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Music Review: Dierks Bentley’s ‘Broken Branches’ offers safe, familiar, cold beer country
Winnipeg Free Press
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June 13, 2025
Nashville hitmaker Dierks Bentley has delivered “Broken Branches,” his eleventh studio album that leans into some well-tread country rock territory, the kind that invariably involves broken hearts, trucks and a cold beer. Look, Bentley knows what...
Instagram update June 2025: You can now share your Spotify songs on Instagram Notes, here’s how it works
Financial Express
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Ahead of World Music Day, Instagram has announced a new feature that lets you share what you’re listening to in real-time on Spotify, directly in your Instagram Notes. This update makes it easy for you to express yourself and connect with friends...
Christian music is having a moment
KASU - Arkansas
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June 13, 2025
In her 25 years in the Christian music industry, Holly Zabka, president of Provident — a Sony subsidiary dedicated to Christian music — has never encountered a moment of such prominence for the genre. "This is the most exciting time to be in...
Behind the music - Last Apollo
RTE Ireland
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June 13, 2025
Irish-born, London-based artist and composer Last Apollo aka Lucy Rice has released her new single, Dandelion. We asked her BIG questions . . . We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set...
Massive Google Cloud outage breaks the internet worldwide: Spotify, OpenAI, Discord and more go down
News9 Live
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June 13, 2025
Tech News A major Google Cloud outage on June 12 disrupted Spotify, OpenAI, and several other services. New Delhi: For a few tense hours on June 12, some of the internet’s most popular platforms went dark. Google Cloud faced a major service...
Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Global Services Including Gmail, Spotify, and OpenAI
The Hans India
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June 13, 2025
In the early hours of Thursday, a sudden and widespread disruption stemming from Google Cloud sent shockwaves across the internet. Popular platforms including Gmail, Spotify, OpenAI tools like ChatGPT, and smart home devices powered by Google Home...
Party Cannon Premiere New Single & Music Video "Thrist Trap"
Metal Underground
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June 13, 2025
Band Photo: Allegaeon (?) Scottish death metal bruisers Party Cannon have unleashed a brand new single titled “Thrist Trap,” now available for streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below. Known for their chaotic blend of brutality and...
Apple Music launches new "AutoMix" feature that blends tracks together using AI
Mixmag
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June 12, 2025
Apple Music has launched a new feature that blends and mixes tracks together using AI. AutoMix was introduced as part of the recent release of iOS 26, and allows Apple Music users to create "unique transitions" from one song to the next, "just...
iOS 26 makes Apple Music Replay fully native inside the app
9to5Mac
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June 12, 2025
Apple Music benefits from a variety of big and small updates in iOS 26, including one that wasn’t included in the WWDC keynote or press materials: Apple Music Replay is now a fully native in-app experience. The popular year-end Spotify Wrapped...
Ace out on OTT: Where to stream Vijay Sethupathi’s film now in Tamil and Telugu
OTTplay
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Ace, the Tamil heist comedy film featuring Vijay Sethupathi in the lead role, had released in theatres in May. Following its theatrical run, we had earlier reported that the film’s post-theatrical streaming rights are with Prime Video. You can now...
Music Australia calls on audiences to seek out and support local artists
Australian Leisure
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Music Australia has released research which reveals that while audiences love Australian music and want to hear more, the majority are not actively seeking it out. Music Australia is calling for audiences to seek out Australian music, as it...
Spotify Could Be Removing ‘Monthly Listeners’ Stats on Artist Pages, Something Russ Has Been Preaching
VICE
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June 12, 2025
It look like Spotify might be making changes to their artists pages by removing the “monthly listeners” stats. This was first pointed out by Kurrco on X (formerly Twitter), who cited Playboi Carti’s page which, in a screenshot, did not show the...
Apple Music iOS 26 update brings motion, color & depth to the iPhone Lock Screen
AppleInsider - New York
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Apple Music update in iOS 26 Apple's iOS 26 update turns album covers into full-screen animations that move while your music plays. With iOS 26, Apple Music users can tap the album art on the Lock Screen to expand it. If the track includes...
Street Music Week’s expansion to Perry Street off to a slow start in first year
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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It’s been a slow week on South Perry, where Street Music Week, Spokane’s annual noontime busking celebration to support the 2nd Harvest Food Bank, expanded for the first time this year. As the lunch hour proceeded and pedestrians strolled down the...
Drake Will Stream With Kai Cenat During Kendrick Lamar's Toronto Concert
HipHopDX News
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June 12, 2025
Drake has revealed exactly where he will be when Kendrick Lamar takes the stage in Toronto tonight. It is Kendrick’s first visit to Drake’s hometown since the beginning of their epic feud and the 6 God appears to be attempting to counter program...
Spotify was down — here's the latest on the outage
Tom's Guide
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June 12, 2025
Refresh 2025-06-12T23:11:31.315Z Was it Google all along? (Image credit: Shutterstock)While Spotify is mostly back, we have seen complaints that people's apps are still down. The question now is if it was Google's outage that caused Spotify's...
Hiawatha Music Co-op concert to open final Art Week
Upper Michigan´s Source
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June 12, 2025
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - The Hiawatha Music Co-Op is celebrating the final Marquette Art Week with another opening concert. This year’s concert is called Tales from the Land and Lake: Marquette Songwriters Showcase. Performances from area artists...
Spotify, Discord disrupted by brief Google Cloud outage
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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June 12, 2025
Alphabet’s Google said today it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. “The issue with Google Chat, Google Meet, Gmail,...
Spotify to Twitch: check services affected as major outage hits Google Cloud
The Economic Times
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June 12, 2025
Several platforms including music streaming service Spotify and instant messaging platform Discord were down for thousands of users on Thursday, June 12 following an outage at Alphabet's Google Cloud . On its status page, Google Cloud said that...
FCB New York’s “Spreadbeats” for Spotify Wins Best of Show At ADC 104th Annual Awards
Ethical Marketing News
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June 13, 2025
Agencies, studios, brands and freelancers in 41 countries were announced as winners at the ADC 104th Annual Awards ceremony, held at Gotham Hall in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2025. The esteemed global jury awarded...