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Ella Langley Teams With Miranda Lambert On “Choosin’ Texas” Country Firestarter

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Ella Langley Teams With Miranda Lambert On “Choosin’ Texas” Country Firestarter

Multi-platinum country force Ella Langley has released her new single “Choosin’ Texas” via Columbia Records and SAWGOD. Co-written and co-produced with Miranda Lambert alongside Ben West, Luke Dick, and Joybeth Taylor, the track leans into swagger, wit, and regional pride, with Lambert adding background vocals. Built from a writing-room spark and a story that stuck, the song moves with confidence and bite, pairing Langley’s commanding delivery with a chorus that lands clean and loud.

The release arrives as Langley closes the final stretch of her sold-out Still Hungover Tour and begins a run of Texas dates, after teasing the song live earlier this year. With a debut album ‘Hungover’ already delivering chart-topping singles and major awards momentum, “Choosin’ Texas” adds another sharp entry to a catalog driven by bold choices and clear identity. The track captures Langley’s forward motion right now, rooted in collaboration, stage-tested energy, and a voice that cuts through.

LIMBS Mark A New Chapter With “Doesn’t Feel Like Home” And A Personal Visual Turn

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LIMBS Mark A New Chapter With “Doesn’t Feel Like Home” And A Personal Visual Turn

Post-hardcore outfit LIMBS return with “Doesn’t Feel Like Home,” their first release since signing to Papercut Recordings, paired with a music video filmed in places tied to each member’s past. The song centers on the disorientation that follows a long relationship ending, capturing the quiet aftermath of giving everything and returning to empty rooms. Built with restraint and pressure, the track carries emotional weight without excess, while the video’s walk through familiar spaces underscores absence, memory, and the moment when a once-shared life narrows to one. It’s a stark, focused statement that introduces this next phase with clarity and intent.


The Dream Machine Tear Into “Fort Perch Rock” With Raw Psych Punk Momentum

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The Dream Machine Tear Into “Fort Perch Rock” With Raw Psych Punk Momentum

Coastal five-piece The Dream Machine return with “Fort Perch Rock,” their first new music of 2025 and the title track from a new EP of the same name. The song barrels forward with wheeling guitars and blown-out urgency, drawing from MC5 and Stooges-style propulsion while keeping its feet planted firmly in the band’s own bracing psych-punk lane. Lifted from an EP that adds three more heady tracks behind it, the release arrives as the band gear up for a run of UK live dates this November.

Named after the New Brighton coastal landmark facing Liverpool’s shoreline, ‘Fort Perch Rock’ carries a strong sense of place, memory, and abrasion. Zak McDonnell describes the title track as a compressed snapshot of a band playing at full volume, pulling imagery from mid-century seaside culture and melting it into something gritty and immediate. Completed by the additional tracks “Daddy Rollin (In Your Arms),” “Like I Always Do,” and “Smells Like Rain,” the EP is fully self-produced and performed by the band, capturing a rush of inspiration that balances history and the future with a whole lotta noise.

Gem And Jam Festival Returns To Tucson With 50+ Artists Lineup And New Partnership

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Gem And Jam Festival Returns To Tucson With 50+ Artists Lineup And New Partnership

Fan favorite Gem & Jam Festival returns February 6 through 8, 2026, bringing its three-day blend of music, art, performance, and gem and mineral culture back to the Pima County Fairgrounds in the Sonoran Desert. The 17th annual edition arrives with a major new partnership alongside Relentless Beats, a move that expands the festival’s reach and sharpens its already distinct identity. Festival co-producer Josh Pollack describes the return as a renewed chapter, pairing long-standing community roots with elevated production and programming.

The 2026 lineup spans more than 50 artists across electronic, jam, funk, bass, and experimental worlds, including CloZee, Tycho, G Jones b2b EPROM, TroyBoi, Sunsquabi, Tauk, Yak Attack, and several rare collaborative performances. Set across 640 acres just south of Tucson, the festival experience stretches beyond the stages with late-night sets, immersive visuals, custom stage designs, artist galleries, live painting, workshops, and expansive gem and mineral exhibits. With its desert setting and genre-crossing lineup, Gem & Jam’s return signals a full-scale revival built on creativity, community, and shared discovery.

Kat Luna Reclaims Her Younger Self On “Back To You” In English And Spanish

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Kat Luna Reclaims Her Younger Self On “Back To You” In English And Spanish

Sony Music Nashville artist Kat Luna has released her new single “Back To You,” sharing the song in both an English version and a bilingual English Spanish edition. Produced by Nathan Chapman, the track was written with Sara Bares, Billy Dawson, and Emmi Elliot, with Erika Ender contributing to the Spanglish version. Built around reflection and self-recovery, the song looks back to childhood confidence and curiosity, tracing the desire to reconnect with that earlier sense of self after years of pressure and expectation.

The release continues a defining chapter for Luna, who recently made her Grand Ole Opry debut and earned a spot in the CMT Next Women of Country Class of 2025. Formerly one half of Kat and Alex, Luna’s solo work centers clarity, identity, and lived experience, shaped by her upbringing as the daughter of first-generation Cuban immigrants and a musical foundation that stretched from Toby Keith to Celia Cruz. “Back To You” stands as a personal statement and a steady step forward, grounding her next phase in honesty, heritage, and renewed confidence.

