Music

Ed Sheeran Is on Trial for Being a Musician

VIBE THEFT

To stamp down every instance of sonic parallelism—or in this case, stealing “magic”—is bad for music.

Helen Holmes
Helen Holmes 

Culture Reporter

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Helen Holmes

Helen Holmes

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