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"I started getting all these Google alerts about this group Bon Iver, because Justin Vernon was shouting me out in the press”: Bruce Hornsby explains how he first heard about Bon Iver, and reveals the song of theirs that he considers to be “transcendent”

"His layered vocals are crazy, all the harmonies that he puts together. It’s very special”

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“That was a Juno-DS keyboard – it was literally plugged into Logitech computer speakers, not running into a board or an interface even”: Jim-E Stack reveals the lo-fi production techniques behind Bon Iver's Walk Home

Stack opened up the Pro Tools session for SABLE, fABLE highlight Walk Home for Mix with the Masters

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Whistle becomes key tool in protests against Trump’s ICE crackdown

Protesters have been blowing whistles to alert people to agents’ presence – and that has upset figures on the right

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MAGA Influencer Emily Austin’s Reaction To Billie Eilish’s Anti-ICE Grammy Speech Brutally Mocked

The conservative influencer filmed her live reaction to Billie Eilish slamming ICE during her Grammys acceptance speech.

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'F*ck ICE': The most powerful speeches at the politically-charged Grammy Awards

This year's Grammy Awards saw several artists stand up to Donald Trump and ICE. From host Trevor Noah to Olivia Dean, Billie Eilish and Bad Bunny - who targeted US immigration authorities in his acceptance speech - politics loomed large at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Grammy stars blast Ice as Bad Bunny makes history

The Puerto Rican star is the first artist to win album of the year for a record sung entirely in Spanish.

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‘Ice out’: Billie Eilish, Olivia Dean and Bad Bunny protest with Grammy speeches

Many celebrities wore pins with slogans protesting against the deployment of Ice agents in US cities.

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Grammy winners Olivia Dean, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish and slam ICE as they accept awards

Many celebrities wore pins with slogans protesting against the deployment of Ice agents in US cities at the biggest night in US music

Evening Standard

Billie Eilish says ‘no one is illegal on stolen land’ after song of the year win

The singer called for people to ‘keep fighting and speaking up and protesting’, saying ‘out voices really do matter, and the people matter’.

Evening Standard

Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny says ‘Ice out’ as he wins Grammy Award

The star accepted his award saying: ‘We’re not savages, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens, we are humans and we are Americans’.

Evening Standard

Olivia Dean wins Grammy for best new artist: ‘I’m up here as a granddaughter of an immigrant’

The 26-year-old’s comments come after artists protested against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers deployed in US citie

Evening Standard

The celebrities who didn’t hold back on ICE at the 2026 Grammys — and what they said

Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and Joni Mitchell are some of the artists who spoke out against ICE throughout the evening

The Independent UK

Celebrities including Joni Mitchell and Kehlani protest Ice at Grammy Awards

Singers and songwriters wore ‘Ice Out’ pins – a pushback to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

The Independent UK

Goodbye, 2025! Check out 7 of our favourite test tracks of the year

2025 signs off in style

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‘It explored the spectrum of humanity’: the enduring pleasures of Northern Exposure

The quirky early 90s drama ran for 110 episodes, had fans in Joni Mitchell and Bon Iver, and showed one of TV’s first gay weddings. Now, having been forgotten for years, its warm-hearted charms are being discovered by a new generation

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I'm hooked on the new Bon Iver x Pantone colour collab

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“I did that by myself at my house in about 20 minutes. They said, ‘Sing this.’ I said, ‘OK’”: How Bon Iver’s billion-stream collab with Taylor Swift came together in record time

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon reveals that his contribution to Swift's Grammy-winning indie-folk opus was recorded in less time than you probably expected

The Conversation

Seven albums to listen to during a breakup – from Lily Allen to Marvin Gaye

Lily Allen’s bombshell new album, West-End Girl, has caused a sensation for its depiction of a marriage torn apart. Though the singer has described it as a blend of fact and fiction, fans have taken it to be an account of her breakup with Stranger Things actor David Harbour.

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“I didn’t write any of these chords or anything – this just came straight from a sample”: Bon Iver and Jim-E Stack break down the making of Day One

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon also reveals the vintage instrument behind the song's bassline, which he says is his "favourite synth ever"

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“Where words fail, music speaks”: Why storytelling through music surpasses all other art forms

Narrative in music isn’t always about just what’s being said within a song’s lyrics - it’s what the music triggers in the core of the listener

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"I never want the sample to be the whole thing - I want to mask it": Loukeman reveals his favourite plugins and unusual production techniques

Toronto-based producer Loukeman talks his new project Sd-2, sampling techniques and unconventional effects processing

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve never been so obsessed with a band’: readers’ best albums of 2025 so far

Bad Bunny blasting bigotry against Puerto Ricans, Davido’s 5ive’s uplifting vibes and a blast from trip-hop’s past. Here’s what has caught your ear this year

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“I was like, ‘What’s the story with this guitar because it is god ugly’”: Bon Iver swapped an expensive 1960s Martin for a “hideous” budget Ibanez that had been rejected by a rehab center for his new album

The “hideous” $199 guitar was deemed to be a better choice than a vintage gem that would have guitar enthusiasts drooling

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"He takes this expensive Martin from the '60s, we test it and I'm like, 'cool'. But it's just not quite making me excited - it's not doing the thing": Why Bon Iver chose a "hideous" $199 Ibanez rejected by a rehab centre over a vintage Martin for Speyside

"I was like, 'what's the story with this guitar, because it is god ugly'"

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“This is my favourite part. I knew it was good because I couldn’t get through it without sobbing”: Bon Iver breaks down his duet with Danielle Haim in BBC’s Maida Vale Studios

Justin Vernon and Jim-E Stack crack open the Pro Tools projects for Speyside, Walk Home and If Only I Could Wait for BBC Radio 6 Music

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