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Continue reading →: Behind the Words: Daughter by BeyoncéDaughter by Beyoncé is probably her most vulnerable track to date. In this record, the superstar reflects on her actions, and on the ones made before her by her father. Through this, she expresses her faults, fears and doubts about herself. Through the song’s narration, Beyoncé confesses to the audience…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Week: Sunlight To My Soul by Angélique KidjoA celebration of love: A most needed festive record The legend Angélique Kidjo is back with her new single Sunlight to my Soul, a track written by the great Diane Warren (I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing by Aerosmith) and produced by Shizzi (Love My Baby by Wizkid). In…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Words: Storyteller by Awa LyFive and a feather, the third album of Awa Ly, opens with the track Storyteller: the starting point of the making of this opus. In 2016, she declared: “The sound was guiding me towards this liquid surface, languid under a blue moon”. And it is in this same world that…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Week: Bachelorette by BjörkAn untypical track covering a deep subject: An introduction to originality Bachelorette is based on a fairytale written by Björk herself: she initially wrote it for Stealing Beauty (a movie made by Bernardo Bertolucci), along with poet Sjón, and touches on a sensitive subject, one which we can find in…
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Continue reading →: ITW: The Myth of Practicing series, Lina Marie DäunertL.Park: Failures while being a part of the process, are often seen as a reflection of our value as artists. Why do you think we regard it as such? Lina Marie Däunert: I’m not even sure if I want to get into this… Instead I’d like to introduce an approach…
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Continue reading →: Song review: Genesis by RayeAn intermission: Raye challenging the rules After her groundbreaking first album 21st Century Blues (2023), Raye delivers a new project, one she refers as an “intermission”: a project serving as a transition between her two opuses and a true representation of what she is capable to bring to the table.…
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Continue reading →: Album review: Hit me hard and soft by Billie EilishA subtle shift promising more to come: Eilish’s most daring work Billie Eilish returns with her last album, Hit me hard and soft, a body of work full of heartbreak, retrospective and playful up-tempo songs produced by herself and her brother Finneas. The majority of the album has an emphasis…
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Continue reading →: ITW: The Myth of Practicing series, Cory BargerL.Park: Can you tell us your personal experience with intense practicing as a student and professional, and how it impacted you? Cory Barger: As a student, it pushed me beyond my physical capabilities and led directly to several serious injuries that I still deal with more than twenty years later.…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Week: Here We Go by Coco JonesThe R&B song of the moment: A promising single Coco Jones surprises us with a new single, Here We Go, a full R&B and Soul experience, fortifying her ground in the industry. With sounds reminiscent of Alicia Key‘s younger days (If I Ain’t Got You) in a flawless production (made…
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Continue reading →: ITW: The Myth of Practicing series, Lobke SprenkelingL.Park: When you heard the term “myth of practicing”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Lobke Sprenkeling: There is a human limit to the quantity of practicing, both physical and mental. I would even advocate for no more than four hours a day. As for wind…





