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A new symphony is music to gamers' ears
A "symphony" comprising music from some of the most popular video games will be performed in Sydney next year after sell-out shows in the US and Europe. The Sydney Symphony will perform Play!, the "video game symphony", at the Sydney Opera House from June 20 next year, under conductor and Grammy award winner Arnie Roth. (26/12) ReadYou may also like
Musicians' copyright pleas fall on deaf ears
The Guardian | 24/07/07 
The music industry has reacted with outrage to the government's rejection of pleas to extend the period musicians get royalties from their tracks beyond ... Read
Disney site music to parents' ears?
The Indianapolis Star | 22/05/07
Looking to profit directly from the growing market for music downloads, Disney has launched an online store for kid-focused singles, albums and music videos. ... Read
Attack on festive hits 'torture'
The Guardian | 26/12/06
Noddy Holder believes Slade's 'Merry Xmas Everybody' is not so much a record as a pension plan. But not everyone shares the Slade singer's enthusiasm ... Read
Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Times Colonist | 23/06/08 
Janet Jackson will soon be roaming the backstreets and church choirs of America on the hunt for "the next big thing" in pop. Naturally, it's all for ... More
'Nashville Star' lassos NBC
The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08
John Rich, half of the country music sensation Big & Rich, achieved stardom the old-fashioned way: He earned it.
The Texas native, with pal Kenny Alphin, ... More
Miley Knows Best
Vanity Fair | 30/04/08
It's my favorite show! I love it!” says 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, speaking of Sex and the City over spinach-artichoke dip in a dingy Toluca Lake restaurant ... Read
Digital Music Industry Challenged to Follow Fans' Lead
PC World | 10/01/08
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more evident ... Read
P&P, killer of Ghanaian music industry
Ghanamusic.com | 29/11/07
Showbiz, they say, is 90 per cent business and 10 per cent show?. But there is no denying the fact that without the 10 per cent show there is no business ... Read
Led Zeppelin promoter wishes eBay would 'drop dead and die'
The Guardian | 08/10/07
Promoter Harvey Goldsmith has branded eBay the "biggest rip-off merchants in the world" after tickets to the forthcoming Led Zeppelin gig appeared for ... Read
Chavez releases his first CD
Novosti | 02/10/07
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has released his first CD of traditional Venezuelan and Mexican music, entitled Canciones de Siempre or Songs for all ... Read
Nokia and Universal's Proposed Music Tax
The New York Times | 05/12/07
It's good to highlight inventions that, while flawed, show where things may be headed. One worth watching is the “Comes With Music” program just announced ... Read
Radiohead Launches Social Network
Wired News | 06/04/08
Radiohead_social As their former label readies a greatest hits compilation to showcase their past, Radiohead continue to forge an innovative path into ... Read
For One Dominican Songwriter, Top Music Honors
The New York Times | 09/11/07
Juan Luis Guerra, a songwriter from the Dominican Republic, was the big winner at the eighth annual Latin Grammy Awards last night. His “La Llave de Mi ... Read
Tickets stampede for Kylie's huge new show at the V&A
Dailymail | 06/02/07
The Victoria and Albert Museum's new exhibition devoted to the style and fashion of Kylie Minogue is the most popular show in the museum's history before ... Read
The Pirate Bay Introduces Music Discovery Feature
Torrentfreak | 30/11/07
If you click on show detailed artist info on a torrent page it will show a list of similar artists, other albums from the same artist, upcoming concerts ... Read
Music program is changing lives of Venezuelan kids
deseretnews.com | 30/06/08
A violin case slung over her shoulder, 10-year-old Daniela Fagundez trudges home along a row of muddy yards where chickens scratch among banana trees and ... More
Music breaks chains in North West Pakistan
Freemuse | 22/05/08
On a short notice a large number of music and heritage lovers throng Sethi House that evening. They were as thrilled as they have found a very precious ... More
The mystery of the rare vinyl
BBC | 23/04/08
It was a quiet afternoon in the Oxfam Shop in Great Yarmouth in the autumn of 2005. Most days are quiet in Great Yarmouth out of season.
This day, however, ... Read
World music meets China
The Star | 03/11/07
ZHUJIAJIAO is the most well preserved water village in Shanghai. The rustic town, located in the suburb of Qingpu district, offers perfect respite for ... Read
Let the oud times roll
Jerusalem Post | 03/11/07
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"Our music describes our life," says ethnomusicologist Muhammad ... Read
DiMA Applauds U.S. Register Of Copyrights' Call For Copyright Modernization
Mi2N | 27/03/07
U.S. Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters testified before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, ... Read
Mika's fancy dress party
MTV | 11/05/07
And you're all invited to the Grace Kelly star's shindig... Mika has asked audience members make an effort and wear fantastical fancy dress at his sold ... Read
Victoria Beckham is starting a book club
The Superficial | 27/03/07
Victoria Beckham is allegedly starting up a Hollywood book club, with Katie Holmes and Jennifer Lopez set to join. She plans for members of the book club ... Read
Avril Lavigne and Pink don't like Britney Spears
The Superficial | 15/05/07
Avril Lavigne is blaming Britney Spears for her lack of popularity, saying nobody pays attention to her because Britney takes up so much space in the media. ... Read
Courtney Love is set to auction off a string of Kurt Cobain's belongings for charity.
