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Classic rock band Poco’s “Heart of the Night” pulled off a tricky genre fusion. It feels like it had an influence on Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die with a Smile.” One of the songs is so much better than the other.

Poco’s ‘Heart of the Night’ combines rock and disco like Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars would

During the 1970s, two genres dominated the charts: soft rock and disco. It was inevitable that some artists would try to bridge that gap. In some cases, soft rock artists like The Eagles, Barbra Streisand, Paul McCartney & Wings, and Elton John started making disco music. Other acts tried to make songs that combined elements of soft rock and disco.

Poco’s “Heart of the Night” did a good job of combining a soft rock core with some of the slick production of disco. It might be the best of Poco’s hits.

Classic rock groups were often more interconnected than they seemed on the surface. For example, The Eagles indirectly caused Poco’s “Crazy Love” to become a hit single. Here is a look at why Poco was able to take over the pop charts late into their career.

A member of Poco joined The Eagles before ‘Crazy Love’

Firstly, some background. Poco’s first ten albums were not exactly winners on the pop charts. Things changed with their eleventh album, Legend. The record included “Crazy Love” and “Heart of the Night.” If you are familiar with Poco, it’s almost certain you know those two songs.

During a 2014 interview with Goldmine, Poco’s Rusty Young was asked if Poco decided to reinvent themselves as a radio-friendly band. “No, I’ve just always written songs,” he replied. “What happened, in 1978 — actually the end of ’77 — Timothy [B. Schmit] left the band to join The Eagles,...

Michael Buble is a five-time Grammy champion for albums like “To Be Loved,” “Crazy Love” and “Call Me Irresponsible.” Before joining “The Voice” in Season 26, the popular crooner served as a part-time advisor to Team Blake Shelton way back in Season 3, and he also performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in that year’s live Semifinals. Now that the Season 26 blind auditions have wrapped up, can Michael prevail for the first time on NBC’s reality TV show?

Tour our gallery below for a closer look at Team Michael Buble on “The Voice” Season 26, including photos, bios and artist rankings. Also see our features for Team Gwen Stefani, Team Reba McEntire and Team Snoop Dogg.

Michael Buble is a five-time Grammy champion for albums like “To Be Loved,” “Crazy Love” and “Call Me Irresponsible.” Before joining “The Voice” in Season 26, the popular crooner served as a part-time advisor to Team Blake Shelton way back in Season 3, and he also performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” in that year’s live Semifinals. Now that the Season 26 blind auditions have begun, can Michael prevail for the first time on NBC’s reality TV show?

Tour our gallery above (or click here for direct access) for a closer look at Team Michael Buble on “The Voice” Season 26, including photos, bios and artist rankings. Also see our features for Team Gwen Stefani, Team Reba McEntire and Team Snoop Dogg.

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Age: 31

Hometown: Mindanao, Philippines

Resident: Utica, NY

Sofronio grew up in the Philippines with virtually nothing, including no bed or indoor plumbing. Despite his situation, he describes his upbringing as happy,...

Bryan Ferry has announced Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023, a wide-spanning box set that celebrates 50 years of the artist’s career. To accompany the announcement, the Roxy Music member also unveiled a cover of Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs to Me,” which previews a series of upcoming digital EPs. Listen to the new cut below.

Due out on October 25th and boasting 81 tracks, Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 collects Ferry’s output with Island Records, Polydor, Virgin, E.G. Records, and BMG. The set covers 16 of his solo albums and features two new recordings, including “Star,” Ferry’s first new original material since 2014.

The collection will be available digitally and in a variety of physical formats, including a 5xCD edition that comes complete with a 100-page hardback book of liner notes and photography. The first disc serves as a greatest hits compilation, with the second disc exploring the development of his compositional skills...

At A Down-home Eatery near his waterfront home on Florida’s west coast in 2017, Dickey Betts, stout and white-haired but still evoking his youthful intensity, was asked about his imposing reputation. “People are a little bit standoffish because they think if they say something wrong, I’ll be aggressive or something with them,” he told Rolling Stone, adding with his drawl, “But I’m not like that at all. Unless you start saying shit that’s really demeaning, and then I won’t hesitate to …” Betts didn’t finish the sentence,...

