Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times

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Joni Mitchell named MusiCares 2022 Person of the Year

Singer will be honoured with a tribute concert on January 29

Joni Mitchell

COVID-19: Coachella, Stagecoach festivals cancelled

This is the second year in a row that both festivals have been scrapped over the pandemic

In this file photo, rapper/actor Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino performs onstage during the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California.

Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle dies at 38

He was the son of Nashville songwriter, actor and activist Steve Earle

Justin Townes Earle.

‘The Help’ tops Netflix during protests

‘The Help’ hasn’t earned much respect in the #BlackLivesMatter community

Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Emma Stone in The Help (2011)

Bill Maher calls lockdown a ‘reckless experiment’

The American comedian and commentator blamed the ongoing protests on the lockdown

Bill Maher

Bob Dylan shares another new song

It comes after the surprise release last month of ‘A Murder Most Foul’

TO GO WITH STORY SLUGGED: BOB DYLAN--FILE--Rock and Roll legends Bob Dylan, left, and Eric Clapton, center, perform for a sold out crowd at New York's Madison Square Garden, in this June 30, 1999, file photo. In his fourty-year career, Dylan has released 43 albums and sold over 50 million recordings. (AP Photo/John Bellissimo/HO)

Woodstock 50 has been officially cancelled

The festival has been shut down three months after its main backer pulled funding

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2009 file photo shows a van decorated with "Woodstock or Bust" at the original Woodstock Festival site in Bethel, N.Y. On Thursday, May 9, 2019, a judge in New York has ordered London-based Dentsu Aegis Networks not to make any further comments on the future of the 50th Anniversary Festival at least until a hearing on Monday, May 13. after the festival's organizers sued the former investor. Festival organizers brought suit claiming that the former investor was verbally sabotaging the August 2019 event. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish race to top of the charts

Both stars have released remixes of their breakout hits

Billie Eilish performs at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 9, 2019. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Kanye West turns Coachella into a church service

His Easter service was the first morning performance in the festival’s 20-year history

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Grammys makes changes to counter gender imbalance

The inclusion initiative will take into account gender during hiring process

Kesha performs at the Grammys in 2018 with Cyndi Lauper, Camila Cabello, Andra Dayand others. ‘Heart of Life’ turned into show Grammy-winner John Mayer’s hit song Heart of Life will be turned into a short TV drama. ABC has ordered a one-hour drama pilot based on the song. The song was among the tracks on Mayer’s third studio album Continuum. The Heart of Life show follows two sets of adult siblings from different worlds who discover they are related.

Post Malone and Red Hot Chili Peppers to pair up

They will perform at the 2019 Grammy Awards, to be broadcast on February 10

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Gambino’s ‘This is America’: Behind the music

Producer Danielle Hinde takes a deep dive into the making of the iconic video

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