The Listener
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| First episode date | March 2009 |
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| Production location | Toronto |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
| Networks | NBC |
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| ID | 808286 |
About The Listener
Toby Logan, a 25-year-old paramedic, uses his secret telepathic ability to help people in crisis. Until now, Toby kept his ability hidden to everyone except his mentor, Dr. Ray Mercer, but aided by his paramedic partner, "Oz" Bey, Detective Charlie Marks and emergency room physician (and ex-girlfriend) Dr. Olivia Fawcett, Toby realizes his gift can help others.
BBC's Newsnight to be cut back as part of savings plan
... The plans also say: Acting BBC chair Dame Elan Closs Stephens spoke at the Voice of The Listener and Viewer conference on Wednesday, saying the corporation needed " focus and a determination" as it seeks to make savings...
Spotify Wrapped 2023: 'Music genres are now irrelevant to fans'
... " US musician and visual artist Joanna Sternberg, For them, The Listener s interpretation is more important than anything else when it comes to categorising their music...
Russell Brand: How the comedian built his YouTube audience on half-truths
... " Stopping short of having lots of specifics in a message can actually be quite useful, because the reader or The Listener then sort of fills in the blanks, " she says...
Latitude Festival: Are Young Fathers the UK's most thrilling live band?
... " Heavy Heavy pulls in The Listener with an empathetic lust for life that never wavers, " " From the opening woody drag of the bassline on Rice to the chug and claps of Holy Moly, Heavy Heavy bursts with overwhelming momentum, as if to say, Keep up, if you can, " " Succinct and underpinned by a catchy melodic structure, it further cements Young Fathers as one of the more unique acts to exist today, " The album is already being tipped for a nomination at this year s Mercury Prize (they with their debut, Dead, in 2014) and it s success has seen them rise to the top of this summer s festival bills...
Miley Cyrus achieves UK chart double
... " The current of honesty that runs through Endless Summer Vacation encourages The Listener to press play on the record again, and the stories here get even better on a second or third listen, " " It s cohesive without feeling repetitive...
Burt Bacharach obituary: Classy and complex songs that transcended an era
... But a typical Bacharach composition was rhythmically complex, often wrong-footing The Listener with sudden changes of time signature and irregular phrasing...
How a secret message in a Colombian song gave hostages hope
... Audio producer Carlos Portela says they initially thought of using " a cheerful vallenato or a salsa" but realised this might cause " The Listener s mind to wander"...
Flo, Cat Burns and Gabriels tipped as Sound Of 2023
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Miley Cyrus achieves UK chart double
By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent
Miley Cyrus has achieved a relatively rare chart feat in the UK - topping both The Singles and album chart in the same week.
Her eighth studio album Endless Summer Vacation enters the chart in Pole Position , while her single Flowers spends a ninth week at Number One .
It's The Star 's first Number One album since 2013's Bangerz.
That record also scored the chart double, alongside the multi-platinum-selling single, Wrecking Ball .
Flowers, which is said to be about the, is now tied with Olivia Rodrigo 's Drivers License as the longest-running Number One single by a female solo artist this decade.
Last Friday 's release of Endless Summer Vacation (which includes two versions of Flowers) ensured that The Song reclaims its title as the most-streamed song of The Last Seven Days , overtaking the viral smash Boy's A Liar Pt. 2 by PinkPantheress and Ice Spice .
Reviews for The Album have been broadly positive, praising Cyrus's vulnerability and songcraft, while lamenting that some of her rougher edges have been sanded off.
" The current of honesty that runs through Endless Summer Vacation encourages The Listener to Press Play on the record again, and the stories here Get Even better on a second or third listen, " " It's cohesive without feeling repetitive. "
The Album " holds your full attention even if it isn't Cyrus's boldest or most visionary, " calling the songs a " remarkably intriguing" insight into her post-divorce state of mind.
Pitchfork noted that the record is divided into " AM" and " PM" sections, with the former, written alongside Harry Styles ' collaborator Kid Harpoon , outshining the.
Two of The Album 's stand-out tracks, River and Jaded, also make This Week 's Top 40.
Eurovision featElsewhere, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding claimed This Week 's highest new entry, with their trancey new collaboration Miracle.
The Song enters the chart at Number Three , marking becoming Calvin's 29th and Ellie's 12th Top 10 hit. It's also their third as a duo, following 2012's I Need Your Love and 2014's Outside.
Miracle is a strong contender for next week's Number One . . But it only gets One Shot at The Top . Ed Sheeran 's comeback single, Eye's Closed, is out The Following week.
Meanwhile, UK Eurovision entrant Mae Muller gets her campaign off to a strong start, as her single I Wrote A Song enters the chart at number 30.
That's already an improvement on Last Year 's contestant, Sam Ryder , who only cracked The Top 40 after taking second place in Turin.
In fact, Muller is The First UK act to enter the chart in advance of Eurovision since Blue in 2011.
I Wrote A Song is her first Top 40 single as a solo artist. She previously reached number 32 in 2021, as the vocalist on Better Days , a collaboration with producer Neiked and US rapper Polo G .
Muller was revealed as the UK's hopeful last week But , She Said she'd been sitting on The Secret for a couple of months.
" It was hard because I'm a bit of a chatterbox and I'm quite open, " She Said .
" But I did tell my parents because I thought I can't give them that much of a shock. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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