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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country songwriter Bill Owens, who was a mentor and early songwriting partner to his niece Dolly Parton and helped start her career in country music, has died. He was 85 years old.

The bassist was one of the original founding members, and made up part of the seminal band.

Recalling some songs that took his name. Feel free to add your favourite.

Amoeba Music's L.A. manager talks about what went into the move across Hollywood, as Variety offers photos and video of the new location.

Journey has reached an "amicable settlement" with two former band members fired last winter amid accusations of a corporate coup d'état to take over rights to the band name.

In March of 2020, Journey founder Neal Schon and longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain fired longtime bassist Ross Valory and drummer Steve Smith from the band after the rhythm section allegedly launched an attempt to wrest control of the band's trademarks.
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Lawyers for Schon and Cain said at the time that Valory and Smith were angling to fund their retirements with the action.

The four Rock and Roll Hall of Famers exchanged a flurry of lawsuits and countersuits last year, and now 13 months later the foursome has reached an agreement, Rolling Stone reports. The terms have not been disclosed.
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In an optimistic move toward normalcy, the Recording Academy has announced that the 64 th annual Grammy Awards will take place at the show’s traditional home of the Staples Center on Jan. 31, 2022 — exactly a year after the originally scheduled date of the 2021 awards, which were moved to March 14 due to a spike in coronavirus cases in Southern California.

The ultimate Star Trek Medley for all the Trekkies out there, with all the Star Trek TV Series music themes, in chronological order.



In this work from Davor Jelacic and Rebeca "Becky" Sánchez, more than half a century of musical motifs are worked into a single fluid medley. ... The 1987 theme is originally from 1979's Star Trek: The Motion Picture, but TNG owns it now.
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Noone captures the dark depths of the German soul as perfect as Rammstein.
Leni Riefenstahl meets Grace Jones and Anne Clark
A black beauty as Germania - Rammstein did it again.

Song of the Day ▾Millyz - Heightened Senses www.youtube.com/watch?v=JULo2s4W... in the background made by @pr...

Lee Greenwood has a new version of his patriotic hit, 'God Bless The U.S.A' and it's AMAZING! It features Lee, Home Free and the Singing Sergeants! | iHeartRadio

Village People founder Victor Willis is teeing off on the Grammys, saying it disrespects recording artists and has a Hall of Fame so lame ... the group's rejecting the recent induction of its biggest hit.

Willis tells TMZ ... his legendary disco group told Grammy Interim President Harvey Mason that it's declining induction into the 2021 Grammy Hall of Fame because the Hall is "lacking" and "not taken seriously by the recording academy."
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Willis -- the cop in the Village People -- takes serious issue with the lack of attention Grammy Hall inductees get, saying there's no mention of them during the actual Grammy Awards ... and there's no induction ceremony.
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Old City, the nom de plume of Philadelphia musician Justin Mayer, has released a video for their new track "Air Crimes." The single is from the forthcoming Black Bastards EP, which is a mashup in the vein of the recent Wugazi release. Black Bastards will feature the songs of UK hardcore act Doom, ...

Country artist Taylor Dee has died at age 33 due to a car accident in Euless, Texas. The mom of two young kids was planning to release an acoustic EP Why Would I later this year.

The case of YNW Melly is one that is a bit more complicated than one would expect. Because it would seem like a clear-cut case, and yet, the case has been go...

ONE BILLION VIEWS on February 17, 2020 📅“Take On Me” has been remastered in stunning 4K resolution - watch it now!

I'll be gone in a day or two. Take on me. Take on me.

Since it is St. Patrick's Day and everybody feels Irish... I am posting this.

Best wishes from Serbia!