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‘A sublime, breezy confection’: writers on their 2026 songs of the summer

The annual rundown of Guardian writers picking their most played tracks of the season goes from club-ready pop to sunny tech house

The Guardian - US

What to Stream: Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson team up and 'King of the Hill' and 'Wednesday' return

New Orleans legend Big Freedia returning with a new gospel album and the acting trio of Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer teaming up for the armored truck action comedy “The Pickup” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you

The Independent UK

Bounce legend Big Freedia on going gospel: ‘I never heard “God doesn’t love gay folks”. God loves us all’

Adored by Beyoncé and Drake, the New Orleans rapper has returned to her church choir roots with an album that honours queer gospel’s hidden history. After the death of her partner, she says: ‘I need it more than anybody’

The Guardian - UK

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Beyoncé sued for alleged copyright infringement over Break My Soul song

‘Renaissance’ track samples Big Freedia’s 2014 track ‘Explode’, which allegedly contains copyrighted material

The Independent UK

Beyoncé sued for alleged copyright infringement with Break My Soul

Bounce quartet Da Showstoppaz claim track sampled on US No 1 hit infringes on the title phrase from their track Release a Wiggle

The Guardian - UK

Liberated, livin’ like we ain’t got time: How Renaissance became Beyoncé’s tribute to queer Black America

A disco record and its rollicking world tour is an unprecedented celebration of queer Black life by the biggest pop star in America, critics and scholars tell Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Big Freedia, the Queen of Bounce, roars back with full album, 'Central City,' and a tour

Big Freedia goes back to her roots on the 16-track “Central City,” the Queen of Bounce’s first full-length studio album in nine years

The Independent UK

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Music takes over New Orleans as Jazz Fest 2023 kicks off

Sounds of R&B, rock ’n roll, Zydeco, pop, blues, country, rap, gospel and, of course, jazz begin wafting from the Fair Grounds race course Friday as the 2023 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens its two-weekend run

The Independent UK

It Continues: More International Artists Leave Bluesfest Amid Claims They Weren’t Gonna Be Paid

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Pedestrian.tv

Bluesfest adds fresh blood in first line-up announce for 2023

Old favourites and new sounds are on the line-up in 2023, for the expected first real return to the international class fans have come to expect at Bluesfest. Among the 41 acts announced today are Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Jackson Browne, Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Robert Glasper, Elvis…

Newcastle Herald

Beyoncé's ode to disco & queer history

The late-'70s anti-disco movement succeeded, but artists like Beyoncé are giving it back to queer fans

Salon

Trombone Shorty exults in Voodoo Threauxdown Tour: 'People will get this whole gumbo of New Orleans music!'

Trombone Shorty has not yet devised a way to take his concert audiences to New Orleans, at least not literally.

Tribune News Service

Disco ain't dead: how Beyoncé resurrected dance music and its queer history for Renaissance

If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance.

The Conversation

Glasgow Riverside Festival lineup as new artists announced for Bank Holiday weekend

The likes of Robert Hood, Helena Hauff, Joseph Capriati, Big Freedia, HAAi, ANNA, Derrick Carter, Chippy Nonstop, Bambounou, Joy Orbison, KiNK and Optimo and more have been added to this year's lineup.

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