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Pentatonix, Jimmy Fallon launch new holiday-themed music

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This week, Pentatonix and Jimmy Fallon launched new holiday-themed music. Here is a quick recap:

Pentatonix’s new album, Holidays Around the World, showcases the elements of technicality and syncopation. The group’s signature harmonious sound is consistent throughout this album. A new video launched for Track 6: “Prayers for This World”. With over 300k views, it quickly emerged as one of the Top 5 most-watched videos on their YouTube channel. This song emphasizes peace and hope as a power that creates positive change. Its lyrics describe the art of healing by uplifting others: “Raise up our hands and rise together / It’s got to be now / It’s now or never / Prayеrs for this world / We’ve got to save us all…”

Holidays Around the World features collaborations with Meghan Trainor, Lang Lang, Lea Salonga, and more… This album celebrates diversity, world music, and the power of harmony!

Jimmy Fallon announced his new holiday-themed single live on The Tonight Show. This year, Fallon collaborated with Dolly Parton. Also, Fallon shared that Dolly Parton is “one of my favorite people of all time”. Jimmy Fallon shared that he wrote the song they sang together as a duet. This single was released today on all streaming platforms and iTunes. “Almost Too Early for Christmas” is released through Republic Records (UMG). This fun, upbeat tune captures the excitement towards Christmas and the holiday season. Also, Jimmy Fallon shared that he is a fan of Mariah Carey’s music:

“…Can we listen to Christmas music? Is it too early? Can we put on Mariah Carey now? I say, ‘Yeah, if it’s good, you should be able to,” Jimmy Fallon said on The Tonight Show.

Brian Culbertson’s “The Trilogy: White” album lands at No. 1 on iTunes

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Written by Giavanna Foster

Brian Culbertson is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter. His latest album, The Trilogy: White, was released on May 6, 2022. Now, The Trilogy: White has landed at No. 1 on iTunes. Here’s the scoop:

Brian Culbertson’s The Trilogy: White is the third part of his set of trilogy albums. The theme of this jazzy album is hope, and it includes collaborations with a diverse list of featured musicians. Culbertson’s latest album showcases the elements of technicality, creativity, outstanding production, and teamwork. The Trilogy: White landed at No. 1 on iTunes, and it carries the theme of hope through uplifting music. Also, “Step into Love” landed at #10 and four more tracks landed in the Top 20. See the following slideshow:

With The Trilogy: White, Brian Culbertson is truly expanding his horizons as a producer and songwriter. Track 4, “Dance with Me Tonight”, incorporates Latin elements and features Althea Rene on the flute. Also, Culbertson shared that he sang on Track 2: “Stars” on The Hang (streams on his YouTube channel). Honestly, Culbertson’s set of trilogy albums is incredible and well thought out…

Brian Culbertson voiced, “Hearing the three albums in a row provides the context. All the songs on Red were clearly about passion and love. Blue is melancholy and sad songs, breakup songs and ‘losing people’ songs. Once you get to part three, White is all about songs that have an uplifting feel to them. Emotionally, they all feel similar even though they are stylistically broad.”

Girl Named Tom launches “The Season 21 Collection” EP

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Girl Named Tom has launched a new EP with songs they performed on The Voice. Here’s the scoop:

Girl Named Tom, a trio, worked with Kelly Clarkson under her team on The Voice. This trio’s signature pop-folk-acoustic sound is very memorable and unique. Their new EP, “The Season 21 Collection”, launched on December 15, 2021. is released under Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings. Six cover songs are included on Girl Named Tom’s EP: “Dust in the Wind”. “More Hearts than Mine”, “Viva La Vida”, “River”, “Baby Now that I’ve Found You”, and “The Chain”. Girl Named Tom’s EP received a lot of five-star reviews and comments from fans who love their harmonies and pure talent.

Girl Named Tom is the first trio to win on The Voice (USA). Season 21 featured an incredible range of talent, including Wendy Moten (the runner-up on Team Blake). Girl Named Tom sang “Baby Now that I’ve Found You” and “The Chain” during The Voice finale. After Girl Named Tom was named the winner, Kelly Clarkson received a fourth victory as a coach on The Voice.

Click here to visit Girl Named Tom’s website.

Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open” lands at #1 on iTunes charts, trends internationally

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Silk Sonic’s new project, “Leave the Door Open”, is receiving international buzz. This new single peaked at #1 on multiple iTunes charts. Also, it peaked at #1 on YouTube’s Trending videos lists in multiple countries. Here’s the scoop:

Silk Sonic’s “Leave the Door Open”, an R&B/ soul song, is the band’s first single. The “Leave the Door Open” video landed at #1 on U.S.’s YouTube Trending music videos list. It is also trending internationally, as it peaked at #1 on the United Kingdom’s YouTube Trending music videos list and #5 on Japan’s YouTube Trending music videos list. “Leave the Door Open” also peaked at #1 on iTunes’s charts for R&B songs as well as the chart for top songs (all genres).

With 3.8M+ streams, “Leave the Door Open” landed at #6 on Spotify’s global chart. See the following tweet:

https://twitter.com/MikeAdamOnAir/status/1368626261946478595

Silk Sonic is Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s collaborative project. Also, Bootsy Collins came up with Silk Sonic’s band name. Mars and .Paak shared their thoughts about the art of songwriting and recording in the studio together:

Anderson .Paak said, “When you get in and you can jam with someone… another artist that can hold it down and you’re bouncing… That’s different. That’s different, you know, and you’re really creating a groove from scratch…”

Bruno Mars added, “You know, he [Anderson .Paak] is one of the baddest drummers I’ve ever seen… You’re gonna hear that all over the album… That’s what really inspired so much. I’ve never created music like that, with, like drums being the focus… I’ll pick up a guitar, I do it almost backwards like… ‘That’s What I Like’ and ‘Uptown Funk’ is, like, written on a piano.”

Silk Sonic’s album is called An Evening with Silk Sonic, and Bootsy Collins is featured as a host and special guest. Bruno Mars and D’Mile are the producers for this album. The release date for An Evening with Silk Sonic has not been announced yet. For more information, click here to go to Silk Sonic’s website. Stay tuned for more updates.

Boz Scaggs’ ‘Out of the Blues’ showcases Texas roots, blues influences

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Written by Giavanna Foster

Boz Scaggs finished recording Out of the Blues, a new blues album. Here’s the scoop:

Scaggs is the producer of Out of the Blues. Scaggs talks about his knowledge of the blues and his commitment to music, his first love, in the album trailer:

“When I grew up in Texas, all of the guitar players of my age seemed to have a history of T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, Freddie King, B.B. King… A lot of Jimmy Reed playing in the clubs when I was in high school… I got to see Ray Charles when I was, like 14 years old, my first concert,” Scaggs said.

Scaggs reveals that his album is connected with his Texas roots and blues influences. Bobby “Blue” Bland and Jimmy Reed are two of Scaggs’ biggest influences. Bland and Reed helped Scaggs discover his voice. Scaggs’ “Out of the Blues” features an extensive team of players: Ray Parker, Jr. on guitar, Willie Weeks on bass, Jim Keltner on drums, and Jim Cox on keyboards. Scaggs also called guitarists Charlie Sexton and Doyle Bramnall II because they would give the album the ‘signature Texas base’ it needed.

On July 27, Concord Records released Scaggs’ Out of the Blues. It is available to download on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play. Follow @bozscaggsmusic for more updates.