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Never-before-heard live recordings of John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy have been discovered in the New York Public Library and will be released for the first time next month, more than 60 years after they were made.The audio, which dates back to Coltrane’s 1961 residency at New York’s Village Gate, was recorded as part of a test of the club’s new sound system.The recordings came into the possession of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, where it was lost. Though the tapes were briefly rediscovered, they…

20. Aux Enfants de la Chance (1987)A man who existed in a state of permanent dissipation and an equally permanent cloud of Gitanes smoke, Serge Gainsbourg wasn’t really in a position to be lecturing anyone on self-destructive habits. But let’s overlook the anti-drug message here, and instead wallow in the sweet sadness of its tune, among the finest of his final years.19. Couleur Café (1964)Feeling trapped by the confines of French pop, but unwilling to go down the yé-yé route (yet), Gainsbourg released Percussions, its…

Google Meet has been updated with support for captions on video recordings, the company announced on Wednesday. The translated caption feature to Google Meet was first rolled out in January last year, but it was limited to live meetings. These captions would not be visible in video recordings. Google has now expanded the feature to include support for video recordings on the video meeting service. The feature could help Google Meet users overcome language barriers and disabilities while accessing recorded…

Last updated: February 2nd, 2023 at 15:34 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s Galaxy S23 flagship series brings several upgrades and quality-of-life improvements, inside and out. One of the best examples of this is 8K video recording. Although the Galaxy S22 also had this capability, the Galaxy S23 series elevates 8K video recording to a new level thanks to some key improvements. A short video has now emerged on YouTube, demonstrating just how much more improved 8K video recording is for the Galaxy S23 series. First of all, the…

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MacWhisper is the latest app created by developer Jordi Bruin. He’s known for several applications, such as PosturePal, Scusi, Navi, and Vivid, which doubles the brightness of the MacBook Pro display. Now, his new app transcribes audio locally on your Mac using OpenAI’s state-of-the-art transcription technology, Whisper. According to Bruin, MacWhisper quickly and accurately transcribes your audio files into text while running locally on your Mac, meaning files never leave your device. In the free version of…

The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (1965)The Byrds: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) – videoCrosby co-founded the Byrds, cementing his place as a major architect of the 1960s folk-rock movement. The title track of the California group’s second LP – a Pete Seeger cover with lyrics largely plucked from the Book of Ecclesiastes – pleads for peace while meditating on the sometimes bittersweet cyclical nature of life. The song also shows off Crosby’s gift for musical subtlety: He…

From Nairobi, KenyaRecommended if you like KMRU, Claire Rousay, Mica LeviUp next Debut album Feeling Body released 3 March via Cmntx Records“When we talk about art coming out of Africa, there’s this overemphasis on ‘complex polyrhythms’, or ‘call and response’,” Kenyan composer and sound artist Nyokabi Kariũki says, rolling her eyes. “But I think it’s so much deeper than that. When you’re looking back on African music, so much of the thought and philosophy was erased during the periods of colonisation.”Her music – a magic…

The Specials – Gangsters (1979)The Specials: Gangsters – videoThe astonishing split single (with an embryonic version of the Selecter on the B-side) that introduced the Specials and the 2 Tone label to the nation. With the lineup drawing on ska, punk, eastern music and rockabilly, Gangsters radically reworks the tune of Prince Buster’s 1964 ska classic Al Capone. A misunderstanding – or possibly an argument – with Clash manager and Specials champion Bernard Rhodes over some hotel damage provided the initial inspiration…

R. Kelly’s team told police in February that hundreds of the singer’s master recordings had been stolen from a storage facility in Illinois, according to TMZ, possibly shining some light on how a “new” Kelly album made it to market. Kelly, imprisoned at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, is serving a 30-year sentence after being convicted in fall 2021 of sex trafficking and racketeering in a New York federal court. He faces additional sentencing in federal court in Chicago in February after being found…