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Jin’s getting ready to drop his second album, ‘Echo,’ and we have a sneak peek at the tracklist for the album. Keep watching for all the details! Are you excited for his new album? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly: It’s time to be happy again for Jin as the BTS superstar has […]
Amaarae is entering her BLACK STAR era, and the singer shares her excitement about previewing new music, her history-making Coachella performance, the differences between weekend one and two, touring with Sabrina Carpenter and Childish Gambino, her thoughts on women owning their sexuality in the music industry and more!
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Tetris Kelly:From the desert. Miss Fountain Baby, Amaarae. What’s up, girl?
Amaarae:
I’m good, I’m good, I’m good. It’s BLACK STAR now, it’s ‘BLACK STAR now. We’re getting ready for album mode. So, you know.
We know you’re getting ready for album mode because you were out there at the desert just dropping new music. So how did it feel to, like, release new stuff on such a great stage?
Man, it was incredible. I think the crowd responded really well. I’m excited to drop the new music. I’m excited for this new chapter. And it was insane. It was insane. Like the energy was nuts.
And how do you even prepare for something like Coachella?
You don’t prepare for Coachella. Coachella prepares for you. No, I feel like you just have to lock in mentally. Like, I’m not even kidding. There’s so many moving parts for the show. And I think, like, at some point I had to melt down a little bit.
Yeah, because, like do you get nervous? How do you, like, how do you handle your nerves?
I think it just gets to a point where it’s like, you have to end up on that stage, and you have to give the people a show. And I think for a stage this big and just kind of, like, this prominent, you I can’t, like, lose, you know, I can’t afford to lose. So it’s just lock that mind in and we just go. We just go.
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Wink Martindale, who had success as a DJ, radio personality, game show host and TV producer, died in Rancho Mirage, California, on Tuesday (April 15). He was 91.
Martindale was best-known for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988 and Debt from 1996 to 1998.
He also had a short-lived career as a recording artist. His spoken-word hit “Deck of Cards” reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959. The song had been a No. 2 hit for “T” Texas Tyler in 1948 on Billboard’s Best-Selling Retail Folk Records chart, a forerunner to Hot Country Songs.
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Martindale landed just one other Hot 100 hit, “Black Land Farmer,” which reached No. 85 in 1961.
The future broadcaster was born Winston Conrad Martindale in Jackson, Tennessee. He began his career as a DJ at age 17 at WPLI in Jackson, earning $25 a week. After moving to WTJS, he was hired away for double the salary by Jackson’s only other station, WDXI. He next hosted mornings at WHBQ in Memphis while attending college at Memphis State University.
In 1959, he became morning man at KHJ in Los Angeles, moving a year later to the morning show at KRLA and finally to KFWB in 1962. He was a regular presence on Los Angeles radio into the 1990s. He had lengthy stays at KGIL (AM) from 1968 to 1971, KKGO-FM/KJQI and Gene Autry‘s KMPC (now KSPN-AM) from 1971 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987, a brief stint on KABC during 1989, and KJQI from 1993 to 1994.
Martindale’s first break into television was at WHBQ-TV in Memphis, as the host of Mars Patrol, a children’s series. While at that station, Martindale became the host of the TV show Teenage Dance Party, where Elvis Presley (who would become a friend) made an appearance in June 1956.
Martindale’s first game-show hosting job was What’s This Song?, which he hosted for NBC (credited as “Win Martindale”) in 1964-65. In 1970-71, he hosted a similar song-recognition game show, Words and Music, again on NBC.
While Martindale’s greatest claim to fame is as a game-show host, he periodically returned to music programming. Martin filled in as guest host for Casey Kasem on American Top 40 in October 1975.
In the 2000s, Martindale had a daily three-hour show on the syndicated Music of Your Life format. In 2012, Martindale hosted the nationally-syndicated The 100 Greatest Christmas Hits of All Time.
On June 6, 2021, Martindale began hosting the syndicated The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, a two-hour weekend review of music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The production was created by Martindale, producer/engineer Peter Jay Gould of The Intervale Group, and writer/producer Gary Theroux.
Martindale was one of the hosts featured in the 2002 NBC special Most Outrageous Game Show Moments, alongside four other game show mainstays – Bob Eubanks, Jim Lange, Ben Stein, and Peter Marshall.
Martindale’s last program was the GSN original series Instant Recall, which premiered on March 4, 2010.
