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Dawn Richard Reveals New Album Creole Culture

  • Dawn Richard announces new album Creole Culture, out 9 October
  • Album completes a trilogy started with 2019's New Breed
  • New single "Enough" released, featuring guest Big Freedia on opener

Dawn Richard has announced her first solo album in five years, Creole Culture, due for release on 9 October via Merge Records. The singer has also released "Enough," a new track offering a second preview of the record following her June single "Baby, Can We?" with Durand Bernarr,…

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Beyoncé teams up with Jay-Z on new B’Day-era remix

  • Beyoncé releases four-track "Morning Dew (Donk)" remix pack with Jay-Z
  • Jay-Z delivers his first new rap verse in nearly five years
  • Song previews B'Day's 20th anniversary edition, due 4 September

Beyoncé has released an extended four-track remix pack for "Morning Dew (Donk)", featuring Jay-Z's first new rap verse in nearly five years. The archival track, which dates back to her self-titled Beyoncé album era and was originally shared last month, now includes new production drawing on samples from…

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Police to use facial recognition near Boardmasters festival

  • Police to use live facial recognition in Newquay during Boardmasters 2026
  • Aim: curb violence, crime, sexual offences and drug trafficking
  • Follows past incidents including crowd surges and spiking allegations

Devon and Cornwall Police will deploy live facial recognition (LFR) technology in Newquay this week as part of security measures around the Boardmasters festival, which runs from 5 to 9 August 2026 and features headline sets from Lily Allen, Kasabian and Fatboy Slim. The cameras will operate in…

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4 Songs From 1970 Every 70s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning

  • Article recalls four hit songs from 1970s car radio listening
  • Featured: The Beatles, Norman Greenbaum, The Guess Who, Edwin Starr
  • All four tracks reached the top of, or near, US charts

This article is a nostalgic look back at 1970, highlighting songs that were staples of car radio listening for children being driven to school during that era. It's part of a recurring "throwback" series from American Songwriter that revisits decades-old hits to evoke memories of childhood and family…

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Devil Master – “Death Anthem”

  • Devil Master release new single "Death Anthem"
  • Song pays homage to Japanese band G.I.S.M.
  • Album Bloody Dreams out 4 September on Relapse

Philadelphia face-painted punk-metal band Devil Master have released a new track, "Death Anthem," ahead of their forthcoming album Bloody Dreams. The song is described as a tribute to the influential Japanese band G.I.S.M., whose frontman Sakevi Yokoyama died in 2023, underlining the group's continued homage to hardcore and…

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Jacques Greene Details New Album ‘jg’

Jacques Greene will release his new album, ‘jg’, out October 16th on LUCKYME®. Following the acclaimed hazy, collaborative world of ‘Verses GT’ with Nosaj Thing, ‘jg’ strips away much of the abstraction to reveal the sharpest expression of Jacques Greene to date. In the midst of personal upheaval and a turbulent…

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