That's our work pretty much done for the day.

And remember tomorrow is Wednesday, so we'll soon all be on easy street again.

Scroll down for news of Bieber bigging up Jesus, Taylor going back to her roots and Ariana/Stormzy's 'must see' TV moments.

Plus we introduce alt/folk starlets and Newbie Tuesday additions Wildwood Kin, who have harmonies to spare and dreams of Phil Collins.

We'll leave you with the new one from French shoegazer Melody's Echo Chamber.

A Demain.

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Spotify shares will be publicly traded for the first time later on the New York market.

Spotify's listing, which could value it at $20bn (£14bn), is unconventional: it is not issuing any new shares.

Instead, shares held by the firm's private investors will be sold.

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Paul Glynn
Music News LIVE reporter

The pop world - as you may or may not have noticed - all went a little Americana crazy as we moved into 2018.

Think Justin Timberlake, external and Kylie Minogue, external, for starters.

Devon guitar/drum trio Wildwood Kin, however, have had their roots planted firmly in the UK alt-folk/country soil since long before it suddenly became cool again to retreat into the forest.

Sisters Beth and Emillie Key and cousin Meghann Loney may sound like Muse in the above band description but in truth their harmonies are more reminiscent of Fleet Foxes, Haim or Fleetwood Mac.

As we meet at Eurosonic festival in The Netherlands a few months back, following their gig "in a beautiful church" and an afternoon spot of second hand fur coat shopping, all three are intrigued to catch wind of Justin's new Man of the Woods direction.

"It's quite brave of him but he can do whatever he wants!," says Meghann.

"We grew up on very eclectic music and we're always up for delving into different genres and we're always up for collaborations.

"But I can't really see us going down a really, really poppy road.

"Saying that, you get remixes. I think it would be cool if someone we liked remixed one of our songs.

"But it is exciting when a musician changes direction and it's cool to be in an industry where people can do that and if they pull it off, it can open new doors."

Bandmate Emillie adds: "I actually had a dream the other night - it was really funny - that Phil Collins came up to me and said: 'I'd really like to produce your next album and write with you.'

"It was a bit random but I don't think we'd say no if he asked."

While a meeting with Mr Collins, for now at least, exists only in the realms of nocturnal subconscious fiction, the Kins certainly do have the ear of another influential music maker in reality.

Last year, Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris selected the girls as his pick for a Maida Vale live session (above).

"That was crazy!" says Meghann.

"Bob invited us to do a session - he does these under-the-apple tree sessions at his house, where you come in and do an acoustic cover and an original song.

"We went in and did that. We didn't actually meet Bob that day, we met his son who did the session but later Bob got wind of it and next thing we knew, we were being played on his BBC Radio 2 show!

"He's just been so supportive. That's the craziest thing as he's obviously a bit of legend but also one of the nicest guys in the industry that we've met, so we were chuffed."

A Glastonbury appearance followed Bob's recommendation, along with the release of their debut album; Turning Tides, and a trip to the home of country, Nashville, for an AMA (Americana Music Association) showcase.

This year the DJ called the west coast indie-folk band back in again, to perform on the new Old Grey Whistle Test BBC Four special.

Closer to home, there has been continued support from BBC Music Introducing Devon too, as well as a memorable hometown gig at Exeter Cathedral.

As well as grandiose churches and TV screens the band are hoping to appear in plenty of sunny/muddy fields this summer too at festivals across the UK and Europe.

The UK festival scene is currently undergoing major change with many events signing up to the Keychange pledge to make lineups a 50/50 gender split by 2022.

Wildwood Kin, to quote another great folkee Bob Dylan, are happy to see that the times - they are a changin'.

"I think it's a super-exciting time to be a female in the music industry," offers Meghann.

"There are so many female artists who are yet to be discovered and I think it will open the door for a more open-minded culture."

Emillie agrees: "It's encouraging for us as we go forward to know that there'll be that support."

All they need now is similar support from Phil C himself.

We can feel it coming... in the air tonight.

Read more: Newbie Tuesday #20 - Nilufer Yanya 'I dropped my guitar at a gig'

Ahmed Janka Nabay - one of Sierra Leone's best-known musicians - has died aged 54, the music website Pitchfork reports, external.

Luaka Bop Records representatives confirmed his death to the website.

Nabay became known as the king of bubu music after taking traditional music of the Temne people in Sierra Leone and modernising it into an electronic dance subgenre.

He first rose to fame in Sierra Leone in the 1990s after competing in a talent contest, and later found fame in the US, where he fled after the civil war.

The cause of death was not clear.

Listen to some of his music below:

BBC Music

When it comes to music, taste is subjective, and tunes you love will no doubt appall others, and vice versa.

For example, you might be a massive fan of Olly Murs.

What about music created to be intentionally terrible though? A glance through pop history throws up numerous examples of musicians doing their best to make a tune tank.

Why?

Check out this BBC Music article to find out.

*We actually love Country House, but not all of Blur did it seems.

