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Northern Kentucky Musician Jordan Smart Turns Gaza Activism and Social Justice Into Protest Songs on New Album
Cincinnati CityBeat - Ohio
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August 28, 2025
Northern Kentucky musician Jordan Smart keeps a folder of the most harrowing images he’s seen from Gaza — a private archive that fuels both his outrage and his art. Since the war began, he has turned his platform into a rallying cry for...
How to get Spotify Premium for free
Which?
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August 28, 2025
Streaming services have changed the way we listen to music because you can now access virtually any song at any time from an app on your phone. Other perks include the ability to create playlists of your top tracks instead of listening to entire...
KPop Demon Hunters 2? Netflix and Sony are in talks for a sequel to the animated musical hit
Mashable
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August 28, 2025
KPop Demon Hunters fans, rejoice. The surprise musical hit with the addictive soundtrack might be getting a sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures and Netflix are discussing a follow-up to the animated film that features a...
Apple Music radio stations to reach 75 million users via TuneIn partnership
MacDailyNews
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music will expand its curated radio stations to a global network of home speakers and connected cars, aiming to broaden its music service’s reach. Through a partnership with TuneIn, Apple Music’s six radio stations will be available outside...
Spotify launches new feature as artists pull music from the platform
The Knoxville News-Sentinel - Tennessee
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Spotify has launched "Messages," a new in-app feature which allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks. The update comes on the heels of various artists pulling their catalogue from the streaming platform, due to CEO Daniel Ek's...
Spotify update resurrects WhatsApp-like feature after 8 years, and some subscribers are very confused
GB News
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August 28, 2025
Spotify just launched a messaging feature on its platform, and it's left users confused. The music streaming giant decided to build a place for you to share your music, podcasts, and audiobooks with friends and family inside the music app. The new...
Apple Music Radio Stations Now Streaming at TuneIn
Billboard
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music has partnered with TuneIn, an app that aggregates a wide variety of radio and content, to get a wider audience for its global radio stations and attract new subscribers. On Wednesday (Aug. 27), TuneIn began streaming the six free Apple...
Apple Music Now Lets You Transfer Playlists From Spotify: Here's Why You May Want To
CNET
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Apple Music app customers woke up to a new feature Tuesday, although not many know it exists yet. Apple Music subscribers can now grab songs or playlists from other music platforms, notably Spotify, and bring them to Apple. The ability to transfer...
I Canceled Spotify and Made My Own Streaming Service
How-To Geek
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August 28, 2025
I’ve been using Spotify since the very beginning. Literally—I still have the invite email from 2011. For the most part, I’ve truly enjoyed the service. But it’s time to break up. Before Spotify, I usually listened to music I actually owned—crazy,...
People Are Convinced Spotify Will Be the Next Great Dating App
Cosmopolitan
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August 28, 2025
I find it sweet how music and romantic courtship have always gone hand in hand. Up until the early aughts, people would pine for someone's affection by burning them a carefully curated mixtape CD. Once the streaming platforms took over, a...
Spotify Reveals Songs of Summer 2025 With Unique Vibes
Times News Global
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August 28, 2025
New York, NY – As summer progresses, Spotify has unveiled its Songs of Summer 2025, showcasing five tracks that encapsulate the season’s unique musical vibe. This year’s selections emphasize a softer, introspective sound that is a departure from...
The Top West African Songs to Stream Right Now: August 2025 Music Guide
OkayAfrica
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August 28, 2025
From fresh and exciting comebacks to unpredictable collaborations, this month’s list of the best songs from West Africa is an exciting mix of Afropop, coupé décalé, soul, and R&B. The songs are culled from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana & Nigeria. Taves -...
Cambridge graduate pauses music career to chase AI dream after Q&A session with Sam Altman: 'I chose to code and build the future'
The Economic Times
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August 28, 2025
Alexander Cobb, 25, a University of Cambridge graduate, had always envisioned a career in music. With lessons since the age of seven, band performances, and songs accumulating tens of thousands of streams on Spotify and YouTube, Cobb was set on...
Apple Music radio stations are now available outside of Apple Music for the first time
9to5Mac
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August 27, 2025
In what appears to be a marketing effort for its subscription service, Apple has partnered with TuneIn to offer the free Apple Music radio stations outside of the Apple Music app for the first time. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, starting...
Florida teacher accused of body slamming 16-year-old girl during musical chairs, says mom
WFTV - Florida
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August 28, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida mom is upset after a teacher body slammed her 16-year-old daughter during a game of musical chairs at a school. The incident happened last week during a pep rally at Westside High School in Jacksonville. The...
TuneIn is now streaming Apple Music radio stations to 75 million listeners worldwide
AppleInsider - New York
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In an effort to win back music streaming market share from Spotify, Apple Music is teaming up with TuneIn to put its radio stations in front of 75 million listeners. In 2020, Apple Music held roughly 30% of the U.S. music streaming market, roughly...
Major Music Event Canceled Without Explanation
The Daily Caller
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The 2025 Field & Stream Music Festival was canceled Wednesday without explanation. Miranda Lambert, Eric Church and Lynyrd Skynyrd were among the top artists slated to headline the festival that was originally scheduled to run October 3-5 in...
Apple Music launches tool to import playlists from Spotify and other platforms
DJ Mag
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music has launched a new tool that allows users to import their playlists from streaming platforms such as Spotify. The new tool was beta-tested in Australia and New Zealand and is now available in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil,...
Apple Music users can now import playlists from Spotify
Mixmag
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August 27, 2025
Apple Music has introduced a new feature that allows users to import playlists from other music streaming services, including Spotify. Introduced as part of the recent iOS 18.6.2 update, Apple Music users in the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany,...
LACUNA COIL's ANDREA FERRO On Artificial Intelligence In Music: 'There's Times To Use It, There's Time Not To Use It'
Blabbermouth - California
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August 28, 2025
In a new interview with Neil Jones of TotalRock, singer Andrea Ferro of Italian goth metal veterans LACUNA COIL weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and...