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Friend of @MusicREDEF, unsigned artist Jake Marsh has killer summer song, "5 Minutes"... youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_oqFJ9…
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The Banned Prince Documentary: Director Ezra Edelman Speaks (@PabloTorre @ezraedelman - @pablofindsout) redef.com/item/67c8f38ed993a…

The Banned Prince Documentary: Director Ezra Edelman Speaks | PTFO

The best documentary filmmaker in America spent nearly five years o...

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Lady Gaga’s Latest Experiment? Happiness. (David Marchese - @nytimes) redef.com/item/67cc4159d993a…

Lady Gaga’s Latest Experiment? Happiness. (Published 2025)

The pop superstar reflects on her struggles with mental health, the pressures of the music industry and why she’s returned to the sound that made her famous.

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D’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64 (@speriod - @Variety) redef.com/item/67cb8c3853514…

D’Wayne Wiggins, Founding Member of Tony! Toni! Toné!, Dies at 64

D'Wayne Wiggins, one of the founding members of R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!, has died. He was 64.

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Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 70 (Laura Snapes - @guardian) redef.com/item/67cb024dd993a…

Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 74

James was the lead songwriter for the trailblazing British punks’ first album Damned Damned Damned and went on to collaborate with artists such as Iggy Pop

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Roy Ayers, Vibraphonist Who Injected Soul Into Jazz, Dies at 84 (Andrey Henkin - @nytimes) redef.com/item/67ca37e6d993a…

Roy Ayers, Vibraphonist Who Injected Soul Into Jazz, Dies at 84 (Published 2025)

He helped introduce a funkier strain of the music in the 1970s. He also had an impact on hip-hop: His “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been sampled nearly 200 times.

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The Moonlit Melodies of Captain's Audio Project (@sammbradley - The Tonearm) redef.com/item/67c74b96d993a…

The Moonlit Melodies of Captain's Audio Project | The Tonearm

Veteran Portland musician James Cook transforms camping trips into heartfelt songs on his album 'Waiting For The Moon' and embarks on a musical quest through the wilderness with his National Tenor...

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Anupam Shobhakar: From Slayer Fan to Sarod Virtuoso (@LawrencePeryer - The Tonearm) redef.com/item/67c88a16d993a…
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A Rare Encounter With Dolly Parton’s Elusive Husband, Carl Dean: What a Journalist Learned From Her Glimpse of the Couple at Home (@AlannaNash - @Variety) redef.com/item/67c87e6ed993a…
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A Lifeline for Indie Venues: Can a New Tax on Arena and Stadium Concert Tickets Save the U.K.’s Grassroots Circuit? (@msutherlanduk - @Variety) redef.com/item/67c87e63d993a…

A Lifeline for Indie Venues: Can a New Tax on Arena and Stadium Concert Tickets Save the U.K.’s...

With U.K. independent music venues closing at an alarming rate, a new steers £1 from each arena and stadium concert ticket to indies. Can it work?

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Song Exploder: Severance (@HrishiHirway Theodore Shapiro - @SongExploder) redef.com/item/67c8a29f53514…

Song Exploder - Severance

Theodore Shapiro breaks down the main title theme from the TV show Severance.

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Adrian Quesada on the Flamenco Heart of Willie Nelson’s ‘Teatro’ (@sponglr @adrianmquesada - @TexasMonthly) redef.com/item/67c8a2a3d993a…

Adrian Quesada on the Flamenco Heart of Willie Nelson’s ‘Teatro’

The Black Pumas guitarist, producer, and songwriter examines the Latin and Tex-Mex elements in Willie’s music, how they got there—and why that makes Willie “the most American thing we have.”

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'I Always Had a Hunger. I Came From Nothing': An Interview With Drexthejoint (Diego Tapia - @Passionweiss) redef.com/item/67c7544953514…

"I Always Had a Hunger. I Came From Nothing": An Interview With Drexthejoint

Diego Tapia speaks to the Santa Ana rapper about his debut project The One Who Did, how he's carrying the torch for his region's scene, learning to rap by freestyling in juvenile hall and more.

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'Living Was Never Ordinary': An Interview With Robby Krieger (@thobbsjourno - @Passionweiss) redef.com/item/67c8a17a53514…

"Living Was Never Ordinary": An Interview With Robby Krieger

Thomas Hobbs speaks to The Doors' legendary guitarist about trying to channel the romantic longing of early Bob Dylan, remembering the late Jim Morrison, writing The Doors' defining song and more.

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Saya Gray: Tiny Desk Concert (@DJCuzzinB Saya Gray - @npr) redef.com/item/67c8a090d993a…
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Why are the Grammys' rock categories stuck in the past? (@marchogan - @npr) redef.com/item/67c8883a53514…
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How Music Took Over This Year’s Oscars (@joncaramanica @joecoscarelli - @nytimes) redef.com/item/67c89ff053514…

How Music Took Over This Year’s Oscars (Published 2025)

On Popcast, a conversation about the smooth and bumpy ways that the Academy Awards incorporated music into its 97th annual ceremony on Sunday.

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The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas (@sisario - @nytimes) redef.com/item/67c89fecd993a…

The Wizard of Vinyl Is in Kansas (Published 2025)

Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists.

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‘Our strategy involves pulling every lever possible to maximize an artist’s career’ (@murraystassen - @musicbizworld) redef.com/item/67c89ec853514…

‘Our strategy involves pulling every lever possible to maximize an artist’s career.’

MBW’s Trailblazers series meets Leander Kirschner, founder and CEO of Berlin-based independent music company Bamboo Artists.

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How Black music record stores changed UK music forever (@2funkyempire - @Mixmag) redef.com/item/67c89ebfd993a…

How Black music record stores changed UK music forever

More than just a place to buy records, specialist record stores across the country helped foster communities and provide a space for Black genres ignored by the mainstream — in this op-ed, arts...

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