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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Musical to Get Broadway Debut
Prince’s 1984 film and album Purple Rain is being adapted into a stage musical that will make its Broadway debut next year, producer Orin Wolf has confirmed. The show, directed by Saheem Ali, brings the story to New York’s theatre district following its world premiere in Minneapolis last year, marking a significant posthumous milestone for…
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4 Songs Every 70s Kid Heard While Riding in the Family Car to School Each Morning
This lighthearted piece from American Songwriter revisits four songs that would have been staples of car radio listening for children being driven to school during the 1970s, tapping into nostalgia for the era’s biggest chart hits. It highlights tracks that dominated radio airplay at the time and have since become enduring classics of pop, rock…
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Bimbo Announce Debut Album The Bimbonacci Sequence: Hear “Chewing Glass”
Marquette, Michigan duo Bimbo have signed to indie label Exploding In Sound and announced their debut album, The Bimbonacci Sequence, alongside the lead single “Chewing Glass”. The band, made up of siblings Gretchen McKenzie (vocals/guitar) and Dawson McKenzie (drums), describe their sound as evoking the White Stripes “if they were evil” and couldn’t write in…
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TOM KEIFER: Writing Songs ‘Always Starts With A Lyric For Me’
CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer has discussed his songwriting process in a new interview with Jacky BamBam on Philadelphia’s 93.3 WMMR radio station, explaining that lyrics always come first for him, regardless of a song’s genre or intensity. He said the lyric acts as a “screenplay” that determines the song’s musical treatment, whether it becomes a…
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Inpatient (Ren x Chris Webby) – Mason Jar [Official Video]
Ren, the Welsh singer-songwriter known for his raw, theatrical storytelling and breakout viral success, teams up with American rapper Chris Webby for “Inpatient”, a joint project blending Ren’s melodic intensity with Webby’s sharp lyricism. “Mason Jar” is a track from that collaboration, presented here as an official video. The clip accompanies the song’s visuals, giving…
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Cinetic Media Signs Filmmaker Roger Ross Williams
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams has signed with talent and literary agency Cinetic Media, the company announced exclusively. Williams, who made history as the first African-American director to win an Academy Award (for his short film Music By Prudence), is a leading documentary and narrative filmmaker whose signing adds a high-profile name to Cinetic’s client…
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The 10 State Property Songs LeBron James Needs to Memorize Before the NBA Season Starts
Billboard has published a list of ten State Property tracks it says LeBron James should familiarise himself with following his move to the Philadelphia 76ers. The piece is a light-hearted, fan-culture feature tying James’s new city to State Property, the Philadelphia hip-hop collective signed to Roc-A-Fella Records in the 2000s, prompted by social media jokes…
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Ubisoft working on new open-world Far Cry game, report says
Ubisoft’s Vantage Studios is reportedly developing a new open-world Far Cry shooter after scrapping plans for an extraction shooter version of the franchise, according to industry outlet Insider Gaming. The move suggests Ubisoft is returning to Far Cry’s traditional FPS and action-adventure roots rather than pursuing a more experimental, competitive multiplayer format, which could reassure…
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The 1976 song Lemmy put in the same league as The Beatles: “Unbelievable hooks”
Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead praised The Ramones’ 1976 song ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’, saying its memorable hooks placed it in the same league as The Beatles. The article presents the remark as evidence of Lemmy’s respect for concise, immediate songwriting despite Motörhead’s much heavier sound. ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ appeared on the Ramones’ self-titled debut album in 1976 and…
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As Electric Forest Attendees Search for Answers, Law Enforcement Insists Deceased Newborn Case ‘Will Be Solved’
At Electric Forest 2026, a major electronic music festival in Rothbury, Michigan, a cleaning crew discovered the body of a newborn baby inside a portable toilet in the VIP “Good Life” camping area on the morning of Sunday 28 June. Authorities say the infant was born alive and viable, with the placenta and umbilical cord…