DIY : CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS DROP JOYFUL COVER OF BEE GEES’ ‘STAYIN’ ALIVE’ (by Daisy Carter) →

In case you missed it… Christine and the Queens dropped a new song over the festive period - his cover of the certified disco classic, ‘Stayin’ Alive’. Having first performed ‘Stayin’ Alive ! Chris Version’ at the Cannes Film Festival last summer, Chris has now also shared a self-directed, costume-filled video - shot on location in Venice - to accompany his interpretation of the Bee Gees hit.

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The 1A : Angélique Kidjo’s global music always returns home →

Angélique Kidjo will be in Sweden later this month to accept the Polar Prize. The award is one of the music industry’s most prestigious prizes, recognizing the most influential people in the business. Past winners include some of Kidjo’s collaborators, including Paul McCartney. Kidjo is only the third musician from Africa to win the Polar Prize. Since her music career began, she’s championed music from her home continent.

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Amnesty : "I AM A NOISE": JOAN BAEZ GANZ PRIVAT →

"I Am A Noise" lautet der Titel eines Dokumentarfilms, der einen sehr privaten Einblick in das Leben der mittlerweile 82-jährigen Musikerin gibt. [...] Baez lieferte den Protest-Sound der 1960er Jahre. Beeindruckend war nicht nur ihre glasklare Stimme, sondern auch ihr Engagement für die Menschenrechte. Als sie 15 Jahre alt war, hörte sie das erste Mal Martin Luther King sprechen – was sie maßgeblich prägte. Sie setzte sich für inhaftierte Künstler*innen in den USA und aller Welt ein, kämpfte gegen Rassismus und unterstützte zivilen Ungehorsam gegen Kriegseinsätze in Vietnam und anderswo. Bis heute ist Baez Teil von Amnesty International. Sie gründete die Sektion an der US-Westküste, unterzeichnete 1973 die Anti-Folter-Petition, ging 1986 für Amnesty auf Tour. 2015 verlieh ihr die Organisation die Auszeichnung "Ambassador of Conscience Award".

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Metal Talk : WARREN HAYNES / THE BENEFIT CONCERT A NIGHT OF MUSICAL BRILLIANCE →

Guitarist for Allman Brothers Band and founding member of Gov’t Mule, Warren Haynes is one of the most highly respected figures on the scene. His annual benefit concerts attract the great and the good from the music world. Captured in glorious technicolour, sound and light, Volume 20 is arguably the finest yet, bringing together a diverse variety of talent that ranges from the raging to the pastoral.

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ABC 13 News : Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam dazzles Asheville, benefiting Habitat for Humanity (by Neydja Petithomme) →

Haynes started the Christmas Jam in 1988, and so far, he has raised more than $2.8 million. All proceeds will go towards Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity as well as BeLoved Asheville. The goal is to continue to help those who haven't been able to be homeowners due to financial setbacks. For Haynes, it's a goal that brings him joy. "To take something as simple as playing music, which we all love to do, and turn it into building houses, it's an opportunity that I can't be more thankful for," Haynes said.

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Tribute to Itziar Castro →

We are so saddened to hear of the sudden death of Itziar Castro. She has beautifully played in Carl Carlton's videos from "Lights Out In Wonderland".. Rest in peace, dear Itziar.

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Spanish actress Itziar Castro, who fought against fatphobia, dies aged 46 →

The Catalan actress, also a champion of the LGBT community, died in a Lloret de Mar pool where she was rehearsing for a synchronised swimming show


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WGCU : 'Day-O' by Harry Belafonte: Song of the Day Tribute for December 8 →

Harry Belafonte acted. Harry Belafonte sang. But Belafonte was more than an entertainer. Two stories tell how important he was to the civil rights movement. He spent the 1950s building his singing and acting careers. He spent time in the 1960s singing, acting and fighting for civil rights. He was the first African American to host a late-night show. His guest list was varied. It included politicians, civil rights leaders, actors, singers and comedians. Many of the discussions were about the issues of the day.

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Collider : Ewan and Clara McGregor's Father-Daughter Drama 'Bleeding Love' Lands U.S. Release Date →

Ewan McGregor and his daughter Clara McGregor star in the upcoming film Bleeding Love, which will be released by Vertical on February 16, 2024. The film follows a young woman who turns to her estranged father after a traumatic event and goes on a road trip to reconnect and address their strained relationship. Clara McGregor not only stars in the film, but also serves as a producer and co-writer of the original story.

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American Songwriter : U2 Lighting Up Las Vegas’ Sphere Red Today in Honor of World AIDS Day and Bono’s (RED) Initiative →

U2 returns to Sphere in Las Vegas tonight, December 1, to launch a new series of dates as part of the band’s ongoing residency at the state-of-the-art venue. Since December 1 also is World AIDS Day, Sphere will be lit up red in honor of the (RED) initiative and The ONE Campaign, which were co-founded by Bono to fight HIV/AIDS and poverty across the globe.

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Far Out Magazine : The French poets who inspired Patti Smith to greatness →

In 1967, Patti Smith set off to New York with little more than a copy of Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations in her suitcase. “We would escape together,” she wrote in her memoir, Just Kids. Smith’s love affair with Rimbaud, the 19th-century French Symbolist poet, shaped her affection for literature and, subsequently, spurred her on to become a writer. “Rimbaud held the keys to a mystical language that I devoured even as I could not fully decipher it. My unrequited love for him was as real to me as anything I had experienced,” Smith wrote. “It was for him that I wrote and dreamed. He became my archangel, […] His hands had chiseled a manual of heaven and I held them fast.”

