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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 stealing and dealing to pay for his habit... It's an all-too-familiar scenario in every British city. (06/09)
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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?
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Ruben Vartanyan, an orchestra conductor who defected from the Soviet Union in 1988 and spent the past 20 years in Northern Virginia, leading the Arlington ...
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After Kazakhstan's outraged official response to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat movie - which included a summit meeting with George Bush in Washington and ...
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Long before Madonna, Siouxsie Sioux mastered the formidable art of style over substance. Never a great singer but always a riveting performer, the Londoner ...
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Tehran Symphony Orchestra conductor Nader Mashayekhi plans to test Iranian tastes for the unusual music of U.S. avant-garde composer John Milton Cage, ...
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Walking briskly past Lincoln Center with a violin case in hand and a suitcase in tow, David Juritz looked like a busy orchestral musician arriving in the ...
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To celebrate what would have been Ella Fitzgerald's 90th birthday, Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Records are co-releasing Love Letters From Ella, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Most amateur orchestras expect their players to be able to scrape or blow a few notes to order. But no such restrictive demands are made on those wanting ...
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A few weeks ago, Boulder pianist David Koorevaar talked to a Chicago colleague who mentioned that the once-heralded Ivo Pogorelich was coming for a recital. ...
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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 ...
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Ever wondered what this underground music is, which is spreading like wildfire? Does it constitute Bollywood or is it just independent artists that we ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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HIP-HOP kids may not want to hear it, but the godfather of turntablism is a 52-year-old white guy who was raised in Switzerland, lives in London, collaborates ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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"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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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