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ITV News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- ITV News
Raye to receive special award for her campaign to win songwriters more recognition
Singer Raye will receive an Ivors Academy Honour in recognition of her campaign to drive positive change for songwriters and composers. Raye, 27, whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, will receive the honour at a ceremony in central London in October for 'using her platform to demand greater transparency and fairer pay between labels and artists". The seven-time Brit Award winner, known for her hit songs Prada and Escapism, has been described by the academy as 'one of the most outspoken and influential advocates for songwriters, using her platform to inspire fellow musicians and bring about positive change". This comes after the singer called out label executives at the Ivors 2024 ceremony, urging the music industry to reward the 'voiceless beating heart of the industry, which is songwriters'. Roberto Neri, chief executive of The Ivors Academy, said: 'An incredible multi-award-winning artist, RAYE is one of the most gifted songwriters of her generation and always gives full respect and voice to fellow writers. 'She has consistently called for better pay and greater recognition for songwriters, championing structural change to protect the talent behind the music we love. 'We're proud to honour her with this well-deserved recognition.' The Ivors Academy Honour aims to celebrate people who champion songwriters and composers and help 'build a stronger, fairer and more inclusive music industry.' Previous winners include songwriter and campaigner Carla Marie Williams, producer Rupert Hine and Glastonbury Festival founder Sir Michael Eavis, and radio presenter Jo Whiley. The Brit School graduate signed with Polydor Records as a teenager, where she went on to write lyrics for Beyonce and Rihanna, along with lending her vocals to top five hits by David Guetta and Jax Jones. Despite her talent, her solo work did not reach the same heights, and in 2021, she expressed frustration at her label not letting her release her debut album yet. By the end of 2022, she had struck out on her own and her dance track Escapism featuring 070 Shake went viral on TikTok, shooting up the charts to number one. She later released her album My 21st Century Blues in 2023, which reached number two on the UK album charts
South Wales Guardian
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Raye to receive Ivors Academy Honour for her songwriting advocacy
Raye, 27, whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, will receive the honour at a ceremony in central London in October for 'using her platform to demand greater transparency and fairer pay between labels and artists.' The seven-time Brit Award winner, known for her hit songs Prada and Escapism, has been described by the academy as 'one of the most outspoken and influential advocates for songwriters, using her platform to inspire fellow musicians and bring about positive change.' This comes after the singer called out label executives at the Ivors 2024 ceremony, urging the music industry to reward the 'voiceless beating heart of the industry, which is songwriters'. Roberto Neri, chief executive of The Ivors Academy, said: 'An incredible multi-award-winning artist, RAYE is one of the most gifted songwriters of her generation and always gives full respect and voice to fellow writers. 'She has consistently called for better pay and greater recognition for songwriters, championing structural change to protect the talent behind the music we love. 'We're proud to honour her with this well-deserved recognition.' The Ivors Academy Honour aims to celebrate people who champion songwriters and composers and help 'build a stronger, fairer and more inclusive music industry.' Previous winners include songwriter and campaigner Carla Marie Williams, producer Rupert Hine and Glastonbury Festival founder Sir Michael Eavis, and radio presenter Jo Whiley. The Brit School graduate signed with Polydor Records as a teenager, where she went on to write lyrics for Beyonce and Rihanna, along with lending her vocals to top five hits by David Guetta and Jax Jones. Despite her talent, her solo work did not reach the same heights, and in 2021, she expressed frustration at her label not letting her release her debut album yet. By the end of 2022, she had struck out on her own and her dance track Escapism featuring 070 Shake went viral on TikTok, shooting up the charts to number one. She later released her album My 21st Century Blues in 2023, which reached number two on the UK album charts.
Leader Live
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Raye to receive Ivors Academy Honour for her songwriting advocacy
Raye, 27, whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, will receive the honour at a ceremony in central London in October for 'using her platform to demand greater transparency and fairer pay between labels and artists.' The seven-time Brit Award winner, known for her hit songs Prada and Escapism, has been described by the academy as 'one of the most outspoken and influential advocates for songwriters, using her platform to inspire fellow musicians and bring about positive change.' This comes after the singer called out label executives at the Ivors 2024 ceremony, urging the music industry to reward the 'voiceless beating heart of the industry, which is songwriters'. Roberto Neri, chief executive of The Ivors Academy, said: 'An incredible multi-award-winning artist, RAYE is one of the most gifted songwriters of her generation and always gives full respect and voice to fellow writers. 'She has consistently called for better pay and greater recognition for songwriters, championing structural change to protect the talent behind the music we love. 'We're proud to honour her with this well-deserved recognition.' The Ivors Academy Honour aims to celebrate people who champion songwriters and composers and help 'build a stronger, fairer and more inclusive music industry.' Previous winners include songwriter and campaigner Carla Marie Williams, producer Rupert Hine and Glastonbury Festival founder Sir Michael Eavis, and radio presenter Jo Whiley. The Brit School graduate signed with Polydor Records as a teenager, where she went on to write lyrics for Beyonce and Rihanna, along with lending her vocals to top five hits by David Guetta and Jax Jones. Despite her talent, her solo work did not reach the same heights, and in 2021, she expressed frustration at her label not letting her release her debut album yet. By the end of 2022, she had struck out on her own and her dance track Escapism featuring 070 Shake went viral on TikTok, shooting up the charts to number one. She later released her album My 21st Century Blues in 2023, which reached number two on the UK album charts.
