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Lost Tina Turner song rediscovered and played for first time today

The master tape for the song 'Hot For You, Baby' was recently rediscovered and the song gets its first airplay today. The track will feature on a 40th anniversary edition of Turner's most famous album.

23/01/2025

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Fires, Horrors and Gaga: The most anticipated albums arriving in 2025

From Central Cee to Mogwai, via Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey, the already announced releases of 2025 sound mighty promising. Here are the 10 albums we can't wait to hear the most in the first half of the year.

08/01/2025

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Jackson 5 founding member Tito Jackson dies aged 70

Tito Jackson, founding Member of the Jackson 5 and brother of the late Michael Jackson, has died.

16/09/2024

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Gilles Peterson shares how he curates Worldwide Festival

This year's Worldwide Festival took place on a backdrop of the UK and French elections. In such a divided time, organiser Gilles Peterson talks to Euronews Culture about music's unifying qualities.

10/07/2024

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Goodbye sunshine: The ideal soundtrack to your total solar eclipse

The total solar eclipse, which will appear to many North Americans to have extinguished the sun, shouldn't cast a shadow over your music playlists. The Euronews Culture team picks the songs you need to listen to when darkness falls...

08/04/2024

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Album anniversaries: Three records to celebrate in April 2024

From downtempo Australian electro to a holy grail of hip-hop, via one of Iceland’s best kept secrets, here's our pick of the three albums celebrating a major anniversary this month.

03/04/2024

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Unreleased Marvin Gaye music found in Belgium - legal proceedings loom

Debate has begun over the ownership of demo tapes reportedly left by late soul legend to his Belgian hosts while he was living there in the early 80s.

01/04/2024

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"California Soul" singer Marlena Shaw dies aged 81

Shaw's music has been widely sampled by hip-hop artists including Drake, Ghostface Killah, Gang Starr, and ScHoolboy Q.

22/01/2024

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Red Moons, Guts and Diamonds: Here are the best albums of 2023

These are our favourite records of the year. How many have you heard?

16/12/2023

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Jean Knight, R&B icon known for hit "Mr Big Stuff", dies aged 80

'Jean Knight's legacy is not just a musical one; it is a testament to the enduring love between an artist, her hometown, and the fans who adored her,' her family said in a statement.

27/11/2023

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Rudolph Isley, founding member of The Isley Brothers, dies

Rudolph Isley was one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

13/10/2023

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The best albums of 2023... So far

How many have you heard?

30/07/2023

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Legendary singer Tony Bennett dies aged 96

Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016. His final album, the 2021 release 'Love for Sale,' featured duets with Lady Gaga on the title track, 'Night and Day' and songs by American composer, Cole Porter.

21/07/2023

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Aretha Franklin's sofa note ruled as valid will by jury

Two different notes found by Franklin's niece in 2019, dated four years apart, named two different sons as beneficiaries to her estate. Now, the tale of two wills gets its resolution...

12/07/2023

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Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills in upcoming trial

Five years after the death of Aretha Franklin, the final wishes of the music superstar are still unsettled. Thus begins a unique trial, a tale of two wills.

07/07/2023

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Simply The Best: Here's our all time favourite Tina Turner songs

In commemoration of the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of Tina Turner, we've curated a selection of six of her most magnificent songs.

25/05/2023

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These are the best songs that sample Bobby Caldwell's soulful sound

In this article, Euronews Culture explores some of their favourite tracks that have sampled Bobby Caldwell's music, highlighting his legacy and impact on modern music.

16/03/2023

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What are Burt Bacharach's essential songs?

Burt Bacharach was considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.

10/02/2023

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Soul legend Lee Fields on touring, Miley Cyrus and the dangers of AI

Euronews Culture caught up with Lee Fields during the European leg of his Sentimental Fool Tour

10/02/2023

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Barrett Strong, Motown artist known for ‘Money,’ dies at 81

Barrett Strong, a US musician and songwriter and founding artist at Motown Records, died aged 81. He sang lead on the hit "Money (That's What I Want)"

30/01/2023