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Jimmy Cliff is a titan of Jamaican music. The singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist was one of the key figures in bringing the island’s music – reggae, ska, rocksteady – to
Break dancing, or breaking, is an Olympic event for the first time in this year’s Paris 2024 Games. On August 9th and 10th, 16 female and 16 male Breakers will
Charli xcx thinks The Dare is “with it,” and he’s just dropped a new song to prove it. “You’re Invited” is the latest single to be released from his upcoming
Universal Music Recordings has announced Thin Lizzy 1976, a box set celebrating the band’s impressive body of work from that year. Three tracks are available already to stream: “Jailbreak” (Demo),
Initially released in 2000, David Sylvian’s retrospective album Everything & Nothing is now set to be released on vinyl for the first time. The 29-track triple LP is a career-spanning
On August 8, 1969, on a street in north-west London and almost directly outside a celebrated recording studio, one of the most famous ever album covers was shot. Photographer Iain
Straight Outta Compton arrived, on August 8, 1988, like a road crash: you couldn’t ignore it. It made the West Coast matter in hip-hop. This relatively unknown group was suddenly
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When looking at Rihanna’s career trajectory, most people point to her 2005 debut single, “Pon De Replay,” or her 2007 international smash hit “Umbrella,” as her starting point. But it