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Jamaica Gleaner | 16/06/08 iMuzique
Like businesses, countries have their competitive advantages, things for which they have a particular propensity. And what Jamaica excels at, or at least ... More

'Nashville Star' lassos NBC

The Arizona Republic | 09/06/08 iMuzique
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

Music is more than just entertainmnet

Ghanamusic.com | 07/06/08 iMuzique
Hiplife artiste Bice Osei-Kuffour aka Obour has urged all Ghanaians to stop viewing musicians as mere entertainers, but rather as social activists who ... More

Music City can turn a citified girl into a country-hummin' gal

Kansascity.com | 18/05/08 iMuzique
The last time I listened to country music was the summer after my senior year of high school when I worked in a sweatshop in Tyrone, Pa., sewing seams ... More

Dolly Parton and Lessons on Bad Branding

Wall Street Journal | 04/05/08 iMuzique
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

Why Nazis and spies make such sweet music

Independent online | 17/11/07
Improbable Frequency, the musical by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, is halfway through a country tour at the moment and opens in the Pavilion Theatre, ... Read

Will The Music Industry Pin Its Hopes On Vinyl Records (Or Player Piano Rolls)?

Idolator | 30/10/07
Wired thinks that vinyl is about to "re-enter the mainstream, or at least become a major tributary" thanks to the "uniformly optimistic picture of the ... Read

Banking on a 'Disco Inferno'

Valide FR Valide EN | 18/05/07
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is proving you can boogie and finance at the same time, buying the 1976 Trammps hit "Disco Inferno" and the ... Read

Idol star sweeps country awards

BBC | 17/04/07
The singer picked up video of the year and female video of the year for her revenge anthem Before He Cheats. Director Roman White also won a prize for ... Read

Carrie Underwood: Hacked!

TMZ | 06/06/07
Holy biscuits and gravy! Country music sensation Carrie Underwood's MySpace page has been hacked! One of our staffers, a huge Underwood fan, has been ... Read

EMI Math: Graph Of A Digital Sales Increase

Wired News | 11/07/07
One month after iTunes Plus introduced the country to unprotected EMI downloads, there is some proof that the change has been beneficial to EMI's digital ... Read

A scare for McCartney as fan breaks through security

PR-Inside | 03/04/07
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY suffered a scare at his country estate in England after a fan crashed a speeding car through entrance gates on Friday (30MAR07). The ... Read

George Strait Earns 32nd Platinum Album

Music Industry News Network | 05/12/06
You can add another jewel to his crown. The King of Country Music has received his 32nd platinum album certification for It Just Comes Natural, which was ... Read

Why Does Avril Lavigne's Label Have To Make Things So Complicated?

Idolator | 27/04/07
Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing may be the No. 1 record in the country this week, but were her sales numbers inflated by listeners' desire to hear ... Read

Songwriter's family fights after his death

The Columbus Dispatch | 16/01/07
The children of a hit country music songwriter accuse their evangelist aunt of promising to use her healing powers to cure his cancer and then stealing ... Read

In Elvis we trust

The Telegraph | 09/01/07
Canada has a proud claim: it's the only country in the world other than the United States where Elvis performed in concert. In the spring and summer of ... Read

Ukulele superstar lets the music breathe

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. | 16/06/08 iMuzique
Jake Shimabukuro travels great distances from his childhood home in Honolulu, but he packs light. "I don't have a lot to carry," he says, while on the ... More

Music breaks chains in North West Pakistan

Freemuse | 22/05/08 iMuzique
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

RIAA wiped off the net

The Register | 21/01/08
A lack of security controls allowed hackers to "wipe" the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) website on Sunday. The existence of an ... Read

Radiohead Enter The World Of Insect Films!

Gigwise | 22/11/07
Seemingly spurred on by the song's lyrics (“I am a moth who wants to share your light / I'm an insect Trying to get out of the dark”), the film features ... Read

Would You Like Some Music With Your Tickets?

Pollstar | 08/11/07
Once upon a time, in the pre-digital analog world of yesterday, people bought albums at brick-and-mortar establishments known as "record stores" and ... Read

Apple, Samsung, Sandisk sued over MP3

Macworld | 02/03/07
Little-known Texas MP3 Technologies is taking on Apple, Samsung Electronics Co and Sandisk with a patent-infringement lawsuit. The suit, which came to ... Read

Band Wants Paris Hilton To 'Go Away'

CMJ | 04/05/07
Citizens For A Better America, a band that was created for the sole purpose to ridicule Paris Hilton, has hit it big with their first single "Go Away ... Read

Chelo's the guy who put a new wiggle out there

The Star | 19/09/06
Every few years you get one of those irresistible, guilty pleasure Latin pop songs that seem to get the whole country wiggling in a giddy inter-cultural ... Read

Digital archive plans gain EU support

Hollywood Reporter | 17/11/06
European Union culture ministers have backed plans to transform Europe's massive film and broadcast archives into digital form and make them available ... Read

Was Madonna's Live Earth guitar solo real?

Telegraph | 11/07/07
Debate is raging on internet message boards over whether Madonna's "rocking" Live Earth performance owed more to technical wizadry than musical talent. Madonna ... Read