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10 Times Artists Went Sparring: Round 4 – Sporty Thieves Vs TLC
Back in the 90’s with Girl Power on the rise, female singers had ordinary ladies singing about respect, owning their lives and taking no rubbish when it came to men. Enter American girl group TLC with their 3rd album Fanmail (1999) and single ‘No Scrubs’. The song of female dominance, not having anything to do…
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10 Times Artists Went Sparring: Round 3 – Carole King Vs Neil Sedaka
Over the last few days Musicvein has been looking back over the songs that created a rumbling in the charts between artists. We’ve heard of Frankee vs Eamon and Bo Diddley vs Muddy Waters – today on Cupid’s day we look at the yearning of Neil Sedaka on ‘Oh Carol’. Said to be written about…
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10 Times Artists Went Sparring: Round 2 – Bo Diddley Vs Muddy Waters
Over the next 9 days Musicvein will be delving into song controversy -looking back at the artists who responded to the songs of other musicians and how it all went down. Long before Frankee and Eamon started trading blows on the same piece of music, artists in the 50’s were also spraying spittle on each…
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10 Times Artists Went Sparring: Round 1 – Eamon Vs Frankee
The most notorious song fued which spilled over from the page to the press was Eamon vs Frankee back in the early naughties. In 2003 Eamon released his highly charged debut single ‘Fuck It’. A rant about a cheating ex lover, with Eamon spit-firing the charts with the F-bomb – a first for many artists.…
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Ólafur Arnalds Releases New Single: Ekki Hugsa
BAFTA-winning artist, composer, musician and producer Ólafur Arnalds released the new music video for his latest single ‘ekki hugsa’ on Friday 8th February. Filmed in his native Iceland, the title of the new release translates as ‘don’t think’, and features uplifting synthesized melodies combined with acoustic cello hooks, resulting in Ólafur’s distinctive, multi-layered sound. “The video is about not overthinking and getting…
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The Wandering Hearts Release Deluxe Version of Wild Silence
Following their UK headline tour, including a sell-out show at Islington Assembly Hall, Folk-Americana band The Wandering Hearts released a Deluxe Edition of their 2018 album Wild Silence. The deluxe album includes three brand new tracks: “‘Til The Day I Die”, “Run” and “Heart Stops Beating”, acoustic versions of album tracks “Wild Silence” and “Fire and Water”, plus live recordings of “Burning Bridges” and “The Wonder Of You” from…
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Carlos Santana New EP ‘In Search of Mona Lisa’
Legendary musician Carlos Santana released his new EP ‘In Search of Mona Lisa’, 25 January via Concord Records. On three spellbinding and transportive new songs, the multiple Grammy award-winning guitarist and Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame inductee takes listeners inside a magical and deeply personal experience he had when he visited the Louvre Museum for the first time and set his…
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Chris Brown Released Without Charge following Rape Allegation
Chris Brown has been released without charge by French police following his arrest on Monday after a rape allegation. In a since deleted tirade Brown stated: “I wanna make it perfectly clear this is false and a whole lot of crap!…For my daughter and my family, this is so disrespectful and is against my character…
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