David Bowie’s ‘The Width of a Circle’ Is a Flawed, Fascinating Snapshot of a Superstar-to-Be: Album Review

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorVeteran artist-producer DJ David Guetta has entered into a career- agreement with Warner Music that sees the company acquiring his recorded-music catalog from the last two decades, as well as striking a new deal for future recordings.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Beatles’ film “Get Back” — a Peter Jackson-directed documentary culled from the footage from the 1970 “Let It Be” film — will premiere as a Disney+ original documentary series over the Thanksgiving holidays.Because of the wealth of tremendous footage Peter Jackson has reviewed, which he has spent the past three years restoring and editing, “The Beatles: Get Back” will be presented as three separate episodes.

David Bowie World Fan Convention is due to take place across multiple venues in Liverpool next summer.Scheduled for June 17-19, 2022, the inaugural event will see a host of Bowie collaborators and affiliates presenting panels, live performances, and a “Bowie Ball” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the artist’s classic album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’.Former band members and musical collaborators including Carlos Alomar, Robin Clark, Gail Ann Dorsey, Donny

Iman took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal her super chic office space and in the background was a heartfelt tribute to her late husband David Bowie. The gorgeous black-and-white photograph displayed on the wall of her home office is a shot that was captured in a bridal photoshoot in South Africa for Vogue magazine.

The first season of “Dave” made rapper Lil Dicky—real name Dave Burd—more powerful than his non-believers could have ever imagined. In the crowded landscape of TV, the series that riffs on Burd’s dreams of being the biggest rapper in the world became FX’s most-watched comedy of all time, beating out previous favorites like “Atlanta” among others.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s not exactly an iron-clad guarantee — especially by Drake standards — but the superstar rapper said on Saturday that his long-delayed “Certified Lover Boy” album, which he’d originally promised would be out in January but then changed his mind, will be out by the end of the summer.On Saturday night, Drake sat down for a rare interview on Caffeine after an appearance at Ultimate Rap League’s N.O.M.E. XI battle-rap event, where he staked $50,000 on the winner.

Mike Wass In an ever-changing musical landscape, where tastes change with lightning speed and stars fizzle out as quickly as they are discovered, Maroon 5 is a constant. Since the group’s 2002 debut, Adam Levine and company have thrived in the physical, digital and streaming eras.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTaylor Swift was honored with the National Music Publishers Association’s Songwriter Icon Award during the trade organization’s annual membership meeting on Wednesday (June 9), which was held virtually due to the ongoing pandemic.In presenting the award, NMPA president/CEO David Israelite spoke not only of her achievements as a songwriter and artist, but also of her work as an advocate for creators, particularly noting that she had pulled her music from Spotify for

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOne of the many revelations of the Prince estate’s ongoing, exhaustive reissue series is that there’s so much more in the late artist’s legendary vault than even the most obsessive fans ever dreamed.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt wasn’t all that long ago that Michelle Zauner, the creative force behind shoegaze-pop act Japanese Breakfast, was singing about the idea of becoming “Jimmy Fallon big.” The track from 2017’s “Soft Sounds from Another Planet” may have seemed like wishful thinking at the time, but Zauner’s tongue-in-cheek lyric came full circle in March when the band hit “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” to make Japanese Breakfast’s late-night television debut.The singer

Chris Willman Music WriterIt might be premature to proclaim Allison Russell’s solo debut the album of the year — some of her collaborators and boosters have their records that may merit being in the running, of thousands forthcoming — but “Outside Child” sure has the inside track.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Chappell Production Music has opened the doors to two new recording facilities: SkyLight Studios in Los Angeles and Sandtrack Sound in Nashville.The WCPM team partnered with David Kotch of Criterion Acoustics to redesign SkyLight Studios, a former mastering lab located in Hollywood.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Prince Estate and Sony Music have released “Born 2 Die,” is the second single made available from Prince’s upcoming, previously unreleased 2010 studio album “Welcome 2 America.”  According to the announcement, song was recorded during a flurry of studio activity in the spring of 2010, when President Obama was just a year into his first term and Prince was reflecting deeply on the issues affecting the Black community and the role he hoped to play in the social

Iman has been very active on social media during America's Memorial Day weekend and has given fans a glimpse at her home "library" as well as a loving tribute to her late husband David Bowie.MORE: David Bowie's daughter Lexi shaves off gorgeous locks – see mum Iman's reactionTaking to Instagram on Saturday, the mother-of-one shared a selfie of herself looking stunning. The model wore a simple black shirt with an open collar, which highlighted a gold necklace that Iman was wearing.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWarner Records ruled the 2021 BRIT Awards with three wins – two for Dua Lipa (Mastercard Album and Female Solo Artist) and one for singer-songwriter, Griff (Rising Star).

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt’s hard not to listen to DMX’s posthumous album “Exodus” — which the rapper completed just weeks before his death on April 9 — without feeling wistfulness, but there are many classic moments on the set.One in particular is a rare team-up between DMX’s fellow New York rappers Jay-Z and Nas, bringing three of the greatest MCs of all time — not to mention one of its legendary producers in album executive producer Swizz Beatz — on a single track.Over rich, thumping

A.D. Amorosi Posthumous albums, especially ones that were all-or-mostly completed before the artist’s death, are nearly always bittersweet, providing a look not only at what was lost but also what might have been.

Chris Willman Music WriterBlake Shelton doesn’t seem particularly gaunt at any given time, but weightlessness may be the term that best applies to “Body Language,” his first all-new album in four years.

Age Don’t Mean a Thing and 2017’s critically acclaimed, tongue-in-cheek Goin’ Platinum, seems far from ready to slow down.His latest collection of songs, Sharecropper’s Son (★★★★☆), is steeped in blues and soul tradition, bringing a whole lifetime of performance and love of southern musical tradition to bear on an album that brilliantly showcases all of Finley’s strengths.Sharecropper’s Son is autobiographical in nature, inspired by the musician’s upbringing in the rural Jim Crow South.