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KIDinaKORNER / Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS' debut album, Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA. Night Visions, released on September 4, 2012 entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #2 with the best first week sales for a full-length debut by a new rock band in over six years. Imagine Dragons crosses a monumental threshold; according to Nielsen SoundScan, since 2008 there have been 25 rock bands to sell over one million copies, only three of which were for debut albums. The success of Night Visions was propelled by back-to-back hit singles, "It's Time" (41 weeks on the Modern Rock chart, 44 weeks on the Triple A chart, Top 10 at Top 40 and Hot AC charts, selling more than 2.5 million copies) and the follow-up "Radioactive" (41 weeks on the Modern Rock Chart, currently Top 15 at Top 40 and Hot AC, Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, selling over 3. // Continue to the full article

MadonnaTribe's longtime friend and contributor Cr@zy4Mad*nna gives you a fresh photo update from New York City where Madonna : The MDNA Tour premieres tonight. Check out some exclusive images he took...

In support of their latest CD release, On the Funky Side (currently charting on the CMJ and The Roots Music Report Charts), Jambalaya Brass Band will be returning to march and perform at one of the most colorful events of the season in NYC, the 31st annual Mermaid Parade at Coney Island on Saturday, June 22, 2013 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm. The parade will kick off at 1:00 pm at West 21st St. & Surf Ave. and end at Boardwalk & Steeplechase Plaza. Jambalaya Brass Band's previous CD, It's a Jungle Out There, resulted in heavy broadcast radio rotation on eighty-five stations nationwide, as well as countless national and worldwide Internet radio stations, and charted in the top five of the CMJ Charts, The Roots Music Report and the Cashbox Charts. This tight and tasty ensemble is the ultimate New Orleans party band which On The Funky Side reaffirms yet again with style and gusto, and Jambalaya Brass Band live is a flat-out celebration from start to finish. // Continue to the full article

Summer is the season for cranking up rockin', crowd-rousing country songs and CMT has the perfect soundtrack for doing so when Kid Rock hosts CMT's 20 GREATEST REDNECK VIDEOS, premiering Saturday, June 29 at 10:00 p.m., ET/PT, immediately following an all-new episode of REDNECK ISLAND. CMT's 20 GREATEST REDNECK VIDEOS will feature the most loud-and-proud music videos from country superstars including Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Kid Rock, Toby Keith, Trace Adkins and more. Kid Rock navigates the one-hour show on board his fourth annual and appropriately-titled "Chillin' The Most" redneck cruise. The special will include commentary from Brantley Gilbert, Gretchen Wilson, CMT's Katie Cook, Randy Houser, Steve Austin, Tom Arnold, Trace Adkins, top music critics and journalists, and others. // Continue to the full article

Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum selling, recording artist Drake today announced his 41-city North American WOULD YOU LIKE A TOUR?arena tour in support of his highly anticipated upcoming album release NOTHING WAS THE SAME, due out later this year.  The tour starts Wed, Sep. 25th at Portland's Rose Garden Arena and will feature Grammy Award-winning rising R&B star Miguel, who will support on all dates and feature special guests including rapper Future. Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour go on sale beginning Fri, June 21st at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.com. The tour announcement comes as buzz for Drake's new album NOTHING WAS THE SAME continues to escalate since the release of the album's first track "Started From The Bottom."  The hit single burned up the charts landing in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. // Continue to the full article

Famous Underground is led by vocalist Nicholas Walsh, formerly frontman of the band Slik Toxik. Folks that remember life before grunge may recall the Canadian hard rock outfit kicking up a proverbial storm in the early '90s. The band achieved Gold status in Canada with their full length debut Doin' The Nasty and took home the 1993 Juno Award (Canada's version of the Grammy) for Best Album of The Year. Sadly, in spite of their success Slik Toxik called it quits in 1995 as grunge tightened its hold on the music scene. Nick isn't one to simply fade into the background, however. Biding his time, honing his craft, he continued to work as a musician and spent close to 10 years fronting Revolver - a dark and dangerous new take on what Slik Toxik started - with long-time bassist/musical partner Laurie-Anne Green at his side. // Continue to the full article

Tim Gordon is a veteran musician, educator and arranger. He has seen the business from every platform. It was his well-thought decision to come out from being a sideman playing for all the notables in the music industry to taking a stand as the leader of his own band. Along his journey, Tim has made close friendships with those industry players that gave him his inner compass in believing that if he took the right steps, he'd have a great chance at meeting this goal. "With great anticipation, under the direction of worldwide acclaimed team of Cilff and Jason Gorov of Gorov Music Marketing, my first solo release "Up and Up" goes to Radio June 10th. I am excited and humbled at the chance to have my original music played on national radio." "It was an honor to co-produce with Tim Smith and to create great music with notable players such as Keith Carlock, Jim Brock, Tim Smith, Roddy Smith, Steve Willets, Robby Robinson, Felton Offard, Roy Agee and John Thornton will be a musical memory I'll never forget," say Tim Gordon. // Continue to the full article

Nickelodeon and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the first-ever The Legend of Korra soundtrack - The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One - available digitally and in stores everywhere on Tuesday, July 16. Showcasing 26 original instrumental tracks from Nickelodeon's hit Emmy-nominated animated series, the highly-anticipated album features music composed by Emmy-winning composer, Jeremy Zuckerman. Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn form The Track Team, the company behind the music and sound design for The Legend of Korra and the critically acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender. The album is currently available for pre-order from online retailers. The full track listing for The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One is as follows: 1. // Continue to the full article

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Overrated: Cyprus 2006It tugs uncomfortably at the heartstrings in an uninspiring ballad. Latvia 2010 covers the same topic but it has charm and uniqueness.Underrated: Italy 2011This is a sweet, charming piece of jazzy pop. It hits a sweet spot of inoffensive pleasantness yet uniqueness and I can see why it did so well in the contest.Trivia: I've mentioned it before, but Israel 2012 is the only performer I've seen live in a different year from their Eurovision participation.Other Songs: Hungary 2007, Lithuania 2008, Switzerland 2009, Latvia 2010, Albania 2013