Music notes: Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande & more

Music notes: Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande & more

Sabrina Carpenter has revealed what she was teasing when she asked people to click on a link that said “Brewing.” It’s a new song called “Espresso,” which will be out at 8 p.m. ET on April 11. Announcing the song on Instagram, Sabrina wrote, “just wanted to put out a little song before Coachella.”Ariana Grande…Read More…

Taylor Swift teases what look like lyrics from ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Taylor Swift teases what look like lyrics from ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Beth GarrabrantIs it “Karma”? Taylor Swift has shared what look like lyrics from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and those lyrics just happen to mention an eclipse.Taylor posted an Instagram Story Monday of an old-fashioned typewriter pecking out three lines: “Crowd goes wild at her fingertips/ Half moonshine/ Full eclipse.”Taylor hasn’t released much in the way…Read More…

Maroon 5 teaming with Maren Morris for brief summer tour

Maroon 5 teaming with Maren Morris for brief summer tour

Mathieu BittonMaroon 5 has scheduled a brief tour as a warmup to their two festival appearances this July.The band is headlining Milwaukee’s Summerfest on July 5 and the Ottawa Bluesfest on July 7. Ahead of that, they’ll be performing in a variety of North American cities, starting June 21 in Clarkston, Michigan. Maren Morris will open…Read More…

‘The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration’ to debut in Chicago in August

‘The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration’ to debut in Chicago in August

Frederic REGLAIN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesWhitney Houston’s legacy will be celebrated this summer during Chicago’s Ravinia Festival.On August 30, the festival will play host to the world premiere of The Voice Of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration. The production will feature the original master recordings of Whitney’s vocals, set to new orchestrations of her biggest hits performed by…Read More…

Beyoncé scores biggest first-week sales since November with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Beyoncé scores biggest first-week sales since November with ‘Cowboy Carter’

Blair CaldwellDid anyone think that Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter wouldn’t lasso a huge #1 debut on the Billboard chart?Bey’s acclaimed new album debuts with sales of 407,000 units, giving her the biggest first-week sales of 2024 and the biggest first-week sales since Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) sold 1.65 million units in November. Cowboy Carter is Bey’s…Read More…

FireHouse vocalist C.J. Snare dead at 64

FireHouse vocalist C.J. Snare dead at 64

Gary Miller/Getty ImagesFireHouse vocalist C.J. Snare died Friday, April 5, at age 64.In a Facebook post on Sunday, April 7, the “Love of a Lifetime” outfit shared, “It is with great sorrow we are letting the world know we have lost our brother: CJ Snare, the rock and roll warrior, lead vocalist, and a founding…Read More…