Dickey Betts, the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Allman Brothers Band whose piercing solos, beloved songs and hell-raising spirit defined the band and Southern rock in general, died Thursday morning at the age of 80. The cause was cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Betts’ manager David Spero confirmed to Rolling Stone.

“It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that the Betts family announce the peaceful passing of Forrest Richard ‘Dickey’ Betts (December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024) at the age of 80 years old,” Betts’ family announced in a statement to Rolling Stone.

“Monterossi: Season 2” finds Monterossi (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) still stuck with his producing role on the sleazy talk show he created, “Crazy Love”, that he’s been regretting since it started sliding into lowbrow exploitation. Flora (Carla Signoris), the domineering host, continues to push for the most lurid guests and topics, much to his chagrin. It’s akin to the havoc Dr. Frankenstein unleashed despite his laudable reanimation intentions. Monterossi had hoped for an “Oprah”, only to see his project devolve into a “Jerry Springer”.

The first season was six 45-minute episodes split evenly over two separate mysteries. This one covers one set of crimes in five.

My review of Season One of this charming light crime series from Italian TV, “Monterossi” will bring you up to speed or refresh your memory. This next round again delivers the goods on scripts, performances and settings.

“Monterossi” – TV series review

Three bodies of...

Doctor Slump is bringing smiles and tears to millions of Korean drama fans with its two brilliant leads Park Shin-hye and Park Hyung-sik. The Netflix series revolves around a plastic surgeon who gets entangled in a highly publicized criminal case because of a botched surgery and a doctor suffering from depression. When both of the leads meet each other again at the lowest moment in their lives, their high school rivalry starts to fade away as they start developing feelings for each other. So, if you are loving Doctor Slump here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Enemies to lovers is one of the most beloved tropes in Korean dramas, and this trope is used to perfection in the brilliant romantic-comedy series Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha. Based on a 2004 film titled Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong by Kang Seok-beom and Shin Jung-goo, the series revolves around...

It’s that time of year again, when Barack Obama annually shares his favorite movies, books and music.

“As I usually do during this time of year, I wanted to share my favorite books, movies, and music of 2023,” the former president wrote on social media, asking his followers to comment with their favorites, as well.

In his typical fashion, Obama shared separate posts for each medium, starting with listing his picks for the year’s best books, including The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (James McBride), The Maniac (Benjamin Labatut), Poverty, by America (Matthew Desmond), How to Say Babylon (Safiya Sinclair), The Wager (David Grann), Chip War (Chris Miller) and The Vaster Wilds (Lauren Groff).

His other top picks were Humanly Possible (Sarah Bakewell), King: A Life (Jonathan Eig), The Covenant of Water (Abraham Verghese), The Best Minds (Jonathan Rosen), All the Sinners Bleed (S.A. Cosby), The Kingdom, the Power,...

One day after former President Barack Obama revealed his yearly Favorite Movies list, he released a counterpart “Favorite Music of 2023” roster.

One notable inclusion here is “Road To Freedom” by Lenny Kravitz from the film Rustin, which Obama had on yesterday’s Favorite Movies list. Rustin was produced by Higher Ground, the production company founded by the former president and wife Michelle Obama.

Here’s the the full Favorite Music roster:

“Tqg” by Karol G & Shakira

“I Remember Everything” by Zach Bryan Feat. Kacey Musgraves

“Sprinter” by Dave & Central Cee

“Since I Have A Lover” by 6Lack

“Cobra” by Megan Thee Stallion

“Joiner” by Blondshell

“Midnight Gospel” by Alé Araya Feat. Joseph Chilliams

“America Has A Problem” by Beyoncé Feat. Kendrick Lamar

“Water” by Tyla

“The Returner” by Allison Russell

“Unavailable” by Davido Feat. Musa Keys

“My Love Is All Mine” by Mitski

“Sittin’ On Top Of The World” by Burna Boy Feat.

Barack Obama has revealed what’s on his playlist!

On Friday (December 29), the 62-year-old former President of the United States shared his top 28 favorite songs of 2023 from artists including Beyonce, Lenny Kravitz, Tems, and more.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Here are some of my favorite songs from this year. Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out,” Obama wrote on Instagram.

Songs featured on Obama‘s list included “America Has A Problem” by Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar, “Cobra” by Megan Thee Stallion, “Crazy Love” by Rita Wilson and Keith Urban, “My Love Mine All Mine” by Mitski, “On My Mama” by Victoria Monet, “I Remember Everything” by Luke Bryan and Kacey Musgraves, and “Water” by Tyla.

