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Montreux Jazz Festival 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Crisis
The 2020 Montreux Jazz Festival, one of Europe’s best-known and longest-running live music events, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Though the Swiss Federal Council announced this...
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Beck, Common, St. Vincent Among The Stars At ‘Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy...
Featuring contributions from stars including Common, Beck, St. Vincent, Juanes, Foo Fighters, Mavis Staples and Jimmy Jam, ‘Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute To Prince’ aired last night, 21 April, on...
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Beck Cancels UK And European Tour Due To Coronavirus Crisis
Beck has announced the cancellation of his forthcoming UK and European ‘Hyperspace’ tour due to the coronavirus pandemic. The US musician’s tour was set to take in dates at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall,...
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Prince
“I named my son Prince because I wanted him to do everything I wanted to do.” So said Prince’s father, John L Nelson, in 1991. By that point, however, Prince had exceeded everyone’s expectations –...
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Queen Radio Channel Launched By SiriusXM
Launched today through global satellite radio station SiriusXM, the Queen radio channel will encompass the legendary band’s sterling song craft, virtuoso musicality, outrageous glamour, and colossal...
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SiriusXM To Celebrate Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix And More For International...
SiriusXM is celebrating International Guitar Month this April with a new, limited-engagement channel, SiriusXM Guitar Greats (Channel 105), saluting the greatest guitarists in history, including Eric...
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10 Things We Learned From ‘Bitchin’: The Sound And Fury Of Rick James’
Both on and off the stage, Rick James was a flamboyant and larger-than-life character who lived fast, partied hard, and made some amazing music during a fertile ten-year period between 1978 and 1988....
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Best Male Rock Singers: A Top 100 Countdown Of Legendary Vocalists
What makes a truly legendary rock singer? Certainly, stage presence and the ability to whip the largest of gatherings into a frenzy are key ingredients, but there’s more to the best male rock singers...
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Top 80s Pop Stars In Music – The True Superstars
Take a look at any 80s pop star and you immediately recognize that these artists were simply different. The best 80s pop songs buzzed with a manic, bright energy that fit perfectly with a decade when...
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Best ‘SNL’ Musical Performances: 14 Unmissable Live Appearances
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday night…” For a period, the most exciting place on a Saturday night was in front of the TV screen, as Saturday Night Live featured some of the best musical performances...
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Polo And Pan’s ‘Reverb Shop’ Officially Launches
Music gear marketplace Reverb continues to make noise in the New Year, and now they’re inviting fans to 2023’s biggest dance party: The Official Polo & Pan Reverb Shop. A wide range of gear has...
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The Game-Changing ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Of Every Decade
Following the anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, much of the celebration and discussion centers on its role as an influential force in music history. Even...
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The Most Misunderstood Political Songs Ever: 10 Tracks You Didn’t Get
Sometimes a political anthem is just a political anthem. But there have been many cases over the years where the songwriter’s intentions get lost in translation, no matter how hard he or she tries to...
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Irish Singer- Songwriter Sinead O’Connor Dead At 56
Sinéad O’Connor, the highly-acclaimed, but outspoken Irish singer-songwriter with a singular voice, who shot to stardom in the early 90s with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” has passed...
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The Most Surprising Musical Friendships
Musicians: they’re just like us. They have friendships, fallouts, romances, and make small talk at parties. When it comes to the music industry, it’s always been quite small, which makes it inevitable...
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DIY Music: How Musicians Did It For Themselves
From cave tunes to thrash punk, country blues to the early days of hip-hop, the urge to make music, using whatever is at hand, is a constant in human behavior. Percussion instruments created from...
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Rise Of The Machines: How Technology Shaped Music
Listen to it today, you might think “it’s just a dude playing the organ.” And while you’d expect a record company to be trying to promote an artist, it perhaps seemed premature for Blue Note to be...
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Don’t You Forget About Me: Why 80s Music Is Cooler Than You Think
Is it possible to bully a decade? The 80s sure seems to have an eternal “Kick Me” sign on its back. Can someone help an epoch out and pull that thing off, please? For those of you haven’t been paying...
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Fight For Your Right: The Battle Over Music Censorship
Unlikely as this now may seem, there was a time, not long ago, when you couldn’t say anything naughty on a record. In fact, you couldn’t even imply anything naughty unless you were especially clever...
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The Filthy Fifteen: Censorship, Gore And The Parental Advisory Sticker
It has been decades since 15 songs – the so-called “Filthy Fifteen” – were declared obscene in America. The designation of a Filthy Fifteen was part of a backlash campaign that ended with the...
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