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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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Steely Dan used well over 100 session musicians. They admitted one was “a real virtuoso”

  • Steely Dan moved away from touring and relied on session musicians.
  • Larry Carlton was praised as a “real virtuoso”.
  • Carlton’s solos feature on ‘Kid Charlemagne’.

Steely Dan’s Walter Becker and Donald Fagen shifted towards using session musicians after deciding that touring did not suit their creative process. The change let them record complex songs without keeping a permanent band or arranging regular rehearsals, while giving their studio sound room to evolve. The article…

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My New Band Believe Line Up North American Tour

  • My New Band Believe will tour North America in April 2027.
  • The 17-date run celebrates the band’s debut album.
  • The tour ends in New York on 23 April.

My New Band Believe will tour North America in April 2027 to celebrate the release of its self-titled debut album. The tour gives the band a run of live dates across the United States and Canada, and comes alongside a new video for “Heart of Darkness”. The itinerary…

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GTA VI Shares New Tove Lo Song, Announces Festival

  • Tove Lo released a new song for the GTA VI soundtrack.
  • A related festival is set for Miami on 21 November.
  • The album will feature 34 original tracks.

Atlantic Records and Rockstar Games have released “Blood In Your Eyes”, a new song by Swedish singer Tove Lo, to mark the upcoming release of Grand Theft Auto VI. Rockstar and PlayStation have also announced a related music festival in Miami. Grand Theft Auto VI: The Festival is…

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PETA ask Cage The Elephant to change their name

  • PETA wants the band to use “Free The Elephant” for a week.
  • The campaign centres on elephant Okha and her retirement.
  • Cage The Elephant have not publicly responded.

PETA has asked Cage The Elephant to temporarily rename themselves “Free The Elephant” on social media for a week, ahead of their performance at an NFL game in Munich. The animal rights group says the change could draw attention to Okha, an elephant it wants retired from circus…

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You’ve Got Mail Remake Waiting in Warner Bros.’s Inbox

  • A new You’ve Got Mail is in development at Paramount-Warner Bros.
  • Jason Orley will direct, with Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont writing.
  • The 1998 film drew on a 1940 film and an earlier play.

Paramount-Warner Bros. is developing a new version of Nora Ephron’s romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail, directed by Jason Orley. The project comes as the newly merged studio has committed to releasing 30 films a year, and the remake adds to that slate. The story details are being kept…

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Sabrina Carpenter Teams Up With ‘La La Land’ Director for ‘Playful, Unexpected’ Whiskey Campaign

  • Sabrina Carpenter appears in a new Johnnie Walker campaign.
  • Damien Chazelle directed the French New Wave-inspired advert.
  • Carpenter says music and acting offer different ways to tell stories.

Sabrina Carpenter stars in a new Johnnie Walker campaign directed by Damien Chazelle, the filmmaker behind *La La Land*. The French New Wave-inspired advert shows her entering a jazz club, ordering a whisky drink and energising the party as she moves through the venue. Carpenter said she and…

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‘The Voice’ Contestant Lillie Kolich Completely Transforms This Britney Spears Top 10 Dance Pop Hit Into a Sultry Seduction: Watch

  • Lillie Kolich gave Britney Spears’s hit a slow, sultry makeover.
  • Coaches praised the performance, but Kolich was eliminated.
  • Five singers from Team Queen and Team Adam advanced.

Lillie Kolich reworked Britney Spears’s “(You Drive Me) Crazy” as a slowed-down ballad on the first live show of season 30 of *The Voice*. Her performance stood out for its sultry arrangement and personal connection to Spears, but Kolich was eliminated, showing that a well-received performance did not…

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Born 118 Years Ago Today in Chicago, the Music Visionary Who Signed Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline and Helped Make Nashville the Country Music Capital

  • Paul Cohen helped make Nashville a country music hub.
  • He signed Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline and other major artists.
  • Music Row offices closed in tribute after his death in 1970.

Record executive Paul Cohen helped establish Nashville as a centre of country music, shaping Decca’s country division and guiding the careers of major performers. Born in Chicago on 10 November 1908, he signed artists including Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline, and produced Wells’s “It Wasn’t God Who Made…

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Bruce Springsteen’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed breaks up longstanding fan club

  • Springsteen endorsed Abdul El-Sayed.
  • A fan group with over 18,000 followers closed.
  • Moderators cited political hostility and personal attacks.

Bruce Springsteen’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed has contributed to the closure of a longstanding Facebook fan group, exposing political divisions among the musician’s supporters. The group’s moderators said arguments had grown hostile, with personal attacks and hateful rhetoric replacing respectful disagreement. The ‘Spring-Nuts’ page had more than 18,000…

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Robbie Williams Defends Olivia Rodrigo Following Plagiarism Claims

  • Williams says he will not pursue a claim against Rodrigo.
  • Listeners compared her new song with “Candy” and “Christmas Wrapping”.
  • He warned that punishing musical echoes could discourage creativity.

Robbie Williams has defended Olivia Rodrigo after listeners said her new festive song echoes earlier Christmas hits. Williams said he would not pursue a claim over a possible resemblance to his song “Candy”, arguing that treating every familiar sequence of notes as a copyright dispute could discourage creativity.…

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