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For readers, music offers both discovery and connection: a chance to find new voices, revisit familiar favourites and understand how artists build their work and careers. Disputes over samples, reunions and the changing business of entertainment show how creativity, money and cultural influence intersect.

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Announce $26M Charity Donations Ahead of Reported New York Wedding

  • Swift and Kelce donated $26 million to 20+ charities ahead of their expected wedding
  • Wedding reportedly scheduled for this weekend in New York, though couple has not officially confirmed
  • Event expected to create significant traffic and transit disruptions in Midtown Manhattan

American singer Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce are reported to be marrying this weekend in New York. In advance of the highly anticipated nuptials, the couple announced donations totalling $26

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Early Coldplay studio recordings and unheard Chris Martin ‘James Bond’ demo go to auction

  • Coldplay's earliest studio recordings and production materials from 1999 entering public auction
  • Collection includes unreleased acoustic demo where Chris Martin pitched a James Bond theme for 'The World Is Not Enough'
  • Archive documents creative evolution of songs before their final commercial release on debut album

The archive items "document a crucial moment in the band’s development", ahead of their seminal debut album 'Parachutes' The post Early Coldplay studio recordings and unheard Chris Martin ‘James Bond’ demo go to auction appeared first on NME.

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‘Techno in a monastery – are you ready?’ The Greek priest whose doom metal album is the year’s hippest record

  • Ordained Greek Orthodox priest releases experimental album combining doom metal, Christmas carols, and religious dubstep
  • Pitchfork awarded the work a higher critical score than prior albums by Aphex Twin and Daft Punk
  • Priest's music publicly challenges his church's traditional stance against electric instruments as spiritually harmful

His church thinks electric guitars are the devil’s work. But Father Tabakis is on a mission to change that – with Paradise Metal, a religious dubstep album that outdid Daft Punk and Aphex Twin‘The guitar was made by God,” says Father Dionysios Tabakis, sitting in the living room…

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