► R&B star Lloyd will return to the game with his third effort, Lessons In Love. The July 15th release comes strapped with the hard-driving lead single "How We Do It" featuring Ludacris. Lloyd will be playing a string of tour dates along with a FREE concert live on DeepRockDrive.com on Sunday May 25th at 4PM PST. The concert will allow fans to interact with Lloyd with digital applause, song requests, and more. Fans can pick up their FREE tickets here to see Lloyd at the Pepsi Free Concert Series on DeepRockDrive.com. Ticket quantities are limited so get yours now!

► Alanis Morrisette will be appearing on The Ellen Degeneres show on May 20th and The Today Show on May 23rd in support of her new album "Flavors of Engagement".

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►The indie DASLabel has recently announced the release of 'Nothing Without You', the debut EP from Carney. The release coincides with the beginning of a 30+ date tour culminating with Carney’s performance at this year’s Bonnaroo Music And Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. The Los Angeles four-piece is fronted by Reeve Carney, lead vocals & guitar, and Zane Carney on lead guitar, along with John David Lipscomb on bass and Jon Epcar on drums.

► Singer/guitarist Alex Woodard's upbeat ode to beautiful moms, "Beautiful Now," will be available on iTunes today, just in time for Mother's Day. The video features celebrity moms like former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, model Cindy Margolis and actress Jodi Fung and their children and was directed by Roman White (Carrie Underwood).
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► Snacktime by the Barenaked Ladies - Multi-platinum recording artist BARENAKED LADIES will release SNACKTIME, a collection of original children's songs through their imprint label Desperation Records. The album was produced and mixed by Michael Phillip Wojewoda, who also worked with the band on their debut Gordon.

►Mindi Abair, saxophonist/vocalist/composer is set to release her first Peak Records CD titled STARS, bursting on to the pop scene as one of an exciting new generation of crossover artists. Abair wrote 11 new songs, with five songs showcasing her vocals.

► Home Before Dark marks the 27th studio album release in Grammy winner Neil Diamond's storied career, consisting of over 125 million worldwide record sales, 3 dozen top 40 hits, and a Golden Globe. Diamond will embark on a long awaited worldwide tour beginning May 24th in Rotterdam before he plays nine dates in the UK with plans to tour in the US later this summer.

► Singer, songwriter, entertainer and all around Big Dog Daddy Toby Keith tends to do things, well, big. And so the May 6 release of his latest hits collection tips the scales with two discs filled to bursting with smash singles. Toby Keith 35 Biggest Hits spans the multi-platinum performer's entire career, and adds a kicker.

► The Spill Canvas is set to release the digital EP Honestly, I'm Doing Okay, on May 13th. The EP features acoustic versions of No Really, I'm Fine standout tracks "All Over You" and "Saved" as well as a previously unreleased b-side "Lay It On Me."
Fans can purchase Honestly, I'm Doing Okay exclusively through Amazon on May 13th. The band will also begin a headlining tour of the U.S. at the end of the month.

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► The Veronicas' new record HOOK ME UP is coming to iTunes U.S. on May 13th, with the bonus song "Goodbye to You," just as the girls are getting ready to embark on a U.S. tour with Natasha Bedingfield and Kate Voegele!
Pre-order HOOK ME UP now on iTunes so you'll have yours as soon as it's ready to download

► Atco Records, an imprint of Rhino Entertainment, announces the May 13 release of Just Me, the first new studio album from R&B legend Keith Sweat since his 2002 Rebirth set. The original "new jack" hitmaker, who celebrated 20 years as a chart artist at the end of 2007, produced and cowrote most of the material on his latest project which features guest artists Keyshia Cole, and Athena Cage (Keith's duet partner on the million-selling 1996 hit "Nobody").

► Universal Republic Records' signature rock band 10 Years have just unveiled the world premiere of their new video, "Beautiful," from their soon-to-be released album, Division, (due in-stores May 13) on the Universal Republic music site, UniversalRepublic.com, on Monday April 21 at 4pm EST/1pm PST.

The clip, directed by Paul Boyd (The Cult, Blind Melon), revels in its satirical look at the co-dependent atmosphere spawned by the Lindsay-to-Britney-to-Paris media-merry-go-round that has swept up the paparazzi and American tabloid culture. The female lead in the new clip is none other than Rebecca Ginos, significant other of Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine.

► On May 13th, Fantasy Records will release Hymn For My Soul, the newest album from legendary singer Joe Cocker. The album unites Cocker, possessor of one of the world's most instantly recognisable and iconic voices (Lennon & McCartney's With A Little Help From My Friends, anyone?), with Ethan Johns, who has proved both his worth and his Midas touch via albums he's produced for, among others, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Razorlight, Kings of Leon, and Ray LaMontagne. The union has resulted in one of the most accomplished pieces of work in the Sheffield-born singer's long and illustrious career, and one played by arguably the most stellar band to be assembled in a recording studio anywhere in the world in recent times.

► Alternative rock mainstays Local H return with their seventh album on May 13, titled 12 Angry Months. The band's debut on Shout! Factory, 12 Angry Months is Local H's first new studio album since 2004's Whatever Happened To P.J. Soles?

The album's first single "Soldiers of Misfortune" will be available digitally on April 15 and is quickly climbing up the radio charts as the #1 Most Added track at Active Rock & Alternative radio in its first week. Most recently, former Filter bassist--now Army Sergeant--Frank Cavanagh traveled to Kuwait to join his former band on Filter's "Hey Man Nice Shot" for the Operation MySpace concert. Cavanagh--who is due to begin his tour of duty later this month--was authorized by the U.S. Army to join the band so that he could be a part of this memorable performance.

In addition, a full-length documentary on Jal's life, entitled "War Child," will have its world premiere on February 10 at the Berlin Film Festival, and his autobiography will be published by St. Martin's Press late this year. (More...)

► On Verve - Remixed 4, music’s most respected and emulated Remix series once again breaks new ground. More soulful in both repertoire and musical direction, the new album enlists a cutting-edge arsenal of production contributors to re-imagine a luminous array of R&B, soul, latin and jazz standards and rare gems.

► Universal Republic rock icons 3 Doors Down are putting up massive radio numbers with their first single, "Its Not My Time," from their soon-to-be released self-titled album, due in-stores on May 27. Their much anticipated fourth studio album has spawned rock's biggest radio hit of the year so far, with the debut single becoming the fastest moving song at Active Rock radio in the past five years. The #1 most added song at Alternative radio the past 3 weeks in a row, "It's Not My Time" was also the biggest Gainer at the coveted rock radio format, leaping from #20 to #16 as it closes in on the prestigious 50,000 mark in digital sales in less than a month of release.

"The early radio success of "It's Not My Time" is an incredible indication of more great things to come from this band and this album," stated Monte Lipman, President & CEO of Universal Republic Records. "3 Doors Down have become a signature presence in rock through hard work and passionate songwriting that speaks directly to their audience. They have delivered a career-defining album that we cannot wait to get into the hands of fans."