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    Probe into child’s death prompts 2nd state takeover of Bertie County DSS

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    Two Arrested on Felony Drug Charges in Jackson County

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      Ed Sheeran Plays Livestreamed NPR Tiny Desk Show Hours After Dropping ‘Play’ Album: ‘It’s Kinda Mad Being Here’

      Ed Sheeran made a bit of history on Friday morning (Sept. 12) when he played the first-ever livestreamed NPR Tiny Desk concert of this scale to celebrate the release of his eighth album, Play. Taking to the office with his trusty loop pedal set-up, a keyboard and acoustic guitar, Sheeran got right down to business and proved he was in the moment by asking, “is it live now?” Related No, Ed Sheeran Is Not Actually Moving to America: ‘Here’s Me Setting the Record Straight’ Australia’s Senator Tackles Football Codes For Overlooking Homegrown Artists at Grand Finals ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Collects Another…

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      Friday Music Guide: New Music From Ed Sheeran, Drake, Twenty One Pilots and More

      Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.  This week, Ed Sheeran is ready to Play, Drake showcases a surprising guest and Twenty One Pilots conclude another story. Check out all of this week’s picks below: Ed Sheeran, Play  Following a pair of somber albums in 2023, Ed Sheeran returns to brightly lit pop with Play, which combines explorations of global sounds (the upbeat singles “Azizam” and “Sapphire”), wistful reflections (“Old Phone”…

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      JADE’s ‘That’s Showbiz Baby!’: All 14 Songs Ranked

      Throughout her solo career, Jade Thirlwall has positioned herself as an awe-struck romantic, her songs capacious enough for both high camp and heartfelt examinations of selfhood and love. On long-awaited debut LP That’s Showbiz Baby!, the singer and Little Mix member tackles a flurry of personal contradictions: yearning and rupture, ambition and anxiety, broken promises and intimacy. She knows how to conjure a whole universe of emotion and lose herself in it. The album’s 14 tracks traverse deep psychological wounds borne from Thirlwall (known mononymously as JADE)’s early days as a returning teenage X Factor contestant, through to the rewards…

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      Ed Sheeran Presses ‘Play’ On New Album: Stream It Now

       Ed Sheeran is here to play. The superstar British singer and songwriter today drops Play, his eighth studio album, which gathers the previously released singles “Camera”, “A Little More”, “Azizam”, “Sapphire,” “Old Phone” and more. Inspired, in part, by his exposure to Indian and Persian musical cultures, Play sees Sheeran enter a brand new era, after closing the chapter on his hugely successful Mathematics series. “Play was an album that was made as a direct response to the darkest period of my life. Coming out of all of that I just wanted to create joy and technicolour, and explore cultures…

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