FLORENCE + THE MACHINE DEBUT “SKY FULL OF SONG” TODAY Florence + the Machine unveil a brand new track, “Sky Full Of Song” today. Listen and watch the A.G. Rojas-directed video here. In partnership with Record Store Day, a limited edition, double A-side 7” vinyl will follow on April 21.

SUFJAN STEVENS TO PERFORM “MYSTERY OF LOVE” AT THE 90TH ACADEMY AWARDS Sufjan Stevens will perform “Mystery of Love” at this year’s Academy Awards. One of Stevens’ three contributions to the soundtrack of Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classics), “Mystery of Love” is nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song.

JOHN PRINE’S THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS OUT TODAY John Prine’s highly anticipated new album, The Tree of Forgiveness, is out today. Released on his own independent label, Oh Boy Records, the album is Prine’s first album featuring new material in over 13 years and was produced by Grammy Award winning producer Dave Cobb (purchase/stream here).

CHRIS STAPLETON NOMINATED FOR EIGHT ACM AWARDS Chris Stapleton leads nominees at the 53rd Academy of Country Music Awards with eight nominations in five categories: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year, Album of the Year (From A Room: Volume 1 as both artist and producer), Single Record of the Year (“Broken Halos” as both artist and producer) and Song of The Year (“Whiskey and You” as both artist and songwriter).

GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI SET TO OPEN IN NEW YORK APRIL 13, LOS ANGELES APRIL 20 Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami, director and editor Sophie Fiennes’ critically acclaimed documentary exploring the public and private worlds of the legendary artist, is set for theatrical release nationwide this spring, following its highly regarded debut at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Kino Lorber is distributing the film in the United States and Canada.

LEGENDARY SPINAL TAP BASSIST DEREK SMALLS’ SMALLS CHANGE (MEDITATIONS UPON AGEING) OUT NOW ON BMG Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing), the debut solo album from Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as Spinal Tap, is out now via BMG on digital, CD and vinyl. The record is available to purchase/stream at http://hyperurl.co/DSmallsChange, and Team Coco recently premiered the video for the single “It Don’t Get Old” at http://teamcoco.com/video/fresh-noise-derek-smalls-it-don-t-get-old.

MAJOR LAZER DEBUTS SPANISH LANGUAGE “SUA CARA” REMIX, “EN LA CARA” FEATURING KAROL G  Major Lazer debuts a Spanish language remix of their smash hit “Sua Cara” today—listen to “En La Cara” featuring Colombian reggaeton star Karol G here. The original version, featuring Brazilian vocalists Anitta and Pabllo Vittar, has been streamed more than 480 million times since its release earlier this year on Major Lazer’s surprise EP Know No Better.

BRENT COBB’S “MORNIN’S GONNA COME” VIDEO DEBUTS AT RELIX The official music video for Brent Cobb’s new single, “Mornin’s Gonna Come,” is premiering today at Relix, who call it, “awesome,” and further that the album, “maintains the warm, engaging spirit of its predecessor.” Watch HERE. The song is from the Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and performer’s highly anticipated new album, Providence Canyon, due May 11 on Low Country Sound/Elektra Records (pre-order).

JOAN BAEZ DEBUTS MUSIC VIDEO FOR “CIVIL WAR” AT SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE The official music video for Joan Baez’s “Civil War” is premiering today at the Smithsonian Magazine. Watch/share HERE.

R.E.M. UNVEIL AUTOMATIC UNEARTHED DOCUMENTARY DETAILING THE MAKING OF AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE As Athens, GA rock icons R.E.M.’s landmark Automatic For The People celebrates its 25th anniversary, the band has reissued the newly-remastered album on a variety of formats via Craft Recordings. These include a deluxe four-disc edition featuring previously unreleased demos, the only live-show from the era from the 40 Watt Club in Athens and the record mixed in the revolutionary new Dolby Atmos format by original producer Scott Litt and engineer Clif Norrell.

LIMITED EDITION VINYL OF BJÖRK'S "BLISSING ME" OUT TODAY Designed by long term collaborators M/M, Björk releases a limited edition vinyl of the ‘Blissing Me’ remixes today. The vinyl is aqua and packaged in a beautiful sleeve that also uses stills from the lush Tim Walker and Emma Dalzell video for the original song.

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED FOR “THE HOWARD STERN SHOW” Brandi Carlile will be the featured guest on tomorrow morning’s “The Howard Stern Show” (listen live at 9:00am ET via Sirius/XM’s Howard 100).

SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF JANE BIRKIN’S TRIBUTE TO LATE HUSBAND SERGE GAINSBOURG, BIRKIN/GAINSBOURG: LE SYMPHONIQUE, OUT NOVEMBER 10 A special limited edition version of actress, singer, songwriter and fashion icon Jane Birkin’s orchestral album tribute to late husband Serge Gainsbourg, Birkin/Gainsbourg: Le symphonique, is set for release November 10. In addition to the critically acclaimed studio album, the deluxe package contains a second disc with a live Japanese concert recording, as well as a DVD of a brand new film created and narrated by Birkin herself, Mes images privées de Serge [My Private Images of Serge], composed of never-before-seen film footage of the couple and their time together. This very limited deluxe edition may be purchased HERE.

