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Marco Benevento – ‘Glera’ album review: A genre-defying hark back to the age of library LPs
Marco Benevento’s *Glera* is reviewed as a genre-blending instrumental album that revives the atmosphere and flexibility of vintage library music. The reviewer argues that its strength lies in creating vivid, shifting settings while moving smoothly between styles, presenting it as a useful distillation of Benevento’s broad musical approach. Built around Benevento’s organ playing, the Big…
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15 years after Amy Winehouse, has artist wellbeing actually improved?
Fifteen years after Amy Winehouse’s death, the article examines whether the music industry has meaningfully improved how it protects artists’ mental health and wellbeing. It argues that, despite greater public awareness and more visible support initiatives, many of the pressures associated with fame, workload, addiction and exploitation remain entrenched. The piece places Winehouse’s experience in…
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Turkish governor is sacked after wearing Lycra cycling shorts in social media posts that ‘abandoned the dignity of office’
A provincial governor in Turkey has been dismissed from his post after posting pictures of himself on social media wearing Lycra cycling shorts, with officials ruling that the images had “abandoned the dignity of office.” The case has drawn attention in Turkey as an example of how strictly officials are expected to maintain a formal…
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Tyler Creates New Shoes for Converse
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Matt Damon told Ben Affleck before his wife that he’d landed ‘The Odyssey’
Matt Damon reportedly told his long-time friend and collaborator Ben Affleck that he had been cast in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film “The Odyssey” before he shared the news with his own wife, Luciana Barroso. The anecdote highlights the closeness of Damon and Affleck’s decades-long friendship and professional partnership, which spans acting, writing and producing together…
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3 One-Hit Wonders From 1991 That 90s Kids Will Never Forget
This article is a light retrospective piece from American Songwriter highlighting three one-hit wonders released in 1991 that remain memorable to people who grew up in the 1990s. It celebrates songs that, despite their artists never repeating that level of chart success, became enduring cultural touchstones through radio play, film and television use, and sheer…
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Ren And Chris Webby Release Collaborative Album ‘Asylum’
Rapper Ren, US artist Chris Webby and producer JP On Da Track have released their joint album ‘Asylum’, the full-length centrepiece of a collaborative project called Inpatient that the trio have been previewing piecemeal for the past couple of months. The record spans a wide range of genres and styles, and is notable for pairing…
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Comcast Q2 Boosted by World Cup, Profits at Peacock
Comcast’s second-quarter results were lifted by World Cup coverage on its Telemundo network and by its Peacock streaming service, which turned a profit for the first time since launching in 2020. Despite these gains, the media and broadband giant reported a decline in overall profit compared with the same period last year, largely because the…
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“Everyone wanted Hayley Williams’ haircut. There’s some horrific photos of my attempt!”: As Everything Unfolds’ Charlie Rolfe reveals the 10 songs that made her who she is
Charlie Rolfe, singer with High Wycombe metalcore band As Everything Unfolds, has shared the playlist of songs that shaped her for Metal Hammer, ahead of the release of the band’s new album, Did You Ask To Be Set Free?. The band, signed to Century Media alongside acts such as Arch Enemy and Lacuna Coil, have…