Republic Records Names Wendy Goldstein and Jim Roppo Co-Presidents

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 56-year-old acetate recording of a previously unreleased and relatively unknown song featuring David Bowie is expected to draw thousands of pounds at an auction in England on Thursday.The song, titled “I Want Your Love” and recorded in 1965 by a teenaged Bowie and his early group the Lower Third, was written by John Dee and Jack Tarr and produced by top ‘60s producer Shel Talmy — who also produced a string of classics for the Kinks and the Who, including “You

Alissa Simon Film CriticA Czech woman married into a working-class Afghan family provides a nuanced perspective on life in Kabul in the interregnum between Taliban rule in the animated drama “My Sunny Maad,” from director Michaela Pavlátová. Based on a novel by the Czech investigative journalist Petra Procházková, it sensitively portrays the complex environment of Kabul in the second decade of the 21st century.

The Voice's season 21 finale kicked off on Monday night with some incredible performances from the Top 5!Night one of the two-part finale featured each of this season's finalists — Team Kelly's Girl Named Tom and Hailey Mia, Team Blake's Wendy Moten and Paris Winningham and Team Legend's Jershika Maple — taking the stage to try and win America's vote for one last time. Each of the Top 5 performed one new ballad, dedicated to someone special in their life, as well as one up-tempo song.As in the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has promoted Lucas Romeo to senior VP of promotion, effective immediately, EVP Gary Spangler announced on Monday.Based in New York, Romeo will oversee promotion efforts across multiple formats, guiding the promotion team and breaking artists in today’s new landscape. Romeo joined Republic in 2014 as regional promotion manager in Nashville, before returning to New York to serve as VP of Top 40.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRepublic Records has named Dave Rocco to the newly created role of chief creative officer, label founders Monte Lipman and Avery Lipman announced on Wedesday. According to the announcement, Rocco “will bring his creative vision, innovative thinking and strategic expertise to Republic and its world-class roster of artists.”“In many ways, Dave is an artist trapped in an executive’s body,” said Monte Lipman.

“The Voice” season 21 is headed to the big finale!

 season 21 is headed to the big finale!Following the Top 8 performances on Monday night, Tuesday's live show features the announcement of the Top 5 competitors, who will move on to next week's live finals.

 season 21 is headed to the big finale!Following the Top 8 performances on Monday night, Tuesday's live show features the announcement of the Top 5 competitors, who will move on to next week's live finals.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAtlantic Records has announced a new artist development partnership and joint venture label deal with Detroit-based independent music company Assemble Sound.

season 21 semifinals are here — and it's time to vote for the artists you want to see in the finale!On Monday, each of the Top 8 singers are taking the stage for brand new live performances, in the hopes of winning America's vote and moving on to next week's season 21 finale.

season 21 semifinals are here — and it's time to vote for the artists you want to see in the finale!On Monday, each of the Top 8 singers are taking the stage for brand new live performances, in the hopes of winning America's vote and moving on to next week's season 21 finale.

, Pedro asks Chantel to come to the Dominican Republic amid his trip back to his home country becoming a disaster.Pedro traveled to the Dominican Republic to find out more about his father, who was largely absent from his childhood. Pedro is having a hard time reconciling the fact that he and his sister, Nicole, are products of their mom's affair with their dad, who was already married and had his own family.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBola Sete was an astonishing Brazilian guitarist whose music tread the line between jazz (he played with Dizzy Gillespie and Vince Guaraldi) and bossa nova.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWendy Goldstein, the newly minted co-president of Republic Records and A&R executive for the Weeknd, Ariana Grande, the Jonas Brothers and now John Legend, received some strong, backhanded inspiration when she was starting out as a 19-year-old assistant in Epic Records’ A&R department.“I was constantly told, ‘Women can’t be A&R people — what’s wrong with you?’” she says now.

Few stock scenes in the cinema stir a surge of emotion as reliably as the sight of an underdog winning a race. There is the victor’s ribcage breaking through the ribbon at the finishing line, the runner’s exhausted smile, the arms raised in victory, the quiver rising to a swell of violins and finally, in the viewer, the lump in the throat. That was where Chariots Of Fire struck gold: it actually did eat your heart out.

 season 21 semifinals are almost here, and it's all up to the viewer votes to decide who will make it through!Following the Top 10 performances on Monday night, Tuesday's live show features the announcement of the Top 8 competitors, who will move on to next week's lives.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt seems barely a day passes without some noises coming from the Foo Fighters camp, and the noise is big today: The newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Famers have announced 17 more concert dates, adding to shows on the West Coast and South America late this year and next, which will take place at amphitheaters, stadiums and festivals across North America during May, July and August of 2022.The dates include one at New York’s Citi Field stadium and two at the Banc of

Rihanna has been made a national hero in her home country of Barbados.

 live shows are headed towards the season 21 semifinals — and it's time to vote for your favorite!On Monday, each of the Top 10 singers are taking the stage for a brand new live performance, in the hopes of winning America's vote and moving on to next week's semifinals and ultimately, the season 21 finale.

Barbados on Monday prepared to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, as it severs imperial ties some 400 years after English ships first reached the Caribbean island.