Author Archives: GoldMark

Where ‘Kiss Destroys Anaheim ’76’ Ranks Among Their Live Albums

Kiss Destroys Anaheim ’76 captures Kiss in the midst of a major transformation. The newly released live album finds Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss playing in front of 42,000 people during an Aug. 20, 1976 show at Anaheim Stadium, their largest audience to that point. That massive crowd was a clear indicator of […]

VANA Drops Visceral New Track ‘Bleeding Heart’

VANA has shared another captivating single, continuing her current winning streak in visceral style. Photo credit: Mathieux Davis The track is titled ‘Bleeding Heart’ and follows the arrival of previous singles ‘Pray’ and ‘In Your Name’. Continuing the gradual build of VANA’s expansive cinematic universe, the haunting new track whisks you away to a whole […]

Andre Solaine on writing for other singers and finally keeping one — Singersroom.com

Andre Solaine has written for more singers than he can name in one sitting, and until this year none of the records had his name on the front. He talks about songwriting like a service job: read the artist, find the phrase they would actually say, get out of the way. Keeping a song for […]

Quiet storm formats are quietly winning the late-night dial again — Singersroom.com

The format that was supposed to be dead is filling overnight hours in six major markets, and programmers say the numbers are not close. Late-night slow jam blocks are cheap to run, easy to sponsor, and hold listeners far longer per session than daytime rotations. One programmer described average quarter-hour figures he had not seen […]

Cabal Tap Employed To Serve Singer For “Hurt Me”

Cabal Tap Employed To Serve’s Justine Jones For New Track “Hurt Me” Danish deathcore band Cabal have just unleashed their brand new track “Hurt Me“, featuring a guest appearance from Employed To Serve vocalist Justine Jones. An accompanying music video has also premiered for the collaboration. Cabal offering the following on working with Jones: “‘Hurt […]

Steve Howe Is ‘Making Progress, Slowly’ Months After Surgery

Yes guitarist Steve Howe has given an update on his health, revealing that it’s “gonna take some time to get me back to normal.” In April, Yes announced they were postponing their U.K. tour so that Howe could undergo “an essential operation that needs recovery time.” While still being non-specific about the procedure, Howe explained […]