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Henry Legge KC, for Winehouse, said in written submissions that the items included a silk mini-dress worn by the singer in her final performance in Belgrade, Serbia, which Ms Parry auctioned for 243,200 US dollars (182,656) in 2021. He said: Ms Parry and Ms Gourlay deliberately concealed from Mr Winehouse the fact that they were auctioning the items consigned by them to the 2021 auction and that they were claiming ownership of those items.

All of the artists on the lineup for the second annual R&B Xmas Ball Dru Hill, Joe, Toni Braxton and Boyz II Men have Christmas albums from the last two decades, but rather than putting a twist on carols or crooner standards, this is an evening that merely uses Christmas as an excuse for a night out to hear earnest, heart-rending 90s R&B. Slow jam Joe. Photograph: Laura Rose/The Guardian Dru Hill deliver classic R&B in matching outfits, as their 2000s music videos as seen on kebab shop TVs nationwide play out behind them, while a set of mostly slow jams from Joe sets the stage for Braxton.

We're standing in the Fleet Street offices of MayDay Rooms founded over a decade ago as "an archive, resource and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories". Its holdings form a vast paper topography of refusal over 100,000 flyers, bulletins, pamphlets and minutes tracing the history of the anti-authoritarian left. Much of the material is British but threaded with transnational currents: together they form a living diagram of insubordination as it travelled the world.

The team behind the song have admitted using AI during its creation. Producer and songwriter Harrison Walker said the original vocals were actually his own, but were heavily manipulated using music-generation software Suno - sometimes called the "ChatGPT for music". Meanwhile, the second producer Waypoint, real name Jacob Donaghue, confirmed on social media that AI was used to "give our original vocal a female tone".

The Hold Steady wrapped up the tenth edition of their Massive Nights NYC show series, which happened Wednesday through Sunday (12/3-12/6) at Brooklyn Bowl. 2025 started with their first-ever seated "Storytellers" show at the venue, where they played Thrashing Thru the Passion track "Epaulets" for the first time since 2019 and debuted a new song, "Meet Me in the City."

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Foreigner rocked the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, on Thursday night, December 4th. As an added treat, they were joined onstage by original singer Lou Gramm for a handful of songs. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame act is sporting a new look these days, with Luis Maldonado taking over lead vocals for longtime singer Kelly Hansen, who retired from the band earlier this fall. Maldonado previously served as Foreigner's guitarist, after joining the band in 2021.

21 Savage has announced a new album. The rapper posted a video to his Instagram earlier today, December 8, with the title What Happened to the Streets? and a release date of this Friday, December 12. Check out the cover art below. 21 Savage released his last studio album, American Dream, in 2024. This year, he's been featured on Summer Walker's Finally Over It and Travis Scott's mixtape.

His knees guide the steering wheel as he speeds down the highway with the sun in absentia. The windows are down; it takes four gongs of the nearby church bell to remind him that daylight breaks soon. "Prague," a standout from Rebel, paints this portrait in broad strokes. Anecdotes like this are the closest we get to insight on EsDee's character: a daredevil incarnate, headstrong and unconcerned with dressing up his vices in euphemism.

In the past six years, the 23-year-old Chengdu MC born Zhang Zhengkai has issued roughly 20 solo rap projects, half a dozen collabs, and two albums ( and ) under his jackapplepeople alias that show a softer, poppier side. This desire has driven him to excess of late: Fall 2024's and winter 2025's Above & Beyond both had hour-plus runtimes across 30-plus tracks. And while there is magnificent foliage to be found in these forests of distorted plugg beats and warped vocals, there's also overgrowth.

Tops Edison Research will present its Top 10 Findings of 2025 research next week, in a 30-minute webinar. It's scheduled for Thursday, December 11, at 2pm ET. This project is a distillation of Edison's weekly insights, custom research, and its "syndicate services" research. From that combined body of knowledge Edison crafts the top ten findings in the overall audio space. The company calls this annual release "a year-end celebration of research and new knowledge in the world." The webinar is open and free; register HERE.

The Australian man who accosted Ariana Grande at the premiere of Wicked: For Good in Singapore has been reportedly banned from attending Lady Gaga's The Mayhem Ball tour. Johnson Wen was arrested after grabbing the movie star as she walked the yellow carpet at Universal Studios. Cynthia Erivo was applauded for stepping in and defending her co-star. Wen was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of public nuisance. Passing sentence, district judge Christopher Goh noted that Wen had behaved similarly on previous occasions.

