Ben Beaumont-Thomas
@ben_bt
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Music editor, @guardian
London, England
Joined March 2009
Hackneyed? Jeff you just wrote "skin in the game earns a seat at the table. But that table requires a willingness to leave blood on the floor and to put your money where your mouth is"
Guest Column: Chappell Roan's #Grammys speech was a hackneyed and plagiarized script of an artist basking in industry love while broadcasting naïveté and taking aim at the very machine that got her there
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If you can spare the money please consider donating to this fundraiser for Anthony "Shake" Shakir, one of the most life-affirmingly brilliant dance producers (and greatest samplers) ever, who is living with MS.
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I wrote about Cindy Lee's transportive and timeless Diamond Jubilee, voted by our writers at No 2 in our albums of the year poll
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They're included in a feature today on the history of Sanctuary, reporting from its recent revival events, by @liam_gesoff
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It's so well deserved Karl! 🖤🔥🖤🔥🖤 Everyone else: listen to Karl's masterpiece album!!!
I’ve been crying for the past hour because I’m so overwhelmed by this but my debut album Love Is A Flame In The Dark is at number 50 in The Guardians 50 albums of the year 2024…… I’m completely speechless right now…. 🥹🖤🥹🖤🥹🖤🥹 @NightSchoolRecs
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RT @samdavies313: To me @DJEZOfficial is the finest DJ Britain ever produced, the Technics Hendrix and icon of UKG. Here’s me asking him ab…
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@HarrySword Breaks was an absolutely horrible business and UKG is God's music. History has vindicated me.
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Such sad news. James wrote some wonderfully impassioned and analytical tributes to musicians for me, that got to the heart of their artistry, so it's heartbreaking to read a tribute about him. He was inspiringly charged up by music, and evangelistic about it - great qualities.
James McMahon 3rd July 1980 - 14th November 2024 Words by @ConorMcNicholas Please consider donating in his memory at
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I loved Nine Sixteenths, @paulavarjack's performance piece about the Janet Jackson Super Bowl "incident" and its aftermath – both very funny and very thoughtful about race, sexism, and personal ambition. On at @ThePleasance in London today and Saturday
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I had some deep and fascinating conversations with Quincy Jones collaborators across four different decades – @HerbAlpert, Steve Lukather of @toto99com, @terracemartin and @MarcKinchen – about his creative direction, vibes generation and joie de vivre.
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Commissioned prior to election result but chiming horribly with it, our writers plus @Scowl40831 @PaulineMurrayX @gangcalledspeed @Sum41 @softplayband @eugeneSrobinson @Lambrini_Girls on the songs that define punk spirit:
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