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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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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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Daffo Shares New Song “Hand To God” After Getting Dropped By Label

  • Daffo says Concord dropped them.
  • They shared a new song, “Hand To God”.
  • The demo is also on Bandcamp under Gabi Greenberg.

Gabi Greenberg, who records as Daffo, has shared a new song called “Hand To God” after saying they were dropped by Concord, the label that released their debut album. The post and song offer a glimpse of how Greenberg is responding to the career setback and continuing to…

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Pitchfork to Host Pavement for New Zine Launch Event

  • Pitchfork and Rough Trade are holding a Pavement zine launch event.
  • Grayson Haver Currin will speak with Stephen Malkmus and Mark Ibold.
  • Tickets include a zine, with more available to buy at the venue.

Pitchfork and Rough Trade will host a live event celebrating a new zine about Pavement, tied to Grayson Haver Currin’s cover story on the band. The event brings the magazine’s feature into a live discussion with two of Pavement’s members. It is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 November, at…

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The 1975 Eagles record Glenn Frey called better than ‘Hotel California’: “Perfection is not an accident”

  • Frey chose *One of These Nights* over *Hotel California*.
  • He called its title track a breakthrough.
  • He remembered the album as the Eagles’ most fluid recording.

Glenn Frey said the Eagles’ 1975 album *One of These Nights* was his favourite of the band’s records, ahead of *Hotel California*. He described its title track as a breakthrough and a “quantum leap”, making the album a marker of the group’s growing confidence and the blend of…

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Disney’s ‘Lilo & Scratch’: Haim Mazar and Grace Fisher Set to Score New Animated Short (EXCLUSIVE)

  • Mazar and Fisher are scoring Disney’s “Lilo & Scratch”.
  • The score blends Hawaiian musicians with a 70-piece orchestra.
  • The project marks a milestone in Fisher’s composing career.

Haim Mazar and Grace Fisher will compose the score for Disney’s animated short “Lilo & Scratch”, which is due to screen before “Hexed”. The story pairs Stitch with Scratch, a mischievous cat introduced by Lilo, and follows the chaos that unfolds when Stitch is left in charge. The…

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Expand Your Palate With These 3 Legendary Psychedelic Rock Songs

  • Three tracks offer an introduction to 1960s psychedelic rock.
  • The Beatles, The Byrds and Pink Floyd are featured.
  • The songs combine spiritual themes, folk-rock and surreal pop.

The article recommends three songs as an introduction to psychedelic rock, arguing that they capture the sound of the 1960s and helped shape rock music. It presents them as influential examples of how artists explored new sounds and ideas during the era. The selections are The Beatles’ “Tomorrow…

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