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Eminem Drops Relapse Sequel For New Recovery Album

Eminem is skipping his second Relapse to gives fans his Recovery. Here is the official word: The much-anticipated new album from Eminem, Recovery (Aftermath/Interscope), will be released June 22, 2010, it was announced today by Interscope Records. On Recovery, his seventh major label studio album, Eminem has reached out to an exciting list of first-time collaborators, including DJ Khalil, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin and Boi-1da, among others.

Eminem releases Recovery just over a year after his last album, 2009's Relapse. Relapse put the cap on an impressive ten years of recorded output, and contributed to Eminem being the biggest selling artist of 2000-2009. In recognition of this, Neilsen SoundScan named him their Artist of the Decade. Relapse entered the charts at #1 and, at nearly double platinum, was the best selling rap album of last year. It also earned Eminem his 11th Grammy award, winning in the Best Rap Album category. Relapse's first single, "Crack A Bottle" from Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, soared to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Eminem's second #1 after 2002's "Lose Yourself") and set a SoundScan record at the time of its release for opening week download sales (418,000). The album also spun off two other hits; the Top 10 "We Made You" and Top 20 "Beautiful."

"I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year," remarked Eminem. "But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and I wanted to make a completely new album. The music on Recovery came out very different from Relapse, and I think it deserves its own title." - more on this story

Colt Ford Goes Soph

Average Joes Entertainment's Colt Ford is planning an unprecedented month of celebration in support of his sophomore studio release, Chicken and Biscuits.

The album, which features special guests Randy Houser, Joe Nichols, James Otto, Kevin Fowler, Darryl Worley, Josh Gracin, DMC (of Run/DMC), Ira Dean, Ty Stone, and many more, will hit stores on Tuesday, April 20, but CMT and Rhapsody are streaming the album in its entirety a full week before its release here.

Ford will kick-off the celebration with his first album release party at Tucker Plantation in his home state of Georgia on Friday, April 16 with featured guests John Michael Montgomery (who was featured on Ford's debut 2008 release, Ride Through The Country) and Josh Gracin. - more on this story

Dave Koz To Perform with Toby Keith and CMAs

Dave Koz will perform at the Academy of Country Music Awards with Toby Keith, who is nominated for Entertainer of the Year. The awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 18th, at 8:00 ET/PT on the CBS Television Network.

The GRAMMY-nominated pop instrumentalist has also been tapped as the bandleader for ION Television's first original non-scripted series, "The Emeril Lagasse Show," which premieres this Sunday at 8:00 PM ET/PT. Koz composed and recorded the theme song for the one-hour variety show, which is filmed before a live audience in New York City. "Emeril's Theme" marks the second television theme song penned by Dave - his "Faces of the Heart" was used as ABC's "General Hospital" theme.

This summer Koz will release the first single from his 11th studio album and embark on an extensive tour. He is currently recording at Henson Recording Studios (previously A&M Studios) in Hollywood, CA with GRAMMY-winning co-producers Marcus Miller (Miles Davis, Luther Vandross) and John Burk (a producer on Ray Charles' final studio album, Genius Loves Company, which won eight GRAMMY awards, including "Album of the Year"). - more on this story

Darryl Moore Sets Debut

Soul crooner Darryl Moore is excited to announce the release of his debut album, Where I'm At. Following collaborative work with the likes of Gorilla Zoe, Cornell West, and Bobby Brown, Darryl's May 4th release will serve as one of two initial releases for Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime's brand new label, SomeOthaShip Connect.

Darryl Moore will release an album that harkens back to the heyday of R&B, back when the genre was affectionately and rightfully called Soul music. While Moore was lending his talents to a host of notable artists, Where I'm At was simmering slowly in the background. "It took five years to complete this album", Moore notes, and it was time wisely spent. Taking his inspiration from soul legends like Stevie Wonder, Moore's introspective songwriting, bolstered by a singing style perfected in Sacramento choirs, pushes the bar for a soul-starved audience overfed on materialistic, made-for- radio R&B. "He's an amazing poet", says label co-owner and collaborator Georgia Anne Muldrow.

"Dream Girl", the album's lead single is reminiscent of the great soul songs of the 1970s with smoky organs and horns caressing Moore's well-seasoned voice. The track "Pankakin" leaked to radio a short while ago and has since become a bonafide hit on Sacramento's top R&B station, 102.5 KSFM. "She's My Everything" is a sensual, heartfelt tune celebrating the innocence and purity of true love that characterizes many classic soul ballads. This is an album steeped in the ideals of love, devotion and faith that helped define the genre in its golden age. "Long Gone", an emotional journey explores love lost with the same intensity Moore delivers to those tunes about more enduring romances. With little more than the urgency in his voice you can tell this is a man who knows what he's talking about. "The lyrics are real. They are about people I've known, people I grew up with," explains Moore. "It's the soul, it's what I have within." - more on this story

Lonestar's Party Heard Around The World To Be Televised

Country superstar group Lonestar will make good on their promise to have a Party Heard Around The World celebrating the release of their new album by performing on no less that six national television shows following the CD's April 27th release date.

