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How The Go-Go’s Perfected Pop-Punk The Go-Go’s proved that pop and punk could mingle to land at the top of the charts. “You can take the girl out of punk, but you can’t take punk out of the girl,” says Charlotte Caffey, lead guitarist. Read more on NPR
OPINION: We Are Africans. Here’s Our View Of Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’ Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar’s movie-length music video — and to criticisms from other Africans. Read more on NPR
Anggun is an international star who has sold over 2 million album copies around Europe. Anggun was already a star in Southeast Asia when she decided to leave everything behind to launch her international career. London, Amsterdam and finally Paris, where she met the producer who had made Céline Dion’s songs a success. Together they […]
A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future There’s Bandcamp, beloved by artists. There’s Spotify, very well-liked by listeners. And then there’s that big question mark. The artist Damon Krukowski takes a look. Read more on NPR
Dua Lipa has delivered the official music video for her new single “IDGAF” as she promised. The video came out on Friday and it’s already becoming internet’s favorite MV from the singer. It’s a worthy follow up to “New Rules”. In the music video for “IDGAF”, Dua sets new standards as she fights her clone […]
Bruno Mars and Cardi B have teamed up for the official music video for “Finesse” – a song from “24K Magic” album. The artist didn’t release the song as planned but dropped it earlier to surprise his fans. He also unveiled the colorful artwork for the single. Bruno Mars told his fans through social media […]
There are some celebrities who are irreversibly linked to a particular brand in the minds of consumers – and for the brands that they’re involved with, so long as the celebrity stays squeaky clean, that’s a great thing. So which are the best celebrity brand partnerships, and why do they work so well? We’ve looked […]
If you love making music, a home recording studio is a great ambition to have. It has endless possibilities for recording your own performances, playing with a band, or just jamming with your mates. What a wonderful way to invest your time as well as your money, and the best news is that it’s possible […]
Last night was the inaugural YouTube Music Awards, or YTMAs as they so desperately want people to refer to them as, and despite YouTube being the premier music consumption site in the world the interest in the awards didn’t seem to be that great. The run-up to the awards ceremony was over-shadowed by the likes […]
I love to share my musical discoveries through my blog. It’s a way for me to open new horizons up and to get feedback from you. Today, let’s go to the Dominican Republic and meet the sounds and instruments that make up the diversity of Dominican music. Influenced by their African, Spanish, and European colleagues, […]