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"I remember this cold, damp day in Barnes Cemetery, lugging this plexiglas coffin around with Mickey Mouse": The curious story of Free's debut album

Recorded for just £800, Free’s Tons Of Sobs remains one of rock’s greatest debut albums

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"Getting her to the studio was tough! But once we got her there, she was wonderful. We really sprung Slave... on her": The story of Grace Jones’ Slave to the Rhythm - tempo changes, stacked Roland synth patches and Trevor Horn

Never stop the action… Join us as musical mis-steps, happy accidents, crushing financial burden and raw unbridled talent give birth (eventually) to one of the enduring hits of the ‘80s

MusicRadar

"Sometimes its songs are a gentle caress, sometimes its songs are a maelstrom": Melissa Etheridge mixes it up on Brave And Crazy

The comparisons with Bruce Springsteen might be merited, but Melissa Etheridge's second album saw her making a name for herself

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"Who knows where we would have gone had we not had that monster hit? It was the beginning of the end for us": The real story of Free, told by those who were there

Free burnt brightly and all too briefly: The story of Paul Rodgers, Paul Kossoff, Andy Fraser and Simon Kirke

Louder

‘Firebrand, poet and heart-throb’: how the film One Love captures the truth about Bob Marley

I was at the reggae superstar’s side before and after he escaped assassination. The new film took me back to this time, of love triangles, London punks and cold war conflict

The Guardian - UK

Pop star Madison Beer on fame, Justin Bieber and family guilt: ‘There’ve been a lot of dark points in my life’

The pop singer talks to Ellie Muir about her new album ‘Silence Between Songs’, working with powerful men and being rushed to grow up

The Independent UK

Gary Wright obituary

Singer and songwriter whose 1976 hit Dream Weaver combined yearning vocals with a haunting and distinctive synthesiser sound

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Taylor Swift Leads With 8 ‘MTV Video Music Awards’ Nominations

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‘I felt his vibration!’ Sonny Roberts, the UK’s first Black music studio owner

The Jamaican immigrant producer and entrepreneur, who is being honoured with a blue plaque this week, laid the foundations for a vibrant British reggae scene

The Guardian - UK

'My muscular dystrophy didn't stop me being part of the youngest band to ever play Glastonbury'

The lads wrapped up their GCSEs last week before hitting the stage at Glastonbury

Manchester Evening News

Teen boys become youngest band to ever play Glastonbury - after being discovered at school talent show

The boys only finished their GCSEs a week ago

Bristol Post

The trailblazing story of Sparks: "What we’re doing is making music that we can’t hear anywhere else"

Since their dramatic arrival in the UK via TV screens in the early 70s, Sparks have continued to make extraordinary music on their own terms. Now they’re enjoying a late-career renaissance

Louder

Sparks on new album, fame: It snowballed

The brothers discuss "The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte," impact of Edgar Wright's documentary & latest movie musical

Salon

Every Thrice album ranked from worst to best

Post-hardcore idols Thrice recently revisited The Artist In The Ambulance – so we’re revisiting their entire back catalogue.

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Kidjo, Blackwell, Pärt awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize

Singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell and Estonian composer Arvo Pärt have won the 2023 Polar Music Prize, a Swedish music award

Evening Standard

Who was Steve Mackey? Pulp bassist dies aged 56

Mackey’s wife announced the news via social media on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Against the odds: Miraa May on her rise to success and her acclaimed debut album

The Tottenham-born musician is flying high with MOBO nominations and her debut album garnering instant acclaim — Lara Olszowska speaks to a bold new voice in British music

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The Full List Of Folks Who Copped A Shiny New Piece Of Metal At The 2022 ARIA Awards

Congratulations to everyone but ESPECIALLY Baker Boy.

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Amyl The Sniffers, Flume Rüfüs Du Sol Lead The Stacked ARIA Award Noms This Year

The awards are set to be handed out in late November at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.

The Guardian - UK

Angus ‘Drummie Zeb’ Gaye obituary

Drummer, singer-songwriter and founding member of the pioneering British reggae group Aswad

The Guardian - UK

Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff: ‘In England we had to fight to get any kind of recognition’

The musician on his early struggles in London, his enduring appeal and auditioning Bob Marley, and the problem with Jamaican independence

The Guardian - UK

The Islander by Chris Blackwell review – maverick who brought Bob Marley to the masses

This compelling autobiography charts the rise of the Island Records founder who became as much of a legend as the acts he championed

The Guardian - US

Island Records founder Chris Blackwell: ‘I’m interested in what’s different’

In a wide-ranging new memoir, the impresario who worked with Bob Marley, Roxy Music and U2, talks about his incredible life in the industry

Glasgow Live

The Wanted's re-released Gold Forever song in memory of Tom Parker hits number one

The Wanted have re-released a fan favourite track Gold Forever with all proceeds over the next 12 months going towards a brain tumour charity in memory of Tom Parker who sadly passed away after battling stage 4 glioblastoma - an aggressive form of brain cancer.

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14 of the best record label logos

The best record label logos have become iconic marketing tools.

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