KAMASI WASHINGTON’S HEAVEN AND EARTH OUT JUNE 22 Groundbreaking artist Kamasi Washington’s highly anticipated sophomore album Heaven and Earth is set for release June 22 via Young Turks. Two songs from the double album debut today, listen to Earth’s “Fists of Fury” here and Heaven’s “The Space Travelers Lullaby” here.

ALICE GLASS TO EMBARK ON NORTH AMERICAN SNOWBLOOD TOUR WITH ZOLA JESUS THIS SPRING Alice Glass is set to embark on the Snowblood tour, her first-ever solo North American headline tour, this spring. Kicking off at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom April 26, further stops include San Francisco, Chicago, New York and more. Very special guest Zola Jesus will join Glass on a number of stops and Pictureplane will support across the tour as a whole.

MHD’S “AFRO TRAP PT. 9 (FAUT LES WET)” VIDEO PREMIERES ON THE FADER MHD’s video for his global hit, “Afro Trap Pt. 9 (Faut les wet),” premieres today on The FADER— watch and share here. Of the video, The FADER says, “In his nine-part Afro Trap series, the 22-year-old Parisian integrates tightly-wound southern hip-hop with the eclectic rhythms of afro-pop, with DIY-feeling videos that jubilantly celebrate diasporic life in the French capital.” The track has over two million streams to date.

STURGILL SIMPSON TO JOIN GUNS N’ ROSES ON SELECT STADIUM TOUR DATES THIS AUGUST Sturgill Simpson will join Guns N’ Roses on select stadium tour dates this August including Denver’s Mile High Stadium on August 2, Little Rock’s AR War Memorial Stadium on August 5 and Miami’s Marlins Stadium on August 8.

“WE SEE YOU - BERLIN" In November 2016—just over a year ago to the day—The xx’s Romy Madly Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith announced their return with a brand new single ‘On Hold’ and news of a third full length album, I See You. Recorded between New York, Marfa TX, Reykjavik, Los Angeles and London, and released in January 2017, I See You would go on to become a huge critical and commercial success, building on the achievements of The xx’s two previous albums, xx and Coexist. The xx’s three albums now have now sold over 4 million copies between them.

PHILIP GLASS TO HOLD RICHARD AND BARBARA DEBS COMPOSER’S CHAIR AT CARNEGIE HALL FOR 2017–2018 SEASON In celebration of his 80th birthday year, esteemed American composer Philip Glass has been appointed to hold the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall for the 2017–2018 season. The yearlong residency will present performances that feature both Glass classics and premieres: American Composers Orchestra dedicates a program to composers inspired by Glass; the Philip Glass Ensemble and the San Francisco Girls Chorus perform his groundbreaking but rarely performed masterpiece, Music with Changing Parts, as part of the citywide festival The ‘60s: The Years that Changed America; notable premieres include a string quartet for the JACK Quartet and arrangements by composer Nico Muhly of lesser-known Glass songs—both Carnegie Hall commissions; additionally, the Louisiana Philharmonic and Pacific Symphony both make their Carnegie Hall debuts in programs selected, in part, by Glass in response to invitations extended to U.S. orchestras to submit programs that place important works by the composer in illuminating contexts. Full details on the residency may be found at http://www.carnegiehall.org/glass/.

MICHAEL MCDONALD PERFORMS ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON,” FEATURES ON CBS “SUNDAY MORNING” Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Michael McDonald performed his single “Find It In Your Heart” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Friday night; watch/share the performance at http://bit.ly/2BHNGQ0. The track appears on Wide Open, McDonald’s first new album in nearly a decade (out now via BMG).

SUPERORGANISM UNVEIL “NIGHT TIME” VIDEO TODAY Superorganism premiere their video for “Night Time,” taken from their self-titled debut album, today; watch it here. Superorganism—produced, recorded, engineered and designed entirely by the band—is out now to widespread critical praise.

TALKHOUSE PARTNERS WITH WETALK TO PRESENT MEGAN GRIFFITHS & LYNN SHELTON AND ROBYN MORENO & CHRISTINA COSTANTINI IN CONVERSATION FROM SXSW, PLUS TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL PANEL DISCUSSIONS This week, Talkhouse launches its collaboration with WeTalk, a new talk show for and about the women shaping our culture. Watch a discussion between critically acclaimed Seattle directors Lynn Shelton and Megan Griffiths HERE, and “Latinas En Media: Robyn Moreno & Christina Costantini” HERE. All WeTalk interviews are hosted by award-winning filmmaker Ondi Timoner (Dig!, We Live in Public).