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John Legend and Kid Rock have added their tributes to Bill Withers following news of the reclusive soul man’s death.

Bill Withers has been remembered as a “songwriter’s songwriter” after his death at the age of 81.

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As the concert industry surreally moves online in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Rolling Stone is the latest to launch a series of live-from-home online music series with “In My Room” — and fittingly, the series will launch today at 3 p.m. ET/ 12 p.m. PT with the author of that ode to solitude, Beach Boys cofounder and main songwriter Brian Wilson.

Keith Olsen, a producer who worked on a number of hit rock records in the 1970s and ’80s, died on Monday of cardiac arrest, The New York Times reports. He was 74.

He'll be joined by Al Jardine and Blondie Chaplin

NEW YORK -- One of the co-founders of The Beach Boys has joined a boycott of his own music to protest it being used by another band member at an animal hunting convention.

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has expressed his objection to the band, currently led by Mike Love, playing in an upcoming convention for Safari Club International, which supports trophy hunting.

Brian Wilson says he is "emphatically opposed" to the event

Brian Wilson has called on his former band The Beach Boys to cancel a planned performance at a trophy-hunting convention where Donald Trump Jr will be among the speakers.

A Change.org petition urging a boycott of the Beach Boys for co-headlining a safari hunters’ convention with Donald Trump Jr. this week has picked up a couple of notable signatories: two of the group’s founding members, Brian Wilson and Al Jardine.

Brian Wilson has denounced an upcoming performance by the group currently touring as the Beach Boys, led by former bandmate Mike Love, at Reno, Nevada’s Safari Club International Convention. “This organization supports trophy hunting, which both [bandmate Al Jardine] and I are emphatically opposed to,” Wilson wrote.

Styx drummer Todd Sucherman's phone began blowing up on Jan. 10 and hadn't stopped throughout the weekend as other drummers, musician pals, family and friends called to talk about the death of Rush's Neil Peart.

Neil Peart, the legendary drummer of Rush, died earlier this week at the age of 67. Artist and musicians are now reacting to the news of his death. Below, find reactions from the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Questlove, Chuck D, DāM-FunK, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, Jack Black, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Josh Freese, and more.

On the heels of the devastating news surrounding the death of iconic Rush drummer Neil Peart, many within the music industry and beyond are taking to social media to pay their respects to the effervescent musician who died on Tuesday at age 67 following a three-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer.

Kesha is back with her fourth album, High Road. The LP includes the previously released singles, “Raising Hell,” “My Own Dance,” and “Resentment.” This is her first full-length since 2017’s Rainbow.

Kesha has announced a tour with Big Freedia in support of her forthcoming album, High Road, out January 31. The tour spans North America and kicks off on April 23 in Texas. Find the full roster of dates for the tour below, and get tickets here. (Pitchfork may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links on our site.)

Kesha has something she wants to share with fans as she steps into 2020: her new album.On Sunday (Dec. 22), the 32-year-old pop star revealed on social media that her upcoming album, High Road, will be released on Jan.

Kesha reflects about the "Resentment" she feels in a relationship on her latest release from her forthcoming album, High Road. The song features Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson and Wrabel, but the music video sees Kesha dealing with her resentment all on her own.The grainy visual is captured on a VHS-filtered camera in the hands of the 32-year-old artist, who begrudgingly walks around a room and restlessly discerns how to tell her partner it's over in an effort to stand up for herself.