are getting ready for a post-pandemic push following the release of their single, “Can’t Get Comfortable” on July 27, 2022.

Brazilian pianist, vocalist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar recently released the first single “O Último Pôr Do Sol,” from his forthcoming album entitled Congênito.

Matt Stell has announced his return to the UK this October on a co-headline tour with Elvie Shane. Explaining on his announcement video here, Matt will be arriving for Country Music Week on a three night tour. October dates include: Wednesday 19th at the Deaf Institute in Manchester, Thursday 20th at Stereo, Glasgow, and Sunday 23rd at Bush Hall, London.

Cooke was joined by Brett Young to perform “Never Til Now” on the hit romance reality series

Global entertainer Kane Brown today announced his highly-anticipated third studio album, Different Man, is set to be released September 9th. The 5X AMA award-winning artist and Time100 honoree confirmed the news this morning, partnering with CMT to become the first artist ever to reveal his official album cover on Paramount’s Times Square Billboard. The fan-selected album cover for Different Man was one of two options Brown released to his fans earlier last week on his Instagram, asking for them to pick their favorite option.

Chart-topping artist Tebey has released his highly-anticipated new single ‘Sink With The Sun’ today (15 July) via Jayward Artist Group / The Orchard on all streaming platforms.

The folk-pop singer-songwriter Gildor writes songs with an enchanting timeless quality. Drawing on influences such as JJ Cale, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Nick Drake, Gildor proves that breezy melodies, reflective lyricism and a warm, organic live sound are qualities that still remain equally as captivating today.

Following the first leg of a sold-out European tour which included a sold-out date in London at Union Chapel, RIOPY – the self-taught Franco-British pianist/composer with nearly half a billion streams to his name and an album which has been at the top of the US Billboard charts for nearly two years – is releasing [extended] Bliss on 26th August.  

Between their own releases and co-writes with the likes of Declan J Donovan (‘Perfectly Imperfect’) and Dean Lewis (‘Need You Now’), the indie-pop trio Tors have already amassed 500 million streams and landed on both Radio 1 and Radio 2. Along the way they’ve also sold-out several London headline shows venues such as the Scala, St. Pancras Old Church and Omeara. Now after an eighteen-month absence, Tors kick-start a big return by sharing the new single ‘Garden On The Kitchen Floor’. It comes as they prepare to embark upon a tour as guests to X Ambassadors in September. Watch the live performance video below.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have announced four UK dates on their 2023 international tour, which kicks off in the United States on 1st February. After their 14th April homecoming show in Newark, New Jersey, the tour heads to Europe from 28th April in Barcelona through to 25th July in Monza, Italy. The newly announced dates mark Springsteen and The E Street Band’s first UK shows since 5th June 2016 at Wembley Stadium. Tickets for these dates go on sale at 9am on Thursday 21st July 2022. 

Acclaimed Director/Photographer Tony Briggs is very pleased to present an exclusive insight into the world of one of Britpop’s perhaps most overlooked bands: Ocean Colour Scene.

Tony Carlucci follows up his critically acclaimed Sinatra tribute album 'Fly Me To The Moon' with his latest super release of classic nostalgia songs 'I Only Have Eyes For You'.  It is a collection of great hits from Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Bobby Darin, Engelbert Humperdinck and more.

Kenny Foster has today (July 8) shared 'Copy, Paste, Repeat', the brand new single from his forthcoming release, Somewhere In Middle America, and the follow up to 'Poor Kids' and the album's title track. Listen to 'Copy, Paste, Repeat' listen below.

Sublime electric guitar work of grunge-soaked depth and atmospheric embrace starts up the deeply contemplative, ever-expressive new single from Tulsa’s creative kingpin 3Mind Blight.