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Drum 'n' bass revivalist Nia Archives has released a new single, "Get Me Down", featuring UK R&B star Jorja Smith, ahead of her forthcoming album. The track is notable as the first in Archives' catalogue to feature a guest vocalist, pairing Smith's layered harmonies with Archives' jungle-influenced breakbeats…
Disney's new live-action adaptation of "Moana" has taken $4.5 million in Thursday preview screenings ahead of its opening weekend, marking the studio's latest attempt to remake one of its animated hits. Starring newcomer Catherine Laga'aia as Moana and Dwayne Johnson reprising the demigod Maui, the film matters because…
Former US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has begun divorce proceedings against her husband of 34 years, Bryon Noem, who has reportedly moved out of the couple's home in Castlewood, South Dakota. The news was disclosed by Noem's mother, Corinne Arnold, 77, in an exclusive interview with the…
Country-pop star Shania Twain has announced a new album, Little Miss Twain, and released a single, "Faded Blue Jeans", that features an unexpected guest: Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme on backing vocals. The pairing is being framed as a surprising crossover between the '90s multi-platinum…
The Guardian reviews *Debjani Banerjee*, an exhibition at the Bluecoat in Liverpool that blends the artist's British suburban upbringing with her ancient Bengali heritage. At its centre sits "Henry-Ganesha", a sculpture that transforms a familiar Henry hoover into the elephant-headed Hindu deity, capturing the "double consciousness" of growing…
Music Box Films has acquired the North American home entertainment rights to "Wisdom of Happiness," the documentary executive-produced by Richard Gere in which the Dalai Lama reflects on compassion, inner peace and the challenges of modern life. The deal, unveiled to coincide with the Dalai Lama's 91st birthday,…
British musician Yungblud has announced his withdrawal from Canada's Cowboys Music Festival, stating he is prioritising his personal wellbeing and "working on myself." The decision comes in the wake of a visible emotiona
During Megan Moroney's Cloud 9 tour stop at New York's Barclays Center on Thursday, the country singer surprised the crowd by bringing out pop star Benson Boone for an unannounced appearance. The twist was that both artists have separate hit songs titled "Beautiful Things," so Boone performed his…
A coalition of music-industry bodies — including the RIAA, IFPI, the Grammys and the performers' union SAG-AFTRA — has launched a joint programme to label recordings made with artificial intelligence. Announced on Friday, the scheme introduces two suggested track-level tags, "AI-Generated" and "AI-Assisted", intended to work much like…
Experimental pop producers A. G. Cook and Danny L Harle, co-founders of the influential PC Music collective, have reissued the debut album from their early duo Dux Content. The remastered version of 2012's Lifestyle, released to mark PC Music's 13th anniversary, includes two bonus tracks that had never…