61 stories by "Shirley Halperin"
Genre-crossing hits like Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," Hozier's "Too Sweet" and "Whiskey Whiskey" by Moneybagg Yo featuring Morgan Wallen were just a few of the reasons.
In 1972, director-writer Perry Henzell released his Jamaican crime flick "The Harder They Come" with singer-songwriter Jimmy Cliff " then, a burgeoning reggae star " as its anti-hero lead ac…
Long before they joined forces to found Mashina, arguably Israel's most popular rock band, Yuval Banay and Shlomi Bracha were 16-year-old surfing buds, catching waves along the Mediterranean…
Veteran label exec, S-Curve Records founder and noted pop historian Steve Greenberg will re-launch the label, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, at Disney Music Group. Andy Gram…
Playing the main character in a biopic is a tall order for any actor, but taking on the role of influential musician Boy George in the forthcoming film "Karma Chameleon" seems even more of a…
Taylor Swift's re-recorded version of her 2008 album "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" is finally out today. With the release, many digital streaming platforms are attempting to capitalize on th…
In the merger between BTS' label HYBE and Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings, Braun's SB Projects (SBP) roster of clients " among them Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, J Balvin and Demi Lovato " a…
"We made it!" Crowded House frontman Neil Finn jubilantly told 12,000 fans at the sold-out Auckland, New Zealand stop of the group's "To the Island" tour. A COVID-19 outbreak may have caused…
The Academy music branch made Oscar history yesterday by nominating two films with Black composers for best original score: "Soul" and "Da 5 Bloods." Prior to this, in the 86-year history of…
"Music's Biggest Night," as the Grammy Awards are known, went off without a hitch on Sunday night (March 14). Hosted by Trevor Noah, and produced by a new team led by "James Corden" executiv…
As new musical genres gain popularity, they are often acknowledged with their own genre-specific Billboard charts. Over the years, disco and reggae are among the musical genres awarded their…
Oak View Group co-founders Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff were among the luminaries on hand to mark Pollstar's inaugural Impact 50 list recognizing the executives shaping the present and futur…
"Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock n' Roll," a new documentary exploring the roots of the New Jersey sound, is hitting theaters worldwide for an engagement on May 22 and 29. The film chron…
If there's one takeaway for the hundreds of ASCAP Expo attendees who sat for a Saturday afternoon panel featuring Ariana Grande's "songwriting dream team" of Tommy Brown, Victoria Monet and …
There's a moment I keep remembering that hits me hard. It was the Golden Globes in 2018 at the height of the Times Up movement and I was deejaying a major after-party. I ended the night, as …
It wasn’t Soho House, the Polo Lounge or the Four Seasons that Mark Ronson chose for his post-Grammy “Club Heartbreak” celebration with some of the biggest stars in music. …
Ariana Grande, who is sitting out this year’s Grammy Awards following a disagreement with producers over which songs would be featured during her performance, has picked up her firs…
The crowd at Las Vegas’ Park Theater was treated to a surprise appearance during Saturday night’s Lady Gaga show: “A Star Is Born” director and costar Bradley Cooper,…
Downtown Music Publishing has entered into a multi-year publishing administration deal with Faber Music, which represents the musical repertoire from “Cats,” the beloved and long…
Lady Gaga has addressed her 2013 collaboration with R. Kelly in a tweet on Wednesday night, revealing that she is pulling the song “Do What U Want” from iTunes and streaming serv…
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Lady Gaga and her co-writers won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born.” With Gaga in tears…
More than a half-century ago, there was a public outcry when Marni Nixon's singing voice was dubbed for Audrey Hepburn's in George Cukor's 1964 "My Fair Lady" film, in lieu of casting a powe…
One of several highlights of the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors, which aired on CBS on Dec. 26, was Adam Lambert’s moving tribute to Cher. The “American Idol” alum and current …
To a much greater degree than their male counterparts, many of music’s top female singers have attempted to make the leap into the next frontier: acting. Yet only a few have managed…
Everything has turned to Elton John lately. There are those Snickers rap battle commercials, his appearance on Nile Rodgers’ new Chic album, and the daily news of an autobiographical f…
