Pause & Play Today: April 20, 2021
UPDATES / ADDITIONS
NEW RELEASES
“Town’s Dead,” Kojaque – June 25
“Banned,” Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band – June 25
“Death of a Cheerleader,” Pom Pom Squad – June 25
“Traveler’s Blues,” Blues Traveler – July 30
“Fever Dreams,” Villagers – Aug. 20
REISSUES
“Since I Left You (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition),” The Avalanches – June 4
VINYL
“Live in Chicago,” Rare Earth – July 2
MUSIC BOOKS
“The Label Machine: How to start, run and grow your own independent music label,” Nick Sadler – July 2
JUST RELEASED
“From Tha Streets 2 Tha Suites,” Snoop Dogg (Read here; Doggystyle)
“Looking for a Light,” Tombstones in Their Eyes (producer: Paul Roessler; new single: “Quarantine Blues”; See here; Kitten Robot / Somewherecold)
“Rain Rabbit,” Rain Rabbit (first single: “Long Way Home”; Hear here; Rain Rabbit)
NEW SONGS
Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling), Angel Olsen
Black Gold / Between Memories, Flying Lotus … from the Netflix show “Yasuke”
Smile, Wolf Alice
Boogie Grass Band, Leftover Salmon
The Beat Goes On/Off, Telex
Mother Mary / Triple OG, B-Real … producer: Scott Storch
Satin Bedsheets, Cake Pop
Stuck, Smoothboi Ezra
DRILLERS, oogie
Slide With Me, B.ROB
Hangover, Kenzi Lewis
Safe Here, Frank Mighty’s Hotline
Cheap Red Wine, Muca & La Marquise
Eventually, The Effens
Truth About a Lie, Jamie Trent
Numb, Devlin Tellis
Cruel, Atomic Bronco
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Johnny Tillotson (83)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (78)
Doyle Lawson (76)
Ken Scott [record producer-engineer] (74)
Craig Frost (73)
Mike Portnoy (54)
Wade Hayes (52)
Carmen Electra (49)
Stephen Marley (49)
Clay Cook [Zac Brown Band] (43)
IN REMEMBRANCE
Avicii (1989-2018)
Bert Weedon (1920-2012)
Andrew Hill (1931-2007)
Alan Dale (1925-2002)
Steve Marriott (1947-1991)
RELEASED ON APRIL 20 IN … 1974
“Bridge of Sighs,” Robin Trower (featuring “Bridge of Sighs,” “Too Rolling Stoned,” “Day of the Eagle” and “Little Bit of Sympathy”; producer: Matthew Fisher; sound engineer: Geoff Emerick; Chrysalis)
R.I.P.
Jim Steinman (Meat Loaf songwriter, writer-producer of “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” and solo artist)
Eric Roberts (Welsh baritone)
Paul Oscher (Austin blues musician played in Muddy Waters’ band)
MUSIC HEADLINES
> ‘V’ Funk: Kelly Clarkson, Guest Mentor Snoop Dogg Get Emotional on ‘The Voice’ (Yahoo! Entertainment)
> Coronavirus-Denier Ted Nugent Tests Positive For COVID-19: ‘I Thought I Was Dying’ (Huffington Post)
> Can Cher Save the World’s Loneliest Elephant? (The Guardian)
> Primary Wave Buys Madonna Co-Writer Patrick Leonard’s Catalog (Billboard)
> South by Southwest Stake Is Sold to Owner of Rolling Stone in Effort to Keep Festival Alive (The Wall Street Journal)
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