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Dolly Parton is bringing a musical about her life to the Broadway stage!

EXCLUSIVE: Concord Originals, the production arm of Concord, has announced a partnership with NewFest to launch Sound & Scene: NewFest x Concord QTBIPOC Short Film Initiative, the next round of the short film financing and intellectual property licensing initiative to support up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers of color.

Jon Burlingame The recent death of Walt Disney songwriting legend Richard M. Sherman appeared to have closed the book on the history of classic Disney tunes, as Sherman, 95, was the last link to many of them, from “Chim Chim Cher-ee” to “Winnie the Pooh” and “It’s a Small World.” But the recent discovery of previously unknown tape-recorded conversations between Sherman, his brother and songwriting partner Robert B. Sherman, and “Mary Poppins” creator P.L.

Oli Sykes has revealed that one of the songs on Bring Me The Horizon‘s new album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ is “a critique of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”.The track in question is the album’s seventh track, ‘a bulleT w/my namE On’, which is a collaboration with Underoath. One line in particular stuck out to fans – “And if Jesus Christ returns/We’ll just kill the fucker twice,” which was sung by Underoath’s Spencer Chamberlain, who was Christian for much of the band’s career.Sykes replied to a comment on YouTube which had ended up leading to a debate among several commenters about religion.

Jon Burlingame “I felt not only that it was important, but that I had an obligation to be a part of it,” says composer Terence Blanchard about writing the score for National Geographic’s “Genius: MLK / X,” the eight-part series about the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

Over a year into Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, she has found ways to keep the show fresh and new for those who have been waiting since she opened in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2023 to see her. Since the tour began in the United States last year, Swift has released two rerecorded albums — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) in addition to a brand-new double album, The Tortured Poets Department. 

Girls were Kelly Clarkson rejects written by Jack Antonoff.In a new video for Variety, actors Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach – who portrayed the roles of Marnie and Desi in the 2012 hit HBO series Girls – reunited after working together seven years ago. In the chat, they opened up about their characters and experience being a part of the series.Desi’s character appeared in season three of the show.

PinkPantheress has gone viral for explaining why she makes short songs and stating that “we don’t need to have a bridge” – comments that have stoked discussions about songwriting and now garnered a response from Dionne Warwick.PinkPantheress shared her opinions on song lengths in an interview on ABC News last Friday (May 24), the same day she released her first song of the year, ‘Turn It Up’. Explaining why her own songs are on the short side, the British artist explained that “making short songs was just a result of me experimenting”.“A song doesn’t need to be longer than 2 minutes 30 [seconds], in my opinion,” the 23-year-old told journalist Ashan Singh.

aespa singer NingNing recently covered songs by Tori Kelly, Beyoncé and more during her guest appearance on Lee Mu-jin Service. aespa’s NingNing made an appearance on the May 28 episode of the popular YouTube talk show, Lee Mu-jin Service.

Adele and Beyoncé – sent letters to each of the tech giants demanding to know if they had used their songs to develop artificial intelligence systems.According to BBC, the letter was sent to more than 700 firms in total, writing that they had “reason to believe” that the recipients “may already have made unauthorized uses” of its music.Sony Music has reportedly given firms a deadline to respond, and said it will enforce its copyright policy “to the full extent permitted by applicable law”.The conversation around A.I. in music is particularly contentious at present, sparking ongoing concerns about how and where emerging technology “learns” to produce its output and if it has permission to pull from data like books or music catalogues.The EU’s upcoming AI Act is set to tighten up and clarify rules around artificial intelligence and how systems are trained.One high-profile case saw Game of Thrones author George R.R.

