Tag: music
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Spotify’s plot against musicians. https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/ more ›
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Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance, or the anthem of… more ›
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With the release of new, previously unheard live recordings from the BBC, questions remain over Louis Armstrong’s complicated and controversial career and persona. More than half a century after the… more ›
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Even over the phone from Los Angeles, John Cale has a certain presence. It’s not just the still resonant Welsh lilt of his speaking voice or the way he takes… more ›
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Hermanos Gutiérrez are having a moment. It isn’t their first, and it certainly won’t be their last, but the Swiss-Ecuadorian guitar-playing brothers are riding high this week in March when… more ›
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I ’m just a soul trapped in this circuitry.” The voice singing those lyrics is raw and plaintive, dipping into blue notes. A lone acoustic guitar chugs behind it, punctuating… more ›
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For the moment, Danny Brown presents it as a physical problem, not an existential one. “These pants don’t bend,” the lanky rapper says, folding himself into right angles on the… more ›
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Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot, can now compose songs thanks to an integration with gen AI music app Suno. Users can enter prompts into Copilot like “Create a pop song… more ›
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These folk ballads also defined a new type of protagonist, now known as the antihero—a familiar figure in film and pop culture, but also an invention of traditional singers. There are… more ›