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The 1960s shows John Lennon never wanted to play again: “I can’t stand”
The provided text appears to be incomplete, so the article’s full argument and evidence are not available to summarise in detail. Based on the headline, it seems to discuss a claim that John Lennon expressed strong reluctance in the 1960s about ever playing a particular song again, suggesting tension between his artistic preferences and public…
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Another F-Zero Album Joins The Nintendo Music Library This Week
Nintendo has added the soundtrack to F-Zero 99 to its Nintendo Music app this week, expanding the collection available to Switch Online subscribers. The Switch Online battle royale title’s album joins the existing SNES and N64 F-Zero soundtracks already hosted in the app, continuing a run of recent F-Zero content that some fans have taken…
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The 1993 album David Bowie called the start of his greatest work: “The best I could do”
The article argues that David Bowie saw his 1993 album *The Buddha of Suburbia* as the beginning of what he considered his finest later-period work. It presents the record as an overlooked turning point rather than a minor soundtrack, suggesting it mattered because it anticipated the more adventurous run of albums that followed and helped…
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Taylor made! Adorable guide dogs named after newly married Swift graduate from training
Ten guide dog puppies named after Taylor Swift’s music have begun graduating from their training, with the first, a golden retriever and Labrador cross called Archer, now qualified and working in Kent. The Guide Dogs charity gave the litter, born in 2024, names inspired by the singer as part of a campaign to encourage her…
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“After writing that, I wasn’t interested in writing a novel or a play. I wanted to just write songs.” The story of the song that saw Bob Dylan pivot from folk to rock
This article recounts the creation of Bob Dylan’s 1965 single “Like A Rolling Stone”, widely regarded as a turning point at which he shifted from acoustic folk towards rock music. Exhausted and disillusioned after a two-month solo tour of the UK in May 1965 and considering giving up performing altogether, Dylan instead wrote a lengthy…
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Music Orgs Seek U.S. Intervention as Europe Floats Rolling Back Radio Royalties for American Artists
More than a dozen U.S. music industry organisations have appealed to the federal government for help in opposing a European Union proposal that could eliminate close to $300 million in annual royalties for American artists and labels. In a letter sent on Wednesday 8 July to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, groups including the Recording…
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If You’re Gen X, I Bet These 3 Late-80s Songs Are Still Stuck in Your Head
This is a nostalgia-driven opinion piece from American Songwriter picking three late-1980s rock songs it argues remain lodged in the memory of Gen X listeners. – “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses (from Appetite For Destruction, 1988) — the band’s most famous track and a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100,…
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4 Forgotten Country Albums From 1975 That Deserve To Be Rediscovered
American Songwriter has published a feature spotlighting four country albums from 1975 that it argues have been unfairly overlooked, framing them as “gateways to forgotten gold” from a decade widely regarded as one of the genre’s finest. The piece contends that while the 1970s produced many records by artists who went on to become legends,…
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De La Rose and Ryan Castro Throw a Cross-Cultural Party on ‘La Monda’
Puerto Rican singer De La Rose has released a new single, “La Monda”, a collaboration with Colombian artist Ryan Castro. The pairing marks a deliberate push towards global expansion for De La Rose, who has become one of this year’s most-streamed female Latin acts on Spotify, as she seeks to broaden her reach across different…
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The producer too good for Guns N’ Roses: “We weren’t going to pay”