It was announced today that from June 19, a new Te Reo Māori top 10 will feature in the official New Zealand Music Charts. Ngā Waiata Kairangi I Te Reo Māori O Te Rārangi 10 O Runga, the Official Top 10 Te Reo Māori Singles of the week, will showcase the biggest songs with vocals that … Read more

The Keith Urban Raining on Sunday song was released on his 2002 album “Golden Road” as the album’s second single.  Keith’s version is a cover of the original song and his version of the song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country songs chart in 2003.  On June 19, 2004, Keith Urban’s “Raining On Sunday” … Read more

The legendary hitmaker admitted in a new interview that his long-term drug and alcohol abuse nearly killed him, but that his friendship with ‘80s teenage AIDS patient Ryan White ultimately turned his life around. John, 68, told Express that “working and listening and making records” kept him alive during his period of cocaine and alcohol … Read more

The organiser of Download Festival said it is ‘100 per cent evidence’ that big music events can take place safely amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Melvin Benn, managing director of the Festival Republic group, said the level of compliance he saw during the Covid test event was ‘extraordinary’, adding that the festival was proof music events … Read more

Mak Mak Marranungu rapper J-MILLA is one of 30 finalists for Australia’s biggest independent song competition. The Darwin-born 22-year-old, who is also known as Jay Nichaloff, is in the running for the prize for his track ‘Unlock the System’. The song was written in response to the death of Kumunajayi Walker in the remote NT community … Read more

The ongoing national conversation about racial injustice introduced many Americans to a holiday then not well known in the mainstream — Juneteenth, celebrating June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas finally learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier, on Jan. 1, 1863. But we couldn’t do much … Read more

Gambo has made a great impression on the showbiz scene in Ghana with his unparalleled combination of personality, lavish lifestyle and musical talent. This content was originally published here.

“Dance can elevate our human experience beyond words,” says Judith Jamison, artistic director emerita of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In between performances of excerpts from Alvin Ailey’s classic works “Revelations” and “Cry,” Jamison reflects on the enduring power of dance to transform history into art that thrills audiences around the world. (Performances by … Read more

Looking for music events in Lancaster? Whether you’re a local, new in town, or just passing through, you’ll be sure to find something on Eventbrite that piques your interest. This content was originally published here.

Someone made the comment to us that being at the 2021 PRIDE party felt a little like being on a cruise ship because of the location. When you looked out the windows of Abe and Jake’s on Saturday, all you saw was the mighty Kansas River raging by. Inside, however, a powerful force was equally … Read more