Secret London : Christine And The Queens To Curate Meltdown Festival 2023 (by Jack Saddler) →

Meltdown Festival is rushing back to the Southbank Centre this summer for 10 days of acts playing across multiple stages, and its grand curator has been announced: singer, songwriter and all-round superstar Christine And The Queens. The announcement makes the French phenomenon the youngest person to take on this role at Meltdown Festival, and he will follow in the footsteps of artists including Robert Smith, Grace Jones, Patti Smith, David Bowie and more.

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American Songwriter : Review: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams Channel Levon Helms’ Spirit (by Hal Horowitz) →

Levon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York is the perfect venue for the married duo of veteran multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and about a hundred others) and Teresa Williams to record a live album. After all, Campbell led the house band there for over a decade, fronting Helm’s infamous Midnight Ramble shows before he passed in 2012. 

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American Songwriter : Carly Simon Shares New, Live Version of 1971 Hit “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” (by Tina Benitez-Eves) →

Carly Simon has revealed a new version of her 1971 hit “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” one of 15 tracks off her upcoming CD and Blu-ray release, Live at Grand Central, out Jan. 27. On April 2, 1995, commuters on their way to work were surprised when Carly Simon sat down at the piano in the middle of one of the busiest transportation hubs in New York City, Grand Central Terminal, for an impromptu concert, her first live performance in 14 years.

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Far Out Magazine : Christine and The Queens names his dream collaborations (by Jordan Potter) →

After breaking through, Letissier’s second album, Chris, and its follow-up EP, La Vita Nouva, sustained commercial attention while garnering unprecedented acclaim from the critics. Most notably, Letissier was praised for 2020’s La Vita Nouva, a brazen artistic response to the tragic death of his mother. In 2022, Letissier began releasing singles under the new alias Redcar, culminating in his third solo album, Redcar les adorables étoiles (prologue), released in November. 

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Time : WTO and IMF Chiefs Urge Greater Cooperation at TIME 100 Dinner in Davos (by Yasmeen Serhan) →

Discussing great challenges facing the world today, singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo spoke about the integral role that African women must play in facing them. “We cannot achieve anything without the women of Africa being empowered,” said Kidjo, noting that women are “at the center of” major issues such as climate change and food insecurity. “If you’re not making progress there, all the progress we make in developed countries will be wasted because we only have one ecosystem and we all breathe the same air.”

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10 News : Viral sensation makes history in Riverdance Broadway show coming to Broward County (by Alexis Frazier) →

The Irish dance troupe Riverdance is kicking off its 25th anniversary tour with Morgan Bullock, who made history by becoming the troupe’s first Black dancer. “For me, growing up as an Irish dancer and loving to go see Riverdance and Irish dance shows, I never saw anyone who looked like me, so it’s amazing that now I have the honor to be that for other dancers,” Bullock told Local 10 News.

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Rolling Stone : Bono and the Edge Give David Letterman Tour of Dublin, Intimate Concert in Disney+ Special (by Daniel Kreps) →

U2’S BONO AND the Edge give David Letterman a tour of their native Dublin as well as the band’s catalog in an upcoming Disney+ music special. Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming, With Dave Letterman finds the former late-night host accepting the U2 duo’s invitation to spend time with them in Dublin, marking Letterman’s first-ever trip to Ireland. With documentary cameras in tow, Bono, the Edge, and Letterman toured the city and its music scene, culminating in an intimate concert performed by the U2 duo at a local landmark.

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BR Bayern : Die Musik von Steely Dan wird auch die schlimmsten Zeiten überdauern (by Michael Bartle) →

Walter Becker und Dan Fagen sind als Steely Dan ein unsterblicher Teil der Musikgeschichte. Die perfektionistische Pop-Band hat einen festen Platz in der "Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame". Einer der Musiker, Walter Becker, ist bereits 2017 verstorben, Dan Fagen dagegen wird 2023 75 Jahre alt. Michael Bartle zollt ihm Tribut.

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Harper's Bazaar : Patti Smith: Dream of life (by Chloe Cooper Jones) →

PATTI SMITH isn’t writing. “It won’t last that long,” she tells me. “But it’s been a while. It’s been a few weeks. And I’m in a state of that nothingness.” We’re talking about one page in her latest book, A Book of Days, a volume of photographs and captions that has one entry for each day of the year. The images capture the texture of Smith’s daily life — her bookshelf, her coffee cup, her eyeglasses, her own hand at work, hovering over a page of her prose.

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AD France : Marianne Faithfull photographiée chez elle dans les années 1960 (by Annabelle Dufraigne et Fanny Guénon des Mesnards) →

Chanteuse emblématique de la « British invasion » qui secoua les années 1960 avec l'arrivée massive de groupes anglais en Amérique (à l'instar des Beatles et des Rolling Stones), Marianne Faithfull a marqué une génération de sa voix singulière. Retour sur la décennie la plus décisive de sa carrière à travers 10 clichés vintage.

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