Month: January 2022

Spotify is adding COVID-19 content advisories to all relevant podcast episodes, the streaming company has announced in a new statement. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Crazy Horse member Nils Lofgren have pulled their music from the platform after Young sparked a protest against the misinformation being spread about the virus on Joe Rogan’s Spotify podcast. […]

Gonora Sounds’ international debut, Hard Times Never Kill, is an album about survival and beating the odds, straight from the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe. Many people will remember bandleader Daniel Gonora from a viral video that’s racked up more than 10 million views on social media. The clip features a blind street guitarist, Mr. Gonora, […]

New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert has announced he is “cancer free” after having “half a liver, a gallbladder and one adrenal gland” removed. READ MORE: The 16 best pop-punk bands of all time In December, the New Found Glory vocalist took to social media to reveal he was “minutes from death” when his wife found […]

Calvin Harris has shared a new track as Love Regenerator. It’s the latest in a group of records the DJ has share since launching his Love Regenerator alias in January 2020. The latest, which sees a collaboration with Riva Starr and Sandara Maitreya, is called ‘Lonely’ – listen to it below. Late last year, Creamfields […]

PinkPantheress has released a ‘To Hell With It’ remix album featuring contributions from Powfu, Tommy Gold and Flume – check it out below. READ MORE: PinkPantheress: meet the mysterious, internet-conquering breakthrough artist ‘To Hell With It’ was released in October last year and featured breakout tracks ‘Pain’, ‘Passion’ and ‘Break It Off’. Speaking about the […]

[This Day] The Worship and Rap (WAR) Concert project, a series of music events, charitable programmes and tours headlined by Port Harcourt based gospel singer, Sir Vic – real name Victor Ekpo – recently witnessed a spectacle of amazing talents in Akwa Ibom State.

A day after a report emerged that Kanye West is planning to perform in Australia in March, its Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned the rapper that he must be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to enter the country. “The rules are you have to be fully vaccinated, they’re the rules,” Morrison said during a […]

Joni Mitchell has declared her support for Neil Young, announcing plans to remove her discography from Spotify in protest of the service platforming misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine. Young demanded that his music be pulled from Spotify at the start of the week, asserting in a since-deleted open letter to his management that content like […]

[New Frame] Pianist Sibu Mashiloane’s new album enacts the collective dance of South African jazz. It is his sixth album in six years, and a work of many trusted hands.

Here at Music Press Asia, we’re aiming for a one-time recommendation that would last many years to come. Why? Just because it is still an incredible teaser from 2004; a wholesome Chinese satire movie that we’d watch after a happy family meal. After the guests have had their fill of the Chinese New Year family […]