You can check out Obama‘s favorite movies of 2023 here!

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As he’s always wont to do, Barack Obama has been trickling out his favorite bits of culture from 2023 over the past few weeks, and he’s finally shared his list of favorite songs.

The playlist is vintage Obama-core — a wide-ranging, always tasteful, potentially focus-grouped assortment of music from across the globe. A mix of hits, critical darlings, and plenty of songs that make you wonder, “Ok, which intern, or daughter, put him onto that?” (Not that there’s anything wrong with any of that — there’s plenty of...

Who knew? When Yellowstone was axed by Paramount Network, a branch of the Dutton family tree got chopped off in the process.

Yellowstone‘s Dutton Family Tree: Who’s Who On the Hit Series and Its Spinoffs — and How They’re All RelatedView List

Christian rocker Cory Asbury tells Taste of Country that he had been cast for Season 6 as a long-lost brother of Kayce Dutton’s (and, presumably, Beth and Jamie’s as well). “I was fired up about it and so bummed when it was cancelled,” he says. “So bummed.”

More from TVLineLaw & Order Recruits Veep's Reid Scott...

Those savory Reagan family dinners are — eventually — coming to an end.

CBS’ Blue Bloods will wrap its run with its upcoming 14th season, Deadline reports.

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On the bright side? The family/cop drama’s final, 18-episode shift will be spread out across two batches of episodes — 10 airing in Spring 2024 (starting Friday,...

Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson were happily married for 15 years. According to Neeson, part of the reason he was able to meet Richardson at the altar was because he turned down a film role. Neeson could have made his debut as James Bond in GoldenEye, but Richardson did not want this. He shared why he thought she didn’t want him to take the role.

Natasha Richardson did not want Liam Neeson to play James Bond

In the 1990s, Neeson fell under consideration to become the next James Bond. While he didn’t get an outright offer to star in the film, he was under consideration for the iconic role.

“I was not offered James Bond,” he told Rolling Stone. “I know the Broccolis. They looked at a bunch of actors. Schindler’s List had come out and Barbara [Broccoli] had called me a couple of times to ask if I was interested,...

Finally, the worst-kept secret in the Walking Dead-verse is no longer a, um, secret. But even though we knew that Melissa McBride would be turning up at some point in Season 1 of Daryl Dixon — thanks for the heads-up, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, well ahead of the official announcement! — you’ve gotta admit that her appearance in the last moments of the finale was still a thrill. (Read the full recap.) Here to discuss with TVLine, McBride’s future as Carol, as well a Laurent’s “specialness” (or lack thereof) and the experiments that connect the spinoff to World Beyond is showrunner David Zabel.

Two months after stunning fans in Japan by working Grateful Dead songs into his otherwise rigid setlist, Bob Dylan has moved onto the catalog of Van Morison. At Alicante, Spain’s Plaza de Toros Alicante on Thursday evening, he broke out a cover of Morrison’s 1970 classic “Into the Mystic” for the first time in his career. Check out this remarkably clean audience recording.

Van Morrison has been playing Dylan songs going all the way back to his days as the frontman of the Sixties garage band Them. They covered “It’s All Over Now,...

Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Carlo Monterossi, in Italian TV’s “Monterossi – The Series.” Courtesy of MHz Choice

Italian TV gives us “Monterossi – The Series,” an unusual light-crime package. Lead character Carlo Monterossi (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) is the creator of a highly popular, sleazy tabloid series called “Crazy Love.” He’s disgusted by the voyeuristic monster they’ve unleashed on the public, and desperately wants out. His agent and the producers are doing all they can to keep him on board. That bit of conflict suddenly shifts to Carlo’s back burner when a masked guy with a gun comes to the door to kill him. Fortunately, the gunman misses. Otherwise, the series either would have just been a short, or they’d have needed a new star and title. You’ll be quite pleased to have spent the time getting to know the eponymous gent we’re given.

The 2022 season’s six...

April on Prime Video is stacked with returning favorites, the launch of one of Amazon’s biggest shows ever and a bevy of great movies to watch. The fifth and final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” launches on April 14, while Amazon will premiere the globe-trotting action-thriller series “Citadel” – starring Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Richard Madden – on April 28. The show hails from “Avengers: Endgame” filmmaker Joe and Anthony Russo.

