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Calvin Harris, creator of the MySpace hit Acceptable in the 80s and now stardust-sprinkling producer to Kylie Minogue, is squeezing his 6ft 3in frame through the subterranean corridors of the BBC's Maida Vale studios. Later today, he will perform a live session for Pete Tong's Radio 1 show with his five-piece band. (09/03) ReadYou may also like
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The BBC throws open its music vaults to EMI
The Guardian | 16/06/08
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The Dallas Morning News | 11/05/08
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The Guardian | 15/04/08 
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The Guardian | 08/10/07
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Chavez releases his first CD
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Rhapsody to deliver music, radio through TiVo
Bizjournals | 09/10/07
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Yahoo, AOL May Abandon Web Radio After Royalties Rise (Update2)
Bloomberg.com | 29/11/07
Yahoo! Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL unit may shut down their Web radio services after being hit with a 38 percent increase in royalties to air music. ... Read
For One Dominican Songwriter, Top Music Honors
The New York Times | 09/11/07
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Tacoma tries classical music to chase gangs from bus stops
Seattle Post Intelligencer | 30/07/07
Believing gangs and Mozart don't mix, city police and Pierce Transit officials are mounting a classical attack on a growing problem of street gangs at ... Read
The clapped-out legacy of Karajan that impoverished classical music
The Independent | 06/04/08
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Best guitar solos named
Planet Rock | 29/08/06
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Radiohead generation believes music is free
Telegraph | 07/10/07
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The day the music industry died
Timesonline | 07/10/07
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Bamboo music rekindled in Philippine
CCTV | 23/06/08
The traditional music in the Philippines is being rekindled and recreated in the capital Manila. Replacing rock and pop, bands known as "musikong bumbong" ... More
Music venues: the weird and the wonderful
The Guardian | 23/06/08
Bands playing London are pretty lucky. During the snakes and ladders game of the music business they can play venues that rise in capacity from a former ... More
The next big Ting?
Boston.com | 16/06/08
The British dance-pop duo the Ting Tings are having the kind of year most musicians dream about: hit singles in the UK, a buzzed-about showcase at South ... More
The Cistercian monks being groomed for music stardom
Timesonline | 18/05/08
Within minutes of arriving at the monastery in the Vienna Forest, I see a clutch of men wearing lederhosen, while an oompah band tunes up for the May Day ... More
Tika: The fearless songstress returns
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Bands are getting into bed with consumer brands
Timesonline | 04/05/08
Gabriel Hubert, horn player with Damon Albarn's favourite street-jazz collective, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, speaks with the unashamed zeal of a convert: ... More
Guitar Hero Band Releases First Full Album
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Philgalland's Weblog | 18/04/08
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A million-dollar reason to be a rock star in China
Xinhuanet | 25/12/07
Chinese pop and rock singers, bands and composers will have a chance to compete with peers from other Asian countries for awards worth more than 1 million ... Read
Yorke Addresses EMI Renegotiation Report
Billboard | 01/01/08
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has responded to a report that his band demanded an exorbitant advance from EMI for its next album as well as control of ... Read
Led Zeppelin promoter wishes eBay would 'drop dead and die'
The Guardian | 08/10/07
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Concert sites slam agency's levy
Telegraph | 05/12/07
Band managers behind 400 artists from Robbie Williams to Radiohead and KT Tunstall have formed a new rights society that hopes to collect a slug of the ... Read
Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead
Telegraph | 09/10/07
Some of the music industry's biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead ... Read
Nine Inch Nails tells fans to steal music
VNUnet | 20/09/07
The lead singer of Nine Inch Nails has urged fans of the band to steal its music as a protest against the high price charged by record companies. Trent ... Read
Gym music favourites revealed
pinknews.co.uk | 23/03/07
It's official: gay icons and boybands make the best music to get sweaty to. A nationwide Standard Life Healthcare poll yesterday revealed that the Scissor ... Read
Vomiting Skitzo Rocker Hospitalized
antiMusic | 23/03/07
Lance Ozanix of the California-based band SKITZO was admitted to the hospital late last night after suffering from severe stomach pain. After being seen ... Read
The Pirate Bay to Add SSL Encryption Starting this Week
ZeroPaid | 23/06/08
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The Guardian | 16/06/08
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Music for pets while you're at work
The Dallas Morning News | 11/05/08
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Dolly Parton and Lessons on Bad Branding
Wall Street Journal | 04/05/08
There is nothing wrong with the product. But boy, the branding bites.
That's what I thought last night at Radio City Music Hall as I watched one of ... More
Behind the music: The No 1 template
The Guardian | 15/04/08
This week's No 1 single is, yet again, Estelle's American Boy. It's one of those infectious tunes that seemed destined to be the soundtrack of the summer ... 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
Rhapsody to deliver music, radio through TiVo
Bizjournals | 09/10/07
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Yahoo, AOL May Abandon Web Radio After Royalties Rise (Update2)
Bloomberg.com | 29/11/07
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For One Dominican Songwriter, Top Music Honors
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Can bad TV save a bad music career?
Times Colonist | 23/06/08
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'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.
