JON PRATT greets the new year with a vintage guitar and vintage song, "Girl of My Dreams."

SYLVAN ESSO plays for World Cafe.

BARTEES STRANGE virtually visits The Current.

BRANIDI CARLILE collaborated with the remaining SOUNDGARDEN members on "Black Hole Sun" and "Searching With My Good Eye Closed."

BLEACHERS covers the Waterboys' classic "The Whole Of The Moon."

GERRY MARSDEN, the lead singer of Gerry and the Pacemakers known for hits including "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey," has died at 78 after a short illness. With more form The Guardian.

THE20 BEST DEBUTS of 2020, according to NME.

THE 15 TOP POP LPs of 2020, according to Paste.

STEVE BROWN, who produced everyone from Elton John to the Cult, has died aged 63.

THE NUMBER ONES, on beautiful silliness, punks becoming pop stars, the rise of the Stock Aitken Waterman empire, and Bananarama's "Venus," a banger. 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE?  Wonder Woman 1984 repeats atop the chart with 5.5MM on a 67 percent drop.  Croods: A New Age places with 2.2MM on a 25 percent rise.  News of the World shows with 1.7MM on a 25 percent drop.

TANYA ROBERTS, a one-time Bond girl and cult classic '80s star -- has died at 65.

ZOE KRAVITZ and Karl Glusman have called it quits following just 18 months of marriage. 

BILLY BALDWIN chimes in on Hilaria Baldwin.So does his wife, Chynna Phillips.

LARRY KING is battling COVID in a famed Los Angeles hospital.

HOLLYWOOD tapped a record number of women to call the shots on major movies in 2020.

THE 50 BEST MOVIES of 2020, according to Paste.

A BABY BEAR, catching snowflakes.

A KITTEN's First Snow Day.

SO LONG, and thanks for all the fish.