Gigwise | 01/05/07
The Hole frontwoman says she has little use for most of the items and wants to give away them at the famous auction house Christies. Love said: “I'm ... Read
Move Over, MySpace
Houston Press | 11/07/07
Candee D*Vine wants to be your friend! She's 19, cute, bisexual and "up for anything." If you approve her request, and you probably will, she'll go ... Read
Winter Music Conference 2007 Invades Miami
Pitchforkmedia | 16/03/07
Let the silly indie kids have their silly SXSW, with their flannels and ironic t-shirts, their jangle and distortion. The rest of us have the cool, crisp, ... Read
Bluegrass Music Getting Closer to Being Kentucky's State Music
Cybergrass | 09/02/07
Last year we reported Kentucky Wants To Make Bluegrass Music Official in 2007 and now, this is getting closer to reality. On Thursday, State Rep. Teddy ... Read
When Elton met Jake
The Observer | 14/11/06
Dateline: Elton John's house in the south of France, 21 August 2006
Jake Shears: So this issue of their magazine has a special gay theme. What do you ... Read
End of the RIAA terror reign?
p2pnet.net | 02/01/07
2007 could be the worst year yet for Warner Music (US), EMI (Britain), Vivendi Universal (France) and Sony BMG (Japan and Germany). It could be the year ... Read
Vivaldi's long-lost opera returns to Prague after 278 years
The Independent | 04/05/08
A long-lost opera by Antonio Vivaldi was to have its first performance in centuries last night. Argippo, discovered by a Czech musician as he rummaged ... More
Virtuoso cellist Rostropovich hospitalized again
RIA Novosti | 24/04/07
World-famous cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, who has been recuperating in a sanatorium outside Moscow, has been hospitalized again, a source ... Read
In the operatic arena were those boos justified?
International Herald Tribune | 19/12/06
Two recent incidents of booing are the talk of the opera world, a hothouse of passionate debate if ever there was one. First, boos rained down on Placido ... Read
Prison inmates perform in musical
BBC | 02/03/07
Wandsworth Prison inmates have spent weeks rehearsing for the nine-date show, developing confidence and new skills in the process. The musical is being ... Read
The Who release first album for a generation
Soundgenerator | 25/08/06
The Who's first studio album in over 25 years will also be released alongside a compilation of Pete Townsend's rock opera, 'The Boy Who Heard Music'. ... Read
Swedish-American Soprano Varnay Dies
The Washington Post | 05/09/06
Astrid Varnay, the Swedish-American soprano who made her Metropolitan Opera debut _ without rehearsal _ in a nationally broadcast performance and went ... Read
Classical fans figure to applaud new standard for digital music database
The Sydney Morning Herald | 09/01/07
Opera lovers and classical music aficionados have long lamented the particular difficulties they face in organizing their music in digital programs and ... Read
World premiere by Philip Glass, 'Appomattox,' set for Opera season
San Franciso Chronicle | 23/01/07
David Gockley unveiled a different sound and look for the San Francisco Opera on Monday, announcing a season -- the first he's planned as general director ... Read
S.F. Opera patron donates $35 million
San Francisco Gate | 04/10/06
At a time when the San Francisco Opera is looking to shore up its finances, the company has received $35 million from longtime patron and supporter Jeannik ... Read
Robert Wilson's ‘Persephone': Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny
The New York Times | 15/08/06
The theater director Robert Wilson has been faithful to his artistic obsessions for more than four decades. Starkly arresting visual tableaus, dramatically ... Read
The Far Side of the Moon
The Sydney Morning Herald | 17/04/07
Early last year Robert Lepage visited Australia to perform his one-man show, The Andersen Project, as part of the Sydney Festival. In it the writer-director-performer ... Read
Cecilia Bartoli shines in a new staging of
International Herald Tribune | 23/01/07
The prospect of witnessing Cecilia Bartoli in an important a new role was probably the greatest draw, but the Zurich Opera House's new production of Handel's ... Read
'Justin Timberlake is too young for me'
The Telegraph | 03/11/06
Anna Netrebko, as you might expect from one of the hottest divas in the world, is hopelessly late. I spend the time chatting to the doorman at the opera ... Read
Just Like Yesterday, Only Better
The Washington Post | 14/11/06
Technology to the rescue. Given the spectacular cost of making new recordings of familiar operas, we are likely to continue to listen to the great singers ... Read
It's never too early to wear your poppy
Telegraph | 27/10/06
Katherine Jenkins, the 26-year-old opera singer, wore a dress made of 2,500 poppies to help launch the appeal. The Welsh soprano said it was becoming more ... Read
Symphony of Millions
The New-Yorker | 30/06/08
n March, Chen Qigang, a Chinese composer who is supervising the music program for the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics, received a National ... More
Robot conductors could take the baton from us
The Guardian | 18/05/08
There's more to leading an orchestra than simply beating time, but how long will it be before Honda and co make a robot that can understand music too?
Can ... More
A symphony for Kazakhstan
The Telegraph | 01/05/07
After Kazakhstan's outraged official response to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat movie - which included a summit meeting with George Bush in Washington and ... Read
Mashayekhi to test John Cage's unusual music in Iran
Mehrnews.com | 06/03/07
Tehran Symphony Orchestra conductor Nader Mashayekhi plans to test Iranian tastes for the unusual music of U.S. avant-garde composer John Milton Cage, ... Read
Ella Fitzgerald's Never Before Released Recordings
jazz news | 08/05/07
To celebrate what would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday, Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Records are co-releasing Love Letters From Ella, ... Read
UK orchestra 'pioneers' podcasts
BBC | 12/09/06
The Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is to produce a monthly podcast, claiming a first for a major ensemble.
Ex-BBC Radio 3 presenter Tommy Pearson will ... Read
The Rise of a Musical Superpower
Le Courrier International | 10/04/07
Mahler's Eighth may or may not be the greatest symphony ever composed, but it's surely the loudest: at its premiere in Munich in 1910, the impresario ... Read
Symphony world premiere brings together a virtuoso pianist and an ambitious composer
San Francisco Chronicle | 14/11/06
Composer Kevin Volans' new piano concerto, "Atlantic Crossing," is scheduled for its world premiere in Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday night, and ... Read