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This week’s new entertainment releases include Jewel’s first new studio album in seven years, former President Barack Obama narrating a five-part Netflix series about U.S. public lands and the return of “The Brothers Garcia” with a new name.

Singer Mark Lanegan, whose band Screaming Trees was an essential part of the Seattle grunge scene in the early 1990s, has died.

American rocker Iggy Pop, known as “the godfather of punk”, and Ensemble Intercontemporain, a contemporary music orchestra based in Paris, have won the 2022 Polar Music Prizes, a Swedish music award.

Bryan Adams took a break Monday from his coronavirus quarantine in Milan to virtually unveil the 2022 Pirelli Calendar that he shot featuring fellow musicians including Iggy Pop, Cher and Jennifer Hudson.

Bryan Adams has tested positive for COVID upon arrival at Milan’s Malpensa Airport.

Photographer Mick Rock, whose iconic portraits of rock stars saw him dubbed “the man who shot the 70s,” has died.

A new book reveals the origins of Dostoyevsky’s sweaty, sprawling masterpiece.

The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and testifies to the sport’s inclusivity.

In one of the year's odder musical ideas, Elvis Costello is releasing a Spanish-language version of his 1978 classic album ‘This Year’s Model.'.

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The pair made up two-thirds of Girl in a Coma, which spent years building a following before its 2018 breakup. If anybodys just starting out or thinking they arent getting the recognition, I think its important to just work hard and not think about those things. "Diaz added: "All we knew is that we loved being in the band and we wanted to travel and wanted to get the music out there. You just cant give up on the hard work. Thats never going to end, so you have to keep that in mind always and not expect [to receive recognition].