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Music Review: Whitney Houston is some singer on live ‘The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)’
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2 months ago

Music Review: Whitney Houston is some singer on live ‘The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)’

Associated Press  

“Find your strength in love,” Whitney Houston sings near the end of a new live album, “The Concert for a New South Africa.” She spends a full minute delivering those five syllables. Houston was some singer, and that’s reaffirmed by “The Concert for a New South Africa.” Sadly, the album also shows how the pop diva’s incomparable talent was misspent …

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Naatu Naatu Lyricist Chandrabose: Got One Second To Speak At Oscars, Only Word I Uttered Was...
1 year, 8 months ago

Naatu Naatu Lyricist Chandrabose: Got One Second To Speak At Oscars, Only Word I Uttered Was...

News 18  

RRR’s Naatu Naatu created history by winning the prestigious Oscar for Best Original Song this year. On the Oscars stage, lyricist Chandrabose, who wrote the award-winning song, got only a second to express his gratitude after composer MM Keeravani finished his winning speech. On being asked about how he created this iconic song, Chandrabose mentioned that the process behind Naatu …

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Beyonce and Lizzo set the bar for fixing ableist lyrics
2 years, 5 months ago

Beyonce and Lizzo set the bar for fixing ableist lyrics

Live Mint  

Beyonce will re-record the song Heated to remove an ableist slur after public outcry from disabled people, and activists are hopeful that it will signal more changes in language in music lyrics. Representatives for Beyonce told CNN on Monday that “the word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.” Ola Ojewumi, the founder and director of education …

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Can’t get that dang Applebee’s song out of your head? How ‘Fancy Like’ took over TikTok and TV
3 years, 3 months ago

Can’t get that dang Applebee’s song out of your head? How ‘Fancy Like’ took over TikTok and TV

LA Times  

“I’ve been in Nashville for 17 years, and in the last 12 weeks my life has completely changed,” says Walker Hayes of the left-field success of “Fancy Like.” When Walker Hayes was a kid growing up in Mobile, Ala., dinner at Applebee’s represented a splurge for his family — though not necessarily for every member of the family. So if …

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How India lost and got her words back
4 years, 11 months ago

How India lost and got her words back

Live Mint  

In 1990, a funk metal band called Extreme took a major musical detour and wrote the minimalist, romantic ballad More Than Words. Ambedkar had warned in his final, prescient speech to the constituent assembly, “It is quite possible for this newborn democracy to retain its form but give place to dictatorship in fact.” It’s a pattern we now see around …

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Narendra Modi remains true to word; IAF strikes on JeM camps in Pakistan show sea change in govt policy from UPA era
5 years, 10 months ago

Narendra Modi remains true to word; IAF strikes on JeM camps in Pakistan show sea change in govt policy from UPA era

Firstpost  

The IAF strikes at JeM camps in Pakistan show a change in the line of thinking under the Narendra Modi government as compared to the UPA era when the govt was undecided on striking at Pakistan even after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks “Saugandh mujhe iss mitti ki, Main desh nahi mitne dunga, Main desh nahi jhukne dunga….” This theme …

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