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…RUFUS WAINWRIGHT’s (below) orchestral work Dream Requiem made its live premiere in France in June with Meryl Streep as narrator. Said Rufus, “Dream Requiem will be released in the early winter” …PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING’s The Last Flight arrives in October. It concerns the final days of pioneering female aviator Amelia Earhart: notably, no original source material was used: “We’ve recreated archive,” says mainman J. Willgoose, Esq., “almost like writing a script” …images of ex-Hole bandmates COURTNEY LOVE and MELISSA AUF DER MAUR in London appeared online in June, with the description, “having a blast – first time in studio together in 24 years” …including an Americana cover of the Velvets’ Femme Fatale, SID GRIFFIN’s The Journey From Grape To Raisin arrives on October 4 …having reunited with old group The Prisoners, the JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET’s next LP Hung Up On You returns to the band’s Mod-pop roots. “We’ve drawn inspiration from things like Buzzcocks, the Stones, The Who” says Taylor …MISSY ELLIOTT (above) has told Variety: “I’m recording music all of the time. So I probably have at least six albums’ worth of music” …39 years on from their debut ASecret Wish, PROPAGANDA release a new, self-titled LP in October. Now centred around original members Ralf Dörper and Michael Mertens, Hauschka guests …FIELD MUSIC will release new LP Limits Of Language. Songs include Absolutely Negative and The Waitress Of St Louis…