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From club fame to major-label outcast: Inside the 20-year saga of Jon Brion’s lost album

LOS ANGELES — Jon Brion used to look through liner notes with a fear of seeing his name. Actually, the name was OK — it was the list of a dozen or more instruments that inevitably appeared next to his name that he began to dread.

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‘Sadness is a trend’: why TikTok loves ‘crying makeup’

From #sadgirlwalk to dazed stares, misery – or the performance of it – is all over the platform in what some see as a bid for belonging

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Fiona Apple, "Rings" warrior woman

The "Tidal" musician, tired of being marketed as a waif, sang in the series’ finale for a reason

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation: 'sad-girl' fetishism or 'cuttingly funny' feminist satire?

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The Conversation

How 2 well-connected LA siblings curated 20 years of eclectic musical magic

LOS ANGELES — Like pretty much everybody else in the world, Sean and Sara Watkins were blown away by Joni Mitchell's surprise return to the stage last month at the Newport Folk Festival, where the 78-year-old singer-songwriter gave her first full public performance since she suffered a debilitating brain aneurysm…

Los Angeles Times

Watkins Family Hour: Vol II review – a great night out with ringside seats

US siblings Sara and Sean Watkins are joined by Fiona Apple, Jackson Browne and more on another set of old classics and new favourites in Nashville form

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The Hunter Biden Laptop Story Makes Another Case Against 'Misinformation' Bans

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Reason

Fiona Apple is fighting against a racist law supported by the KKK

The law has been deemed unconstitutional, but it's still keeping over 200 people in prison.

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