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Emilia Perez: how did the Best Picture contender's Oscar campaign go so off the rails?

It’s got 13 Academy Awards nominations, but it’s quickly becoming the most infamous campaign in Academy Awards history

Evening Standard

Mississippi Goddam at the Royal Festival Hall review: thunderous Nina Simone tribute

4/5 Laura Mvula and Corinne Bailey Rae were among the performers at this staggering tribute to Nina Simone, reports Marian Salari

Evening Standard

Mississippi Goddamn: A Celebration of Nina Simone review – singers capture star’s emotional spirit

Corinne Bailey Rae’s vamping and Laura Mvula’s whispering pain steal the show as five vocalists deliver their own interpretations

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Lynch's music: A world beyond the eyes

Collaborating with a stable of artists, Lynch made sound an essential character in his projects

Salon

"He was the first time I'd ever seen the potential of music to be evil": From Oz punk to Detroit blues, Nick Cave names his Desert Island Discs

Nick Cave chose eight favourite songs on the long-running BBC Radio show

Louder

RAYE Shares What Music Shaped Her—And What's on Her Playlist Now

The Best New Artist-nominated singer discusses Britney Spears, Charli xcx, and Nina Simone.

Marie Claire

Zoe Saldaña Angers People As Blackface Scandal Resurfaces After Oscar Nomination

"I can't believe she ever worked again after doing this." The post Zoe Saldaña Angers People As Blackface Scandal Resurfaces After Oscar Nomination first appeared on Bored Panda.

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'Gravy Day' is an Australian tradition inspired by an unlikely Christmas song by Paul Kelly

December 21 isn't just four days before Christmas for many in Australia

The Independent UK

Coups, colonialism and all that jazz: the film that unravels extraordinary cold war truths

Johan Grimonprez’s documentary Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat reveals the curious link between Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected Black African prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone’s ‘legacy of resilience and artistic brilliance’ to be celebrated in three-day concert

Laura Mvula and Corinne Bailey Rae are among the artists taking part in a joint partnership between London’s Southbank Centre and Montreux Jazz Festival

The Independent UK

‘Why shouldn’t power be Black’? How Miriam Makeba won and lost the US

The Black South African singer defied the odds to become a household name in the US. Then she was cancelled.

Al Jazeera

“His singing and song choices defy the standard norms of cis masculinity in rock”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Jeff Buckley's Lilac Wine

In recognition of Grace's 30th anniversary, we put one of the album's highlights under the musical microscope

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“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more

Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary

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The Guardian - UK

What Songs May Do... review – Nina Simone puts a spell on dance duet

Simone’s songs are repurposed in all their glory, essaying a relationship both combative and conciliatory in this show by Rendez-Vous Dance

Louder

"It was so intense. It felt like lightning when I heard it as a kid": Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan picks the 10 albums that changed his life

Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan picks ten records that inspired his career in rock

The Guardian - UK

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin review – a fire reignited

Baldwin’s stinging words on race and America are matched with the kind of musical eloquence that the great writer himself so admired

The Conversation

Adelaide Cabaret Festival understands how its audiences long for connection and community

Now in its 24th year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual celebration of all things cabaret sparkles and shines, blazing a joyous and slightly scintillating trail through the wintry Adelaide nights.

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‘You’re Beautiful by James Blunt is terrible!’: Paloma Faith’s honest playlist

The singer hates a certain James Blunt megahit and feels empowered by Chaka Khan, but which Aussie bard does she think wrote the best song of all time?

Evening Standard

Courtney Love: “Taylor Swift is not important. She’s not interesting as an artist”

She’s never held back, and Courtney Love isn’t about to start now. With a new BBC radio series hitting the airwaves, the rock legend and honorary Londoner tells Dylan Jones that while she champions women in music, she’ll sure as hell never be a Swiftie

Evening Standard

Gabriels live at Ronnie Scotts review: one of London's best gigs in years

Playing into the wee hours at the iconic jazz bar, Jacob Lusk put on a memorable show for BRITs Week 24 for War Child in Soho

The Guardian - UK

Perfect Days review – Wim Wenders’s zen Japanese drama is his best feature film in years

The German director makes a strong case for simple living with this achingly lovely tale starring Kōji Yakusho as a Tokyo public toilet cleaner who finds quiet joy in the world around him

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor celebrates Black History Month by honoring inspirations

Discover how Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor celebrates Black History Month by honoring artists who inspire her, including Prince and Nina Simone. Learn more in PEOP...

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"Without Black culture, hardcore wouldn’t even exist": Zulu are calling for unity and cultural recognition in the modern alternative scene

Zulu's debut A New Tomorrow mixed hardcore with the likes of Nina Simone, Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield, but the band are planning even bigger things in future

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