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The Kooks: ‘The way we dressed was genuinely a challenge to our own personal safety at times!’ – Music News

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The ninth episode of My Classic Album featured an exclusive interview with British indie-pop heroes The Kooks on their shimmering quadruple platinum debut album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’. Hosted by radio presenter and journalist Tina Edwards, the episode is Luke Pritchard and Hugh Harris embark on a personal exploration of the whirlwind of being catapulted to fame as a teenager, at a time when major labels were trying to snap up guitar bands left right and centre and the ‘musical conversation’ happening between the UK and USA.

Reminiscing on handing their demo CD to the local pub landlord to leaving school, touring with The Thrills and being signed ‘far too quickly’, the band found themselves with teamed up legendary producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, The Thrills, M83) – who managed to harness and capture their wild live energy with “How do you give a band ‘a sound’ that within the same song play ska, indie and all at once!”

Looking back on the record as an adult, Luke ruminates on how the sees the in new ’emo perspective and recognises influences like The Smith that weren’t obvious at the time “in the lyrics and in my vocal takes, there’s a lot of teen angst..it’s a lot of growing pains and I would never have put us in an ’emo category at the time and I think that’s cool – I’m really happy about that”

Hugh adds”As a teenager or a young person, putting your heart and soul on the line, stepping out and being creative..it’s terrifying to be exposing yourself in that way”. As well as looking back on the ‘time capsule’ that was the indie explosion of around 2006, being maligned in the press and giving the ‘something to prove’ to the extent where “the way we dressed was genuinely a challenge to our own personal safety at times!”.

As the album which kicked off The Kooks 15 year career and with an enduring legacy of six smash hit singles, ‘Inside In/Inside Out’ has stood the test of time as a classic album fay beyond its contemporaries – from one of Britain’s indie music explosion. In Luke’s words “make yourself a white russian, put on a straw hat, play it freaking loud!”.

My Classic Album is the new artist interview series from world renowned listening concept Classic Album Sundays, which is celebrating 10 years of hi-fidelity, immersive album experiences. Funded by Arts Council England, the Sunday weekly show features an inspiring line-up of revered and cutting-edge guests including Kae Tempest, Moses Boyd, Gary Crosby OBE, Black Midi, Nitin Sawhney, Ego Ella May, Steven Wilson with more to be announced.

The following episode will feature Turner Prize winning multimedia artist Mark Leckey, who will do a deep-dive on Jesus Christ Superstar.



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Patty Erickson Joins ASCAP As SVP/Human Resources

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ASCAP, the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, announces that PATTY ERICKSON has joined the ASCAP team as SVP/Head of Human Resources. ERICKSON will report to ASCAP CEO ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. She will oversee human resources at ASCAP and work closely with MATTHEWS on leadership, culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

“PATTY’s energy and previous experience with media and mission-driven organizations is a perfect strategic fit for ASCAP,” said MATTHEWS. “Throughout her career, she has helped companies grow, change and adapt to complex challenges while navigating numerous changes in the media industry with grace and tenacity. I am looking forward to working with her on ASCAP’s continued evolution and on defining our new normal during and after this global pandemic.” 

“I am excited to play a role in ASCAP’s next chapter,” said ERICKSON. “While the current environment is challenging, it has also presented opportunities for change and renewal. I am excited to get to work with the ASCAP team to evolve the organization to meet existing and future challenges.”

ERICKSON comes to ASCAP from BBC STUDIOS AMERICAS, where she was SVP/Head of Human Resources. There, as a member of the executive leadership team, she oversaw and advised on a full spectrum of strategic and operational HR activities including diversity and inclusion, organizational structure design and implementation, culture enhancement, talent management, employee engagement and policies, practices, and protocols during the COVID-19 public health crisis.

Before BBC AMERICAS, ERICKSON held senior HR positions at RHI ENTERTAINMENT, INC., VIACOM, INC., and earlier in her HR career at book publisher HARPERCOLLINS. She is also a certified leadership and wellness coach.

