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Credit: Jenny Risher My Hometown (fka Root Down) is a recurring column that explores how artists hometowns influenced their music. There are few things Alice Cooper loves more than telling a good story, especially one with vibrant characters, tons of action, and horrific scares that unfold one killer verse at a time. But for Detroit Stories, his 27th studio album, the shock rocker, 73, turned to his hometown for inspi...

We didnt feel like we ever fit in. How Alice Coopers history shaped Detroit Stories Ed Masley, Arizona Republic © Jenny Risher Alice Cooper, photographed in 2020, as he prepares to release a tribute to his other hometown, "Detroit Stories." Alice Cooper spends his latest album, "Detroit Stories," paying tribute to a city that looms large in Cooper legend for obvious reasons.  First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice ...

The ‘Tik Tok hitmaker has teased her new track will arrive on Friday (29.01.21) Alongside a silent clip from the music video, she wrote on Instagram: "SAM FELDT x KESHA - STRONGER - OUT THIS FRIDAY (sic)" And Sam commented: "THIS FRIDAY. The world ain’t ready... (sic)" Kesha released her fourth studio album, High Road, last January. Since then, she has appeared on Big Freedias Chasing Rainbows and Black Lips Theys a Person of the World. Whilst she released a cover of T. Rexs Children of the...

First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice Cooper group in Phoenix, where his family moved when he was 12, the Cortez High School track star and his bandmates were sharing a farmhouse on the outskirts of Detroit when they recorded "Im Eighteen," their breakthrough single. Theyd moved to Detroit after several years in California, where they cut their first two albums for Frank Zappas Straight Records. As Cooper, who now lives in Paradi...

We didnt feel like we ever fit in. How Alice Coopers history shaped Detroit Stories Ed Masley, Arizona Republic © Jenny Risher Alice Cooper, photographed in 2020, as he prepares to release a tribute to his other hometown, "Detroit Stories." Alice Cooper spends his latest album, "Detroit Stories," paying tribute to a city that looms large in Cooper legend for obvious reasons.  First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice ...

Hi folks! Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the Top 50 albums of 2020—see the big takeover “radio” button above to hear one song from each!—here is my complete list of the 180 best albums, 100 best archive/retrospective/reissue releases, and 100 best stand-alone singles and EPs of this previous year—my best bets on another great year for music, old and new. And in one of the worst years of our lifetimes, here’s a small tip of my well-worn ballcap in profoun...

January 6, 2021 BY SCOTT MERVIS | TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE Among the highlights of 2020 were surprise album releases from Taylor Swift, Eminem and Childish Gambino. We can’t predict those, but we can say what’s scheduled for the first quarter of 2021, and that slate includes new material from major stars like Foo Fighters, Florida Georgia Line and Sia, as well as such indie faves as Cloud Nothings, The Hold Steady and Julien Baker. Last year, release dates were bumped all over the place as art...

The most anticipated albums of early 2021 Scott Mervis Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Among the highlights of 2020 were surprise album releases from Taylor Swift, Eminem and Childish Gambino. We cant predict those, but we can say whats scheduled for the first quarter of 2021, and that slate includes new material from major stars like Foo Fighters, Florida Georgia Line and Sia, as well as such indie faves as Cloud Nothings, The Hold Steady and Julien Baker. Last year, release dates were bumped all over...

A look at the most anticipated albums of early 2021 By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Published: January 7, 2021, 6:05am Share: 4 Photos Evanescence arrives at the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Award Show at Club Nokia on April 11, 2012 in Los Angeles. This year Evanescence will release "The Bitter Truth," its first album of new material since 2011. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Photo Gallery Among the highlights of 2020 were surprise album releases from Taylor Swif...

ADRIAN THRILLS: Doubts remain over the gigs and tours planned for 2021, but recorded music looks set for another great year, with plenty of albums in the pipeline.