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October 26, 2025 3 mins
With notable developments across the music world in the past 24 hours, listeners are seeing both legacy and innovation take center stage. Luke Combs and Eric Church were honored with the Country Radio Seminar Humanitarian Award after raising more than $24.5 million for Hurricane Helene relief through their Concert for Carolinas event, which also featured appearances by Billy Strings, James Taylor, Keith Urban, and The Avett Brothers. Meanwhile, country music fans reminisced about the induction of Garth Brooks, Ricky Skaggs, and Jerry Reed into the Musicians’ Hall of Fame, a reminder of enduring industry contributions, and remembered music icons like Louis Nunley and Hoyt Axton on anniversaries of their passing, marking a day filled with both celebration and reflection according to Backstage Country.

In the world of album releases, UPROXX reports a packed October with fresh projects from a diverse lineup. Listeners can now explore new work from Alexander Stewart, Alice Phoebe Lou, Bahamas, Daniel Caesar with "Son of Spergy", Circa Waves, and Demi Lovato’s "It’s Not That Deep". Later this week, Florence + The Machine returns with "Everybody Scream", Brandi Carlile unveils "Returning to Myself", and Guided By Voices presents "Thick Rich And Delicious". Expanded and historical releases are also making waves: AOL spotlights the release of John Lennon’s “Power to the People” 12-disc box set, Bruce Springsteen’s restored “Nebraska” box, a deluxe reissue of The Who’s “Who Are You”, and Elton John’s 50th anniversary edition of “Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy”.

On the live front, R&B’s ongoing evolution made a statement at One Musicfest. The Atlanta Voice highlights Kehlani’s standout set, which celebrated her decade-long career and her latest chart-topping single “Folded”, joined by a crowd that sang along in unity, showing the deep connection between contemporary artists and their fans.

Globally, the flow of new music is vibrant. Wiwibloggs covers Eurovision alumni releasing fresh tracks, including “Paura” by Charlie Charles featuring Mahmood, “Attacchi di panico” also by Charles with BLANCO, and Benny Cristo collaborating with Asster. Each track brings out raw emotion and engaging musical experimentation. Meanwhile, the upcoming Changwon International MAMF Festival in South Korea will feature singer Mila, as reported by tob.news, further illustrating the geographic reach and international spirit of today’s music scene.

On the business side, Warner Music’s partnership with Merwas to launch a new record label in Riyadh is a major move, suggesting deeper expansion of the global music industry according to BroadcastPro ME. In artist news, Nelly Furtado, after a career spanning 25 years, has announced a hiatus from live performance, marking an end of an era for a Grammy-winning voice as shared by American Songwriter.

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This is your music News Tracker podcast, and this is
what we know. With notable developments across the music world
in the past twenty four hours, listeners are seeing both
legacy and innovation take center stage. Luke Combs and Eric
Church were honored with the Country Radio Seminar Humanitarian Award

(00:20):
after raising more than twenty four point five million dollars
for Hurricane Helen relief through their Concert for Carolina's event,
which also featured appearances by Billy Strings, James Taylor, Keith Urban,
and The Avett Brothers. Meanwhile, country music fans reminisced about
the induction of Garth Brooks, Ricky Skagg's, and Jerry Reid
into the Musicians Hall of Fame, a reminder of enduring

(00:42):
industry contributions and remembered music icons like Luis Nunley and
Hoyt Axton on anniversaries of their passing, marking a day
filled with both celebration and reflection. According to Backstage Country.
In the world of album releases, Uprocks reports a packed
October with rush projects from a diverse lineup. Listeners can

(01:03):
now explore new work from Alexander Stewart, Alice Phoebe, Lou Bahamas,
Daniel Caesar with Son of Spurgeye Circa Waves, and Demi
Levado's It's Not That Deep. Later this week, Florence the
Machine returns with Everybody's Scream, Brandy Carlyle Unveil's Returning to
Myself and Guided by Voices presents thick, rich and delicious.

(01:24):
Expanded and historical releases are also making waves. AOL spotlights
the release of John Lennon's Power to the People twelve
disc box set, Bruce Springsteen's restored Nebraska box, a deluxe
reissue of the Who's Who Are You? And Elton John's
fiftieth anniversary edition of Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy.

(01:44):
On the live front, R and B's ongoing evolution made
a statement at one music fest. The Atlanta Voice highlights
Kelani's standout set, which celebrated her decade long career and
her latest chart topping single, Folded, joined by a crowd
that sang along unity, showing the deep connection between contemporary
artists and their fans. Globally, the flow of new music

(02:07):
is vibrant. Weewy Blogs covers Eurovision alumni releasing fresh tracks,
including Para by Charlie Charles featuring mahmod A Takidi Panico
also by Charles, with Blanco and Benny Cristo collaborating with Astor.
Each track brings out raw emotion and engaging musical experimentation. Meanwhile,
the upcoming Changwan International Moth Festival in South Korea will

(02:30):
feature singer Mila, as reported by top dot News, further
illustrating the geographic reach and international spirit of today's music scene.
On the business side, Warner Music's partnership with Mirwas to
launch a new record label in Riyad, is a major
move suggesting deeper expansion of the global music industry. According
to Broadcast prom in Artist News, Nelly Furtado, after a

(02:55):
career spanning twenty five years, has announced a hiatus from
live perform Tormance, marking an end of an era for
a Grammy winning voice. As shared by American songwriter, thank
you for tuning in and don't forget to subscribe. This
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