Good and bad news

Good and bad news

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This week brings great news from the world of music, with Adele and Alicia (Keys) on top, and not so great news, with Drakeo The Ruler getting killed and Queen's Brian May catching Covid...

20 December 2021

A bittersweet week

A bittersweet week

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While some artists are met with tragedy — Young Dolph being shot to death — others achieve key milestones — Megan Thee Stallion graduating college — while some consolidate their iconic status — Adele staying at #1...

13 December 2021

Back on tour(s)!

Back on tour(s)!

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These days, a slew of major performing artists are announcing live shows, residencies and/or outright tours for the coming months/year. Let's have a (quick) look at that interesting phenomenon...

6 December 2021

Get (some) back

Get (some) back

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Like the great Dame Shirley Bassey once sang, this is history repeating. Indeed, a new twofold British invasion is upon us, with The Beatles back in the news after 5 decades while Adele takes over the charts with her smash 4th album...

29 November 2021

The International American Music Awards

The International American Music Awards

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The 49th American Music Awards took place last night at the interestingly named Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. More interestingly, though, many standout moments did not actually stem from American and/or English speaking performers...

22 November 2021

Franz Ferdinand, greatest hits and algorithms

Franz Ferdinand, greatest hits and algorithms

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Franz Ferdinand announced a new greatest hits project to be released next year. In the era of streaming, what is the point of offering a compilation anymore? Let's find out...

15 November 2021

Modern tragedy

Modern tragedy

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Fallback from the Astroworld Festival tragedy is still very much ongoing, with (too) many dead and many more injured, in what looks increasingly like a bad situation handled worse...

8 November 2021

Everyone makes the news

Everyone makes the news

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This week is starting with various news coming from various artists, playing in various styles, and hailing from various eras...

1 November 2021

British music week

British music week

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While Adele tops the singles charts in the US with "Easy on me", Coldplay top the album charts in the UK with Music of the Spheres. And then there's The Beatles...

25 October 2021

The streaming wars sequel

The streaming wars sequel

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Apple has just unveiled a new music streaming plan that is the cheapest on the market — only there is a catch: you gotta use Siri to access it... How will this end?

18 October 2021

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