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Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
3 months, 1 week ago

Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

The Independent  

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Music Review: Canadian trio Wild Rivers’ elegant harmonies soar on new album, ‘Never Better’
5 months ago

Music Review: Canadian trio Wild Rivers’ elegant harmonies soar on new album, ‘Never Better’

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Canadian folk-pop trio Wild Rivers takes the name of its new album from the opening cut, “Never Better,” but the implied assertion is at least debatable. The band’s last full album, “Sidelines,” landed in 2022 as a no-skip masterpiece, combining memorable, original hooks with angsty lyrics that made the band’s rise to top-tier status seem inevitable. It …

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Not Just a ‘Ghazal King’: Madan Mohan’s Far-Ranging Work Deserves Better
1 year, 5 months ago

Not Just a ‘Ghazal King’: Madan Mohan’s Far-Ranging Work Deserves Better

The Quint  

Coincidences can be marvellously intoxicating at times. The bubbly verses of Majrooh Sultanpuri entwined in Mohammed Rafi’s naughty timbre and the music of Madan Mohan made the listening akin to nirvana. Whosoever has heard “Sawan Ke Mahine Mein” concurs with Plato that music lends "charm and gaiety to life.” As the frothy number came to an end, I realised it …

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When a cute love story makes the world a better place
1 year, 10 months ago

When a cute love story makes the world a better place

Deccan Chronicle  

The last couple of years have been anything but a test of the resolve of human beings to cope with adversities never imagined. He emotionally declares it as “India’s message of love, the cutest love story ever.” A reading of the novel confirms that it is an extension of his passionate beliefs which have always reflected in the kind hearted …

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BTS and Billie Eilish could help you sleep better than whale sounds, scientists find
1 year, 11 months ago

BTS and Billie Eilish could help you sleep better than whale sounds, scientists find

The Independent  

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He was cheerful, loving: Pt Ravi Shankar’s wife Sukanya Shankar looks back
2 years, 8 months ago

He was cheerful, loving: Pt Ravi Shankar’s wife Sukanya Shankar looks back

Hindustan Times  

His last words were, “I could have been a better musician,” says Sukanya Shankar, of her late husband, Pandit Ravi Shankar. “I once watched him rearrange a bedside table for 45 minutes, at midnight.” The late sitar maestro, who died in 2012, aged 92, was the face of Indian classical music for decades. “I have these memories of warm moments …

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