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After a two-year hiatus, the acclaimed podcast And That's That On That hosted by Gavyn Bailey and Haley Chapman, is set to return for its highly anticipated third season.

Chapman, hailing from a music business background, gained experience as a publicist for prominent live music award shows such as the American Music Awards and Billboard Music Awards. Now, she works at Wondery, a top podcast company worldwide. Bailey kickstarted his career at the age of ten and has grown into an award-winning singer and songwriter with millions of streams credited to his name. With their extensive experience in the entertainment industry, both hosts bring a wealth of knowledge to each episode, featuring insightful interviews with accomplished artists and creators across various sectors of the industry.

Past seasons of And That's That On That have generated a devoted following and featured an impressive array of guests. Notable appearances have included Katie Gavin of Muna,...

Composer Tom Holkenborg, who also works under the moniker “Junkie Xl,” will participate in a keynote Q&A at the inaugural Synthplex music conference set for March 28 to 31 at the L.A. Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center in Burbank, Calif. He joins previously announced speakers Thomas Dolby, who’ll receive the Golden Ear lifetime achievement award, Michael Abels (“Get Out”), Mark Isham (“Crash”), songwriter Shelly Peiken, composer Germaine Franco (“Coco”) and synth-master Harold Faltermeyer (of “Axel F” fame), among others.

The newly launched event, cofounded by Michael Learmouth and Michael Lehmann Boddicker, “celebrates all things synthesizer” and will feature a trade show, seminars, Q&A sessions, workshops and nightly performances. In addition, organizers announced a Hands-On Pop-Up Synth Museum showcasing rare instruments.

The Grammy-nominated Holkenborg counts directors James Cameron and Peter Jackson as collaborators, recently scoring “Alita: Battle Angel” and “Mortal Engines,” as well as George Miller (“Mad Max: Fury Road...

Carrie Fisher won a posthumous Grammy at the 60th annual Grammy Awards for her book The Princess Diarist. Fisher won the award in the category of Best Spoken Word Album and it marks her first ever Grammy. Fisher was promoting the book when she tragically passed away in late 2016 prior to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The Princess Diarist, as read by Carrie Fisher, beat out Astrophysics For People In A Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen, Confessions Of A Serial Songwriter By Shelly Peiken, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In by Bernie Sanders, with some help from Mark Ruffalo, to win the Grammy. The book came as a result of diary entries Fisher discovered years later that she made while filming Star Wars in 1977. Her daughter, Billie Lourd, took to Instagram to congratulate her mom and share her thoughts on the book winning the Grammy.

The late, great Carrie Fisher has been honored with a Grammy.

As part of last night’s historic ceremony, Fisher was awarded posthumously for The Princess Diarist, a frank memoir chronicling her early years on the original Star Wars franchise. It took home the prize for Best Spoken Word Album, beating out efforts from the likes of renown astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Shelly Peiken, Bruce Springsteen, Bernie Sanders and Infinity War‘s Mark Ruffalo, whose Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In has already captured the Internet’s imagination.

It marks Carrie Fisher’s first Grammy award, too, after the late actress was nominated for her novel Wishful Drinking back in 2009. It’s fitting, then, that Fisher has been honored by the entertainment industry, particularly after her tragic death in December of 2016.

Her big win prompted Billie Lourd, Fisher’s daughter and frequent actress, to share a frankly adorable photo from her childhood,...

'American Idol' alum worked with both pop and rock writers/producers for December 1 disc.

By Gil Kaufman

Allison Iraheta

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Let the rock-off begin! Just days after the track listing and 30-second samples of Adam Lambert's For Your Entertainment were revealed, the tracks and talent roster for fellow "American Idol" alum Allison Iraheta's Just Like You have been unveiled. The list of familiar contributors to the album suggests that while Iraheta is digging into her rock roots, she's also seriously indulging her pop side as well.

Like Lambert, Iraheta tapped "Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi for some songwriting help for the LP, due out December 1. Kara penned "No One Else" with Pink (listed by her birth name, Alecia Moore) and Grammy-nominated producer/writer Greg Wells (Katy Perry, OneRepublic, Kelly Clarkson), who also contributed to Lambert's album.

Iraheta has several songs written and...

The Veronicas have launched a new web show called "Untouched" on their Yahoo!

video channel "Beyond The Veronicas" presented by Yaz. Beginning Monday, October 13, the

weekly series will chronicle Lisa Origliasso and Jessica Origliasso's journey to stardom in the U.S. as they tour the country in support of their current Sire Records' album, "Hook Me Up".

The first episode of the web series will delve into the band's childhood

when the two sisters grew up in Brisbane, Australia. It will also give viewers an inside look on how

they became superstars. The following episodes will chronicle the

girls' behind-the-scenes as they arrive in America to prepare and rehearse

for their recent tour with Jonas Brothers. Viewers will have a front-row

seat for Lisa and Jess with the Jonas boys, their first performance on the

tour, and get a glimpse at what their life on the road is like.