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Get Reintroduced to Billy Joel’s The Stranger on New Season of The Opus Podcast

Ben Kaye — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 18:00:24 +0000

The Opus returns this holiday season with a true gift for music fans. Season 19 of the hit music history podcast from Consequence Podcast Network and Sony Legacy is set to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the album that made Billy Joel a world renowned star: The Stranger. With episode…

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Get Reintroduced to Billy Joel’s The Stranger on New Season of The Opus Podcast
Ben Kaye

Billy Joel Stops to Play Random Piano on Sidewalk: Watch

Nina Corcoran — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:40:46 +0000

In a new viral video, Billy Joel can be seen playing a random piano on the sidewalk in Huntington, New York. This means one of two things: he’s either extremely bored during quarantine, or he takes his title as “Piano Man” way too seriously. In the video, which was filmed…

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Billy Joel Stops to Play Random Piano on Sidewalk: Watch
Nina Corcoran

Christopher the Conquered reveals the Origins of new song “Too Many Teardrops Away”: Stream

Lake Schatz — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:25:53 +0000

Origins is a recurring new music feature that finds us asking an artist to explain the story behind their latest song. After releasing his 2016 album I’m Giving Up on Rock & Roll, singer-songwriter Christopher the Conquered nearly followed through on his record’s message. Feeling dissatisfied with his output and his place in…

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Christopher the Conquered reveals the Origins of new song “Too Many Teardrops Away”: Stream
Lake Schatz

St. Vincent shares MassEducation, a stripped down reimagining of MASSEDUCTION: Stream

Ben Kaye — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 04:40:00 +0000

Last year brought the release St. Vincent’s latest opus, the flawless MASSEDUCTION. Almost precisely a year later, she’s now returned with a completely different version of the album, a reworking she’s dubbed, MassEducation. The 12-track LP is out now via Loma Vista Recordings, and Apple Music and Spotify users can stream the whole…

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St. Vincent shares MassEducation, a stripped down reimagining of MASSEDUCTION: Stream
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St. Vincent announces MassEducation, a full-length reimagining of MASSEDUCTION

Ben Kaye — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 05:00:14 +0000

Since releasing her latest opus, MASSEDUCTION, last fall, St. Vincent has staged a serious of intimate performances featuring stripped-down piano renditions of the album’s songs with accompaniment from Thomas “Doveman” Bartlett. Now, those arrangements are being released as a full-length reimagining called MassEducation. Due out October 12th via Loma Vista Recordings, MassEducation was recorded…

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St. Vincent announces MassEducation, a full-length reimagining of MASSEDUCTION
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Posthumous Prince album, Piano & A Microphone 1983, has arrived: Stream

Ben Kaye — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:00:36 +0000

Warner Bros. Records has released its new posthumous Prince album, Piano & A Microphone 1983. Stream the entire thing below via Apple Music or Spotify. The nine-track, 35-minute collection compiles raw studio recordings Prince laid down at his home studio, Kiowa Trail, in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Mirroring his 2016 “Piano & A Microphone Tour”, each song…

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Posthumous Prince album, Piano & A Microphone 1983, has arrived: Stream
Ben Kaye

New Prince album, Piano & A Microphone 1983, coming this fall

Ben Kaye — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:17:15 +0000

Today would have been Prince’s 60th birthday, and the late musician’s estate is celebrating by announcing a new posthumous album. Due out September 21st via Warner Bros. Records, the record is called Piano & A Microphone 1983, and aptly so. The 35-minute collection features nine raw tracks Prince recorded to cassette at…

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New Prince album, Piano & A Microphone 1983, coming this fall
Ben Kaye

Elton John tribute album Revamp, featuring QOTSA, The Killers, Florence + The Machine, out now: Stream

Lake Schatz — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:10:18 +0000

Today, Elton John is being honored with not one, but two new tribute albums. One is called Revamp and finds pop and rock oriented artists tackling the piano legend; the other, titled Restoration, consists of country-style covers. Both are streaming via Apple Music and Spotify. The Rocket Man himself curated all of Revamp, which…

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Elton John tribute album Revamp, featuring QOTSA, The Killers, Florence + The Machine, out now: Stream
Lake Schatz

Lady Gaga graciously covers Elton John’s “Your Song”: Stream

Lake Schatz — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 14:18:17 +0000

On April 6th, Elton John will be commemorated with not one, but two tribute albums. The first is titled Revamp and sees the piano legend’s originals reworked by pop and rock artists; the second, dubbed Restoration, consists of country-style renditions. Revamp was previewed earlier this month with Q-Tip and Demi Lovato’s collaborative…

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Lady Gaga graciously covers Elton John’s “Your Song”: Stream
Lake Schatz

Top 25 Albums of 1977

Consequence Staff — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:00:07 +0000

Decades is a recurring feature that turns back the clock to critical anniversaries of albums, songs, and films. This month, we dial it back to the top 25 albums of 1977. No year is ever insignificant. However, we do have a habit of writing off years, even decades, as being dead…

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Top 25 Albums of 1977
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Tori Amos returns with her new album, Native Invader: Stream/Download

Ben Kaye — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:30:19 +0000

Tori Amos is back with Native Invader, the 15th album of her long and storied career. The follow-up to 2014’s Unrepentant Geraldines is available to stream below via Spotify and Apple Music. In a statement, Amos said of the Decca Records release, “The songs on Native Invader are being pushed by the Muses to…

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Tori Amos returns with her new album, Native Invader: Stream/Download
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10 Years and 10 Questions with Tori Amos

Amanda Silberling — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:30:55 +0000

What’s weirder: Tori Amos singing happy birthday to you or Tori Amos singing happy birthday to you when it isn’t even your birthday? In a New York City tower that overlooks Madison Square Garden – an arena that the singer-songwriter has been selling out for 20 years – Amos reflects…

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10 Years and 10 Questions with Tori Amos
Amanda Silberling

Album Review: Tori Amos – Native Invader

Kelly McClure — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 04:01:52 +0000

On June 28, 1996, Tori Amos performed to a sold-out Greek Theatre in Los Angeles months after the release of her third album, Boys for Pele. To have been lucky enough to occupy space in the nosebleeds of that theatre, listening to Amos perform evergreen songs like “Blood Roses” and…

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Album Review: Tori Amos – Native Invader
Kelly McClure

The Dresden Dolls return with new fall tour dates

Ben Kaye — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:30:22 +0000

Last summer saw Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione reunite as The Dresden Dolls for their first tour in over half a decade. This fall, the cabaret rockers will return for another series of shows, this time far more intimate than the last. The dates kick off, fittingly, on Halloween at Washington, DC’s…

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The Dresden Dolls return with new fall tour dates
Ben Kaye

Tori Amos previews 15th album with new song “Up the Creek”: Listen

Michelle Geslani — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:31:40 +0000

Tori Amos will release her 15th (!) album next month through Decca Records. Dubbed Native Invader, it reflects on the power of nature and how humanity can often seek comfort and refuge in it. “The record looks to Nature and how, through resilience, she heals herself,” Amos previously explained in a…

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Tori Amos previews 15th album with new song “Up the Creek”: Listen
Michelle Geslani