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Sleeve notes: Chris Brown, Azealia Banks, Neil Young

4837 days ago

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular stories1. Chris Brown's albums sabotaged with protest stickersIn the wake of the outcry over the singer's tattoo, protesters are putting warning stickers on his CDs that ... more info

Old music: Van Morrison and Cliff Richard – Whenever God Shines His Light

4837 days ago

Guardian Music — Van the Man and pious old Cliff? It shouldn't work, but somehow this unlikely pairing creates peace, unity and harmony Reading on mobile? Watch hereI'm not religious, so the lyrics of this song don't move me. But I've always loved the fact that this ... more info

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Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight: Hidden – review

4838 days ago

Guardian Music — (One Little Indian)It must be exciting but tough to be born into a musical dynasty such as the Watersons. Exciting because of the music that could constantly be heard around the families' homes near Robin Hood's Bay, on the Yorkshire coast, but diffi... more info

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Rickie Lee Jones - The Devil You Know (album stream)

4842 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones reveals her interpretation of several well-known tracks on her upcoming album, The Devil You Know, due out September 18 from Concord. Jones takes advantage of listeners’ likely familiarity with greats ... more info

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Six Songs of Me: Rachael Scarsbrook of the 405

4846 days ago

Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to her as part of our Six Songs of Me projectRachael Scarsbrook reviews albums for music website the 405.What was the first song you ever bought? Boyzone – When the Going Gets ToughIt was 1999 wh... more info

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Ray Russell – review

4848 days ago

Guardian Music — Pizza Express, LondonSince Ray Russell has spent plenty of the past three decades quietly composing award-winning TV soundtracks and shaping his expressive guitar sound to the whims of stars (Dionne Warwick, Art Garfunkel, Van Morrison and many other... more info

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Six Songs of Me: Emily Eavis

4865 days ago

Guardian Music — The Glastonbury festival co-organiser picks the music that means the most to her as part of our Six Songs of Me projectWhat was the first song you ever bought? Dub Be Good to Me – Beats InternationalIt came out in 1990, when I was 11. I bought it o... more info

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Why I'm going to miss the Word

4921 days ago

Guardian Music — The magazine created by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth is to close. For its readers, this goes much deeper than just the loss of a decent monthly read …The Word magazine closure: Twitter reaction"Ever felt a magazine is written just for you?" That w... more info

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