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Elton John criticises “hypocrisy” of Vatican refusing to bless gay marriage
Elton John has criticised the Vatican over its decision not to allow gay marriage in the Catholic church. Read More: Rocketman film review – a hurricane of imagination and exuberance Replying to a question on whether Catholic priests could bless homosexual couples, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) said today (March 15) that same-sex nuptials “cannot be considered licit”. The formal response from the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, which has been approved by Pope Francis, claimed that “God does not and cannot bless sin”. Last year, the pope endorsed gay civil unions during a documentary interview (via...
Symphonic Elements And A Typhoon of Emotions, What More Could We Ask From Kitt Wakeley’s “Conflicted”
Kitt Wakeley’s upcoming album, Symphony of Sinners and Saints, will include a plethora of musical elements. EDM, orchestral music, heavy guitar, and thundering drums are a few of the album’s elements. Conducted by London’s Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded at London’s famous Abbey Road Studio, “Conflicted” is a superb composition by the composer, portraying the inner struggle human beings experience. Featuring the well-known instrumental rock guitarist Joe Satriani, Kitt Wakeley leaves nothing for the imagination. The duo has already proven that they are quite capable of releasing music that resonates with audiences worldwide. “Conflicted” is an excellent example of...
Wolf Alice explain the story behind the title of new album ‘Blue Weekend’
Wolf Alice have explained the story behind the title of their upcoming third album ‘Blue Weekend’. READ MORE: Wolf Alice: “We’re a tiny bit more comfortable in the world” The album, which follows the band’s Mercury Prize-winning second album, ‘Visions Of A Life’, comes out in June via Dirty Hit and was announced last month with the release of first track ‘The Last Man On Earth’. In a new interview with NME the band opened up on how the album’s title came to be and how they road-tested the record’s material in their own unique way. Advertisement During the interview...
Gruff Rhys announces new album with single ‘Loan Your Loneliness’
Gruff Rhys has announced a new album – get all the details on ‘Seeking New Gods’ below. The Super Furry Animals frontman’s new record will arrive on May 21 via Rough Trade, and is being previewed by a video for first single ‘Loan Your Loneliness’. Speaking of the album, Rhys said in a statement: “The album is about people and the civilizations, and the spaces people inhabit over periods of time. How people come and go but the geology sticks around and changes more slowly. I think it’s about memory and time. Advertisement “It’s still a biography of a...
Watch Kamasi Washington and more cover Marvin Gaye at the Grammys
Kamasi Washington was among an ensemble cast of musicians who paid tribute to the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye‘s album ‘What’s Going On?’ at the 2021 Grammys. READ MORE: The Grammy Awards 2021 – the biggest talking points Jazz musician Washington was joined by PJ Morton, Alexandre Desplat, Ledisi, Sarah Jarosz, Anoushka Shankar, Grace Potter, John Beasley, Camilo Regina Carter, Bebel Gilberto, the Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra, and many more for a performance of album single ‘Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’. All artists were nominated for Grammys this year. You can watch the performance, which opened the award show’s Premiere...
Iceland’s Daði Freyr shares new single and Eurovision entry ’10 Years’
Daði Freyr has released a new single to compete with at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. READ MORE: In the face of coronavirus cancellation – Eurovision has had one of its best years yet ’10 Years’ follows last year’s ‘Think About Things’, which was Freyr and his band Gagnamagnið’s entry for the cancelled 2020 edition of the contest. Despite the event being cancelled due to the pandemic, ‘Think About Things’ still proved a viral hit with 75 million streams of its accompanying dance routine music video. Now, ’10 Years’, which is written about Freyr’s wife who is in Gagnamagnið, aims...
Check out Rag’n’Bone Man’s new autumn UK tour dates
Rag’n’Bone Man has announced a series of new UK tour dates for later this year – see the schedule below. READ MORE: Rag’n’Bone Man: The unstoppable rise of the 21st-century blues man The shows will come behind Rory Graham’s new album ‘Life By Misadventure’, which is set to land next month. The tour is will begin in October with a hometown show at Brighton Centre before the dates carry on through the rest of the month and end in early November with a London show at Hammersmith Apollo. Advertisement The new dates follow three sold-out London gigs at the Jazz...
Fatboy Slim announces UK tour with performances staged in the round
Fatboy Slim has shared details of a new UK arena tour in which he will perform most shows in the round. The DJ last experimented with the format, which sees him set his decks in the middle of the floor space with the audience surrounding him in a circle, back in 2019. Today (March 15) the artist has announced the follow-up ‘We’ve Come A Long Long Way Together’ tour. His tour kicks off at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena on November 4 before wrapping at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on November 20. All shows will be performed in the round except for...
PENTAGON unveil charming video for new song, ‘DO or NOT’
PENTAGON have finally made their comeback with the bubbly new track, ‘DO or NOT’. READ MORE: Watch BTS make their solo Grammys performance debut with jubilant ‘Dynamite’ Earlier today (March 15), PENTAGON unveiled the music video for ‘DO or NOT,’ the title track from their new mini-album ‘LOVE or TAKE’. The song was written and composed by members Hui and Wooseok, with help from South Korean producer NATHAN for the composition and arrangement of the song. Watch the video for ‘DO or NOT’ below. Advertisement ‘LOVE or TAKE’ features 7 new tracks, including ‘Boy in Time,’ a special...Recent Posts
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