"This music was meant to be heard at a party while dancing and drinking in Tehrangeles," said Discotchari label co-founder Zachary Asdourian. "But for citizens of Iran, this was giving hope as bombs ...

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Radiohead ’s frontman has said he would “absolutely not” perform in Israel now, adding: “I wouldn’t want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime.” Thom Yorke made the comments in an ...

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Country music has a well-deserved reputation of supporting the police, but there are still many songs criticizing the cops.

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Washington is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group to counter drug-trafficking organisations in Latin America, the ...

The quotable Springsteen, full of true stories and hard-won insights on everything from Elvis and evil nuns to the Big Man ...