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Musicians We Lost in 2017 – It was a sad year for music lovers in 2017, with the loss of rock ‘n’ roll pioneers Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, rock legends Tom Petty and Gregg Allman, and the shocking deaths of Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington.

Hip-Hop Is Winning – Back in July, Nielsen Music published its annual mid-year report, which took a look at how the music industry is doing halfway through the year.

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, U2’s Bono says “music has gotten very girly!” He goes on to say…

Through technical difficulties Kevin pulls off another awesome episode of Inside The Warehouse. This week Kevin sits down with Art Diaz from Amos Slade. Art Diaz takes some time to talk about Amos Slade and the behind the scenes work he does with other artists.

What does the man who has everything buy himself for Christmas? Himself, of course. Sylvester Stallone dropped a hefty $400,000 on a statue of himself as Rocky from “Rocky III” after anonymously bidding on it at a recent auction.

Dustin Diamond, the former Saved By the Bell actor transformed into the disgraced Hollywood producer for the group’s single, “Kill All the Things.” Like the title suggests, Diamond’s Weinstein was put to death.

Lil Wayne has teased the mixtape several times throughout 2016 and 2017. It was rumored to release some time before the end of 2017. Lil Wayne’s manager Cortez Bryant hinted it may release in November 2017. Lil Wayne announced on twitter that the mixtape would be released on Christmas Day.

50 Years After Johnny Cash – Irony isn’t something the residents of Folsom State Prison spend much time contemplating. But it’s not lost on Roy McNeese Jr. exactly where he spends every Tuesday. That’s when he leads music theory classes for fellow inmates looking to turn their lives around.

Four years after the song came out, Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour came to Montreal’s Forum de Montreal. That’s Cohen’s hometown, and Dylan honored him by singing “Hallelujah.”

MOVEMENT… Is my word for this week’s Top 11 Countdown. Some tracks moved up while others fell! One band has a loyal fan base that flood Live605 with votes for multiple songs.