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‘Should not be played indoors’: writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

As the weather heats up, Guardian writers pick their defining summer tracks, from Phoenix and Donna Summer to Stevie Wonder

The Guardian - US

Vinyl came back from the dead – and so did the bootleggers: inside the booming business of knock-off records

As LP sales boom in the UK, so has the illegal trade in poor-quality fakes. But the record detectives are fighting back

The Guardian - UK

Zsela is letting go and leaning into uncertainty with her debut album ‘Big For You’

Zsela’s debut album ‘Big For You’ is transformational both in theme and in process

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“The people I listened to most are the guitar players from the 1920s, who are some of the best that ever did it”: Charlie Hunter has played with John Mayer, D’Angelo and Frank Ocean – just don’t call him a session guitarist

The storied explorer thinks the age of the session musician is over. He shares why blues has shaped his playing more than jazz, his experiments with seven- and eight-strings, and why he’s gigging a bass-meets-guitar hybrid that’s harder to play than most

Guitar World

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill tops Apple Music's 100 best albums of all time

Renowned artists such as Blur are surprising omissions in the list compiled by stars such as Pharrell Williams

Evening Standard

Apple Music’s top 100 albums of all time sparks fan debate as Michael Jackson misses out on top spot

Ranking of classic records has caused debate among many in the music community

The Independent UK

Apple Music Reveals Top 100 Albums Of All Time

Apple Music's top 100 albums list reveals the dominance of the 1990s, hip hop, and rap genres, with Beyoncé standing out as the only female artist with two...

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Lauryn Hill tops Apple's 100 best albums

Albums like "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," "Abbey Road," "Purple Rain" have made Apple Music's top rankings

Salon

Apple Music’s Top 100 albums list has everyone up in arms, and rightfully so

Lauryn Hill over Thriller?! Really????

USA Today Sports Media Group

Lauryn Hill's classic 'Miseducation' album tops Apple Music's list of best albums of all time

Let the debate begin

The Independent UK

Soul singer and producer Jordan Rakei curates your Friday night playlist

Producer and songwriter Jordan Rakei has been handed the keys to Abbey Road Studios and he is planning to play with everything. To mark the release of his fifth studio album he selects your Friday listening

Evening Standard

"Public Enemy gave the establishment something to fear, an intelligent, angry, politicised, uncompromising voice for disenfranchised black America." A beginner's guide to Def Jam Recordings in five essential albums

Def Jam is the most influential record label in hip-hip history. Here is your guide to its most significant releases

Louder

This Insider-Favorite Bridal Designer Never Intended to Make Wedding Dresses

But at Patricia Voto's One Of, brides find dresses that are all their own.

Marie Claire

Lana Del Rey Faces “Summertime Sadness” As She Broke Coachella Rules, And It Cost A $28,000 Fine

Lana Del Rey joined a line of artists like Paul McCartney and Calvin Harris in breaking a major rule at Coachella 2024, and she cost the organizers a heavy fine. The post Lana Del Rey Faces “Summertime Sadness” As She Broke Coachella Rules, And It Cost A $28,000 Fine first…

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Evening Standard

Best summer hats for men to wear in hot weather

For the good kind of shade

The Guardian - US

Coachella 2024: music A-listers hit the desert after a struggle to sell tickets

Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat and Tyler, the Creator will headline but splashy Palm Springs festival has faced slowest sales in a decade

International Business Times

Lana, Tyler, Doja Headline Coachella Where Swift Rumored To Appear

Hordes of music fans were arriving in California's Coachella Valley for the premier arts festival that begins Friday and features headliners Lana Del Rey, Doja Cat and Tyler, the Creator.

The Guardian - UK

‘Blue Monday is one of the 20th century’s greatest artworks’: Wolfgang Tillmans on swapping his camera for a microphone

His student band was a catastrophe but the Turner prize-winning artist decided to release his music after Frank Ocean appropriated one of his experimental songs. So is his uplifting new album pop – or art?

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"Would Fleetwood Mac have been able to make Rumours if they had to spend all their time trying to make content?": Have streaming and social media killed the album?

Have streaming, social media and the ‘attention economy’ made the ‘single-album-tour-repeat’ model redundant? We asked some independent artists if the traditional approach to recording and releasing full-length projects is still viable

MusicRadar

Phil Manzanera on being sampled by Kanye West and Jay-Z: "Who knew that I would earn more money from a short guitar riff that I wrote one evening on a sofa in front of the telly in 1978 than I ever earned in the entire 50 years as a member of Roxy Music?"

The guitarist had no say in his riff being used on Watch The Throne track No Church In The Wild but says he received a one-third share of the publishing and royalties revenue

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Zoë Saldaña shares family moments, encourages gender equality in parenting

Learn how Zoë Saldaña spends quality time with her family, emphasizing parenting values and importance of celebrating women in her recent Instagram post.

The Guardian - UK

The Vince Staples Show review – this joyously weird comedy is ludicrously suave

The semi-autobiographical sitcom from the musician/actor is a wonderfully surreal exercise in Black creativity. It’s a totally idiosyncratic vision that takes you on a wild ride. Buckle up!

USA Today Sports Media Group

30 incredible albums that didn’t win Album of the Year at the Grammys, including Beyoncé’s Lemonade

So many incredible albums didn't win Album of the Year at the Grammys.

Evening Standard

Biggest Grammy upsets through the years: From Beyoncé's snub to Lionel Richie's shock win

The 66th Annual Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles on Sunday

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