ERICKSON succeeds CAROLYN JENSEN, who is retiring after successfully leading ASCAP’s HR function for 17 years, during which she helped engender a culture of respect, innovation, and collaboration.




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Josh Groban’s ultimate dream cover is Unchained Melody – Music News

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Josh Groban dreams of one day recording his own version of classic song Unchained Melody, although it could be years before he feels up for the “challenge”.

The You Raise Me Up hitmaker recently checked off another bucket list track by recording The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, made famous by Roberta Flack, for his latest covers album, Harmony, but he has revealed there’s one famous record he has always hoped to revamp.

“I have a bucket list song that I have not yet recorded, which is Unchained Melody, that I want to sing at some point…,” he shared on Today. “I think it’s probably one of, if not the, best love songs.”

However, Groban insisted it’s not a cover he will be rushing into, because he wants to find the perfect way to make it his own, while also paying homage to The Righteous Brothers, who turned the Todd Duncan tune into a big hit in 1965.

“It’s one of those ones where you know the original so well, and that’s a big challenge for a singer, what on earth are you gonna do that both honours the original and also allows you to do your own thing to it?” he said, admitting it’s the same reason he also waited a while to record The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.

“So that’s why sometimes I wait a couple decades, because I just don’t feel ready! It’ll happen, it’ll happen,” he added.



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R. Kelly receives second dose of Covid-19 vaccine – Music News

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Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly has reportedly received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine while behind bars.

TMZ reports Kelly recently received his second shot of the jab and is now fully inoculated.

Kelly is one of 63 inmates at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center to be given both vaccine doses to date, along with 128 staff members, according to officials at the Bureau of Prisons.

The I Believe I Can Fly singer, who has been locked up in his native Chicago since 2019, is believed to have received the first dose of the vaccine in January.

He is currently awaiting trial on child pornography counts, as well as separate racketeering and sex trafficking charges in New York.

Kelly’s lawyers have previously tried and failed to secure his release on bail due to concerns that he risked contracting Covid-19 in prison.

Last year his attorneys requested an early release and an “evidentiary hearing” after the singer was allegedly beaten at the Chicago jail last summer, which apparently left the singer with “significant physical and psychological injuries”. However, a judge ruled that the incident did not warrant an immediate release.

The musician’s New York trial was recently postponed from April to August, while he will be back in Chicago in September to face the child pornography case there.



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Industry insiders receive ALL ACCESS’ exclusive MEDIABASE chart recap analysis in their e-mail box every MONDAY morning. How about you? This week’s data from ANTHONY ACAMPORA, Partner MUSICRUNCH/RADIOCRUNCH and MEDIABASE Charts Consultant:

 

Top 40: Olivia Rodrigo New #1; Ritt Momney Nearing Top 5; The Weeknd Top 10; Ava Max Top 15; The Kid Laroi, Derulo/Levine Top 20

 

* OLIVIA RODRIGO takes over the top spot in just her seventh week with “drivers license,” moving 2*-1* and is up 1697 spins

* BILLIE EILISH has another week of growth of over 900 spins with “Therefore I Am,” at 5* with +912 spins

* RITT MOMNEY is knocking on the top 5 door as “Put Your Records On” jumps 8*-6* and is +854 spins

* THE WEEKND lands another top 10 as “Save Your Tears” moves 11*-10* and is +962 

* AVA MAX is top 15, up 743 spins with “My Head & My Heart,” advancing to 15*

* DUA LIPA is closing in on the top 15 in her third week, up 19*-16* with “We’re Good,” up 1811 spins this week and over 5000 spins the last two weeks

* THE KID LAROI goes top 20, moving 24*-19* with “Without You” and is up 1001 spins

* JASON DERULO & ADAM LEVINE go top 20 with “Lifestyle”

* GLASS ANIMALS “Heat Waves” (36*-31*, +644 spins) and CARDI B’s “Up” (39*-34*, +507 spins) both grab five point jumps and grow over 500 spins