On June 2, 2006, Martindale received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It is located at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard, adjacent to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel – site of the first Academy Awards ceremony. On Oct. 13, 2007, Martindale was one of the first inductees into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.
Martindale married Madelyn Leech in 1954, with whom he had four children; the couple divorced in 1972. He married his second wife, Sandy (née Ferra), on Aug. 2, 1975.
Drake went on Adin Ross’ livestream and spilled that he has a new solo album in the works after he received love from Travis Scott and Yeat at Coachella. Keep watching for the full story! Are you ready for a new Drake album? Let us know in the comments! Tetris Kelly: Drake’s recent return with […]
Anyma surprised fans at Coachella by joining Yeat during his set, and we had the opportunity to sit down with the DJ as he shared his excitement about the conclusion of the Genesys trilogy with the release of his album End of Genesys in May, the inspiration behind his Coachella set, and more!
Tetris Kelly:
So from Sphere to Coachella, Anyma, bro, I don’t think people are ready for you to come out joining Yeat, even though you guys have the track together. So how was that whole vibe?
Yeah, no sh*t. I wasn’t ready for it. Like, honestly, like, it’s been just, like, surreal working with him. Like, so talented and like, we just, like, directly went for it, made the song in a few weeks, studied the visual, the whole universe we wanted to make collide, you know? My world, his world, his world’s crazy, like the energy was insane, like it was, for sure, an experience and some crossover even I didn’t expect I would have done this in my life, you know.
And I mean, you have, obviously, through your career, created a really awesome world which people saw at Sphere. So how do you come into like his world and like do your own thing?
Well, I feel like artists such as me, and yet we have such strong vision for our brands and our art and what it means to be an artist into this contemporary world that when, when two universes like that collide, it or works very well, or is it like a disaster, you know, like, because it’s not obviously something we did for necessary, for commercial purposes, or just to make it happen, you know, we really wanted to see if we can, like, do something next level and sort of like, you know, makes, you know, make people say, Like, what is this?
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Uncle Waffles is excited to take part in the spread of amapiano music in the U.S., and her Coachella performance is doing exactly that. The singer shares how amapiano music is growing globally, how she felt headlining the Brooklyn Mirage, her preference of Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé and more!
What do you think of Uncle Waffles? Let us know in the comments!
Tetris Kelly:Bringing the ‘Chella vibes with my girl. Uncle Waffles, what’s going on, boo?
Uncle Waffles:Hey!
We’re happy to have you here, but you gotta start by saying, you know, for the people out there that don’t know you, how did you come up with the name? How did we get there?
So I’m Uncle Waffles. There isn’t really a cool backstory. My friends came up with it in high school, and it just kind of carried on to where I am currently. It was never meant to be Uncle Waffles. It was just meant to be “Waffles,” but my manager decided that “Uncle Waffles” made me more unique. So here we are.
Listen, my name is Tetris, girl, so I understand. It also was a high school nickname, so it just happens. And then here we are.
Then here you are, like, yeah, I love it.
Well, you’re playing one of the hottest parties at Coachella. I gotta say, I’ll be having myself a good time at Revolve. So how do you feel to be heading out there?
I am so excited. I’m so excited to be bringing the sound to the world. You know, I know a lot of people. They probably won’t know what amapiano is, but I’m excited to be their first experience of it. I hope everyone loves it after they get to see me, you know.
I mean, like, what can people expect from your set?
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Bow Wow discusses his success with The Millennium Tour and why he loves touring, reflects on his Hot 100 hits including “Let Me Hold You,” “Like You” and others. He also shares what you can expect from his new album with Chris Brown, Future’s cameo in his music video and more!
What’s your favorite Bow Wow song? Let us know in the comments!
Carl Lamarre:Y’all, I am deputy director of R&B and hip-hop, Mr. Carl Lamarre. We are here at the Barclays Center for a special tour — The Millennium Tour — super throwback, super nostalgic, but we are here with Mr. 106, but I told him today he’s gonna be Mr. Hot 100. I’m talking about 21, of them, bad boys. Three top 10.
Bow Wow:That’s crazy.
Mr. Bow Weezy.
What’s up, man?
How you feeling?
I’m good. I feel blessed. I’m great.
Listen, man, we are on tour in Barclays at Brooklyn. Man, how has the tour been for you so far?
