Photo: Steve FitzmauriceSmith first caught the world's attention at the end of 2012 as the featured singer on Disclosure's hit song 'Latch', and a few months later when he fulfilled the same role on Naughty Boy's international mega-hit 'La La La'. While it was clear that someone with...
Sam Smithremembers howCeline Dion‘s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” got them through a tough time. “I went through a breakup, and I actually went into a forest and listened to this in my earphones and screamed at the top of my lungs,” the singer-songwriter tellsRolling ...
“Pray” and delivers the stirring “Palace” as a passionate duet joined by his backing singer, displaying the full range of his vocal prowess. The magnetic star closes out the set with the mega-hit “Too Good At Goodbyes,” with Smith gamely instructing the Austin crowd to “sing this ...
“Latch,”Sam Smithhas been one of pop’s premier torch singers. Their ability to express yearning, whether by using their gasped upper register or their voice’s smoothed-out lower reaches, lends itself naturally to ballads, or glumly kinetic songs like the 2019 Normani collaboration “Dancing...
Winfield also hosts the annual Walnut Valley Festival, which featured many of the best bluegrass singers and players. This, too, opened Grow’s eyes and ears.At age 10 he began writing songs. By the time his parents divorced, Grow understood that music can be something more...
Hank Williams Jr.'s son, country singer Sam Williams, has come out as gay in the music video for his new song, Tilted Crown, and a subsequent interview.
SAM SMITH’S SCHOOL FOR SINGERS In addition to wanting kids and being “in a relationship forever,” another goal for Smith is helping aspiring singers. “Setting up a singing program or something like that could be amazing,” he said. ...
Sam Harris. Writer: Down to Earth. Sam Harris' diversified career has run the gamut from actor on Broadway, film and television to writer, singer, songwriter, director, producer, and author. Known as "the original American Idol," Sam pulled a weekly aud
Episode 281, After Dark Part 1, explores songs about things that happen after dark. Eighteen recordings include performances by The Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots, The Fleetwoods, Rosemary Clooney, Patsy Cline, Sammi Smith, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and Matt Monro. Click for Playlist Episode...
[Thanks to Steven French, Mike Kennedy, Andrew Porter, N., Jeffrey Smith, JJ, David Goldfarb, John King Tarpinian, Chris Barkley, Cat Eldridge, and SF Concatenation’s Jonathan Cowie for some of these stories. Title credit belongs to File 770 contributing editor of the day Jeff Jones.] ...