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Berliner Morgenpost : Bitte alle mal aufstehen für Glen Hansard! →

„Danke, dass ihr euch an uns erinnert“, sagt Glen Hansard, als er das Publikum in der Verti Music Hall begrüßt, mit seiner unnachahmlich sonoren Stimme. [...] Jetzt ist Hansard wieder unterwegs, um sein neues Studioalbum zu promoten, „All That Was East Is West Of Me Now“. Seine siebenköpfige Band brilliert zu Beginn des Sets vor allem dadurch, dass sie ganz viele Noten weglässt. Bei „Sure as the Rain“, mit einem zwischendurch ins Französische wechselnden Text, werden die Instrumente nur flüchtig hingetupft; Fender Rhodes E-Piano, Kontrabass, behutsam geklöppeltes Schlagzeug., ein bisschen Geige.

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BBC News : Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music this year - marking the occasion with a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall →

Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music this year - marking the occasion with a concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. [...] The singer takes every opportunity to use her voice and her platform to campaign for the betterment of humanity, as she sees it. She is a Unicef and Oxfam goodwill ambassador, and has her own charity, Batonga, dedicated to supporting the education of young girls in Africa. [...] Young African artists have an opportunity to bring about positive change for a continent facing many challenges, she says. So is she mentoring any of these younger artists? "We talk," she says. "Like at this concert. Apart from doing music I always tell them, 'You have a responsibility."

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Bustle : At 28, Joan Baez Was 6 Months Pregnant & Playing At Woodstock →

By the time Joan Baez turned 28 in 1969, she’d been on the cover of Time magazine as the face of the folk music movement and was providing protest songs for an anti-war generation. She’d already sung to a crowd of 250,000 at the March on Washington roughly six years before, alongside her friend Martin Luther King Jr. She was by then “addicted to activism,” she tells Bustle over Zoom. “[Fame] was a struggle. It gave me a lot more panic than I would’ve experienced [otherwise], but it also gave me an identity.” Joan Baez looks back on the activism of recent decades in an interview with Suzanne Zuckerman, to coincide with the release of the artist's documentary.

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Jamband : Listen: Warren Haynes Previews ‘The Benefit Concert Volume 20’ with Collaborative “Gold Dust Woman” Cover →

As a complete set, The Benefit Concert Volume 20 is an anthology of unforgettable live moments sourced from concerts past. The sonic journey through the evening’s most memorable performances summarizes the holistic spirit of giving steeped in community and a shared admiration for the power of music. The event’s long-standing charitable commitment to aid the local community is at the heart of the yearly coming together, having raised over $2.8 million for the Asheville Habitat for Humanity and stroked Warren Haynes’ three-decade-long commitment to delivering unforgettable live shows, which also uplifts and unites audiences.

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Far out magazine : When Patti Smith rallied against censorship: “Tell the kids not to buy it” →

When Smith first arrived on the scene, though, she was on the precipice of what would become punk rock. Shortly after she unleashed her debut album Horses, bands would be popping up left and right, laying waste to the original scene [...] With artists like John Lennon making songs with profanity, concerned authority figures were under the impression that this new approach to music was a lot more destructive than it was revolutionary, calling for many people to censor what they put into their music. When talking about her role against art being stifled, she thought that rock and roll wasn’t to be trifled with, explaining, “Rock and roll is my art. The government doesn’t know shit, whether it’s art or not. Rock and roll is warfare. All the time…still fighting.”

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American Songwriter : Producer and Songwriter John Leventhal Reveals Debut ‘Rumble Strip,’ Shares Two Singles, One Featuring Rosanne Cash →

Throughout his 45-year career, John Leventhal has worn many hats, as a producer and songwriter, musician, composer, and more. In all this time, Leventhal has never explored being a solo artist until Rumble Strip, the namesake of his and wife Rosanne Cash‘s newly formed label and his forthcoming debut album, out January 26. [...] Cash and Leventhal are also working on the music and lyrics for the upcoming Broadway musical Norma Rae.

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Pitchfork : MGMT Announce New Album Loss of Life (by Matthew Ismael Ruiz) →

Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser co-produced Loss of Life with Patrick Wimberly, and Dave Fridmann—who has had a hand in all of the band’s studio LPs—mixed the new album. Loss of Life spans 10 tracks and includes a collaboration with Christine and the Queens, marking the band’s first official feature on an MGMT album.

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SWR1 : Gitarrist Carl Carlton und Schauspielerin Melanie Wiegmann im Interview →

"Glory of Love" von Blueslegende Carl Carlton und Schauspielerin Melanie Wiegmann: Ein dringender Hörtipp der SWR1 Musikredaktion. Welchen glücklichen Umstand die Liebe und das Album der beiden befeuert hat – wie die Songauswahl zustande gekommen ist und warum die beiden überhaupt zusammen Musik machen – das alles erzählen Sie SWR1 Musikredakteurin Katharina Heinius im Interview.

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American Songwriter : Rosanne Cash Shares Remastered “The Truth About You” from 30th Anniversary Edition of ‘The Wheel’ →

The Wheel was an album Cash needed to make during that moment in time. Reinventing the pathways of her sound and of her career, The Wheel encompassed a rebirth in life and love. “It’s satisfying and sweet to reintroduce ‘The Wheel’ in this 30th anniversary year,” said Cash in a previous statement. “I can’t look back at that time and separate the music from love. What was true then has become more true and more alive every day since.”

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