Tour has been a blessing. You know, this is our fourth Millennium Tour, third one for me, and just going out on these … on the stage, and going to these arenas and just looking at 13, 14,000 people every night. Words can’t even describe because now staring at myself at 38 years old knowing that I was doing it 25 years ago and I’m still doing it. I’m still going down these tunnels and hallways. Sometimes, young child artists that start off young, they usually don’t make it this far. For me to still be here doing it, man, something must be going right
That’s God working right there. Absolutely, for cats who haven’t seen you perform, what’s your stage game like right now?
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Los Angeles-based Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA) Records has set down roots in Nashville with the relaunch of the iconic Lost Highway imprint.
Former Thirty Tigers executive Robert Knotts and Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) executive Jake Gear will serve as co-heads and executive vps of the resurrected label.
“Lost Highway carved out a special place in the remarkable musical legacy of Nashville. It was a left-of-center label with one-of-a-kind artists who, at their core, were great songwriters and moved culture,” John Janick, chairman/CEO of Interscope Capitol and IGA, said in a statement. “Similarly, Interscope has always been a beacon to artists who don’t fit into a box yet are destined to inspire what comes next. With this new chapter in Lost Highway’s history, we are devoted to empowering the next generation of trailblazers, both artists and executives.”
The revered label, which takes its name from the song made famous in 1949 by Hank Williams, had been dormant for 13 years after being launched by then-UMGN head Luke Lewis in 2000, who retired in 2012.
From the start, Lewis and his team curated a tasty roster focused on roots-leaning music from artists including Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, Mary Gauthier, Lyle Lovett and Kacey Musgraves, who signed with the label in 2011, shortly before it was folded into Mercury Nashville.
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Lost Highway was also home to soundtracks, including the T Bone Burnett-produced, Grammy-winning O Brother, Where Art Thou.
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Janick says he picked Knotts and Gear because their musical aesthetic matches the imprint’s storied history. While at Thirty Tigers, where he rose to senior vp of artist and label services, Knotts worked with such artists as Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Sturgill Simpson, Turnpike Troubadours, Muscadine Bloodline and more.
“Over the course of my career, my goal has always been to operate in service to the artist’s vision while understanding the emotional connection to their art. It is with this same spirit that Lost Highway left a lasting impact on the Nashville community — providing a home for artists who aren’t defined by genre and recognizing that the artist’s vision ultimately shapes culture itself,” Knotts said. “I am honored to carry that approach forward alongside one of my closest friends, Jake Gear. With John Janick’s guidance, and support from the entire Interscope team, we have an incredible opportunity to combine an artist-first mentality with Interscope’s remarkable ability to help build worlds around an artist’s vision.”
Gear was most recently vp of A&R at UMG Nashville, where he signed and/or developed upstarts Tucker Wetmore and Vincent Mason and A&R’d projects by Parker McCollum, Dierks Bentley, Jordan Davis, Sam Hunt and Brothers Osborne, among others.
“Lost Highway has a rich history. Many of these releases and artists were formative in developing my own appreciation of the craft of songwriting,” Gear said. “The label was a pioneer in taste, representing an ethos of artistry first, an openness to taking creative risks and shining a light on artists who drifted on the fringes of the major label defined ‘mainstream.’ Together with my friend, Robert, and with the backing of John Janick and Interscope, I look forward to curating the roster.”
Lost Highway was briefly resurrected earlier this year by UMG Nashville’s chair/CEO Cindy Mabe, who exited the label in February, in partnership with iconic producer Burnett. Their first release under the revamped Lost Highway was Ringo Starr’s country album, Look Up, which came out Jan. 10. Burnett will now work with the IGA iteration, including on a 25th anniversary edition of the O Brother, Where Art Thou soundtrack. A release date on the reissue, artists on the roster and staffing are expected to be announced shortly.
The first weekend of Coachella 2025 featured some of the hottest stars, including JENNIE, LISA and Cardi B. Tyla brought out Becky G for her set, Lady Gaga delivered a monster performance, and Megan Thee Stallion surprised the crowd by bringing out Ciara, and more! Keep watching to catch everything you missed at Coachella! Who […]
Kendrick Lamar and Drake go head-to-head for No. 1 on the Hot 100. Tetris Kelly:This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week dated April 19. “Beautiful Things” is at 10. Morgan Wallen is still at nine. “Lose Control” slips to eight. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” joins the top 10. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” […]