Goose Drop New Live Album, Fugees’ Pras Michel Faces 14 Years in Prison for Criminal Conspiracy
Bob Dylan Pays Tribute to Van Morrison in Belfast
Relix Daily
November 21, 2025
November 21, 2025
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Goose have released Live at Madison Square Garden, a massive new live album capturing their debut performance at The World’s Most Famous Arena. Recorded during that breakthrough staging on June 28, the ascendant indie-jam quartet’s latest release commemorates a year of musical achievement by presenting the show in its uninterrupted 19-track glory. The project is available on all streaming services now, as well as a seven-LP vinyl box set.
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Prazkarat “Pras” Michel, a founding member of hip-hop group the Fugees, was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for his part in a criminal conspiracy to funnel millions of dollars from a foreign donor to President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Michel was convicted in April 2023 of 10 criminal counts, including corruption, acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China, illegal lobbying, witness tampering, money laundering and campaign finance violations.
Detroit indie singer-songwriter Ethan Daniel Davidson returns with LEAR, a collection steeped in warmth, hard-won wisdom, and unvarnished truth. Produced by Luther Dickinson, the album weaves folk, gospel, and Americana hues into a sound that feels both timeless and deeply human.
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Bob Dylan Pays Tribute to Old Friend Van Morrison in Northern Ireland, Debuts “Going Down to Bangor”
Bob Dylan paid tribute to his longtime friend and collaborator, Van Morrison, during a tour stop in the latter’s Northern Ireland on Thursday evening. The performance took place at The Waterfront in Belfast. It ended with a debut, a first-time cover of “Going Down to Bangor,” a track that initially appeared on Morrison’s 36th studio album, 2016’s Keep Me Singing.
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Billy Strings appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, November 20. Taking on the role of musical guest, the bandleader, Billy Failing, Royal Masat, Alex Hargreaves, Jarrod Walker, and special guest Jason Carter supported their fourth studio album, Highway Prayers, by highlighting a feature of the set, “Leaning on a Travelin’ Song.”
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On March 13 and 14, artists will take their talents to the Bluegrass Hall of Fame and Museum in Owensboro, Ky., in celebration of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead guitarist’s longstanding history as a bluegrass enthusiast and participant of the practice. In addition to exhibition tours, panel discussions, complimentary film screenings, and workshops, a special batch of live music will also be played in honor of the late great contributor to the bluegrass canon.
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“I want to go out there with my people and rage as hard as I can in a way that spreads love,” Brandon Niederauer says of the upcoming shows he has scheduled with his group. These gigs were scheduled during a window between Jon Batiste dates where Niederauer has been appearing on guitar.
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Every Friday, Relix surveys the wealth of new music released over the past seven days and selects dozens of standouts for our Relix Staff Picks playlist. Read the highlights from this week’s batch.
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The War on Drugs have heralded the return of their A Drugcember To Remember benefit concerts. After three years away, the cherished hometown holiday tradition will return to Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia from Dec. 18-20. The revered indie-rock outfit will deliver three shows at the 250-cap underground landmark, with all proceeds directly benefiting The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia.
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Grammy-awarded singer, composer, and actor, Lyle Lovett, and acclaimed storyteller and songwriter, John Hiatt, will come together for a series of shared tour dates beginning on February 23 at Waterville Opera House in Waterville, Maine. The tour consists of 14 dates, all in the Eastern region of the country, and concludes with a March 12 appearance at the Lansdowne Theater in Lansdowne, Pa.
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Drugdealer has shared the new studio single “The News.” Michael Collins’ latest release was created with longtime friend and first-time collaborator Robbie Chemical, the Brooklyn-based artist, producer and Gary’s Electric Studio engineer with whom he reconnected while in Spain; natural harmony and freely-flowing conversations about change and connection led the artists to the radiant, jangly and off-kilter slice of neo-psychedelia. Hazy, lovelorn pleas to “hang on to what you love” perfectly suit Collins’ recent slant towards rich vintage pop.