Saturday, December 20, 2025

Music

Grammy Awards Cut Best Album Category to 8 Slots, Move Three Awards to General Field, Add Some “AI” Jargon

The Grammy Awards have made some changes to the rules for the 2024 eligibility. There will only be 8 slots for Album of the Year...

DOA: Madonna, Sam Smith Disco Duet “Vulgar” Already Off iTunes After 6 Days, Streaming Dud, YouTube Flop

Well, that was fast. The much hyped duet single from "S&M" -- Sam Smith and Madonna -- has made the Hindenburg look like a small...

SOS For Springsteen Protege Jesse Malin, Popular Indie Rocker, Paralyzed from a Spinal Stroke, Sweet Relief Fund Set Up

Jesse Malin is a very popular indie rocker known to Bruce Springsteen fans as one of The Boss's proteges. Today it was revealed that last...

A Final Beatles Record Made by AI: Paul McCartney Actually Brought Back John Lennon in the 90s With Two Songs, “Real Love” and “Free...

Big news today from the UK: Paul McCartney said on an interview show that he and producer Peter Jackson have constructed a final Beatles...

Pop Off: Shawn Mendes Lacks Impulse Control, Exploits NYC Air Quality and Canada Fire To Market Spur of the Moment Song

Pop star Shawn Mendes showed a lack of impulse control yesterday. His record label and manager must be quite alarmed. Mendes dropped a new song...

Madonna, Seeking Relevance, Teams Up with Pop Fad Sam Smith to Get “Vulgar,” Barely An Actual Idea of a Song for the Dance Floor

You've got to be kidding. Madonna, almost 65 years old, is desperate for relevance. So she teamed up with a bloated waterbug of a contemporary...

Queen $1 Billion Catalog Deal Very Possible Says Expert: Freddie Mercury’s Heirs, Like Mary Austin, And Band Members Could Become Very, Very Rich

When Freddie Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 he left half his estate to his friend and "common law wife," Mary Austin. The...

More on Cynthia Weil: Mike Stoller, Carole King, Neil Sedaka Remember Their Brilliant Brill Building Songwriting Friend and Lyricist

Cynthia Weil's death, reported today, can not go without more conversation. I spoke to another legend, Mike Stoller, another Brill Building graduate who wrote dozens...