Starting with the nationally syndicated television show Daytime and the ever so popular Wendy Williams Show on April 28th, the ABCNews.com show What's The Buzz on April 30th, the Fox News Channel shows Huckabee on May 1st and Fox & Friends on May 3rd, Better TV on May 10th, and the new Emeril Lagasse Show on May 23rd. In addition to the performances, Lonestar will be featured in GAC's "On The Streets" segment beginning in late April and will be interviewed for the Fox Entertainment feed on May 3rd. The band will also make a very special appearance on PBS' National Memorial Day Concert, airing nationwide on May 31st.

Party Heard Around The World is Lonestar's 10th album. Known both for strong country roots as well as multi-genre crossover appeal that has led to a history of success on the country and the pop/rock charts, Lonestar has sold over 10 million album units since its 1995 debut. The Texas bred band has built an impressive list of hit singles on the country charts, including 10 #1s, while at the same time landing 9 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their 1999 album release, Lonely Grill, produced Lonestar's biggest crossover smash to date, the ballad "Amazed," which spent eight weeks at the #1 spot on the country charts as well as reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The dual win made Lonestar the first country act since Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's "Islands In the Stream" in 1983 to accomplish this career milestone. Lonestar consists of original members Dean Sams, Keech Rainwater, and Michael Britt, as well as lead vocalist Cody Collins who joined the group in 2007. -

Paul Weller To Wake Up the Nation in June

Paul Weller will release 'Wake Up the Nation' in the United States on 6/1 via Yep Roc Records.

Hailed by Q Magazine as 'his solo masterpiece,' in their 5-star review, Wake Up the Nation has been ubiquitously praised by the British press. Q goes on to proclaim, "With the exception of Bob Dylan there isn't a single artist living or dead who has managed an album this audacious 30 years plus into a career. Wake Up the Nation is that good!"

Paul is on the cover of this month's MOJO and it seems the glowing media awareness has now migrated to the side of the Atlantic in the way of a feature in the current issue of SPIN alongside Ted Leo who asked Paul to take part in the magazine's April 'Influencers' series with him, showcasing Weller's influence on a younger generation of musicians here in America. - more on this story

Lucky Holloway Goes Up The Highway

Canadian country singer/songwriter Lucky Holloway recently self-released his new CD, "Up The Highway" on his own record label, Boot Cut Records.

After moving on from a criminal past and gaining a gritty new perspective, Lucky describes the album as "the fruition of 20 years hard work". Holloway has toured everywhere from Austin, Texas to Vancouver, BC, and is now settled in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta.

"Up The Highway" find's Lucky's sound paying tribute to some of his own country music heroes, Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell. His live band, Lucky Holloway's Hillbilly Revue, are currently planning new live dates to support the release. Lucky sat down with Big Sky Sessions for a stripped down performance of "This Carnival Of A Life". It can be viewed - here

Smoke Fairies Hitting The Road with Laura Marling

Female London-based duo Smoke Fairies are celebrating their first U.S. release Ghosts with an extensive tour opening for Laura Marling.

The tour commences May 4 in Chicago and ends May 28 in Portland. Ghosts is a limited edition 12" vinyl album with access to a free download of the whole collection compiling their first two singles and an EP being issued in the United States by 453 Music.

Their unique interweaving of ethereal vocal harmonizing and swampland guitars draws inspiration from sources as seemingly contradictory as the rolling hills of the pair's native Sussex and the foothills of the Appalachian mountains; the smoky jazz cafes of New Orleans to the sunny meadows of the English countryside. try to pigeonhole the Smoke Fairies? You might as well try to capture a storm in a whisky bottle. - more on this story

Rich Hil Releases New Video with Boo Bonic

Rich Hil has teamed up with Boo Bonic (formerly of Philly's Most Wanted) for a video for their collaboration, "Where Did They Come From." The clip was shot guerilla style in Las Vegas and was inspired by The Hangover, Puffy & Mase's video for "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.

Rich has also just released a brand new track with Kid Cudi. The song is called "Won't You Tell Me" and will be on Rich's next mixtape, Limos Nostra Act 1. If you haven't checked it out yet, click here take a look at Rich's video for "O's."

Rich begins a residency at Brooklyn's Public Assembly on May 28th. Stay tuned for more dates to be announced along with some very special guests! - Watch the video here