As Brooklyn Creed says, it’s all about respect. He doesn't pretend to be Neil Diamond. He doesn't put a wig on. He simply aims to sound like him – and that's the crucial thing.

Jody Gerson is one of the most accomplished music publishers of the last five decades, so it’s no surprise that she was honored with the Recording Academy’s Industry Icon Award at Clive Davis’ ...

Focus Features has revealed the release date and first photo of Song Sung Blue, an upcoming musical drama starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson. Jackman and Hudson posted the photo on their respective ...

He’d entered the decade on a high note. Fresh off the folk rock defining Déjà Vu with Crosby, Stills & Nash, two acclaimed solo records would follow, 1970’s After the Gold Rush and Harvest two years ...

Neil Young has released his new anti-Donald Trump single Big Crime on streaming platforms. The 79-year-old music icon recently premiered the track in Chicago where he calls out the US President and ...

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A diss song causes a stir. Diana Bahati, also known as Diana B, has released her new track, "Bibi ya Tajiri," which appears to be stirring considerable conversation within the Kenyan music scene and ...

“I guess I’m partial to her lyrics, because they show me a slightly different perspective on life,” Neil Diamond once said of Joni Mitchell‘s songwriting. In 1976, both didn’t know one another too ...

Neil Young has debuted a brand new song, "Big Crime". Neil Young has debuted a brand new song, “Big Crime“. He performed it live with his band the Chrome Hearts on August 27, 2025 at Huntington Bank ...

Sometimes in 1975 or 1976, Bob Dylan introduced Neil Diamond to The Band’s Robbie Robertson. All three would soon share a stage during the Band’s final documented concert at Winterland Ballroom in San ...

Midway through his set at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, New York, on Saturday night, Neil Young sat at the piano and performed his Reagan-era protest song “Long Walk Home” for the first time since ...

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