AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoFestival News: Masicka will bring Dexta Daps, Shaneil Muir and I-Wayne to Portmore’s inaugural Forever 1NE Music Festival on Dec. 19, creating a hometown platform for Jamaican performers. New Album: Belfast composer Neil Martin, singer Mary Dillon and fiddler Donal O’Connor have joined forces on North of Here, recorded live in the Mourne Mountains with minimal editing. The Cure: Robert Smith says the band expects to tour in 2027 with shows “bursting with new songs,” following 2024’s Songs of a Lost World. Artist Royalties: MTV co-founder Les Garland and singer Trevor Daniel are partnering with SIKI, a new livestreaming platform that says it licenses music and pays artists and curators in real time. Live Music: Clew Bay Pipe Band’s Pipeversity returns to Castlebar on Nov. 20, blending pipes, rock, song and Irish dance; Nagaland’s all-women Mahila IR Band headlines Tokhu Night in Dimapur on Nov. 7. In Memoriam: Nicole Taylor, one-third of country trio Taylor Red, has died at 35 after battling breast cancer.
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