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Remaining Four Original Faust Members Announce Four New Albums: Hear A Track From Each
Krautrock pioneers Faust, active in various line-ups for more than half a century, have unveiled a novel project in which their four surviving original members will each release a solo album. The records will all come out simultaneously in September through the label Bureau B, an approach the article likens to KISS’s 1978 batch of…
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How Much Have Spotify Bundles Decreased the Mechanical Per-Stream Rate? (Analysis)
An analysis by Billboard has quantified how Spotify’s move to bundle its paid music subscriptions with audiobooks has cut the mechanical royalties owed to US songwriters and publishers. Comparing Spotify’s reports to the Mechanical Licensing Collective for the fourth quarters of 2023 and 2025, Billboard found the blended mechanical per-stream rate for paid subscriber tiers…
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The 1990s singer Lana Del Rey identifies with the most: “I really understood her”
Far Out Magazine explores which 1990s singer Lana Del Rey feels the deepest connection with, framed around her quote that she “really understood” the artist in question. The piece matters as an insight into the influences that shaped Del Rey’s distinctive vintage-inspired sound and persona, offering fans context on the musical lineage she draws from.…
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3 of Michael Jackson’s Best Songs That Were Written by Somebody Else
American Songwriter has published a short feature highlighting that Michael Jackson, though a prolific songwriter behind hits such as “Billie Jean” and “Beat It”, did not personally write some of his best-known songs. The piece serves as a reminder that several of the tracks most closely associated with Jackson were in fact penned by other…
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DISTURBED’s DAVID DRAIMAN On Stepping Outside His Comfort Zone For ‘The Sound Of Silence’ Cover: Producer KEVIN CHURKO ‘Gave Me The Courage To Go There’
On the latest episode of the Detours & Destinations podcast, hosted by Rabbi David Ingber, Disturbed frontman David Draiman spoke about identity, faith, resilience and the origins of the band’s celebrated cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound Of Silence”. Draiman explained that the track pushed him well outside his usual comfort zone, requiring an…
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Meaningful Stone – “1+1= 0” (Feat. Jay Som)
South Korean indie-pop artist Kim Jimin, who records as Meaningful Stone, has released a new single called “1+1=0”, a collaboration with the acclaimed American musician and producer Melina Duterte, known as Jay Som. The track was made after Kim travelled to Los Angeles earlier in the year to work with Duterte, and it marks a…
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4 Classic Songs That We Might Not Have Today Without Clive Davis
Following the death of legendary record executive Clive Davis on 22 June 2026 at the age of 94, American Songwriter has published a tribute highlighting four hit songs that owed their existence, or their success, to his intervention. The piece underlines Davis’s outsized influence on popular music, arguing that several tracks now regarded as classics…
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County Star’s Opener Claims Singer Removed Them From Tour Due to “Satanic Imagery”
Twin Temple, a self-described “satanic doo wop” duo, have announced that they have been dropped as an opening act on country singer Charley Crockett’s tour, claiming they were removed because of their “Satanic imagery”. The band shared the news on Instagram, expressing disappointment and framing the decision as a matter of artistic freedom. The story…
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Ben Folds To Produce, Music Direct, & Appear In Off-Broadway Musical
Ben Folds has been named as the producer and music director of a new Off-Broadway one-woman musical titled We’ve Been Here Before, in which he will also perform. The news follows an active week for the musician, coming shortly after Ben Folds Five announced the 30th-anniversary release of the shelved first attempt at their debut…
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Publishing Briefs: Drake ‘Iceman’ Collaborator London Cyr Signs With Electric Feel/Sony
London Cyr, the producer who has worked with Drake, Travis Scott, Don Toliver and Doja Cat, has signed a publishing deal with Electric Feel Publishing in partnership with Sony Music Publishing. The move follows a run of high-profile work, including seven tracks he produced on Drake’s album Iceman and a contribution to Habibti, and it…