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Secret Genius: Spotify interview Nicky Chinn

The super-successful Chinnichap team - Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman - wrote some of the biggest pop and glam rock hits of the 70’s. These credentials made Nicky the perfect choice for Spotify’s new Secret Genius series, interviewing the songwriting talent behind some of the biggest musical success stories. Listen to Spotify’s Rob Fitzpatrick sit down with Nicky to talk songwriting, hit singles and ask – one hundred million sales later – how did he they do it? 

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Laura Mvula releases 'The Dreaming Room'

Laura Mvula releases her new album, ‘The Dreaming Room’  today through RCA Victor (Sony). ‘The Dreaming Room’ is an expansion on what was already a captivating sound.  The heavenly layers of voices, the unexpected complex diversions and the celestial grandeur are still all there but with the addition of buzzy analogue synths and electric guitar lines.  

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Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016


Universal Music Publishing Group congratulates legendary artists Elvis Costello and Tom Petty on their induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 47th Annual Induction and Awards ceremony held in NYC.

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Dan Lissvik releases 'M I D N I G H T'

"Thanks to all involved. See you in another shape and form" Dan Lissvik wrote in 2012 when Swedish duo Studio officially called it quits. Now the influential group's founder is back with his album 'M I D N I G H T' on Smalltown Supersound. 
While Studio was never focused on making dance music, more recent beat-smiths such as Jamie XX (who sampled 'Out There' on his recent single, 'Girl') have introduced club-goers to the group's distinctive bass lines and 'Scandinavia meets West Coast' sound. Now, Lissvik has turned his own focus to the dance floor with these infectious new tracks.

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Paul Simon releases 'Stranger to Stranger'

Paul Simon has released ‘Stranger to Stranger’, his 13th solo album, on June 3rd via Concord Records. Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, ‘Stranger to Stranger’ conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon’s well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter.  The record - his first since 2011’s acclaimed ‘So Beautiful or So What’ - ushers the listener into a brave new musical world where expectations are defied and exceeded, as they were thirty years ago with another masterwork ‘Graceland’. 

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Artists Honor Toon Hermans In Carré

A variety of Dutch artists and entertainers will commemorate the late Toon Hermans (1916-2000) at the Royal Theater Carré in honor of his 100th birthday.

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