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Rebirth: 5 famous artists before and after
5 world famous artists who reinvented themselves: Snoop Dogg, Charlotte Church, Nelly Furtado, Katy Perry and The Beastie Boys. Includes reggae, trip hop, gospel, hardcore and dream pop…
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Tagged artists change, Charlotte Church, dream pop, Gospel, hardcore, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, rebirth, Reggae, reinvention, Snoop Dogg, The Beastie Boys, trip hop
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Album sales: a true measure of old versus new music?
How viable are album sales as an indicator of the growth of new music compared to old? We take a look at a graph recently released by Digital Music News and the conclusions that can be drawn from it…
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Tagged Album sales, Digital Music News, Music Industry, Nielsen Soundscan
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The Songs of the Suffragettes
We’ve selected songs from the suffragette movement to both commemorate International Women’s Day and exemplify the wit in protest music. This week saw the annual …
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Tagged D. Estabrook, Gerri Gribi, International Women’s Day, L. May Wheeler, protest music, protest songs, Suffrage, Suffrage Wagon
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The EMI Merger – Why I Won’t Be Shedding A Tear
On Friday news broke that Universal and Sony had finalised a deal to buy EMI, the UK music label that has been staring down the …
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Tagged Abbey Road, Acquisition, EMI, James Brown, Magazines, Music Industry, Music Publishing, radio, Record Store, Sony, The Beatles, The Music Industry, TV, Universal, Warner Bros
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Get It Loud In Libraries: An Interview with Stewart Parsons
Get It Loud In Libraries focuses on playing noisy, energetic, contemporary music in libraries; places that are relaxed, traditional and very, very quiet. Does not …
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Tagged Adele, Arts Council, Beaty Heart, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Foundation, Books, Chipmunk, David Cameron, Ed Vaizey, Florence, Frances Ross, freshly pressed, Get It Loud In Libraries, Hobbie Stuart, Jess Mills, Jessie J, Keaton Henson, Lana Del Rey, Lancashire County Council, Libraries, Library, Library Innovators, live music, Lucy Rose, music, NME, Noah and the Whale, Plan B, Stewart Parsons, The Dum Dum Girls, The Long Blondes, United Kingdom
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The Future of Libyan Hip Hop: Interview with Khaled M
Libya has been caught up in the turmoil of Arab Spring since the revolution broke out in February this year. Fighting has engulfed the entire …
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Tagged 50 Cent, Ahmed Fakroun, Ali Addarrat, Ali Fates, Ana Leebee, Arab Spring, Benghazi, Beyonce Knowles, Bob Marley, February 17th, Gaddafi, Hamid El-Shari, Ibn Thabit, Khaled M, Libya, Libyan Hip Hop, Libyan Music, Lowkey, Mohamed Hassan, Nasser Al-Mezdawi, National Transitional Council, Revolution, Revolutionary Music, Tunis Meftah, Tupac
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London Riots: A Council Estate of Mind
The London Riots were the worst riots this generation, my generation, have ever witnessed. There have been calls for the Army, martial law, benefit removal …
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Tagged Council Estate of Mind, Dan Hancox, London Riots, Skinnyman, Social Deprivation
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