FHM US

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From Halifax to Hollywood Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in February 1991 in Halifax, England. His parents, both working for an art consultancy at the time, also had an older son. Constantly being surrounded by art and creatives, Sheeran took an

FHM Sweden

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Music is a powerful art form, it has the ability to transform a mood, evoke memories of a long-lost love, and has the power to bring people together. And no artist currently encapsulates all those elements more than Ed Sheeran. The world’s most famou

FHM South Africa

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Music is a powerful art form, it has the ability to transform a mood, evoke memories of a long-lost love, and has the power to bring people together. And no artist currently encapsulates all those elements more than Ed Sheeran. The world’s most famou

The Independent

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The 2022 American Music Awards were held live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday (20 November). The ceremony was hosted by American TV personality Wayne Brady. Taylor Swift was the biggest winner of the night with six wins, including

FHM Australia

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Music is a powerful art form, it has the ability to transform a mood, evoke memories of a long-lost love, and has the power to bring people together. And no artist currently encapsulates all those elements more than Ed Sheeran. The world’s most famou

The Atlantic

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Welcome to Up for Debate. Each week, Conor Friedersdorf rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Later, he publishes some thoughtful replies. Sign up for the newsletter here. Last week I asked re

FHM Sweden

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Country music star Eric Ethridge has seen his latest single “Sad Songs” being streamed millions of times, and while the pandemic has slowed down concerts/tours, that hasn’t stopped Eric from creating new music. FHM sat down with the music man to lear

FHM South Africa

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Country music star Eric Ethridge has seen his latest single “Sad Songs” being streamed millions of times, and while the pandemic has slowed down concerts/tours, that hasn’t stopped Eric from creating new music. FHM sat down with the music man to lear

NPR

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The famed musician and current chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame talks to NPR about a recent letter he and many other songwriters sent to the head of Spotify.

Guitar World

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Under the Radar

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In the fall of 2019, we began a series of interviews with the intention of examining the changes in the music industry over the previous decade. A number of lines of inquiry were identified—How do musicians make a living in 2020? What do the words “i

Guitar Player

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IT WAS OCTOBER 2019 when we planned this issue’s cover feature with Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. We were younger, freer, and “Lockdown” was just a great song from Johnny Marr’s 2013 debut solo album. Our cover story was timed to coincide with the release o

NPR

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An Oklahoma country station made news this week when it briefly refused to play a Beyoncé song. It's a resonant tale for the Black and women musicians who have tried to crack the format for decades.

NPR

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Talia Schlanger takes a moment to reflect on some of her favorite memories in the 'World Cafe' host chair.

FHM Australia

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Country music star Eric Ethridge has seen his latest single “Sad Songs” being streamed millions of times, and while the pandemic has slowed down concerts/ tours,thathasn’tstoppedEricfromcreatingnewmusic. FHM sat down with the music man to learn more

NPR

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White, the younger brother of the band's founder and principal songwriter Maurice White, joined the group in the mid-1970s and went on to lay the backbone for hits like "September" and "Shining Star."

Peppermint Magazine

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Holly Rankin is remarkably humble for a woman with an impressive roll call of achievements as both a musician and an activist. Under her alias Jack River, she released her debut album Sugar Mountain in June 2018. The album, weaving personal anecdotes

Global Voices

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Two Trinidadian podcasters seek to virtually unite people amidst the COVID-19 outbreak by asking listeners to pick their favourite tunes — and explain why the songs are meaningful to them.

Global Voices

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As COVID-19 sweeps through Africa, musicians have taken a hit with canceled concerts, festivals, tours and interrupted studio time. Yet, they have risen to the challenge by composing catchy tunes.

UNCUT

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LEROY “Lonnie” Jordan is outlining the War manifesto. “Our choice of weapon was our instruments, shooting out rhythm, melody and harmony,” says the band’s singer and keyboardist. “That was our motto. We were called War, but we were all about keeping

NPR

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Music offers freedom. Freedom of expression — a way to rejoice and to mourn, to offer comfort, to call for change.

Bass Player

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Sadly, this past month has been another tragic period in the bass world. It began when it was announced that Juan Alderete was in a bicycle accident that left him in a coma with a serious type of traumatic brain injury known as diffuse axonal injury.

NPR

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Faces Of NPR showcases the people behind NPR--from the voices you hear every day on the radio to the ones who work outside of the recording studio. You'll find out about what they do and what they're inspired by on the daily. This week, we feature Ro

DIVA

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ABISHA. An alternative R&B artist, ABISHA uses her voice to empower other Black queer women. Known for songs such as Time Alone, she does not shy away from topics like mental health and self-care. She is also a model and DJ. Blithe. Singer, actor and

UNCUT

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Defiance Part 2: Fiction  SUN 7/10 FEW song writers have written as many songs about rock’n’roll as Ian Hunter. With Mott The Hoople there were “All The Way From Memphis”, “One Of The Boys”, “Ballad Of Mott The Hoople” and “Saturday Gigs”, and the ha

NPR

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Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will co-headline the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wed, Jan. 20. The day features a variety of performances from other musical artists.

Stereophile

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I remember the exact moment I became an audiophile. It was 1954. I was 12 years old. My father’s friend, Mitch Rose, wanted to buy a “hi-fi set,” which was what they called them in those days. Mitch asked my father to go with him to help pick one out

NPR

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50 years ago, on August 1, 1971, the Concert for Bangladesh, led by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, raised funds — and awareness — for Bengali refugees. What's the legacy of this landmark event?

Prog

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We asked. You voted. In your thousands. Almost 80,000 of you to be precise, by far and away the biggest reader vote this magazine has ever undertaken. So the past month has been a heady whirlwind of names, numbers, quotes, frayed tempers, late nights

The Atlantic

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This year, a new wave of music argued that emo is less a genre than the sound of change, uncertainty, and desperate connection.