39 h. ago ‘Joni Mitchell’s Blue revolutionised the way I saw music’: Emeli Sandé’s honest playlist

The singer was a young fan of Mariah and pretends she hates one 70s musical classic, but which aquatic power ballad can she genuinely no longer stand?The first song I fell in love with Samson by Regina Spektor, when I was 16 and falling in love for the first time. I got introduced to her music when I was working in Virgin Megastore in Aberdeen. Then I met someone in a club.The first single I bought All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, from Asda. My dad had played me the Music Box album from when I was about seven, so I loved Mariah. I saw it in the bargain section for £1.99 and thought: “Let’s get it.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Infantino’s $1bn prize: act of commercial disruption disguised as benevolence | Barney Ronay

Fifa president’s talk of the Club World Cup promoting access and equity is simply double-think to disguise another land grabIt takes a while for the voice to emerge from the background haze, a mist of generically noodling electronic music, the kind of music that comes filled with a comforting sense of death, hold music from the executive euthanasia clinic.Finally the voice emerges, whispering through your headphones in that familiar rich, reverent Euro-tone, like being spoken to by the sun. This is a voice that says: I am here to command. But I am also just a conduit for a divinity that flows through me and into you. Although mainly, and let’s be absolutely clear, through me. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Napster, now a streaming service, sells for $207m to Infinite Reality

Tech startup says it bought company once linked to music piracy to transform it into a social music platform for artistsA brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before re-emerging as a subscription music service, has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207m.The tech startup announced on Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with fans and better monetize off their work. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Elton John: New artists should ‘play in a pub’ instead of on The X Factor

The 77-year old musician has warned emerging talent away from the instant fame that comes with televised music competitions.

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1 week ago Joni Mitchell streams surge after Amanda Seyfried’s viral ‘California’ cover on Jimmy Fallon

Actor recently debunked reports that she was ‘auditioning’ to play the legendary Canadian artist in Cameron Crowe’s forthcoming biopic

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1 week ago Maxim Emelyanychev unveils the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's 2025/26 Season

The SCO’s bold new season will see the orchestra and its principal conductor crossing stylistic borders with quixotic abandon, writes Ken Walton

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2 w. ago Amanda Seyfried addresses Joni Mitchell biopic speculations after ‘California’ cover goes viral

‘Mamma Mia!’ star’s pitch-perfect cover of Mitchell’s hit 1971 track led to speculation that she was auditioning to play the folk singer in a biopic

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2 w. ago Joni Mitchell 'being cancelled on Tiktok' after Gen Z discover liberal singer, 81, performed in blackface throughout the 1970s

When US actress Amanda Seyfried covered Joni Mitchell's Seventies hit California during a recent TV appearance, she didn't know it would spark a TikTok resurgence - and cancellation - of the singer.

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4 w. ago Love Island star Chris Hughes denies he was ‘kissing anyone’ at Brit Awards in dig at Maura Higgins

Chris was caught in the middle of a story that emerged from the music awards' ceremony

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