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Maggie Rogers on ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ the album she wrote for a Sunday drive
8 months, 1 week ago

Maggie Rogers on ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ the album she wrote for a Sunday drive

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Maggie Rogers wrote and recorded her new album, “Don’t Forget Me,” over five days last winter. The result is a record that Rogers calls “relaxed,” one that finds her “unguarded and present.” The mood is lighter than Rogers’ electric 2022 album “Surrender,” which was in many ways a release of pent-up pandemic energy — a collection of …

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Tim Minchin fans moved to tears by news of mum’s death during show
1 year, 1 month ago

Tim Minchin fans moved to tears by news of mum’s death during show

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He then performed “White Wine in the Sun”, an …

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Dan + Shay hit a breaking point. Then they wrote ‘Bigger Houses,’ the album that ‘saved their lives’
1 year, 3 months ago

Dan + Shay hit a breaking point. Then they wrote ‘Bigger Houses,’ the album that ‘saved their lives’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Before Grammy Award-winning duo Dan + Shay wrote their fifth studio album, “Bigger Houses,” they nearly broke up. “I just knew in my heart, I was like, ‘This could be the end of Dan + Shay,” says Shay Mooney about the drive to Dan Smyers’ house. That was kind of how we made our first album.” At …

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Veteran lyricist Dev Kohli, who wrote songs for Maine Pyaar Kiya and Baazigar, dies at 81 in Mumbai
1 year, 3 months ago

Veteran lyricist Dev Kohli, who wrote songs for Maine Pyaar Kiya and Baazigar, dies at 81 in Mumbai

Hindustan Times  

Veteran lyricist and poet Dev Kohli died in Mumbai on August 26. As per an India Today report, Dev Kohli's antim darshan will be held at 2 pm onwards at his home in Lokhandwala Complex, Mumbai. Dev Kohli’s death Dev Kohli’s spokesperson, Pritam Sharma, confirmed his death and told Indianexpress.com, “Kohli ji was admitted at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital for the …

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Zomato's special 'Dropped Utensils' Spotify playlist is the anthem for desi households. Seen yet?
1 year, 5 months ago

Zomato's special 'Dropped Utensils' Spotify playlist is the anthem for desi households. Seen yet?

India Today  

Growing up in a desi household makes you get used to a lot of things. Looks like somebody from Zomato’s social media team also had the same experience. And that’s how they came up with the ‘Dropped Utensils’ playlist on Spotify. From including songs like Tan Tana Tan from the movie Judwa to Shahid Kapoor’s energetic track Dhan Tana, the …

Unforgettable Chinese lyricist and songwriter Qiao Yu passes away at 95
2 years, 6 months ago

Unforgettable Chinese lyricist and songwriter Qiao Yu passes away at 95

China Daily  

One of China's most renowned songwriters, Qiao Yu, died in Beijing on Monday. In 1946, he changed his name from Qiao Qingbao to Qiao Yu, and left his hometown to study at Beifang University－which became part of present-day Renmin University of China－in Hebei province, where he began publishing poems, novels and wrote songs for yanggeju, a type of folk opera …

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BTS: Jungkook doesn't like his natural voice, reveals deleting songs he wrote
2 years, 6 months ago

BTS: Jungkook doesn't like his natural voice, reveals deleting songs he wrote

Hindustan Times  

BTS member Jungkook opened up about not liking his natural voice 'a lot of times' and deleting all the songs he wrote. In a new interview, Jungkook also spoke about his contribution to the group's new song Run BTS and his improvement in English. He added, “I’m not quite there yet.” In an interview with Weverse magazine, Jungkook spoke about …

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Aaradhya Bachchan dances to patriotic songs, fans find her celebrity lookalike
2 years, 10 months ago

Aaradhya Bachchan dances to patriotic songs, fans find her celebrity lookalike

Hindustan Times  

The internet seems to have discovered the celebrity doppelganger of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s daughter Aaradhya Bachchan. Many fans pointed out that Aaradhya looked like a ‘younger version of’ Lisa from BLACKPINK. So pretty!” one fan commented, while another called her a ‘carbon copy of Lisa’. In an earlier interview with Siddharth Kannan, Abhishek said that Aaradhya has learnt …

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The history of sea shanties – and why they’re such a hit in 2021
3 years, 11 months ago

The history of sea shanties – and why they’re such a hit in 2021

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This may seem like semantic nitpicking,” an article in …

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Jazzing up the music scene
3 years, 11 months ago

Jazzing up the music scene

China Daily  

Xu Zhitong performs at Hangzhou's premier jazz venue, JZ Club in 2019. "When I started to prepare for this concert, I wanted it to be a reunion of old friends since I've been away from home for a year," says Xu. Xu named the concert "jazz fairy tale", hoping to conjure up images with his original music. Other works Xu …

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On lyricist Anand Bakshi's 90th birth anniversary, a look at his most memorable songs
4 years, 5 months ago

On lyricist Anand Bakshi's 90th birth anniversary, a look at his most memorable songs

Firstpost  

Anand Bakshi got his big break in Bollywood with the 1958 film Bhala Aadmi The 90th birth anniversary of legendary lyricist Anand Bakshifell on Tuesday. Pankaj Udhas shared two images with the lyricist and wrote, “Sharing two pics with legendary lyricist Anand Bakshi ji one of Chithi Aayee Hai recording and the other at film Mohra music launch today on …

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