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Smash Mouth Singer Steve Harwell Reportedly Has ‘Days To Live’ After Liver Failure Diagnosis ( hollywoodlife.com )

[CNN] Steve Harwell, founding lead singer of Smash Mouth, dead at 56 ( www.cnn.com )

RIP to a true All Star....

Irish music icon Sinead O'Connor dead at 56: reports ( www.ctvnews.ca )

Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76 ( www.nbcnews.com )

Johnny Cash Is a Hero to Americans on the Left and Right. But His Music Took a Side. ( slate.com )

In July and August of 1961, Johnny Cash recorded a batch of songs that became the basis for Blood, Sweat and Tears, a record many regard as merely a concept album about working people. But Blood, Sweat and Tears is a concept album about race in America, about the violent enforcement of racial hierarchies in America. It is the...

James Hetfield Tests Positive for COVID-19, Metallica Postpones Show ( www.ultimate-guitar.com )

According to a newly released report by AZCentral.com,Metallica cut their set short for the September 1 performance over at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The show was a part of the band’s “No Repeat Weekend” which sees them doing two consecutive days with no repeated songs....

Jason Aldean's 'Small Town' is part of a long legacy with a very dark side ( www.npr.org )

Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town,” which ignited controversy this week over claims that the song and its new video promote white supremacy and violence, is far from the first country song to attack cities using racist dog whistles. “Try That” is most clearly a descendant of Hank Williams Jr.‘s “A Country...

Talking Heads to Appear Together For First Time in 21 years ( www.rollingstone.com )

Epic Games Sells Bandcamp Amid Layoffs ( pitchfork.com )

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 ( www.bbc.com )

Legendary Singer Tony Bennett Dies at 96 ( apnews.com )

Singer Sinéad O'Connor dies aged 56 ( www.rte.ie )

The death has been announced of singer Sinéad O’Connor aged 56.

‘We were once paid $50 to quit’: new wave heroes Devo on boos, Bowie and retiring after 50 years ( www.theguardian.com )

And while Devo may be saying farewell to touring, it’s not entirely the end. A new box set of rarities, Art Devo 1973-1977, is coming in September along with a documentary in production by Tiger King director Chris Smith. However, there’s no sloppy sentiment about retiring from performing from Mothersbaugh. “I’m looking...

Keep Bandcamp Great: Tell Songtradr to recognize and negotiate with Bandcamp United immediately ( actionnetwork.org )

On September 28, Epic Games announced the sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr, Inc. In an internal announcement to staff, Epic Games wrote that Songtradr, Inc. would be offering positions to some Bandcamp employees but not all. This comes amidst ongoing contract negotiations with Bandcamp’s staff union - Bandcamp United.

We talked to the early hours and found ourselves falling in love: my year with Sinéad O’Connor | John Brice ( www.theguardian.com )

[Irish folk] Sinéad O’Connor & The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew [1995] ( piped.kavin.rocks )

My mother introduced me to the chieftains. This is the song I always think of when I hear Sinéad O’Connor mentioned. Her voice is just so pure and cutting… What is there not to love?

radio free fedi - sounds from the Fediverse to the universe ( radiofreefedi.net )

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A Heavy Metal Legend Secretly Wrote One of Johnny Cash's Best Songs ( www.wearethepit.com )

Article: We failed Amy Winehouse ( archive.li )

My view on this very feminist piece is that Winehouse wasn’t anywhere near as influential or impactful to music and other musicians as Nirvana (which is the article’s main point of comparison). Many other musicians and singers have come and gone (both male and female) and are not held in anywhere near the same reverence as...

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