What are King Charles III favourite songs? New Apple radio show gives answers
London, March 9: It’s a playlist fit for a king – literally.
A new programme of music features tracks by artists including Bob Marley, Grace Jones, Kylie Minogue and Raye, all chosen by King Charles III.
“The King’s Music Room” on Apple Music Radio features Charles talking about songs from around the 56-nation Commonwealth that have formed the soundtrack of his life, from 1930s standards to disco, reggae and Afrobeats.
Recorded in the king’s office at Buckingham Palace, it’s being released as “an interesting and innovative way” to celebrate Commonwealth Day, Charles said.
He said the collection includes “songs which have brought me joy.” Apple did not reveal the full playlist ahead of the show’s release on Monday.
A trailer released Friday features the 76-year-old king introducing the project from behind a desk inside Buckingham Palace, intercut with a band of military guardsmen in the palace courtyard playing Marley’s reggae classic Could You Be Loved. (AP)
Popular Iranian singer who urged women to go without hijab lashed over alcohol conviction
Dubai, March 9:Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, his lawyer and authorities said.
Mehdi Yarahi was flogged on Wednesday, his lawyer Zahra Minuei wrote on the social platform X.
Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency, quoting an anonymous official, said the sentence was for him drinking and having alcoholic drinks, not his music.
The lashes were “fully carried out in Branch 4 of the Enforcement of Sentences Office at the Tehran Morality Security Prosecutor’s Office, and Mr Mehdi Yarahi’s case has been closed,” Minuei said.
Yarahi wrote and performed the song Roosarito, Farsi for “Your Headscarf.” The music video urged women to remove their hijabs and featured uncovered women dancing. Yarahi’s initial arrest in August was believed to be linked to the video, which is still available online. Yarahi wrote on X apparently after the flogging: “He who is not willing to pay a price for freedom is not worthy of it.” (AP)