* DAYA and MASKED WOLF land debut with gains of 364 and 443 spins respectively

 

Rhythmic: CJ New Chart Topper; Bad Bunny/Jhay Cortez Top 3; Ariana, Saweetie/Doja Top 5; Cardi B Top 10

 

* Newcomer CJ takes over the top spot with “Whoopty,” moving 2*-1* and +478 spins

* BAD BUNNY is now top 3 with “Dakiti,” featuring JHAY CORTEZ, motoring 6*-3* and is up 347 spins

* ARIANA GRANDE is in the top 5 and leaps 8*-4* with “34+35,” up 564 spins

* SAWEETIE lands another top 5 with “Best Friend,” featuring DOJA CAT, up 7*-5* and is +305 spins

* CARDI B is top 10 in her fourth week on the chart, moving 11*-8* with “Up,” at +726 spins

* Outside the top 10, NIPSEY HUSSLE & JAY-Z move 25*-22* with “What It Feels Like,” up 487 spins

* G-EAZY and CHRIS BROWN leap 29*-24* with “What It Feels Like,” up 491 spins

* Moving into the top 25 and up 409 spins is “Hello” by POP SMOKE, featuring A BOOGIE WIT DA HOODIE

* MEGAN THEE STALLION surges 36*-29* with “Cry Baby,” featuring DA BABY, up 322 spins

* LIL TJAY has the top debut at 36* with “Calling My Phone,” featuring 6LACK – up 550 spins

* SPOTTEMGETTEM enters at 38* with “Beat Box” 

 

Urban: CJ Scores Dual #1; Internet Money Top 3; Yung Bleu/Drake Top 5; Cardi B, Lil Baby Top 10

 

* CJ is the chart topper at both Rhythmic and Urban with “Whoopty,” moving 4*-1* and is +1666 spins

* INTERNET MONEY is now top 3 with “Lemonade,” featuring GUNNA, DON TOLIVER, and NAV, rising 5*-3* 

* YUNG BLEU and DRAKE go top 5 with “You’re Mines Still,” climbing 8*-5* and are up 636 spins

* CARDI B hits the top 10 at Urban as well, climbing 12*-8* with “Up,” at +763 spins

* LIL BABY goes top 10 with “On Me,” up 11*-10* and is up 404 spins

* MEGAN THEE STALLION soars 19*-14* with “Cry Baby,” featuring DABABY, up 433 spins

* MORRAY is top 20 with “Quicksand,” moving 21*-17* and is +205 spins

* FAT JOE enters the top 20 with “Sunshine (The Light,)” up 25*-19*, featuring DJ KHALED and AMORPHOUS, and is +265 spins

* NIPSEY HUSSLE & JAY-Z are top 20 as well with “What It Feels Like,” rising 30*-20* and is +445 spins

* SAWEETIE surges 40*-30* with “Best Friend,” featuring DOJA CAT, up 695 spins

* BRENT FAIYAZ has the top debut at 33* with “Gravity,” featuring TYLER, THE CREATOR, up 326 spins

* FREDO BANG (featuring LIL DURK), SUMMER WALKER, and FUTURE & LIL UZI VERT also debut

 

 Hot AC: 24KGoldn Back To #1; Dua Lipa Top 3; Rodrigo Spins Surge; Ritt Momney, All Time Low Top 20

 

* 24KGOLDN and IANN DIOR reclaim the #1 spot at Hot AC with “Mood”

* DUA LIPA is top 3 with “Levitating” moving 4*-3* and is +303 spins

* OLIVIA RODRIGO, already inside the top 10, moves 7*-6* with “drivers license,” with a big spin gain of 713

* RITT MOMNEY goes top 20 with “Put Your Records On,” leaping 21*-19* and is +436 spins

* ALL TIME LOW goes top 20 as “Monsters,” featuring BLACKBEAR, goes 23*-20* and grows 348 spins