BBC Radio 1

US R&B duo Lion Babe are being tipped for a good 2018 by Phil Taggart, who made them Radio 1's Hottest Record on Monday night.

Jillian and Lucas from the band spoke to the DJ from New York, where they are working on finishing their new record.

The Wave is a slice of 70's inspired funk and they told the presenter it was inspired by the energy of the Big Apple.

"We're feeling really good about the new music," said Lucas.

"It's just the two of us out here making the record we always wanted to make," added Jillian.

Listen above.

Rolling Stone magazine

Linkin Park are auctioning off more than 200 of their used instruments, including guitars, samplers and a keytar (above) which apparently used to belong to Kenny Loggins, external.

The money raised in the auction on Wednesday will benefit the group's Music for Relief charity.

Fans will be able to bid on items like the Moog Etherwave Plus Theremin that Mike Shinoda used during Linkin Park's 2010 concerts, including their 2010 MTV Video Music Awards appearance.

"Throughout the last thirteen years, Linkin Park fans have been incredibly generous supporters of Music for Relief, truly enabling our mission to help survivors and communities in the wake of natural disasters," said Whitney Showler from the Entertainment Industry Foundation.

"Music for Relief is honored to be the beneficiary of this rare opportunity Linkin Park is offering to own a piece of their history."

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Bad news fellas.

The pint-sized Aussie pop queen says that she's never dreamt about being walked down the aisle, even as a little girl.

The singer, who recently split from fiance Joshua Sasse told Red Magazine, external that the engagement felt like "an experiment" and that she doubts she will ever be somebody's Mrs.

The 49-year-old said: "I never thought I would get married. Just going through ‘being engaged’ seems like an experiment, because I’d never as a girl or in all my life had a vision of getting married.

“I don’t think marriage is for me.”

Wedding or not we're sure Kylie will be lucky, lucky, lucky in love again soon.

Read more: Kylie insists she is not bitter after her failed engagement

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We love it when people start Stanning, external over something that has not and maybe never will happened.

Cue this tweet from Missy about whether anyone will let her direct a music video for them and the affirmative response from Janelle.

We can't deny that the prospect of the ladies doing something together is an exciting one but keep calm people...

BBC Radio 2

The singer and guitarist, whose latest album Boarding House Reach earned him a UK top five on Friday, has been speaking about his kids listening tastes.

The Beatles? Check.

Twenty-One Pilots? Check.

Gorillaz? Check.

Jack White? Erm... check

Apparently the White kids are fans of their old man. Which is handy as when he's working on new music they have very little choice in what's coming out of dad's car stereo.

He told Jo Whiley: "They end up having real opinions about what I'm doing and they don't lie.

"It's great to hear a child's version.

"They're not affected by any social ideas - they're just effected by the music itself."

Listen above.

Last week, the Eagles of Death Metal singer beat a hasty retreat posting and then deleting several messages, appearing to condemn teenagers across the United States, holding rallies calling for tighter gun control.

The protests were organised in the wake of the recent mass school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

At the time, Hughes - whose band's gig in Paris in 2015 was targeted by terrorists, killing 89 people - said "all of you protesting and taking days off from school insult the memory of those who were killed and abuse and insult me and every other lover of liberty by your every action".

Now, the singer - who was roundly criticised for his posts - has said: "I was not attempting to impugn the youth of America and this beautiful thing that they accomplished. I truly am sorry, I did not mean to hurt anyone or cause any harm."

Watch his video above

It's not the first time, the singer - an avid supporter of the pro-gun lobby - has apologised for comments, previously saying sorry for suggesting some Bataclan theatre security guards may have known in advance about the Paris venue being attacked.

...not Oasis (scroll down).

Live Forever may have topped radio X's list of the best British songs of all time but it didn't even make the list for most popular piece of classical music.

More than 120,000 listeners of Classic FM instead voted Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture as the best of all time in the station's Hall of Fame.

Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 was in second place, having held the top spot eight times since 1996.

Last year's winner - Ralph Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending - was in third place.

Actor John Suchet, who is also one of the station's presenters, said the 1812 Overture is popular because it is "such a great showpiece".

"You can hear it at all the big classical music concerts. If it's done properly, it's got a huge orchestra, it's got a big choir, it's got the lot."

It doesn't have a killer Noel hook though...

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Justin Bieber has been reaffirming his faith over the big Easter weekend.

Biebsy posted on Instagram on Sunday about how “Jesus has changed my life”.

“Easter is not about a bunny" he wrote, before later posting lots of pictures of him posing with bunnies (scroll down).

"I am set free from bondage and shame" he went on.

"I am a child of the most high God and he loves me exactly where I am, how I am, for who I am."

As do we Justin. As do we.

Netflix
Netflix

Mr Carter has been explaining the importance of a good voice and a sick lyrical flow to US TV talk show host David Letterman, for the latest in his Netflix series My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.

"You can have a great voice, and you can just almost say anything" explained Jay, who is off out on tour with his wife Beyonce again this summer.

"I think Snoop Dogg has a great voice, like he can say 'one-two-three and to the four,' I was like 'Oh my God.' It just sounds good, right?"