BTS has reimagined scenes from the hit Netflix series Bridgerton with orchestral covers of the K-pop boyband’s songs.Earlier this month, Netflix released part one of season three of Bridgerton, which is known for its orchestral covers of hit pop songs. This season was no different, with covers of songs by Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nick Jonas and more.The second episode of season three notably included the first orchestral cover of a K-pop song, which was the Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping hit ‘Dynamite’ by BTS.One fan, who goes by the username @onceiwasbeloved on TikTok, has since reimaged several scenes from Bridgerton with orchestral covers of other popular BTS songs, including ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Pied Piper’.The clips for the two reimaginings have since spread quickly among fans of the series and the boyband, amassing over 300,000 and 1.3million views, respectively at time of writing.If only literally anyone on the production team actually LISTENED to bts #oiwb #bts #btsarmy #blackswan #BRIDGERTON ♬ Black Swan (Orchestral Version) – OMJamie Shall i go on? #oiwb #bridgerton #bts #btsarmy #piedpiper @Bridgerton ♬ original sound – MoMoMo The TikTok user also revisited the previous seasons of the Netflix drama, using orchestral covers of the BTS songs ‘Mikrokosmos’ and ‘Spring Day’ as background music for various dance scenes.I know the rhythm of the song doesn’t match the dance but bffr – it’s their song #bridgerton #bts #btsarmy #oiwb #mikrokosmos #oiwb ♬ original sound – MoMoMo I hurt my own feelings with this one #oiwb #bridgerton #bts #btsarmy #springday ♬ original sound – :)) In other BTS news, the boyband’s leader RM dropped his second solo album, ‘Right Place, Wrong Person’ last week.

There are plenty of music stars who aren’t fans of their own songs.

Lana Del Rey addressed a long-running rumor about her discography while discussing her desire to write a song for the James Bond franchise.

Paramore’s Hayley Williams has shared several clips recorded during the production process of her 2021 album, ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’, including covers of songs by the Cardigans and Best Coast.A slew of Instagram posts on Thursday (May 23) marked Hayley Williams’ return to her personal page, which had remained inactive since 2021. The Paramore singer shared clips of her working on ‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’ songs recorded on her phone.“[I] found more that i never posted way back when so just gettin em out of the camera roll and somewhere they can live forever,” she writes.Aside from clips of her solo album songs, she talks about the choices behind the covers she shares, which includes an acoustic rendition of Audrey Hepburn’s ‘Moon River’.

Taylor Swift performed ‘Guilty As Sin?’ for the first time during one of her ‘Eras’ tour shows, and used the 89th show of the tour to create a mashup of songs from her ‘1989’ album.Check out footage from the concert below.The moment took place at the second of the singer’s three performances in Sweden last week, which also happened to mark the 89th show as part of her record-breaking ‘Eras’ tour.For Swift, the number 89 has some significance – not only is 1989 the year that she was born, but it also marks the title of her hit fifth album which she shared in 2014. So, to celebrate the occasion in Sweden, the pop legend threw in some surprises during the set.They took place as Swift launched into the surprise song section of the live show, which usually sees her play two songs that aren’t usually in the setlist.

Taylor Swift is continuing to add more songs from her latest album to The Eras Tour!

Is Billie Eilish going more Taylor Swift? Or are fans just quicker to pick up on this kind of thing thanks to Tay? Either way, we’re kind of into it!

Zico has revealed that BLACKPINK‘s Jennie has “so many” unreleased solo songs, following their recent collaboration ‘Spot!’.Zico and BLACKPINK’s Jennie recently released their joint single ‘Spot!’. The song was the former’s first release since his 2022 mini-album ‘Grown Ass Kid’.

Ministry performed a setlist of songs that haven’t been played live since the 1980s at Cruel World Festival this weekend.The US industrial metal pioneers performed at Brookside at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on Saturday (May 11), where the likes of Duran Duran, Interpol, Blondie and Simple Minds were headlining.Ministry were billed on the line-up poster as performing songs from their first two albums – 1983’s ‘With Sympathy’ and 1986’s ‘Twitch’ – which meant fans were treated to a host of songs that haven’t been performed in decades.‘Work For Love’, ‘I’m Falling’ and ‘Effigy (I’m Not An)’ were all performed live for the first time since 1984, while ‘All Day’, ‘Over the Shoulder’ and ‘Just Like You’ were brought back for the first time since 1987.Also in the set was ‘We Believe’ for the first time since 2003, and ‘(Everyday Is) Halloween’, which was last played for a crowd back in 2019.Check out fan-shot footage of the show below.‘Work For Love’‘All Day’‘Over The Shoulder’‘Just Like You’‘We Believe’‘I’m Falling’‘Effigy (I’m Not An)’‘Revenge’‘(Everyday Is) Halloween’In an interview with Rolling Stone ahead of the performance, Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen explained how he came round to the idea of performing their debut live again.“The guys in the band know I don’t like this record,” he shared. “They came up with all these new versions of all the old songs and then sprung them on me one night on the bus while I was on ‘shrooms.

Christina Aguilera‘s debut single is celebrating a very special anniversary!

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is coming to an end on Saturday (May 11)!