TRACK PREMIERE & WEB-EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Band: 7HORSE Musician: PHIL LEAVITT Exclusive Track Premiere: “Swagger” M Music magazine Exclusive Track Premiere and interview with dada/7Horse drummer/singer, Phil Leavitt Rock band dada confirms first new recordings in over a decade and sets 25th anniversary dadaforever U.S. Tour, with 7Horse performing at each show 7Horse is a rock/blues duo featuring guitarist/singer Joie Calio and singer/drummer... 

Road Scholar With his latest, Melody Road, pop legend Neil Diamond proves every song is a learning experience Neil Diamond has been writing songs for 50 years, so you might think it comes easy. Not so. Although melodies spring forth almost magically—“If I have a natural gift, that’s it,” he says—lyrics remain his bane. “It’s grunt work, requiring huge amounts of patience, diligence and focus. It’s ditch-digging, and unfortunately... 

SESAC AT HANGOUT FEST WITH THE JOHN LENNON EDUCATION BUS SESAC affiliates Diarrhea Planet and John & Jacob stop by and perform on the John Lennon Education Bus during Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Students from Gulf Shores High School were invited on the bus to meet and interview both groups during the three-day music festival. The John Lennon Educational Tour bus, sponsored by SESAC, is a non-profit mobile studio dedicated to providing... 

NEIL DIAMOND Dreams [Columbia] Neil Diamond has made a remarkable resurgence as a songwriter during the past decade, but this album of covers finds him paying tribute to material that helped shape that songwriting brilliance in the first place. Diamond instills these classic tunes from the ’60s and ’70s with an after-hours ambiance that spotlights their melodic strength and lyrical power. High points include an Americana-tinged take on the Beatles’...