And of Eminem's brilliantly syncopated bars, he added: "You almost become a percussion inside the music,"

"So there's multiple ways to be really good. Some people just have it all."

If only Jay had seen BBC Music reporter Mark Savage's rendition of Buffalo Stance at the Christmas party then he too would've come in for praise.

Watch above.

Radio X
Radio X

...by Oasis.

That's according to the listeners of popular commercial indie radio station Radio X... and who are we to argue?

Their annual Easter poll threw up plenty of bangers but no real surprises, with the Manc rockers Live Forever finishing on top.

Which gives us an excellent excuse to embed the video above (air guitars at the ready at around 1 min 45).

The Gallagher brothers epic ode to immortality pipped Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and their own track Don’t Look Back In Anger to claim the title.

On hearing the news, Noel Gallagher told the station: "I have always tried to aim higher than I think is possible.

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He then went on to uncharacteristically milk the acclaim, adding: "Radio X listeners YOU are the wind beneath my wings… YOU are the perfectly heated water in the swimming pool of my third home... the loose change down the back of my Gorilla skin sofa…

“The perfectly rolled Cuban cigar in my solid gold cigar case. You are also THE MOST nostalgic demographic on earth.

“My children and my children's children's children will quaff in your general direction for many years to come. I salute you."

Fittingly for an Easter poll, The Stone Roses' I Am the Resurrection also made the top four.

Check out the full list of (almost entirely white male) artists below.

1. Oasis – Live Forever2. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody3. Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger4. The Stone Roses – I Am the Resurrection5. The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony6. Oasis – Wonderwall7. Oasis – Slide Away8. The Smiths – There is a Light That Never Goes Out9. Oasis – Champagne Supernova10. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor11. The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored12. David Bowie – Heroes13. Arctic Monkeys – A Certain Romance14. David Bowie – Life On Mars?15. Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Heaven16. Pulp – Common People17. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here18. The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter19. The Stone Roses – She Bangs The Drums20. The Courteeners – Not Nineteen Forever

TMZ

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Ed Sheeran has apparently responded to a US legal action which has accused him of copying a song he wrote for one of the biggest couples in country music.

In January, he was sued over The Rest of Our Life; the track he wrote for Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill.

Sean Carey and Beau Golden accused him of copying the melody from their 2014 song, When I Found You, which they wrote for singer Jasmine Rae.

According to TMZ, Ed has now filed papers denying any similarity between the songs, calling his track an "originally and independently created musical composition."

He's apparently asked the judge to dismiss the claim.

We're still waiting to hear back from Ed's team on the report.

Last year, Ed settled a $20m (£13.8m) copyright infringement claim over his hit song Photograph.

Songwriters Thomas Leonard and Martin Harrington sued the singer in 2016, claiming his hit ballad had a similar structure to their song, Amazing.

One of the highlights of last year's musical calendar; One Love Manchester, has been nominated for an award at this year's TV Baftas.

The concert, which was speedily arranged by Ariana Grande in the wake of the tragic bomb attack following her concert at the Manchester Arena, is up for must-see moment of the year at the event on 13 May.

Check out Ariana performing an emotional rendition of her hit One Last Time above and also re-live One Love Manchester as it happened.

Also up for the same award is Stormzy, for his surprise appearance on Love Island, where he dished out advice for some would-be grime stars (below).

The winner of the award will decided by YOU, Joe and Joanna public.

Ariana and Stormzy will be up against dramatic moments from Doctor Who, Game of Thrones and Line of Cuty, as well as the grieving of a mother whale for her young in Blue Planet II.

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You'd be forgiven for thinking those claiming to have seen a tipsy Tay Tay performing in front of around 40 people in a Tennessee bar on Saturday night were trying to pull one big early April Fool's prank on you.

However, it did actually happen when she surprised a small audience in Nashville,

"Went back and played the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville!" she posted on Instagram.

"I played there for the first time when I was 14. There were bunny ears and this time (insert whiskey glass emoji), thanks to Craig Wiseman."

Fellow US country singer Wiseman (above left) apparently told the crowd about the time Taylor and pal Ed Sheeran once stole his bottle of Fireball.

Perhaps that's why Taylor was only trusted with a miniature.

The Reputation star sang Shake It Off, Love Story and Better Man and you can can check out some fan shot footage of below.

Morning folks.

We hope you packed as much fun - and chocolate - as was humanly possible into that longest of Easter weekends.

As human bunny rabbit Justin Bieber (above) points out; "Remember when I said Easter isn't about bunnies... well i lied."

Coming up shortly, we'll have

• Justin on how religion set him free from "bondage and shame".
• Taylor Swift going back to her roots to perform for 40 people in a bar
• Stormzy's Love Island appearance and Ariana Grande at One Love Manchester are up for TV BAFTA awards
• Jay-Z talks to David Letterman and praises Snoop Dogg and Eminem
• And an Oasis song is voted best British song ever by the listeners of a commercial indie radio station (you'll never guess which).

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