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- Spotify Announces Pride Month Playlists
From the streaming service’s press release: “In celebration of Pride Month, Spotify is proud to present The Spotify Pride Hub, a series that highlights queer icons and music of hope, self-acceptance and empowerment.” They’re using streaming data to rank the proudest cities, which seems a bit unnecessary, but they’re also offering playlists by LGBTQ activists and queer musicians. Don’t know where to start? We recommend this one, curated by Palehound.
https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX9Ho37OqYz1i?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open
- The Future Of Music: A Folk Song Writing Robot?
Move over, Bob Dylan; the A.I. program Bot Dylan can also write folk songs, though it probably won’t be winning a Nobel prize anytime soon. The bot was put to work analyzing tens of thousands of Irish folk songs, and from that data, has written a staggering amount of its own material. The London scientists who created it were surprised that the tunes weren’t that bad, either. Read more about Bot Dylan here and listen to one of its compositions below.
- RIP Gregg Allman
The Southern Rock legend and member of the Allman Brothers Band died last Saturday due to complications from liver cancer. He was 69. Gregg was a vocalist and keyboardist and formed the Allman Brothers Band with his sibling, guitarist Duane. Even if they weren’t fond of the term, the group is crediting with creating Southern Rock and inspiring later jam bands. Read a full obituary here.
- Other Highlights
Beyonce will headline Coachella in 2018, Ariana Grande’s Manchester benefit concert takes place this Sunday, Bill Murray is releasing a classical album, this is a terrible name for a tour, scientists are using music to fight hearing loss, did you vote to protect NYC’s DIY spaces? & check out new music from Broken Social Scene, Foo Fighters & Arcade Fire.