* AVA MAX is up 335 spins as she moves to 23* with “My Head & My Heart”

* DUA LIPA vaults 38*-30* with “We’re Good,” up 227 spins

* AJR and GLASS ANIMALS debut this week

 

Active Rock: Mammoth WVH New #1; Papa Roach Runner Up; Chevelle Top 5; Corey Taylor Top 15; Ayron Jones, Black Stone Cherry Top 20

 

* MAMMOTH VHH takes over the top spot with “Distance,” up 2*-1* and is +61 spins

* PAPA ROACH is the runner up with “The Ending,” rising 3*-2* 

* CHEVELLE goes top 5 with “Self destructor,” climbing 6*-4* and +124 spins

* FOO FIGHTERS jump 10*-8* with “Waiting On A War,” up 174 spins

* COREY TAYLOR is top 15 with “Samantha’s Gone,” rising 16*-14* 

* SEETHER moves 19*-16* with “Bruised And Bloodied” and lands a triple digit increase at +114 spins

* AYRON JONES is top 20 as “Mercy” moves 24*-19* and is +163 spins

* BLACK STONE CHERRY goes 21*-20* with “Again”

* OFFSPRING, SERJ TANKIAN, and 10 YEARS debut

 

Alternative: Cage Holds Top Spot; Machine Gun Kelly/Blackbear Remain Runner Up; Glass Animals Top 3; Foo Fighters Top 10

 

* CAGE THE ELEPHANT hold the top spot with “Skin And Bones (Mix 2020)” for a 3rd week by just one spin

* MACHINE GUN KELLY & BLACKBEAR remain the runner up with “My Ex’s Best Friend,” with another strong spin gain of 149

* GLASS ANIMALS are top 3 with “Heat Waves,” up 4*-3* and +94 spins

* FOO FIGHTERS are top 10 now at three formats as “Waiting On A War” goes 12*-10* and is +163 spins

* BENNY BLANCO, MARSHMELLO, and VANCE JOY leap into the top 15 with “You,” as they are +219 spins and are up 16*-14*

* AJR are top 20, rising 25*-17* with “Way Less Sad,” up 393 spins

* Another top 20 for DAYGLOW with “Close To You,” moving 21*-19* and +97 spins

* NESSA BARRETT debuts at 26* with “la di die,” f/jxdn, up 357 spins

* MIKE SHINODA scores a debut at 29* with “Happy Endings,” featuring IANN DIOR and UPSAHL, at +319 spins

* Debuting at 30* is “The Eulogy Of You And Me” by LILHUDDY, up 264 spins

* YUNO enters at 35* with “Somebody” at +276 spins

* BLACKBEAR’s multi-format hit “Hot Girl Bummer” enters the Alternative chart at 39* this week

 

Triple A: Kings Hold Top Spot; Cannons Runner Up; Rateliff Top 10; Batiste, Blanco/Marshmello/Joy Surge

* KINGS OF LEON hold the top spot for a third week with “The Bandit” 

 

* CANNONS are now the runner up as “Fire For You” moves 4*-2* and is +48 spins

* NATHANIEL RATELIFF is top 10 with “Redemption,” rising 11*-9* and +68 spins

* JON BATISTE vaults into the top 15, rising 19*-12* with “I Need You” at +71 spins

* BENNY BLANCO, MARSHMELLO, and VANCE JOY score a large 27*-13* jump with “You” at +92 spins

* TAYLOR SWIFT is top 20 with “coney island,” featuring THE NATIONAL, up 25*-18* and +24 spins

* KILLERS score a double digit jump as “C’est La Vie” leaps 29*-19* and are +52 spins

* PASSENGER and ARLO PARKS debut




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Rag’n’Bone Man avoided writing songs about divorce from ex-wife Beth Rouy – Music News

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The ‘Human’ hitmaker – who welcomed his first child, son Reuben, with his former spouse in September 2017 – has admitted he’s fed up of “break-up songs” and didn’t want to channel his heartbreak from his marriage split into his upcoming second studio album, ‘Life By Misadventure’.

