Kings favorite Merchant has dropped his debut album “Beautiful Meltdown“. The 12 track 80’s themed album was produced with Duran Duran’s John Taylor. Prior to the album release, Merchant dropped several singles from the album that landed on the Hype Machine Charts and garnered support from Ones To Watch, Buzzbands LA, WFNM, KCRW, Billboard, and Sirius XM. The songs have landed on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds” and “Fresh Finds Pop“.

Watch out for Sandra Iris and the track Funked Up. It’s all vibe, like Spotify’s Chill Vibes or Late Night Vibe.

Sandra says, “The song is about being clearly delusional about a relationship. You end up looking for signs where there are not. It’s like being drunk or something. Feel good indie tune!”

The 25 year old Spanish indie singer songwriter writes moody songs about the calmness after a beautiful storm, when you got your heart broken for the very third time or a lovely walk through midnight city.

Rachel Grae drops the new single “Good Side“. A catchy songs about only showing your good side, the trapping of social media. You’ll like if you want to revisit early 2010 vocal driven pop when Kelly Clarkson, Jessie J, and Katy Perry ruled the world.

Rachel Grae shares, “Social Media really taught everyone how to ‘fake it till you make it.’ It’s ok not to be ok. Not everything you see on social media is real life. I love you all”

Grae recently appeared on MTV’s Becoming A Popstar and has landed on Spotify playlists like Pop Sauce, New Pop Picks and Young & Free. She competed as one of eight up-and-coming artists with judges Joe Jonas, Becky G, and Sean Bankhead and was named the series’s first fan-favorite pick of the week for her video “Jersey.” Her singles “How To Be Alone” and songs “Bad Timing”, “Lived It Twice”, and “Outsider” have garnered over 2M streams across DSPs in less than a year.

Summer shows are already booked. But before you purchase a ticket, here is a quick guide of artists who will require a health check. A health check requires a concert goer to show proof of vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours of the event.

Here are the artists that require health checks:

Tim McGraw, Nick Cannon, Miranda Lambert, Sammy Hagar, The Doobie Brothers, Dave Matthew Band, Steely Dan, The Chicks Tour, Chicago, One Republic, Backstreet Boys, Alanis Morissette, The Black Keys, Keith Urban, Incubus, Goo Goo Dolls, Santana, Rod Stewart, Styx, Dispatch, Matchbox Twenty

The artists WHO DO NOT require a health check

The Lumineers, Train, Josh Groban, 5 Seconds of Summer, Rob Zombie, Pitbull, Imagine Dragons, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, and The Gaslight Anthem.

Entertainment lawyer Dina LaPolt says the music industry must remove the racist term “master recording”. She says terms have long been used to distinguish between a source recording (the “master”) and the copies made (the “slaves”).

LaPolt says “This business has been dominated by white men since its inception, so when coupled with the well-known exploitation of Black artists, the already insensitive use of the phrase “master recording” carries an even more sinister sting. Artists such as Williams, have voiced their discomfort with reading these words in their contracts and have called for changes to be made”.

She says “It is my hope that this sheds light on the issue — enough so that more can and will embrace this impactful change. Removal of such language is a simple yet meaningful step that can make our industry a more welcoming and inclusive space and allow us to reinforce the principle that music is for everyone — no matter one’s race, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or background”