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Popular 90s country star shocks fans with rare appearance at beloved folk festival after decades-long absence
Attendees of the 2025 Newport Folk Festival were surprised by a rare appearance of a much loved country star. After decades of a hiatus from the festival, Mary Chapin Carpenter, 67, made her comeback to the festival stage - much to the delight of fans. Carpenter surprised the crowds by playing some of her hits from the 90s, including He Thinks He'll Keep Her, The Hard Way, and Down at the Twist and Shout. But she also included songs from her album Personal History which was released this year. This included The Saving Things and Bitter Ender for which she brought out her producer Josh Kaufman to help play. Carpenter didn't miss a beat, performing in a blue halter neck top with gold floral patterning, black pants and a pair of tinted sunglasses. In her typical fashion, she also brought a guitar on stage, singing acoustic to many of her most popular tracks. Festival goers posted clips of Carpenter in their droves, sparking long-time fans to applaud the performer for her enduring music career. She performed fan-favorites from the 90s including The Hard Way and He Thinks He'll Keep Her 'HUGE FAN back in the day! Bought all of her music!' one fan commented. 'Chapin is a national treasure!!' another wrote. Some fans even pointed out how 'underrated' the star is, considering her 30-year run in the industry. 'Love her! She was not given enough recognition!' one fan said. 'Man, looking back she was such a unique gem for country music to embrace in the 90s. Awesome!' another added. But Carpenter hasn't gone without any sort of recognition. During her career, the star has won five Grammy awards and 15 nominations, as well as two CMA awards and two Academy of Country Music, amongst other achievements. Carpenter is also a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And while she may have not performed at the Newport Folk Festival in quite some time, this doesn't mean she's been missing in action in the music work. In fact, Personal History marks the artist's 17th album, one that she says is a release of her emotions. 'It felt a little different this time,' she said in an interview with American Songwriter. 'It felt like I was connecting dots and returning to stories that I had carried around in my back pocket for a really long time.'
BBC News
3 days ago
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Pop music: Do you prefer songs to be longer or shorter?
Research has revealed that pop songs are getting longer had been a trend in recent years for shorter songs, to fit in with streaming services and video sharing apps such as artists like Sabrina Carpenter mostly keeping songs under three minutes, analysis by the BBC has shown other artists such as Chappell Roan, are increasingly dropping songs that push past the four and even five minute mark. Different trends in terms of the length of pop songs is nothing new. When famous British band The Beatles released their debut single Love Me Do in 1962, it was a little over two minutes years later, another of their songs, Hey Jude became one of the UK's longest chart hits, lasting over seven perfect duration for a pop song has been debated ever part in our vote below and let us know what you think in the comments, do you prefer longer or shorter songs? For comparison, recent hits like Chappell Roan's Pink Pony Club is four minutes 18 seconds long, while one of her shorter tracks, HOT TO GO, is just over three minutes fellow chart-topper Sabrina Carpenter's Espresso is just two minutes 55 seconds and her song Taste is even Savage, music reporter for BBC News, says things like TikTok and Spotify have encouraged artists to make their songs as short and as catchy as possible."So people would drop the introduction to a song. They would start with a chorus. The idea was that on Spotify, and other services like that, you only get paid when a song is being played for 30 seconds. So you've got to avoid being skipped."But what seems to be happening now from the songwriters I've been talking to is there's a bit of a pushback against that. Artists like Chappell Roan have a message that they want to convey."And it feels like listeners are responding to that. They want songs of substance again." What do you think? Do you enjoy longer songs or short ones? Let us know your thoughts...
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5 days ago
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Mercury Prize-winning British singer cancels all upcoming gigs on advice from doctors due to 'continued illness' as devastated fans send well wishes
British singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has cancelled all of his upcoming gigs due to 'continued illness'. The Mercury Prize winner, 38, took to Instagram on Monday to share the news that he would be unable to perform for several months. In a statement, Michael revealed he had been suffering from a mystery illness and on the advice of doctors had been told he could not perform. Over the festival season, Michael has taken to the stage twice in Spain in recently, at Bilbao BBK Live and Primavera Sound. But he revealed on Monday that his upcoming gigs, which included UK festivals Victorious and We Out Here and Budapest's Sziget Festival are cancelled. Taking to Instagram, a statement announcing the cancellation read: 'We are so sorry to announce that due to continued illness, and on the advice of doctors, Michael will sadly be unable to perform at the rest of his scheduled festival performances throughout the rest of the summer and the shows in North America in October (including the support tour with Mumford & Sons. 'We know this is disappointing news to hear, and nobody is more disappointed and saddened than Michael to no longer be taking to the stage as planned. 'Love and thanks to everyone for their understanding.' Fans were quick to comment their well wishes under the singer-songwriter's most recent post. They wrote: 'Hi Michael!! We're praying for your recovery and full ability to continue to do what you are so amazing at. Really sad not to be able to see you in October here in NYC,'; 'I'm praying for your recovery, Michael! I hope you're 100% soon!'; 'Praying for you brother, take your time and heal well,'; 'I wish for your recovery. I wish for you to be on stage again, one day. Let it be that way. ❤️,'; 'Get well @michaelkiwanuka,'; 'Get better soon man.' Michael was revealed as the 2020 Mercury Prize winner for his self-titled third album. Fans were quick to comment their well wishes under the singer-songwriter's most recent post The singer's success was announced live on The One Show on Thursday, with Annie Mac telling him the news before he was interviewed by Alex Jones and Amol Rajan. Expressing his delight, Michael said: 'This is ridiculous, it's crazy! I'm so happy. Third time's a charm... I'm so excited - this is for art, for music, for albums. 'This is the only thing I've ever wanted to do so to win a Mercury is a dream come true. I'm so happy. 'Music and art means so much to me and this is an award that celebrates that so I'm over the moon.' Michael went up against musicians including Charli XCX, Dua Lipa and Stormzy for the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize for Album of the Year award. Discussing his self-titled album at the time, Michael said: 'My name means a lot to me, it's my heritage and who I am. And that's something I want to be loud and proud about.' While speaking about his impressive win, the singer also revealed that he's often felt a little bit of 'imposter syndrome' in the past. He explained that this has: 'Taken things away from my dream job, so I made the decision when making this album to really show myself and be as clear as I can be. And turning his attention to the future, Mercury prize winner Michael said that he wants to continue creating. He said: 'I hope to continue making records, albums, and making music which can connect with as many people as possible. Hopefully this is an award that can do that... and will be music that can help people through their day.' During his interview Michael was asked what his name means, leaving him a little bit flustered as he joked: 'I don't know what it means! Someone's got to Google it.. my cousin's going to be "like what!?" after this.' The judging panel said Kiwanuka was 'the well deserved winner' and praised the record for being its thoughtful and timely content. They said: 'Classic yet contemporary, drawing on the history of music while remaining an intensely personal work of self expression, this is an album that will stand the test of time.
