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A prominent former BBC presenter, whose broadcasting career was reportedly knocked off course by a lengthy and costly dispute with HM Revenue and Customs over roughly £420,000 in tax, has reportedly taken up an unexpected new role. The story is framed as a notable career turn for a…
This piece from Far Out Magazine centres on Queen guitarist Brian May reflecting on what he sees as the two sides of Freddie Mercury's creative genius, described in the headline as songwriting that came "straight from the heart". The framing suggests May is drawing a distinction between different…
▶Bruce Springsteen (Photo by Aaron Rapoport/Corbis via Getty Images) These cinematic and powerful heartland rock songs from the 80s remain working-class anthems for the ages. The post 3 Heartland Rock Songs From the 80s That Made Working-Class America Sound Cinematic appeared first on American Songwriter.
A few months ago, Montreal-based artist Magi Merlin released the calming single "So Smart," offering an early glimpse of her new album POWER HOUSE, which arrived this past Friday. It's a full-length that may have been overshadowed by some bigger releases, but it's well worth spending time with,…
This edition of the Guardian's Football Daily newsletter reflects on England's narrow victory over Norway in Miami at the tournament it dubs the "Geopolitics World Cup", a win secured through a Jude Bellingham goal that arrived amid considerable controversy. The result sends England through to a quarter-final against…
Former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has died in what police are treating as a suspected murder at her home on Dartmoor, and detectives have arrested a man over the killing. The case has drawn significant attention given her prominence as a former MP and public figure, with reports…
This American Songwriter article celebrates four country hits that its author argues are seared into the memories of "elder Millennials," who were teenagers when the songs dominated radio in the mid-1990s. The piece is framed less as a serious ranking and more as a nostalgic "try not to…
The Guardian profiles genre-bending R&B artist Kelela around the release of her third studio album, New Avatar, framing it as another bold reinvention of her sound and persona. The piece highlights how her latest work fuses silky, hook-laden vocals with shoegaze reverb and rock textures, a shift the…
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has announced a crackdown on what it calls "suspicious super credit activity", targeting players or accounts that are acquiring the game's premium currency through illegitimate means. Super credits can be bought with real money but also earned in-game, which makes any large-scale or automated…
The article reports that two men have been charged in connection with a murder after a family taking part in a teddy bear hunt discovered a suitcase containing a body. The case highlights the disturbing circumstances in which the remains were found, as an ordinary community activity intended…