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‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’
Colombian-Canadian musician Lido Pimienta, the genre-defying artist who won Canada’s Polaris prize with 2016’s La Papessa, speaks to the Guardian about her outspoken political stance as Colombia elects a new right-wing president. The winning candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, has favoured fracking and closer ties to the US, once spoke of wanting to “disembowel” the…
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Colin Hay Recounts How Men at Work’s Fast Fame ‘Turned Into an Episode of ‘Survivor’’
Colin Hay, the Scotland-born frontman of Men At Work, has reflected on the band’s sudden rise and fall in a new interview on the Rock & Roll High School podcast with producer Pete Ganbarg. Hay described how internal tensions during the group’s peak — chiefly a dispute over sacking their manager, who was his friend…
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MUSE RELEASE ‘THE WOW! SIGNAL’ ALBUM – Connect Everything Collective | Media
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Teddy Swims Reflects on Heartbreak on New Single ‘Break Up in Reverse’
Teddy Swims has released a new single, “Break Up in Reverse,” via Warner Records, in which he reflects on the end of a relationship without regret or resentment. The song matters as a personal marker for the singer, who has said it draws directly on his own recent break-up with the mother of his child…
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Day 12 recording a song a day in my garden shed until we sell out our UK Tour.
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How Owen Wilson’s dad helped Monty Python crack America: “We’re incredibly grateful”
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Jack White Heats up With ‘Frozen Charlotte’: Stream It Now
Jack White has released his seventh studio album, Frozen Charlotte, via his own Third Man Records, marking a return to rock ‘n’ roll for the Detroit musician who has also become known as a record label chief, business owner and vocal critic of the Trump administration. The 13-track record arrived at midnight on digital platforms…
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Yungblud cancels festival performance: ‘I’m working on myself’ – Music-News.com
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Beyoncé, Suki Waterhouse, Teddy Swims & More: New Music Friday Guide
Billboard’s weekly Friday Music Guide rounds up the most notable new releases of the week, headlined by a surprise single from Beyoncé. The guide highlights fresh music across genres — including a new album from Suki Waterhouse and a heartbreak ballad from Teddy Swims — as a snapshot of what listeners and playlists are likely…
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The 1939 song Ian Anderson called the beginnings of rock: “It planted a seed of things to come”
The article argues that Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson’s 1939 recording “Roll ’Em Pete” can be heard as an early foundation of rock music, echoing Ian Anderson’s view that it “planted a seed” for what came later. Its importance lies in how it pushes rock’s origins back well before the 1950s, highlighting how boogie-woogie…