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Aberdeen producer Vagrant Real Estate has won Scotland’s SAY Award 2026, which recognises albums and is often compared with the Mercury Prize. The win highlights the strength of Scottish music beyond the central belt, a point the producer emphasised in thanking collaborators and encouraging musicians outside the main…
The article highlights three 1990s pop songs it says have faded from public memory, encouraging readers to revisit them. It argues that tracks can be overlooked even when they were distinctive or well regarded by the artists who made them. The songs are Fun Lovin’ Criminals’ “Scooby Snacks”,…
The Byrds’ close vocal harmonies became a defining part of their sound and helped shape their place in 1960s folk rock and counterculture. Several members took lead vocals, but Roger McGuinn was the group’s main frontman and sang on many of its best-known songs. Gene Clark led songs…
Brokeback have announced their first album in a decade, Colder, Milder, with the title track now available to hear on the band’s label’s Substack. The release marks the return of Doug McCombs’s minimal, largely instrumental rock project, whose previous album came out in 2016. The current line-up features…
Adria Petty says the 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ debut was worth marking because it offered a chance to recognise the surviving band members and tell the story of how the group developed. The new archival collection, *Origins 1971-78*, traces the musicians’ early experiments and…
Marty Friedman has released “2 Rebeldes (Spanish Vocal)”, a Spanish-language version of a song from his 2024 solo album *Drama*. He describes it as a tribute to Latin countries and says Japanese singer Hal-Ca of ASTERISM will perform it with him on his Latin American tour. Friedman plans…
Tegan and Sara have released two holiday singles, “I Love Christmas” and “A December to Remember”. The songs offer contrasting takes on the season: one is warmly reassuring to people who do not enjoy Christmas, while the other reflects on the people who make it memorable. The releases…
A Jesuit priest has shared how he helped arrange a meeting between Bob Dylan and Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Antonio Spadaro said the interest appeared to be mutual and described the way the two men looked at each other as “beautiful, intense”; he did not disclose…
Hudson Westbrook says his sophomore album, *Made You Look*, blends influences from country artists such as George Strait, Clint Black and Tracy Lawrence with the songwriting of John Mayer and Jack Johnson. The 22-year-old aims to combine older and modern country sounds, putting distinctive lyrics and storytelling at…
Sony Music reported record combined revenue of $3.15 billion from recorded music and music publishing in the third quarter of 2026, up 8.9% year on year. The result marks a fourth consecutive quarter above $3 billion and reflects the continued scale of Sony’s music operations. The week’s other…