Noteworthy movies arriving on April 1 include the “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” movies, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Looper,” “Vanilla Sky” and “Top Gun.”

You can also stream the Billy Eichner rom-com “Bros” starting April 4 and the George Clooney/Julia Roberts rom-com “Ticket to Paradise” on April 11.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in April 2023 below.

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The 41 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (April 2023)

April 1

American Gigolo

At the Gate...

As befitting its status as one of the world’s biggest companies, every now and then Amazon likes to take a big swing with its Prime Video originals. With its list of new releases for April 2023, the streamer is taking one of its biggest swings yet.

Though it’s not quite as vast or expensive as fellow Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Citadel (premiering April 28) is a massive, massive undertaking. Starring Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, this spy series is described as “an expansive and groundbreaking global event comprising a mothership series and several local language satellite series.” This means that the Russo Brothers-produced project will eventually feature several spinoffs in multiple countries and languages around the world. Neat-o!

The only other major TV original of note this month is Dead Ringers, based on the 1988 David Cronenberg film of the same name,...

Prime Video is hoping to launch its own extended franchise universe in April with the premiere of international spy series “Citadel” from the minds of the Russo Brothers. The show stars Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra, and Stanley Tucci, and is intended to be the first block of an interconnected story with different spinoffs in countries and regions around the world. The first version will begin streaming on April 28. In the show, the world is in the grips of Manticore, a criminal organization, and several former spies are recruited to restore order despite having their memories erased.

Watch the trailer for “Citadel”:

Beloved young adult author Judy Blume opened the door to discussion about difficult subjects for generations of kids. Now, the writer is the subject of a new documentary, “Judy Blume Forever,” coming to Prime Video on April 21. The doc looks at her trajectory — from a scared kid to...

Van Morrison has said that he wants to start looking at alternative outlets to release the “mountain of material” he has ready to go.

The 77-year-old singer, best known for hits such as “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Moondance” and “Crazy Love” said that he’s had to stop himself writing new songs, because he has so many already.

Morrison is releasing his forthcoming album Moving on Skiffle in March – marking his 44th studio record.

The legendary artist says that traditional labels are only able to put out a few records each year, which doesn’t cater for the amount of music he wants to release.

"It’s been a problem getting records out, so I’ve been looking at other alternative outlets,” said Morrision while being interviewed by Billy Bragg for the April issue of Mojo magazine.

"The big companies can only do one or two big records a year. This...

In the abysmal landscape of short film distribution, documentaries have had the easiest time translating to streaming and internet consumption. Often overlapping with hard-hitting video journalism, documentary shorts appeal to establishment news outlets like The New Yorker and The New York Times, and both outlets have funded numerous short documentaries over the last decade.

In its effort to earn industry clout by wracking up Oscar nominations, Netflix joined the fray, and its two nominations for Best Documentary Short this year are by far the most accessible.

This year’s nominees lean far lighter than in most years, which is somewhat surprising seeing as the terrible news just keeps piling up. Perhaps voters needed a little levity this year, or perhaps filmmakers themselves are seeking out more uplifting stories.

From saving baby elephants in India to a shocking tale of a changed perspective, the films in this category offer more than...

The film is making its world premiere as the opening film of Ostend Film Festival on January 27.

Screen can reveal the trailer for The Chapel by Oscar-nominated Belgian director and writer Dominique Deruddere, which has just been boarded for international sales by Picture Tree International (Pti).

The Chapel will world premiere as the opening film of the Ostend Film Festival on January 27. Deruddere’s satirical comedy Everybody’s Famous! was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2000 Oscars.

The Chapel will be part of Pti’s Berlinale/EFM slate alongside the recently announced John Malkovich vehicle Seneca – On The Creation Of Earthquakes.

Leaning forward on a couch in his home on the west coast of Florida, two cans of Budweiser in front of him and Duane Allman’s Dobro on a stand nearby, Dickey Betts hesitates. “I don’t know if you want to write this or not,” he says. “But, shit, my career is over, so I don’t give a shit.”

He starts talking about an incident in 1993, when Betts, along with Bob Dylan, the Band, Stephen Stills and others, had been invited to play at a Bill Clinton inauguration event.