ALBUM REVIEW: Adanowsky – The Fool


 

The multicultural and multi-talented Adanowsky has turned his hands to many things – acting, directing, producing, and making music. Written during the pandemic and taking inspiration from tarot cards, is his latest album The Fool (Universal Music Mexico). This is the French-Chilean-Mexican polymath’s tenth album and it is a down-to-earth one; a soft and melodious melting pot of pop, indie, folk, funk, and his Latin American roots.   

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Watch Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurstin Cover “We Love L.A.” by Randy Newman for Night Eight of The “Hannukah Sessions”


 

After a few years of hosting their annual “Hannukah Sessions” online, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin held the first-ever live concert on December 5th, 2022 at the Largo club in Los Angeles. This year’s event, which was presented by director Judd Apatow, with profits going towards the Anti-Defamation League, featured Jewish artists. The duo plans to release the concert set as their video series this year celebrating Haunnakah, which began this week. For night eight, watch Dave and Greg cover Randy Newman’s pop hit “We Love L.A.” with Dave on lead vocals and all their friends from the show. Continue reading


Watch Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurstin Cover “The Spirit of Radio” by Rush with Jack Black of Tenacious D for Night Seven of The “Hannukah Sessions”


 

After a few years of hosting their annual “Hannukah Sessions” online, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin held the first-ever live concert on December 5th, 2022 at the Largo club in Los Angeles. This year’s event, which was presented by director Judd Apatow, with profits going towards the Anti-Defamation League, featured Jewish artists. The duo plans to release the concert set as their video series this year celebrating Haunnakah, which began this week. For night seven, Dave and Greg to cover Rush and their classic hit song “Spirit of Radio” with Jack Black of Tenacious D! Watch it now! 

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Watch Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Greg Kurstin Cover “Heads Will Roll” with Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs for Night Six of The “Hannukah Sessions”


 

After a few years of hosting their annual “Hannukah Sessions” online, Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin held the first-ever live concert on December 5th, 2022 at the Largo club in Los Angeles. This year’s event, which was presented by director Judd Apatow, with profits going towards the Anti-Defamation League, featured Jewish artists. The duo plans to release the concert set as their video series this year celebrating Haunnakah, which began this week. For night six, Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs joins Dave and Greg to cover her band’s classic track “Heads Will Roll!” Watch it now! 

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Tool, Cage The Elephant, and Gary Clark Jr. Win for Metal and Rock at the 62nd Grammy Awards


The Grammy Awards announced their winners for the Rock and Metal categories for the 2020 award ceremony, their 62nd edition. Tool won for the Best Metal Performance category for the song ‘7empest’ from their album Fear Inoculum (Tool Dissectional/RCA). Tool members Danny Carey and Justin Chancellor were in attendance to collect the award, which was announced before the broadcast portion of the show. Gary Clark Jr. who was nominated over several categories for multiple tracks won both Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for the track ‘This Land’. Best Rock album honors went to Cage the Elephant for Social Cues. In the more pop-orientated Alternative Rock category, Vampire Weekend won, while other Rock and Metal related artists such as Chris Cornell won for the packaging of his posthumous self-titled boxed set, and The Best Instrumental Album went to metal fans and sometimes cover artists Rodrigo y Gabriella for Mettavolution (ATO Records) The 62nd Grammy Awards are once again hosted by Alicia Keys and will air on CBS.

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GUEST POST: Sky Valley Mistress – Top 10 Albums of 2019


It’s time for another Ghost Cult “End Of Year” Guest post! We’ll be sharing lists, memories, and other shenanigans from our favorite bands, partners, music industry peers, and other folks we respect across the globe all month long! We welcome in Sky Valley Mistress! The Blackburn, Lancashire based band will release their debut album next year which they recorded with Dave Catching (QOTSA, Eagles of Death Metal, and Mojave Lords) at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California on vis special invitation! Their album is coming soon from the New Heavy Sounds label.Continue reading


Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, Candlemass, Death Angel, Killswitch Engage, I Prevail and Rival Sons Nominated for The 62rd Grammy Awards


The Grammy Awards announced their nominees for 2020’s award ceremony, the 62nd edition. Among the nominees across the rock and metal categories are Tool, Bring Me The Horizon, Candlemass (featuring Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath), Death Angel, Killswitch Engage, I Prevail, Rival Sons, Cage The Elephant, Karen O, Bon Iver, Gary Clark Junior and more! You can see all the categories and nominees below. Tool has actually won multiple Grammy awards while Death Angel has never been nominated. Bring Me The Horizon has been nominated for their album Amo (Columbia Records). In the more popular categories, pop sensation Billie Eilish was nominated across all the major categories, a rare feat for a teenager. The 62nd Grammy Awards are once again hosted by Alicia Keys and will take place on January 26th on CBS. Continue reading