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bbc.co.uk - Susie Rack - Birmingham music-lovers asked to shape city's musical story - BBC News
Birmingham music-lovers asked to shape city's musical story - BBC News
BBC

Birmingham has long being a hub for musical innovation, credited as the birthplace of heavy metal, and with roots in genres as diverse as Bhangra, rap and reggae sound systems. Now, music-lovers are set to be quizzed on how they engage with a…

bbc.co.uk - Guernsey's music venue becoming 'testbed' for performers - BBC News
Guernsey's music venue becoming 'testbed' for performers - BBC News
BBC

Image source, St James Guernsey Guernsey is becoming a 'testbed' for comedians and performers to try their material, the deputy director of the island's concert hall has said. Gregory Harrison said St James Concert Hall's new programme offers a mix…

forbes.com - Lance Eliot - AI Is Conducting Mental Health Via Music Therapy That Aims For Psychological Peace And Harmony
AI Is Conducting Mental Health Via Music Therapy That Aims For Psychological Peace And Harmony
Forbes

Music therapy can be extremely helpful as a mental health technique, which can be augmented via the use of modern generative AI. In today's column, I examine how AI can clinically assist in enacting a therapeutic method known as music therapy. Yes…

businessinsider.com - Callie Ahlgrim - High School Musical' at 20: How Kenny Ortega made a musical on a shoestring budget - and turned it into a multibillion-dollar franchise
High School Musical' at 20: How Kenny Ortega made a musical on a shoestring budget - and turned it into a multibillion-dollar franchise
Business Insider

Do you remember what you were doing on this day 20 years ago? If you were an avid Disney Channel viewer, chances are, the answer is living and breathing ' High School Musical.' In January 2006, a direct-to-TV movie musical starring a cast of…

forbes.com - Olivia Shalhoup - Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson And Ari Lennox: Music Marketing Moves Of The Week To Know
Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson And Ari Lennox: Music Marketing Moves Of The Week To Know
Forbes

PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 13: In this handout photo provided by Helene Marie Pambrun, Harry Styles performs during his European tour at AccorHotels Arena on March 13, 2018 in Paris, France. (Photo by Handout/Helene Marie Pambrun via Getty Images)…

psychologytoday.com - Sara Leila Sherman, M.M., and Morton Sherman Ph.D. - The Tension Between Belonging and Becoming Captured in Music
The Tension Between Belonging and Becoming Captured in Music
Psychology Today

Our family recently sat together in a theater-in-the-round, watching a new production of Fiddler on the Roof. It was not the first time we'd seen it, and we hope not the last. That's the thing about great art; it doesn't stay still, it grows with…

standard.co.uk - Carla Feric - Harry Styles reenacts Dirty Dancing lift in newly released music video
Harry Styles reenacts Dirty Dancing lift in newly released music video
Evening Standard

Harry Styles has reenacted the dance lift from the musical Dirty Dancing in his newly released music video. The 31-year old singer released the nearly six-minute long music video on Friday evening, hours after his first single in almost four years…

newsweek.com - Melissa Fleur Afshar - Victoria Beckham claims first number 1 as music resurges amid Brooklyn feud
Victoria Beckham claims first number 1 as music resurges amid Brooklyn feud
Newsweek

Victoria Beckham's 2001 solo track 'Not Such An Innocent Girl' is experiencing a major resurgence, climbing to the top of the U.K.'s digital charts after renewed interest triggered by a viral dispute involving her 26-year-old son, Brooklyn Peltz…

theguardian.com - Emma John - Beautiful Little Fool review - F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald musical needs jazzing up
Beautiful Little Fool review - F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald musical needs jazzing up
The Guardian

Southwark Playhouse Borough, London Despite the vocal bravura of the cast, this show doesn't capture the Jazz Age power couple's dazzle or darkness For decades people have been seeking to rescue Zelda Fitzgerald from her reputation as F Scott's…

eonline.com - Harry Styles Shares Insight Into Music Hiatus in Candid John Mayer Interview
Harry Styles Shares Insight Into Music Hiatus in Candid John Mayer Interview
E! Online

Watch: Harry Styles Returns to Music With Song 'Aperture' After 3 Years Harry Styles is doing some late-night talking about where he's been. The Grammy winner's upcoming fourth studio album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally marks the end of a…

abc.net.au - Brigitte Murphy - John Williamson takes his final bow at Tamworth Country Music Festival
John Williamson takes his final bow at Tamworth Country Music Festival
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

John Williamson's first memories of Tamworth weren't the famous country music festival, but rather the pain he felt during a rugby match. 'My earliest memory is playing rugby against one of the Tamworth teams … I actually broke my shoulder…

variety.com - Dennis Harvey - 'Clika' Film Review: Mexican American Music Trends Get Hollywood's Attention in Otherwise Uninspired Drama
'Clika' Film Review: Mexican American Music Trends Get Hollywood's Attention in Otherwise Uninspired Drama
Variety

A first wade into feature filmmaking for L.A.-based indie Mexican American music label Rancho Humilde, “ Clika ” recalls the low-budget films that first cashed in on the newfangled rock 'n' roll craze of the mid- to late 1950s…

billboard.com - Rachel Scharf - Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: Full List of Bills (UPDATING)
Music-Related Legislation Before Congress Right Now: Full List of Bills (UPDATING)
Billboard

First introduced in 2022, the Restoring Artistic Protection (RAP) Act aims to limit the use of rap lyrics in federal prosecutions. It's long been controversial to cite lyrics as evidence of a crime, but the prosecutorial strategy has received a…

metalsucks.net - Hesher Keenan - Poppy Drops Music Video for 'Time Will Tell'
Poppy Drops Music Video for 'Time Will Tell'
MetalSucks

Earlier today, Empty Hands — Poppy's follow up to the incredibly great album Negative Spaces — was released onto the masses. To mark the occasion and remind people to go out and buy the damn thing (or just stream it), she released a…

billboard.com - Jason Lipshutz - Friday Music Guide: New Music From Harry Styles, XG, Arctic Monkeys, Louis Tomlinson and More
Friday Music Guide: New Music From Harry Styles, XG, Arctic Monkeys, Louis Tomlinson and More
Billboard

Billboard's Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday's most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. See latest videos…

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