Árni Heimir Ingólfsson’s Book ‘Music At World’s End’ Tells How Nazi-Era Exiles Helped Build Icelandic Classical Music

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Árni Heimir Ingólfsson’s Book ‘Music At World’s End’ Tells How Nazi-Era Exiles Helped Build Icelandic Classical Music

Music at World’s End by Árni Heimir Ingólfsson is out now, offering the first in-depth study of three musicians who escaped Nazi Germany and Austria and reshaped Iceland’s musical life. Set in the 1930s, when classical music in Iceland was only beginning to take root, the book follows Robert Abraham, Heinz Edelstein, and Victor Urbancic as they found refuge in a country with strict immigration policies and little familiarity with Jewish culture. Their arrival coincided with a pivotal moment, and their presence quickly altered the direction of Iceland’s developing music scene.

Ingólfsson traces their formative years, forced exile, and the complex realities of building new lives as conductors, performers, teachers, and scholars. Drawing on detailed research, the book shows how their work helped establish professional standards and long-term infrastructure for classical music in Iceland. Music At World’s End stands as a focused and compelling case study of musical exile, documenting how displacement and resilience shaped a national culture during a defining historical moment.

Big Special Strike Hard On “PLAINTIVE NATIVE” As ‘NATIONAL AVERAGE.’ Gathers Force

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Big Special Strike Hard On “PLAINTIVE NATIVE” As ‘NATIONAL AVERAGE.’ Gathers Force

Walsall duo Big Special continue their uncompromising run with the release of “PLAINTIVE NATIVE,” a thunderous new single following the surprise arrival of their second album ‘NATIONAL AVERAGE.’ via SO Recordings. Frontman Joe Hicklin frames the song around political unease and moral exhaustion, capturing the confusion of trying to hold onto conviction amid constant noise, pressure, and uncertainty. The track hits with weight and urgency, pairing brute force with emotional clarity in a way that has quickly become the band’s calling card.

Big Special’s ascent has been swift and unmistakable, moving from a debut London headline show at Dublin Castle to commanding the O2 Forum Kentish Town in under two years. Built on a long-standing friendship between Hicklin and Callum Moloney, the band channel grit, dark humor, and lived experience into songs that confront success and struggle side by side. With widespread support across UK press and radio, ‘NATIONAL AVERAGE.’ documents that collision honestly, and “PLAINTIVE NATIVE” stands as one of its most direct and forceful statements yet.

Christopher Cross Charts His Golden Era On ‘All Right The Worldwide Singles 1980 1988’

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Christopher Cross Charts His Golden Era On ‘All Right The Worldwide Singles 1980 1988’

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Christopher Cross has unveiled ‘All Right The Worldwide Singles 1980 1988,’ the first-ever collection bringing together every domestic and international A-side from his defining first decade. Out now via Omnivore Recordings and Seeker Music, the set presents the songs as they were originally heard on radio, complete with single edits and remixes. The double-LP features 20 A-sides on translucent pink and green vinyl, while the double-CD adds 11 B-sides, with a digital edition expanding the tracklist to 30 songs, including several previously unavailable on streaming platforms.

Spanning era-defining hits like “Ride Like The Wind,” “Sailing,” “Arthur’s Theme Best That You Can Do,” “All Right,” and “Think Of Laura,” the collection traces Cross’ run of chart dominance, landmark awards, and cultural saturation across film, television, and radio. Produced by Cheryl Pawelski and Brad Rosenberger and remastered by Michael Graves, the set is rounded out with liner notes by Garrett Price, director of HBO’s Yacht Rock A Dockumentary. ‘All Right The Worldwide Singles 1980 1988’ captures a whirlwind stretch of melodic craft, studio precision, and songwriting clarity that left a permanent mark on pop music.

All Right: The Worldwide Singles 1980-1988 Tracklist:
1. Ride Like The Wind *
2. Sailing
3. Never Be The Same *
4. Mary Ann
5. Say You’ll Be Mine
6. Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
7. All Right *
8. No time For Talk
9. Deal ‘Em Again
10. Think Of Laura
11. A Chance For Heaven (Swimming Theme From The Official Music Of The XXIIIRD Olympiad Los Angeles 1984)
12. Talking In My Sleep
13. Charm The Snake *
14. That Girl
15. Every Turn Of The World
16. Love Is Love (In Any Language) *
17. Loving Strangers (David’s Theme From Nothing In Common) *
18. Someday
19. I Will (Take You Forever) [Duet with Frances Ruffelle] *
20. Swept AWay (Fade)

CD-Only B-Sides
1. Minstrel Gigolo *
2. Poor Shirley
3. The Light Is On
4. Spinning
5. Long World
6. Words Of Wisdom
7. Baby Says No
8. Open Your Heart
9. Love Found A Home
10. Just One Look
11. Alibi

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Jack Carty Cuts Through The Noise On “Pollyanna” With Clear-Eyed Resolve

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Jack Carty Cuts Through The Noise On “Pollyanna” With Clear-Eyed Resolve

Australian singer-songwriter Jack Carty has released his new single “Pollyanna,” continuing a steady run defined by sharp observation and grounded storytelling. Written as a response to the constant churn of modern life, the song centers on choosing forward motion when everything feels loud and unrelenting. Built and produced entirely in Carty’s home studio, the track layers guitar, vocals, drums, bass, and piano into a measured, focused arrangement that lets the lyric stay front and center.

Across more than a decade of releases, six albums, and two EPs, Carty has carved out a reputation as one of Australia’s most consistent independent voices. His recent run includes international touring and sharing stages with artists like Josh Pyke and Justin Townes Earle, along with supporting Katie Noonan on her Grace theatre tour celebrating Jeff Buckley. “Pollyanna” offers a concise snapshot of where Carty stands now, thoughtful, resilient, and attentive to the details that define everyday endurance.

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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.

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