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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Ozzy Osbourne Wants To Record Another Album, Return To The Road

Metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, who has been kept out of the limelight due to health issues, plans to release another album in 2024.

In a new interview with Metal Hammer, the Black Sabbath legend revealed that he is feeling okay and plans to release an album in 2024 before getting back out on the road.

"I've had all the surgery now, thank god," he says. "I'm feeling okay - it was just dragging on. I thought I'd be back on my feet months ago, I just couldn't get used to this mode of living, constantly having something wrong. I can't walk properly yet, but I'm not in any pain any more and the surgery on my spine went great."

"I'm getting myself fit," Ozzy adds defiantly. "I've done two albums fairly recently, but I want to do one more album and then go back on the road."

Osbourne released his first new album in a decade Ordinary Man in 2020 and then followed it up with Patient Number 9 in 2022.

(Photo: Ross Halfin)

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Quincy Jones Honored With Inaugural Peace Through Music Award

Former U.S. Jazz Ambassador and music director Quincy Jones has been honored with the inaugural Peace Through Music Award.

At the launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative by the U.S. State Department, Quincy's daughter Rashida Jones received the award on his behalf from Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Recording Academy Chief Executive Officer Harvey Mason, Jr.

Presenting the award, Mason said that in future, it will be known as the Quincy Jones Peace Through Music Award.

In her acceptance speech, Jones said her father was one of the first jazz ambassadors named by the State Department to travel around the world promoting peace and understanding through music.

"Quincy believes in the global community, the far-reaching impact of connectivity in music," she added. "And we hope that this award inspires others to do the same - to remember that we're in this together and that we truly are a global community".

The Peace through Music Award, a collaboration between the State Department and the Recording Academy, recognizes and honors an American music industry professional, artist, or group that has played an invaluable role in cross-cultural exchanges and whose music work advances peace and mutual understanding globally.

Dave Grohl and Mickey Guyton were among music industry icons who attended the ceremony.

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Rolling Stones Share 'Sweet Sounds Of Heaven' Featuring Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder

The Rolling Stones recently released "Sweet Sounds of Heaven," the second single from their upcoming album Hackney Diamonds, due October 20 via Geffen Records.

"Sweet Sounds of Heaven" features a vocal performance by Lady Gaga, alongside Stevie Wonder on Fender Rhodes, Moog and piano.

The track was recorded at Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Metropolis Studios, London; and Sanctuary Studios, Nassau, Bahamas and written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

During sessions in Los Angeles, the Rolling Stones and producer Andrew Watt invited Wonder and Gaga to work on "Heaven."

In an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Jagger called Gaga "a really great singer," adding that he had "never heard her sing quite that style before" when recording "Sweet Sounds of Heaven."

"No, I'm not, not goin' to Hell/ In some dusty motel," the duo sings. "And I'm not, not goin' down/ In the dirt," Gaga sings in the chorus.

(Photo: Mark Seliger)

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