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Jazz pianist and composer Simona Premazzi released her third album The Lucid Dreamer through saxophonist Greg Osby’s Inner Circle Music label. The album showcases Premazzi’s versatility and understated elegance at the piano, and provides ample proof that she is one of...

By Gabriella Steffenberg On May 20, singer/songwriter Ashley Xtina released her inspirational new single “I Choose Me” produced by newcomer Max Magallanez. This is the first single released with her new alternative sound, hailing comparisons to epic vocalists such as Adele...

https://youtu.be/QUxNqfYKILc Lisa Mychols and Hillary Burton of The Checkered Hearts recently signed with Chicanery Chick Records and in February debuted the video for their single "Love Buzz". The duo also announced the release of their EP in the summer of...

Songwriter Starina Catchatoorian from Brooklyn, N.Y., released the music video for her latest track "This I Know." The video was directed, edited and photographed by Bradley W. Ragland, and features Catchatoorian strutting down a city at nighttime sporting angel wings...

By Pauline France At only 30 years old, composer, singer and violinist Caroline Shaw from Greenville, N.C., has defied many odds. She's one of a few female artists to have scored a Pulitzer in music, and the youngest composer to have...

If you want to get your Christmas song fix, you've come to the right place. We put together a playlist of 10 Christmas songs performed by women, ranging in styles from R&B to rock n roll, and traditional to...

On November 4 - exactly 43 years and a month after she passed away - Janis Joplin was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony featured a speech by music industry veteran Clive Davis and...

  By Pauline France The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) announced the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Dec. 5, making dozens of artists happy and wishful. Among those artists is the talented jazz bassist and vocalist...

              By Pauline France Orianthi appeared on last night’s (April 3) episode of American Idol jamming out with contestants for their performances during Rock Week. Some of the songs the guitar goddess played alongside each contestant include The Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get...

After killing it at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas last month, Avril Lavigne went backstage with Billboard's Jason Lipshutz to talk about about her new self-titled album, which includes a collaboration with Marilyn Manson. They also talked about...