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"I’m not one to be marching in the streets with a sign or holding a gun or a knife, but my words are my tools and my weapons": Dolly Parton on why her heavy metal protest song World On Fire needed to be written

There's more to Dolly Parton's Rockstar album than superstar-assisted karaoke, as she proved with its furious first single World On Fire

Louder

What is encephalitis? Measles outbreak prompts warning about rare complication

Charity warns the UK could see around 10,000 new cases of encephalitis if 3.4m children are not vaccinated against measles

Evening Standard

Alex Lifeson reveals signature LERXST amp line with MojoTone ahead of writing sessions with Geddy Lee

LERXST amplifiers could be just the start – guitars, pickups and pedals might be coming next

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Music Review: Violent Femmes debut, a cult favorite, turns 40 with an expanded new edition

To celebrate 40 years since the release of their self-titled debut, the spirited acoustic punk band Violent Femmes have prepared a new deluxe edition, out Friday

The Independent UK

With over 700 recorded versions in the last 45 years alone, Silent Night is one of the world's most popular Christmas carols – learn a spellbinding solo jazz guitar arrangement inspired by Larry Carlton and Django Reinhardt

Get to grips with a Christmas classic that will improve your chord-melody chops and impress your family

Guitar World

If the idea of Shane McGowan, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker and Pete Doherty singing Disney classics together sounds like an acid-fried fever dream, trust us, the reality was even weirder

Three of alternative music's leading forces (and Pete Doherty) delivering a night of avant garde Disney classics? If it sounds weird, that's because it was

Louder

"Right, we've had a break – this is it": Radiohead drummer says band are "coming around to that point" of getting back together

But then he also described the band's five-year hiatus as "a little break for a minute"

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Mandalaband's first two albums remastered and reissued

Mandalaband's self-titled debut and The Eye Of Wendor: Prophecies are available on vinyl, CD and as a box set

Louder

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Punk, human spirit and a Christmas classic: Shane MacGowan’s 10 greatest recordings

The singer was at his snarling, poignant best across these powerful vignettes that put a modern spin on Irish folk traditions and gave us a timeless festive singalong

The Guardian - UK

Sabrina Carpenter had a hilarious justification for controversial church music video

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Marie Claire

Peter Gabriel - i/o album review: lunar-inspired, slow-burning contemplation

For his first album in twenty years, the former Genesis singer has enlisted a huge cast of stars, including Ai Weiwei, Cornelia Parker, and Brian Eno

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan dies aged 65: The Pogues frontman's wildest or most revelatory quotes

The legendary musician spearheaded a new kind of Celtic punk music, producing works that Ireland's president, Michael D. Higgins has described as "perfectly crafted poems"

Evening Standard

"Its release was welcomed with as much enthusiasm by Californian punks as if a Nazi had yakked on Darby Crash’s grave." How Bad Religion took a prog detour with Into The Unknown

How hardcore heroes Bad Religion recorded a prog album mid career!

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“A true friend and the greatest songwriter of his generation”: The Pogues icon Shane MacGowan has died aged 65

MacGowan was noted as one of the finest lyricists of his generation, and collaborated with Kirsty MacColl in 1987 for the classic Christmas hit, Fairytale of New York

Al Jazeera

Shane MacGowan, poetic, hard-charging frontman of The Pogues, dies at 65

MacGowan won fame for incorporating traditional Irish ballads into Britain’s punk scene in the 1980s and 90s.

The Independent UK

On 'Innocence,' Kenny G's jazz lullabies aren't just for kids. They're for everyone

Four decades into his career, which includes 20 studio albums, a Grammy, and the Guinness World Record for bestselling jazz artist, saxophonist Kenny G is nowhere near done

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Taylor Swift Wrote ‘You’re Losing Me’ Way Earlier Than Fans Thought And Now They Have All Kinds Of Theories About Her Breakup With Joe Alwyn

Jack Antonoff just revealed when Taylor Swift wrote "You're Losing Me," and now Swifties have theories about her breakup with Joe Alwyn.

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10 times major metal stars cameoed in music videos

Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Grohl have all made music videos 10 times better just by showing up

The Independent UK

Peter Gabriel review, i/o: A sublime and long-awaited return

Like rock’s answer to David Attenborough, he immerses himself in the natural world

MusicRadar

The Pogues vocalist and songwriter Shane MacGowan has died, aged 65

The legend of Irish music passed away after a long illness

Evening Standard

Shane MacGowan death: The Pogues' Fairytale of New York favourite for Christmas number one

Calls for fans to send song to the top of the charts as a tribute

The Guardian - UK

Shane MacGowan obituary

Lead singer and masterful songwriter for the Pogues who brought punk style and attitude to Irish folk music

The Independent UK

What is encephalitis? Viral illness Shane MacGowan was diagnosed with that swells brain

Encephalitis is an uncommon but serious condition in which the brain becomes inflamed or swollen

Louder

"A shared musical magic is rekindled." Julianne Regan and Tim Bricheno release teaser for new single

Former All About Eve pair Regan and Bricheno will release a new album in 2024

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