Sweeping The Nation — Before we start, to commemorate yesterday's International Women's Day we put together a special 40 From 40, forty female-led songs for each year from 1977 to 2016. Next up in our actual attempt to playlist and contextualise forty years of the... more info

Stereogum — Scottish synth-poppers Chvrches just started working on the follow-up to 2015's Every Open Eye , and it looks like they're working on it with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart. Stewart posted a photo of them in the studio together earlier today, and the band... more info

JamBase — Listen to the latest mashup unveiled by Umphrey's McGee featuring portions of songs by Corey Hart, Eurythmics and MGMT. more info

Stereogum — Iron And Wine’s Sam Beam and Tom Waits/Peter Gabriel associate Jesca Hoop teamed up earlier this year to release an album of acoustic duets called Love Letter For Fire. Now they’re sharing a new single called “Milky Way,” another acoustic due... more info

Allmusic Blog — ​The bassist describes the sessions that led to the recording of the hit single, which saw the band turning in a more soul-influenced direction, and how he formed lasting friendships with Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis There are cult records, and there are cult records. Rexy's 1981 album, Running Out of Time, falls under the later. Born out of London's fashion-centric Blitz Kids scene, Rexy was singer Rex Nayman and Eurythmics band member... more info

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Stereogum — Here’s just about the least likely combination of rock stars you’ll find on stage together: Last Thursday, a few days after Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus joined Mumford & Sons for a Eurythmics cover, the whole lot of them reconvened at the Troubadour... more info

The Daily Mail — As lovers and musical partners, they were once one of the most celebrated couples in pop. But just two years ago, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were said to be painfully estranged. more info

Stereogum — Mumford & Sons are currently touring in support of their non-fiddles-and-folk album Wilder Mind, and another way they’re attempting to shake off their rootsy past is by incorporating left field covers into their sets. They’ve already tackled Shur... more info