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Haley Reinhart is celebrating what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday with the release of a powerful cover of one of his most iconic songs, “Heroes.”

Reinhart, who finished third on the 10th season of “American Idol” and became a viral sensation as the face of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox with her cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” kicks off the 1977 classic a capella, building the song to a triumphantly quiet finish with lush orchestration amidst a subtle arrangement highlighting her clear, emotive vocals.

Reinhart is one of the stars of the Netflix film “We Can Be Heroes,” a top-streamed movie on the platform with 44 million views in its first four weeks. The film centers on “The Heroics,” superhero parents kidnapped by aliens. It is up to the children to rescue them and step into their roles as the next generation of heroes. The film was so popular...

As a YouTuber who posts song covers, musician Scott Bradlee is more than used to navigating copyright issues. He’s the leader of popular musical collective Postmodern Jukebox, which has amassed 3.9 million subscribers and 1.2 billion views on YouTube for its vintage covers of modern pop songs.

Like other YouTube partner creators who post song covers, Bradlee is able to monetize his videos. The only catch is that he receives just part of the videos’ AdSense earnings; the other part goes to the original songs’ publishers (and YouTube has paid out a lot to music publishers over the years). But overall, it’s a decent arrangement, Bradlee told Variety, because there’s still revenue-sharing going on, rather than music publishers being able to claim 100% of AdSense earnings.

Over on Twitter, though, it’s a different story. Bradlee recently had his Twitter account temporarily banned for a two-year-old video of him playing...

We’ve seen our fair share of wacky video game theme song reenactments (wait, have we though? I think so…), but here is one that can appeal to the elitist in us all. Pianist Scott Bradlee lovingly manhandles a sweet looking keyboard while his Astoria neighbor, Savion Glover impersonator Alex McDonald, taps his little heart out right next to him. And what do you get? Other than some undoubtedly unhappy lower unit tenants, it’s a pretty kick-ass and catchy version of the Super Mario World theme song. The tap guy really sells it too. Arms flail in that tappy way that we all love so much. His sleeves are even too long! Way to look the part, tap man. We’ve put the original ahead for comparison’s sake.

After weeks of Nickelback-hating leading up to the Thanksgiving Detroit Lions game, six guys have found a way to make peace between the haters and the music they love to hate. NYC-based pianist Scott Bradlee posted a Motown tribute to the most fervently hated Nickelback song, and the only one most people know, "How You Remind Me." He offered, "Anti-Nickelback in Detroit? Put this on in place of the halftime show!" It may be too late for that, but it's not too late to erase all memory of Nickelback's original song with this version.

The tribute band consists Andrew Baron Roland on vocals, Bradlee on keys, Adam Kubota on bass, Allan Mednard on drums, Steve "The Saxuation" Ujfalussy on tenor sax and Tim Kubart rocking the tambourine.

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Of all the hundred million reasons to praise Super Mario Bros. 3 — the warp whistles, the shy ghosts, the questionable assertion that raccoon body parts allow you to fly — you should never forget about the iconic musical score by legendary game composer Koji Kondo. Musician Scott Bradlee has put together an acoustic version of the score, set to a hypnotic speed-run of the game. It’s a classy, jazzy tribute, full of fun little moments — pay special attention to the moment around 10:35, when Mario fights Bowser. Check out the full video below:...