Rhyl Journal
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Rhyl Journal
Raye to receive Ivors Academy Honour for her songwriting advocacy
Raye, 27, whose real name is Rachel Agatha Keen, will receive the honour at a ceremony in central London in October for 'using her platform to demand greater transparency and fairer pay between labels and artists.' The seven-time Brit Award winner, known for her hit songs Prada and Escapism, has been described by the academy as 'one of the most outspoken and influential advocates for songwriters, using her platform to inspire fellow musicians and bring about positive change.' This comes after the singer called out label executives at the Ivors 2024 ceremony, urging the music industry to reward the 'voiceless beating heart of the industry, which is songwriters'. Roberto Neri, chief executive of The Ivors Academy, said: 'An incredible multi-award-winning artist, RAYE is one of the most gifted songwriters of her generation and always gives full respect and voice to fellow writers. 'She has consistently called for better pay and greater recognition for songwriters, championing structural change to protect the talent behind the music we love. 'We're proud to honour her with this well-deserved recognition.' The Ivors Academy Honour aims to celebrate people who champion songwriters and composers and help 'build a stronger, fairer and more inclusive music industry.' Previous winners include songwriter and campaigner Carla Marie Williams, producer Rupert Hine and Glastonbury Festival founder Sir Michael Eavis, and radio presenter Jo Whiley. The Brit School graduate signed with Polydor Records as a teenager, where she went on to write lyrics for Beyonce and Rihanna, along with lending her vocals to top five hits by David Guetta and Jax Jones. Despite her talent, her solo work did not reach the same heights, and in 2021, she expressed frustration at her label not letting her release her debut album yet. By the end of 2022, she had struck out on her own and her dance track Escapism featuring 070 Shake went viral on TikTok, shooting up the charts to number one. She later released her album My 21st Century Blues in 2023, which reached number two on the UK album charts.
NZ Herald
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Buckingham Nicks, the missing link of the Fleetwood Mac saga, is back
The 1973 album set out the duo's Laurel Canyon-inflected sound, which convinced Fleetwood to ask Buckingham to join his band. Fleetwood sought out the guitarist after hearing Frozen Love at Sound City Studios, and Buckingham told him that he and Nicks – musical and romantic partners – were a package deal. The pair quickly joined Fleetwood Mac. 'That album holds up pretty well,' Buckingham said in a 2024 interview with Dan Rather. 'It did not do well commercially, but it certainly was noticed. And more important, it was noticed by Mick Fleetwood.' The apparent reissue, which Buckingham and Nicks teased frequently throughout the 2010s, follows decades of fan bootlegs. After Polydor Records let Buckingham Nicks go out of print, it endured as a coveted find at used record stores and in bits and pieces scattered across Nicks' and Buckingham's discographies. The duet Crystal was remade for Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self-titled album, a notch more polished than the more biting Buckingham Nicks arrangement. The bouncing Don't Let Me Down Again appeared on almost 15 years of Fleetwood Mac set lists, finding a home on 1980's Live. When touring in 1974 as Buckingham Nicks, the duo tried out a handful of future Fleetwood Mac hits, including Rhiannon and Monday Morning, for the first time live. The original Buckingham Nicks record remains the best place to understand how Nicks and Buckingham would shake up Fleetwood Mac and classic rock. Nicks' assured, fierce voice shines throughout, while Buckingham's steely, fingerpicked acoustic guitar anchors a majority of the songs. But you can also hear what's missing. As good as Nicks and Buckingham sound together, it's natural to long for Christine McVie to round out their harmonies. Meanwhile, the session musicians – including ones who played with Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Bob Dylan – don't match drummer Fleetwood's might or John McVie's supportive, thoughtful bass lines. (But how many ever did?) Just last year, singer-songwriters Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird released Cunningham Bird, their full-length cover of the Buckingham Nicks album, where the arrangements focused on Bird's violin parts and Cunningham's muted guitar playing. Yet the melodies still jump out, especially on the stripped-down renditions of Crystal and Lola (My Love), which Cunningham described as a 'sex blues ballad'. Bird said the lack of a Buckingham Nicks rerelease was a good reason to record it. 'It's this storied prequel to Fleetwood Mac, and you hear all the kind of drama brewing in the songs,' Bird said to Variety. 'So that appealed to me, that it was inaccessible to a lot of people.' That drama would become almost as famous as the music. After dating in the early 1970s, Buckingham and Nicks broke up after joining Fleetwood Mac, and theirs wasn't the only contentious relationship in the group (that's a whole other article). Shrapnel from the romance damaged their working relationship, and Buckingham eventually left Fleetwood Mac after the success of 1987's Tango in the Night, while Nicks followed in 1991. The golden-era lineup reunited in the 90s, but Buckingham was eventually kicked out in 2018. (Christine McVie, who had already stepped back from the group, died in 2022.) Just last year, Nicks said, 'There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way' in an interview with music magazine Mojo. The music, of course, endures, and the intra-band intrigue was most vividly captured on 1977's Rumours, one of the most successful albums of all time (it is still charting, hitting No 21 on the Billboard 200 for the week of July 26). But the group's tense power is previewed on Frozen Love, which erupts into a solo so dramatic and wailing that it can only be seen as a precursor to 1977's The Chain. During the jolting, stirring chorus, Nicks and Buckingham sing, 'And if you go forward/ I'll meet you there,' which is the line they shared on their respective Instagram accounts. After years of animosity, Nicks and Buckingham seem to be putting aside their differences to share some of this early, thrilling material.