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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
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P&P, killer of Ghanaian music industry
Ghanamusic.com | 29/11/07
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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
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Nokia and Universal's Proposed Music Tax
The New York Times | 05/12/07
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Radiohead Launches Social Network
Wired News | 06/04/08
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For One Dominican Songwriter, Top Music Honors
The New York Times | 09/11/07
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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
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Music program is changing lives of Venezuelan kids
deseretnews.com | 30/06/08
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Music beneath my feet
The Financial Express | 23/06/08
Ever wondered what this underground music is, which is spreading like wildfire? Does it constitute Bollywood or is it just independent artists that we ... More
Musopen puts classical recordings, scores in public domain
Ars Technica | 22/05/08
Pre-twentieth century music all exists in the public domain, but that doesn't mean it's easy to get access either to recordings or sheet music. Want ... More
Music's healing touch
The Hindu | 18/05/08
Later this year, over 30 young people from Shillong and Lucknow will travel to Rio and experience the work of Afro Reggae first hand.
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Why modlife / Angels & Airwaves have a right music model
Philgalland's Weblog | 18/04/08
Modlife is interactive website for fans of the band Angels & Airwaves (created by Tom Delonge, former lead singer of punk-rock band blink182). People who ... Read
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Warner Music May Fall on Report Madonna Will Leave
Bloomberg | 11/10/07
Warner Music Group Corp. may fall following a report that Madonna will leave the company and sign a recording and performance contract with Live Nation ... Read
The orchestra that is saving children's lives
Telegraph | 06/09/07
A 12-year-old boy is on the streets, hanging out in derelict tenement blocks next to a motorway. At 13, he's hooked on crack cocaine, carrying a gun and ... Read
Setting the record straight
The Age | 17/11/07
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Mama nurtures new talent as live music group becomes labels' envy
Timesonline | 12/10/07
You are more likely to discover broken pint glasses than a revolutionary music business model on the spittle-flecked floor of Camden's Barfly venue. However, ... Read
The sound of music
Times of India | 03/10/07
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan lives in a world of sound and harmony — and that's true, literally. He's now pushed the boundaries further by turning composer ... Read
Songs included in Guitar Hero 3 see a dramatic leap in digital sales
Ars Technica | 23/11/07
Playing music on plastic guitars is big business. Guitar Hero 3 has become quite the runaway hit at retail, and with Rock Band now released, we have two ... Read
Work, office, music!
The Times of India | 29/05/07
Who doesn't want to lead a stress-free life? Indeed, people aren't hesitant while taking various steps to make their lives smoother. Be it playing with ... Read
Tribler 3.6.0: 4th gen file sharing
p2pnet | 23/03/07
"Dutch researchers have developed a network for a new generation of p2p file sharing through which, they say, faster down- and uploading and live video ... Read
Madonna eyes $100m live nation mega-deal
New York Post | 31/07/07
Madonna is pondering hanging up on Warner Music Group in favor of life without a traditional record contract. With the Material Girl's existing pact with ... Read
'All Shook Up' won't get you stirred
Signonsandiego.com | 29/06/07
The King is dead. Long live the King. At least he sort of lives in “All Shook Up,” a jukebox musical riding the nostalgia train on two dozen tunes Elvis ... Read
Uni Blaze Burns Musical History
Deadline Hollywood | 02/06/08
It looks like more was damaged or destroyed in today's Universal Studios fire than anyone previously thought. I've learned that Universal Music, which ... More
PopKOMM Forecasts A Bright Future For The Music Industry
Undercover | 06/04/07
Between September 19th and 21st, Berlin, Germany will become the centerpiece worldwide for the music industry with the 19th annual popKOMM music conference ... 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
Toussaint explores life after Katrina, outside the Big Easy
Scripps Howard News Service | 15/05/07
Allen Toussaint never left New Orleans. He spent virtually his entire distinguished career playing piano, singing, writing songs and making records with ... Read
Music producer Phil Ramone a humble genius
Reuters | 23/10/07
Grammy-winning record producer/engineer Phil Ramone has twiddled the knobs for some of modern music's biggest-selling, most influential performers: Barbra ... Read
Pioneering venture
Haaretz.com | 22/12/06
One of Nahum Heiman's main tools in recent years is cotton ear swabs. Last Tuesday the composer sat in one of the rooms of his home, which he calls "the ... Read
Wild Predictions for a Wired 2007
Wired News | 02/01/07
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Suin' safari: Beach Boys' legal hits keep on comin'
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Def Jam Brings Musical Fight to Next-Gen
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MySpace will block illegal use of music
Boston.com | 31/10/06
News Corp.'s MySpace.com yesterday said it had licensed a new technology to stop users from posting unauthorized copyrighted music on the social networking ... Read
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Christina Aguilera's Unreleased X-Rated Song
HollywoodRag.com | 13/02/07
Christina Aguilera has recorded a song about oral sex, but has vowed never
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Mike Watt Talks (and Talks) Stooges Recording
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Iggy Pop and the reunited Stooges (with former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt replacing the late David Alexander) began recording their previously reported ... Read
YourGuitarist Offers Musicians Internet-Based Custom Guitar Tracks
| 18/08/06
YourGuitarist.com announced the launch of its web site, offering Internet based development of custom guitar tracks for artists worldwide. YourGuitarist ... Read