In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, he confessed: “I’m bored of break-up songs. I don’t want people to listen to my music and think how depressing it is. So, when I was feeling a bit sorry for myself, I just hung my head and thought, ‘I’m not going to write anything for a bit, because it’s just going to turn out sad and pathetic.’ There’s more to be said. There are other things to write about.”

The 36-year-old singer-songwriter – whose real name is Rory Graham – did attempt to write songs for his little boy, but admitted they turned out to be too “sickly”.

He laughed: “It’s hard not to be sickly about parenthood. I wrote five or six other songs for Reuben that I trashed, just threw in the bin. They were horrible.”

Rory and Beth tied the knot in 2019, but split just 10 months later, after a decade in a relationship.

However, the pair “still get on really well” and the ‘Giant’ hitmaker – who releases his follow-up to 2017’s acclaimed ‘Human’ on April 23 – insisted their son hasn’t “suffered” as a result of their divorce.

On becoming a father, he said: “You might think having a child, or getting married, is the right thing to do for the next step in your life, but maybe it’s not the problem-solver. It doesn’t make everything OK.”

But the ‘All You Ever Wanted’ singer added: “For some reason it changed everything for the worse. I’m not bitter. Beth is an amazing mum, we still get on really well, my son hasn’t suffered, and as long as there’s no loss of love, it’ll be OK.”



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Charli XCX has teased she’s ‘forming a supergroup’ with The 1975 and No Rome – Music News

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The ‘forever’ singer, the Matty Healy-fronted group and their Dirty Hit label mates have been teasing fans about their upcoming collaboration for some time, and now Charli has seemingly suggested there could be more music from them.

She tweeted: “v excited to be forming a supergroup with @no_rome and @the1975… (sic)”

Last month, No Rome gave an update on their track, writing on Twitter: “ok some news – me, (the creator of music) charli xcx & the 1975 have a song together. . got the masters done and waiting on video edit cuts . coming out sooner than u think ok thats all for now i love u … just thought i’d share cos im gassed as f*** . life is a little weird rn but Hey Got some Lovin for Music xx (sic)”

And Charli replied: “sounding good boys (sic)”

Back in August 2019, ‘Somebody Else’ hitmaker Matty revealed to fans that he had sent a “beat” to ‘Gone’ singer Charli and shared that it’s a “monster tune”.

He tweeted at the time: “Sent her a beat at like 5pm yesterday and woke up this morning to a HIT.
A MONSTER TUNE!!

I’m prolific but she’s on some s***
@charli_xcx (sic)”

And when asked whether his band or himself will feature on the track, Matty said that he didn’t know and added that No Rome and his bandmate George Daniel worked on the song.

He replied: “Not sure yet but me and Rome and George produced.”

Charli also confirmed a collaboration was in the works.

She said: “We sent some ideas back and forth, and I’m such a fan of [Matty] and the band. They just get it, and they don’t get it at the same time, which I think is the best way to make music. And I think he’s such a smart lyricist, it’s just very smart and also fun, and I feel like they really love pop music.

“And I love that, and I’m so inspired by that energy and that uniqueness. So yeah, I don’t know what’s going on. But I really admire their song writing, so hopefully something will come of it.”

At this time, no further information has been revealed about the supergroup, such as their band name.



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Abaco Dream

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Abaco Dream

ABOUT

Abaco Dream was a ca. late 1960s R&B/rock group from New York City consisting of Paul Douglas, Frank Malo, Mike Sassano, David Williams, and Dennis Williams. Their best known songs include the Sly Stone-penned “Life And Death In G&A” (1969), a Top 40 R&B hit.

Best known songs (with years) include:

  • Life And Death In G&A (1969)

Pop charts debut year: 1969

Years active: ca. late 1960s

Genres: R&B, rock

Labels: A&M

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