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By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 16 January 2018

Other notable announcements and developments today…

• Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba has been named CEO of Sony Music in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. “He is a charismatic and innovative leader with a strong background in both A&R and digital business”, says Daniel Lieberberg, also in a new senior position at Sony.

• Gwenno has released the video for ‘Tir Ha Mor’, the first single from her Cornish language album ‘Le Kov’, which is out on 2 Mar.

• Juanita Stein has announced that she will release an acoustic EP featuring songs from her ‘America’ album on 16 Feb. From it, this is ‘I’ll Cry’.

• Frida Sundemo has released an EP of acoustic versions of songs from her ‘Flashbacks & Futures’ album. Here are 360° videos for all of its tracks.

• Spinning Coin have released the video for new single ‘Starry Eyes’, and announced UK tour dates for February and March.

• James Blake has announced that he will play the Roundhouse in London on 5 Feb. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday. He’ll then be supporting Kendrick Lamar on his UK tour.

• Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.