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Today, Hootie & The Blowfish released an Amazon Original cover of R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” available to stream and purchase only on Amazon Music.   Listen To “Losing My Religion” only on Amazon Music: amzn.to/Hootie   "When we were cutting our teeth as a band, almost every night fans would hear us on stage covering R.E.M.," shares Hootie & the Blowfish frontman Darius Rucker from his home in South Carolina. "'Losing My Religion' is a song that when you first listen to it, you can feel the struggle, the back-and-forth. Plus, Peter Buck wrote the song on mandolin, and being...

Crossfaith are thrilled to announce their brand new EP SPECIES, out on May 22nd through UNFD. The five-track offering features recent single, "Endorphin," as well as today's new track "Digital Parasite."   The opening track "Digital Parasite" sees the band getting "dirty and heavy. I felt an explosion from the song and I knew the lyrics should be aggressive and offensive," starts vocalist Kenta Koie as the band look at "people selling their soul to get fame. We need to be honest to the music, to ourselves and to our audience but some people are happy to start cheating and I don't care for it."                                                                         "Playing heavy music is...

The 12th annual LAUNCH Music Conference has been rescheduled for July 23-July 26 due to the recent global pandemic. Statement from LAUNCH Music Conference and Festival organizers: These new dates are both in an abundance of caution, and with an abundance of hope :) This is a crazy time we are all living through. Uncertainty seems to be at the center of our lives. We are proceeding with this timeframe,with a true spirit of positivity, and in the sincerest hope that life will be liveable the way we had all come to know and love, by July. Because no one...