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A Man of Many Talents, Eager to Use Them All
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:29:47 -0000
Caleb Burhans is part of a new generation that doesn’t feel compelled to specialize and works easily in classical, rock and much in between.
Music Review | Madonna: Aerobic, Not Erotic: The Concert as Workout
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:42:35 -0000
Time obsesses Madonna on her Sticky and Sweet Tour, which made its first American stop at the Izod Center.
Music: A Cappella Dreaming: 10 Voices, One Shot
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:30:24 -0000
A 10-man group moves from campus to YouTube to a dream of bringing a cappella to the mainstream charts.
NPR Topics: Music
Basia Bulat: Making The Autoharp Cool
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:17:00 -0400
For many, the autoharp is remembered as the slightly geeky, easy-to-play instrument from grade-school music class, or as simple accompaniment for folk and country singers. But Basia Bulat, who sings and plays the autoharp on Oh, My Darling, hopes the time has come for people to discover the beauty and potential in the instrument.
Renee Fleming: 'Four Last Songs' Of Strauss
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:00:00 -0400
Four Last Songs, by German composer Richard Strauss, is a song cycle marked by the awareness and acceptance of death. A new recording captures world-famous soprano Renee Fleming as she sings his last pieces for a second time — this time with a new direction.
Songs Along The Campaign Trail
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:46:00 -0400
Classical music historian Robert Greenberg speaks with host Liane Hansen about historic campaign songs. Music and politics have been intertwined in the United States since the 1800s when President Thomas Jefferson and President John Quincy Adams were in office.
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Ringtone royalty rate gets big boost
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:47:00 -0500
Songwriters and music publishers say they're pleased with a U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling issued Thursday that sets a higher rate for ringtones but keeps a 9.1-cents mechanical royalty on all other music, including compact discs and digital download services.
SESAC cooks up fun for The Grascals
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:51:00 -0500
The first clue that something was up at the oft-quiet performing rights organization SESAC this week was the large powder blue-and-turquoise tour bus emblazoned with an assortment of Mayberry's Finest baking mixes parked across the street from its Music Row offices.
SESAC cooks up fun for The Grascals
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:51:00 -0500
The first clue that something was up at the oft-quiet performing rights organization SESAC this week was the large powder blue-and-turquoise tour bus emblazoned with an assortment of Mayberry's Finest baking mixes parked across the street from its Music Row offices.
Rolling Stone: Features
Make-Believe Maverick
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:23:06 -0700
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty • VIDEO: Five Myths About John McCain • The Double-Talk Express • Mad Dog Palin: The Full Story At Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation's capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the experience in Hanoi that, according to legend, transformed him from a callow and reckless youth into a serious man of patriotism and...
The Easygoing Patriot
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:51:54 -0700
Jackson Browne on Obama's chances, what he learned from Dylan and living off the grid Making music is one of the greatest pleasures I've ever experienced — and I'm one who sought pleasure," Jackson Browne says with a quiet laugh on an early-autumn afternoon in a New York hotel room. But, he adds, "the heart of my activism is the belief that these pleasures are for everybody. If we continue what we're doing as a country . . . " He pauses. "We're all in the same boat. That's always been the subject of my songs. We only have a little time. It's a mess, so you do everything you...
Q&A: Chrissie Hynde
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:17:19 -0700
The Pretenders singer on moving back to Ohio, opening a vegan restaurant and her rootsy new record • Video: Behind the Scenes of the "Boots of Chinese Plastic" music video After her 2007 tour with the Pretenders, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde vowed not to return to the stage until she wrote some new material. "Frankly, it was just embarrassing that I hadn't had a record out in so long," she says. Now, after recently resettling in her childhood home of Akron, Ohio — she has lived primarily in London for the past 35 years — Hynde can hit the road and draw from a brand-new batch...
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Brian Head Welch On Possibility Of Korn Return
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:07:30 -0000
Former Korn guitarist Brian Head Welch has released his new solo album, and it's his first release outside the band he grew up in.
Mudvayne: New Game Rock Sound Not Hellyeah Pollinization
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:02:07 -0000
Mudvayne is set to release their new album, A New Game, next month, and the title says it all from Chad Gray and company.
Eagles Of Death Metal Premiere Video For 'Wanna Be In LA'
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:51:19 -0000
Currently breaking hearts and bottles in the southwest, Eagles of Death Metal are getting ready to seduce the rest of the country.
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American Music Center - An information and support center for contemporary classical music and jazz, providing a wide range of programs and services including grant-making, publications, workshops, networking groups, a library of scores and recordings.
Belgian Centre for Music Documentation - Founded in 1951 on private initiative, this non-profit association stimulates the promotion and performance of the works of Belgian contemporary composers of serious music.
Meta Description: [ Official web site of CeBeDeM, the Belgian Documentation Centre for Serious Contemporary Music ]
British Music Information Centre - A promotion and documentation resource for contemporary British music.
Meta Description: [ The resource centre for contemporary classical British music ]
Canadian Music Centre - Promoting the awareness, appreciation and performance of contemporary Canadian compositional music through its library archives, information resources, record production/distribution, and web site.
Centre for New Zealand Music: SOUNZ - Fostering and developing New Zealand music, its creation, performance, publication, recording and broadcast, by working with and on behalf of New Zealand composers.
Meta Description: [ SOUNZ provides information, scores, cds, books and resources on NZ music. Search our database for NZ composer biographies and works. Shop for NZ music, check concerts, competitions, music news and links relating to New Zealand music. ]
Contemporary Music Centre - Ireland's national archive and resource center for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland.
Meta Description: [ The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland nurtures the composition and performance of new Irish music. ]
Czech Music Information Project - They collect documentation on Czech contemporary music composers and events, run archives of sheet music and recordings, mediate contacts and provide information for people interested in Czech music.
Meta Description: [ Czech Music Information Centre ]
Gaudeamus foundation - Center for contemporary music that organizes and promotes contemporary music activities and concerts both in The Netherlands and abroad.
International Association of Music Information Centres - A world-wide network of organizations promoting new music, with forty members in thirty-six countries, as of 1999. Each center is responsible for documenting and promoting the music of its own country or region.
Meta Description: [ IAMIC is a world-wide network of organisations promoting new music. ]
Music Centre Slovakia - Documentation, information services and promotion of the professional Slovak music scene; including scores and sound recordings of original Slovak music. [English and Slovakian]
Music in Latvia - Provides information about Latvian composers, conductors, performers, musical institutions, genres/types of music, recordings/publications, music education and musicology.
Norwegian Music Information Centre - The center has a manuscript library, orchestral rental materials, a reference library, biographies of Norwegian composers, articles about the Norwegian musical scene, catalogs of printed music and an address guide to music in Norway.
Meta Description: [ Daglige nyheter fra norsk musikkliv, samt omfattende omfattende oversikt over personer, firma, band, ensembler, festivaler etc ]
The Celtic Music Interpretive Centre of Judique - The preservation of grassroots Celtic culture through music. Offers tours, performances and classes. Also included are interviews and archived materials.
Meta Description: [ The Celtic Music Interpretive Centre mission is to collect, preserve and promote the traditional celtic music of Cape Breton Island through Education, Research and Performance. ]
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