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Quick Listen: Merle Haggard – The Legend Lives On

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Photo credit - WWYZ-FM Broadway

Photo credit – WWYZ-FM Broadway

The legendary country western singer/songwriter Merle Haggard died at the age of 79 on April 6th 2016 after battling pneumonia for several months. But that doesn’t mean the world won’t get new music from the music icon.

He has left behind several hundred unreleased songs for his adoring fans. He spoke with Broadways Electric Barnyard about his personal archives of songs “probably 300, 400 songs that I haven’t released that I’ve collected over the years.”

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Haggard’s song writing and voice gave him a fan base that was very loyal throughout the years. His career spanned more than half a century and will survive beyond his death thanks to this treasure trove of new, previously unheard material.

Another Take: Kendrick Lamar is Untitled, But Still A Master

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In the wake of Kanye West’s artistic psychodrama comes a left-field Kendrick Lamar surprise album drop this Friday. Thank goodness.

The eight tracks off of untitled unmastered were mostly recorded during the To Pimp a Butterfly sessions in late 2014, and provide a fascinating insight into Lamar’s creative process. Interestingly, the title of each song is dated according to when it was recorded. The title of the album is clever in itself, nodding at Lamar’s concerns of freedom as well as the nature of his new music– not as lavish as TPAB, but yet the details in each song grasps listeners.

Lamar shows his most playful side on untitled unmastered in comparison to all of his previous works — which is probably where the “unmastered” portion of the release comes into play. Adding these songs on TPAB would not have necessarily improved it, as none of the eight tracks are blockbusters. The hooks lack power yet somehow everything flows effortlessly, and Lamar’s talent for lyricism prevails in every track.

The release comes on the heels of a Twitter exchange between James, Lamar and Anthony Tiffith, the CEO of Top Dawg Entertainment — Lebron asked Lamar and Tiffith to release new music by Lamar that never made it on TPAB. And the new content signals a plain and simple truth when it comes to social media and the superstar who frequent it:

What LeBron James wants, LeBron James gets.

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Quick Listen: Heffron Drive Announces New Music in Italy

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Heffron Drive members Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt announce the release date of their newest single "Rain Don't Come"

Heffron Drive members Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt announce the release date of their newest single “Rain Don’t Come”

The wait is finally over for fans of the California-based band Heffron Drive. The band announced that the international release of their brand new single “Rain Don’t Come” is set for April 8th on iTunes.

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