Mark Savage

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Mark Savage

Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music. "All of the music I've ever made now belongs to me," said the star, announcing the news on her official website. "I've been bursting into tears of joy... ever since I found …

1 week ago | bbc.com | Mark Savage

Jacob Alon: Free-spirited folk singer is one to watchMark SavageBBCCritics have called Jacob Alon's music "otherworldly", "delicate" and "raw". Jacob Alon's fingernails are something else. Their left hand is beautifully manicured in sparkling purple and royal blue. On their right, the nails are like talons, sharpened to a menacing point. The Scottish singer-songwriter nurtured those claws as a teenager, after discovering a dusty nylon-stringed guitar in a cupboard at their grandmother's house.

1 week ago | savageonwheels.com | Mark Savage

GV60 looks great, is a mini-rocket and offers stylish luxury inside … Not often does my wife declare her desire to own one of the 50 or so test vehicles I drive in a year, but that changed this week with the Genesis GV60, a spiffy crossover EV. It didn’t hurt that the new GV60 was the top-line Performance AWD model bathed in a beautiful silvery blue paint scheme that shimmered in our driveway. The brilliant color is known as Hanauma (a Hawaiian bay) Mint and adds $650 to the bottom line.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Mark Savage

It's official. U2 are back in the studio making new music, after a gap of eight years. The four-piece had been on an extended break, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr recovered from neck surgery. Pompted by years of onstage damage to his "elbows, knees and neck", it stopped him recording new material (2023's Atomic City aside), and saw U2 hiring Dutch musician Bram van den Berg for last year's Las Vegas residency.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Mark Savage

U2: 'We want to make the sound of the future'Mark SavageGetty ImagesU2 are one of the world's biggest bands, with album sales in excess of 175 millionIt's official. U2 are back in the studio making new music, after a gap of eight years. The four-piece had been on an extended break, as drummer Larry Mullen Jr recovered from neck surgery.