Grief inspired so much of the year’s best music – and that’s something AI won’t ever feel
As AI generated ever more pop slop, reflective songwriting by artists from Clipse to CMAT drew its power from its very humanity The most acclaimed albums of 2025 make for impressively eclectic listening. Surveying them does not reveal much in the way of obvious musical trends. There’s very little similarity between Rosalía’s heady classical approach […]
Emma Tricca releases new live album ‘Prisms of Winter’
Ahead of her upcoming tours with Stereolab and Jane Weaver, Emma Tricca has released a new live album, Prisms of Winter. Recorded in Shoreditch with Simon Alpin, the collection captures the raw, fragile intimacy of her songwriting against a backdrop of East London street sounds. It’s a soulful reimagining of her catalogue, offering fans a […]
Staran Launch New Album Gold From Ruins
Scottish ensemble Staran return with Gold From Ruins, a new release built around original compositions and reimagined fragments of Gaelic song. The group focuses on… The post Staran Launch New Album Gold From Ruins first appeared on World Music Central. Source: worldmusiccentral.org
more eaze announces new album ‘sentence structure in the country’
more eaze (Mari Rubio) announces her new album, sentence structure in the country, out March 20, 2026. While her background in traditional fiddle is long-passed, she imbues these new arrangements with a deep reverence for the evolution of folk forms. Lead single “bad friend,” featuring Wendy Eisenberg, navigates social alienation through a masterful, non-traditional approach […]
Madeleine
Two women – one aged 35, the other 102 – become friends. This is what the road trip they can’t take would look like – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon After moving from Brazil to Canada, the animator Raquel Sancinetti befriended a woman named Madeleine who, aged 102, was 67 years her senior. Sancinetti’s […]
A life of joy and work
I am banned from working now, but as I look back on my long, challenging career in Afghanistan I feel hope for the future – by Najla & Asad Nariman Read on Aeon (pen name) is a writer and contributor to My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women (2022) […]
Island of the hornbills
Why the stunning rhinoceros hornbills are the farmers of the rainforest and a powerful avian symbol of regeneration – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon In this captivating short film from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Indonesian conservation biologist Yoki Hadiprakarsa and the US wildlife photographer Tim Laman travel across Indonesia – from Sumatra […]
Long live the aeonophiles!
The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life – by Karen G Lloyd Read on Aeon is a microbial biogeochemist, focused on discovering and describing life inside Earth’s crust. She is the Wrigley professor of earth sciences, and marine and environmental biology, […]
Chrissie Hynde: ‘I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in a toilet with an earring and a bar of soap’
The Pretenders bandleader answers your questions on her friendship with Morrissey, her love of Van Gogh and why her cameo on Friends ruined her school run Wondering if you saw the [music-filled 1996 comedy drama] film Grace of My Heart and whether it influenced your decision to record an album of duets? GiniMarieI didn’t see […]
Saving Country Music’s 2025 Song of the Year Nominees
A Song of the Year is not just a “song.” It’s something that can change a life, or change the world. It’s something that must be able to give you goosebumps, or wet the eye. The post Saving Country Music’s 2025 Song of the Year Nominees first appeared on Saving Country Music. If you have […]