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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

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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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

Pedestrian.tv

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.

Pedestrian.tv

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

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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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The best record label logos have become iconic marketing tools.

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