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With Elton John, Britney Spears releases first new song since 2016
UNITED STATES: Britney Spears released her first new song in six years on Friday with the debut of “Hold Me…
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Arabic oud icon seeks to ‘change soul’ of Iraq with music
Long uprooted from his native Iraq, Naseer Shamma, an icon of the Arabic oud, has returned home to help rekindle…
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92-year-old Malawian music legend finds fame on TikTok
At 92, Giddes Chalamanda has no idea what TikTok is. He doesn’t even own a smartphone. And yet the Malawian…
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YouTube Music tops 50 million subscribers
YouTube’s music streaming service reported Thursday it now has more than 50 million subscribers, saying it is growing quickly as…
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Paralympian, nurse, musician: Manami Ito, Japan’s show-stealing violinist
Haunting notes stream from Manami Ito’s violin as she gracefully draws her bow back and forth, clasping it with her…
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Festival-goers revel in return of live music at Kaleidoscope
Nearly 10,000 music fans savored new-found freedoms at London’s Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday. “I’m really excited to be here, I…
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Paralyzed French hip-hop artist makes music with his eyes
Being left paralyzed by the same motor-neurone disease that incapacitated Stephen Hawking has not kept one French hip-hop artist from…
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Indonesia’s hijab headbangers trade village life for metal heaven
Indonesia’s hijab-wearing, headbanging VOB count some of rock music’s biggest stars among their fans, but the all-female heavy metal band…
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Ageing DR Congo artists keep music of the miners alive
The cone-shaped slag heap in the southeastern Congolese city of Lubumbashi is a mighty symbol of the time when copper…
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Rocker David Crosby on songwriting, ’emotional voyages’ and Donald Trump
Like all entertainers, David Crosby-the mustachioed co-founder of both the seminal folk rock band The Byrds and the supergroup Crosby,…
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New Year’s saving grace for Vienna’s silenced music scene
In this file photo Overall view taken as debutant dancers dance the first dance during the annual Opera Ball in…
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WhatsApp recordings throw lifeline to Sahel artists
The musical group “Espoir de Niafunke” is seen while they repeat along with a group of friends through the streets…
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