iradiophilly | Culture - Music News - Colbert Announces Late Show Bandleader; Sam Smith Sings Again; Tink's 'Wet Dollars' Vid

Streaming Radio for Philadelphia
More Music. Fewer Interruptions. Just what you want to hear.

FOLLOW:

Culture
Talk about Arts, Culture, & Entertainment


The Post

Music News - Colbert Announces Late Show Bandleader; Sam Smith Sings Again; Tink's 'Wet Dollars' Vid

by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/05/15 6:38 am | updated: 06/05/15 6:38 am

It's been two weeks since David Letterman took his final bow on CBS' Late Show. His successor, Stephen Colbert, has been hibernating since last December after closing down his own late night show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Well, it seems as Colbert has awoken from his sleep this week and is giving us signs of life through the web about what his show will be about. On Wednesday, they launched the official website, app, and social media sites. He even shaved the Colbeard.

On Thursday, we were introduced to Colbert's Late Show bandleader. New Orleans musician Jon Batiste and his band Stay Human were announced in a Youtube video. 28-year-old Batiste is a multi-instrumentalist who graduated from Julliard with undergraduate and graduate degrees. He has worked with artists such as Prince, Wynton Marsalis and Lenny Kravitz. Batiste has even appeared on Colbert's show before. Watch the videos below:

The Colbert Report
Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,The Colbert Report on Facebook,Video Archive

Singer Sam Smith is now allowed to speak again after undergoing surgery for a vocal chord hemorrhage suffered while on tour in Sydney in April. Smith announced dates for a handful of rescheduled Australian shows for the fall that were canceled following the injury. His first show back will be July 3rd followed by dates in Europe and North America. The â€œStay With Meâ€ singer will not be coming to Philadelphia this year, but he will be playing the Merriweather Post Pavilion outside Baltimore on July 24th.

I CAN SPEAK AGAIN!!!!!!!!

A photo posted by Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) on Jun 3, 2015 at 9:50am PDT

Listen to iradiophilly's Slick for Top 40 Hits

Listen to iradiophilly's Isis for Pop Hits

Tink released a video for her collaboration with Tazer â€œWet Dollars.â€ The track is a hybrid rap/dance track and the video has plenty of dancing. Rooftops, stairwells, alleys, subways, etc. are ripe settings to break it out. Tink's debut album Think Tink produced by Timbaland is due out this summer.

Listen to iradiophilly's Jamz for Hip Hop and R&B

TOP STORIES

(0) responses

Welcome to iradiophilly! Philadelphia's Internet Radio Community

Welcome! Start listening now for FREE! The music is always on, so choose a radio station and click to listen. You can find fun Events around Philly and you can list yours on our Events page FREE. We will also promote cool Philly shows, events and fundraisers on the air FREE. There are also great opportunities to become a sponsor or advertise. iRadioPhilly supports the Philadelphia music and arts scene. If you are a local musician or performer, send us your stuff. We will play it on our BYO radio station, Philadelphia's Local Stage. We're designing the radio stations and iradiophilly to reflect Philadelphia's music tastes, so we'll want your input. We're glad you're here. Invite your friends.

FOLLOW:

Site Design by Bananaland | Built by quadpain media