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3 Songs From 1968 That Teens Couldn’t Stop Playing in Their First Car
American Songwriter’s latest instalment in its recurring “The List” series revisits three chart hits from 1968 that were staples of teenagers’ car radios at the time. The piece is a nostalgic, opinion-led retrospective rather than a news story, aimed at readers who came of age driving to school with these songs on the dial. The…
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corto.alto And Jacob Alon Combine On Reflective Song ‘NOBLEHILL’
Scottish jazz-rooted producer corto.alto has released “NOBLEHILL”, a reflective new track featuring vocals from Mercury-nominated, BRIT-winning songwriter Jacob Alon, ahead of his forthcoming album “SOME SMALL FORTUNE”. The song is presented as a genuine collaboration, with corto.alto saying he set out to work properly with artists he admires rather than dictate every element himself, and…
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3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s You’d Never Skip on the Radio
Vaartkapoen ( VK ) – Brussel – Belgium – 19/02/1994 The Verve, Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Peter Salisbury, Simon Jones Photo gie Knaeps Some songs stop you in your tracks. Indeed, these are three one-hit wonders from the 1990s you won’t ever change the radio dial for. The post 3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1990s…
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The grueling fight over who profits from AI music
AI can generate songs in seconds. But behind every AI track is a complicated question: Who should get paid? And, how? The fights have started.
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“The top of the game”: the 2015 role Florence Pugh called a “massive mistake”
One of her most underseen projects. The post “The top of the game”: the 2015 role Florence Pugh called a “massive mistake” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The best metal albums of 2026 (so far)
Lamb Of God, Dimmu Borgir, Evanescance: it’s been a great year for metal (and we’re not done yet)
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Remember When Aerosmith Got a Crucial Songwriting Assist From None Other Than Mel Brooks in 1975?
Steven Tyler of rock group Aerosmith posing with his 1956 Mercedes 220S at Jamaica Pond, Boston MA October 9, 1975 Aerosmith had the instrumental bones of a famous hit all constructed. A comedy legend helped them with the rest. The post Remember When Aerosmith Got a Crucial Songwriting Assist From None Other Than Mel Brooks…
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Kanye West announces tour dates in Russia
The musician would be the first major Western artist to play Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.