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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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Luvcat To Share Hallowe’en Inspired Concert Film

  • Luvcat’s Soho concert film streams for 48 hours from Hallowe’en.
  • The film captures an intimate performance at The Box.
  • A special first anniversary edition of *Vicious Delicious* is incoming.

Luvcat will release a Hallowe’en-inspired concert film this weekend, filmed during an intimate show at The Box in Soho. The short release gives fans a way to revisit the performance as the singer marks the first anniversary of her debut album, *Vicious Delicious*. The film will be available…

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The 10 Most Ambitious Pink Floyd Instrumentals, Ranked

  • Pink Floyd’s instrumentals pushed beyond conventional rock structures.
  • The ranking values experimentation over commercial success.
  • “On the Run” turns synthesiser sequencing and travel sounds into tension.

Pink Floyd’s most ambitious instrumentals show how the band stretched rock beyond conventional song structures, using experimental sounds, unusual arrangements and extended passages to create atmosphere. The article ranks ten tracks by their daring and inventive qualities rather than their commercial success. The examples include “Main Theme”, a…

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Born 114 Years Ago Today in Indiana, the Man Who Produced Some of Country Music’s Biggest Post-WWII Stars, Including Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford

  • Lee Gillette shaped Capitol’s post-war country roster.
  • He produced Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons”.
  • He worked closely with Nat “King” Cole until 1965.

Lee Gillette, born in Indianapolis on 30 October 1912, helped shape post-war country music as Capitol Records’ country A&R chief and producer. His work helped establish artists including Merle Travis and Tennessee Ernie Ford, while his later partnership with Nat “King” Cole connected him to Capitol’s jazz-pop success.…

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William Kentridge blends animation and ballet to confront Soviet tyranny

  • William Kentridge pairs animation and dance with Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony.
  • The film explores Soviet power, grief and idealism through masks and miniature sets.
  • Its Baku performance marks Shostakovich’s 120th birth anniversary.

William Kentridge’s hour-long film *Oh to Believe in Another World* combines animation, puppetry and live dance with a live orchestral performance of Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony. Presented at the Baku international arts festival, it uses the music’s uneasy mix of fear, revulsion and grief to examine Soviet history, political…

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Ian Anderson’s favourite Jethro Tull songs

  • Ian Anderson’s picks show Jethro Tull’s musical range.
  • ‘Aqualung’ remains relevant for its themes of homelessness and inequality.
  • ‘A Christmas Song’ began as a solo studio recording.

Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has shared some of his favourite songs by the band, offering listeners a guide to a catalogue that spans far more than its well-known flute-led sound. His choices include familiar classics and less widely known tracks, reflecting the group’s shifts across styles including…

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4 Unforgettable Hard Rock Hits From 1965 That Take Baby Boomers Back in Time

  • Four 1965 hits show hard rock beginning to take shape.
  • The Rolling Stones had two US and UK No. 1s.
  • The Who and Yardbirds tracks featured distinctive guitar sounds.

Four 1965 songs are presented as early examples of hard rock, capturing a period when the genre’s sound was taking shape. Their fuzzy guitar, forceful delivery and experimentation helped point towards later hard rock, while also reflecting the era’s wider musical shifts. The songs are The Rolling Stones’…

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What if ‘Halloween’ had abandoned Michael Myers and become a horror anthology?

  • Carpenter planned a different horror story each year.
  • Halloween III’s reception helped bring Myers back.
  • The anthology approach might have changed the franchise’s course.

John Carpenter originally envisioned the Halloween films as a yearly horror anthology, with each instalment telling a different story rather than continuing Michael Myers’s tale. That idea matters because it could have taken the series in a new direction, but audiences had come to expect Myers and many…

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Stand Atlantic Bag First ARIA No. 1 With ‘GODBREATH’

  • Stand Atlantic earned its first Australian albums chart No. 1.
  • GODBREATH was the week’s best-selling album on vinyl.
  • Dan Sultan and Boo Seeka also debuted in the top 10.

Sydney rock band Stand Atlantic has scored its first No. 1 on Australia’s ARIA Albums Chart with GODBREATH, which was the week’s best-selling album on vinyl. The result marks a career milestone for the group and makes GODBREATH the fourth Australian album to top the chart in 2026.…

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In 1984, David Gilmour wrote a song that attacked Roger Waters. Years later, he regretted the whole thing

  • Gilmour’s 1984 song came to reflect his conflict with Waters.
  • He later said airing personal grievances in songs was a poor idea.
  • The pair reunited with Pink Floyd for Live 8 in 2005.

In 1984, David Gilmour released “You Know I’m Right” on his solo album *About Face*, a song whose lyrics came to reflect his bitter dispute with Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters. Gilmour later said he regretted letting those personal grievances surface in his songwriting, even though the song…

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Suno fights to make Apple testify on whether Apple Music could survive without UMG and Sony, claiming the majors use their catalogs ‘as a cudgel’ to win anti-AI concessions

  • Suno wants Apple questioned under oath in its copyright case.
  • It says Apple Music matters to the labels’ claims about market harm.
  • Apple disputes the relevance and scope of the requested testimony.

Suno is asking a California federal court to require Apple to answer questions under oath in a copyright dispute with Universal Music Group and Sony Music. The AI music company says Apple Music is relevant because the labels claim AI-generated tracks are eroding their market share and diluting…

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