To fully grasp the band Soul Coughing and their debut album, Ruby Vroom, whose mix of hip-hop beats, samples, jazz, and rock sounded wildly fresh in the early days of "alternative music," it helps to understand how poetry and spoken-word performance fit in. You also need to get a handle on just how much newly unearthed sound from the past was back in circulation, now that the compact disc had exploded and the record industry was printing money.

It's December so Toyah and Robert Fripp are in holiday mode on their Sunday Lunch YouTube channel and this week are revisiting their cover of Slade 's classic #1, "Merry Xmas Everybody." Watch that and Slade playing the song on Top of the Pops in the '70s, below.

From small country churches to the stages of the civil rights movement to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mavis Staples' career has spanned more than 60 years. The gospel legend has shown no interest in retirement. Her new album, One True Vine, is her second collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. "It's a totally different CD," Staples tells NPR's Neal Conan.

The Mexican Heritage Plaza in East San Jose comes alive each December with lights, music, and community spirit for Fiesta Navideña. This year marks the 15th annual gathering on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm, with doors opening at 5:00 pm. Families and friends fill the space at 1700 Alum Rock Avenue to close out the year with free activities that highlight cultural roots and seasonal joy.

Unclouded, her fourth album as Melody's Echo Chamber and third for Domino Records, doesn't abandon that ethereal quality thanks to the arrival of the Swedish producer/songwriter Sven Wunder, best known for the lush psych-jazz soundscapes of his own dazzling discography. But here, Wunder grounds her pastel palette with something newly tactile: breakbeats, supple bass lines and strings that move like muscle rather than mist.

At a March Seattle gig, SML generated three epic improvisations of subtle groove science (the second piece even evoked the funky swagger of Average White Band's "Schoolboy Crush") and galvanic hypnosis. It was the best show this writer saw in 2025, and that it differed from the relative concision of the group's records just proves SML can thrive in various modes.

For most of his career, Dr. Loco has been the life of the party. Now, celebrating his life is the point of the party. The saxophonist, accordionist, vocalist and leader of the Rockin' Jalapeño Band, Dr. Loco is the musical alter ego of esteemed anthropologist JoseB. Cuéllar and the subject of an era-encompassing concert Sunday afternoon, Dec.B.14, at Brava Theater Center.

We asked 14 business leaders to share the songs that get them motivated and energized for the day. They named tracks by Beyoncé, Eminem, and U2, among others. Listen to their complete playlist on Business Insider's Spotify. From getting hyped up before important meetings to getting energized at the beginning of the day, these 14 leaders shared their go-to pump-up songs and why the tracks motivate them.

A disciple of John Cage, Moran uses prepared-piano techniques - inserting objects on and between the strings, sometimes playing the strings with her fingers or an EBow - along with electronic-music treatments (she's collaborated with Daniel Lopatin and performed in Oneohtrix Point Never's band on the Age Of tour, and it shows). Time and again on Don't Trust Mirrors, Moran tricks the listener into thinking the main instrument here is harp, which, if you're a fan of Mary Lattimore or Brandee Younger, is a plus. This legerdemain reflects the title's admonition that all is not what it seems.

Our family saw Wicked together last Thanksgiving. This year, we saw it again-together, yet separately, different cities, different schedules, the same emotional landing place. At the final chords, Sara's six-year-old blurted, "It's over? Is it really over?" He captured something adults often try to hide: the uneasy truth that we don't know what comes next, but we do know we've been changed.

Amazon Music has a new Spotify Wrapped knockoff this year called " 2025 Delivered," which offers a summary of users' listening stats, such as top artists, songs, and even podcasts. Notably, the platform also takes advantage of Amazon's virtual assistant, Alexa, by giving users a special message from their favorite artist. The feature can be found on the app by tapping on the Library tab.

Late Checkout is the new duo from Creeds and Neika, born somewhere between two gigs, a hotel hallway and a studio bag full of ideas. After years of making music together, they finally turned their shared energy into a project that reflects the world they know best: nights on the move, keycards that almost fail, and inspiration that hits right before check out.