01/09/2009
New music talent Little Boots is named Sound of 2009 (BBC News)
Synth-pop singer Little Boots comes top of the BBC's Sound of 2009 list, which highlights the best new music talent.
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01/08/2009
Parton, Smith picked for Gospel Music Hall of Fame (AP via Yahoo! News)
Dolly Parton, Michael W. Smith, Dr. Bobby Jones, the Dixie Hummingbirds and producer Lari Goss will be inducted into the Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame next month.
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01/09/2009
From books to music, the arts are plugged in (Detroit News)
Music and the movies have always been subject to the latest technology. But some cultural phenomena seemed safe from attempts at improvement.
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01/09/2009
Apple?s Long-Awaited Shift on Music (New York Times)
Doing away with digital copyright protection makes sense. Shared music is the best advertisement for the music we will eventually purchase.
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01/08/2009
CES: SanDisk unveils memory card-based music player (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
SanDisk Corp unveiled a portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod.
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01/08/2009
Music & games retailer Zavvi to close 22 stores (AP via Yahoo! News)
British music and entertainment retailer Zavvi will immediately close 22 stores and cut 178 jobs, the collapsed company's administrators said Thursday.
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01/09/2009
Yo-Yo Ma Brings Remix Culture to Music's Ivory Tower (Wired News)
Radiohead , Deerhoof , Nine Inch Nails , Public Enemy , Mariah Carey —plenty of indie, hip hop, and pop artists have welcomed others to remix their songs online. Now classical music aficionados can get in on the act. Renowned cellist and 15-time Grammy winner Yo-Yo Ma is hosting an online competition , inviting listeners to add their own accompaniment to his performance of the ...
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01/09/2009
Local music: Winter warmup (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
First Avenue's annual Best New Bands showcase highlights the season of discovery in local music.
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01/09/2009
Music industry sings a sad song (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
ACDC said, "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll", and conditions in the music industry are only getting tougher.
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01/09/2009
Popular Pemberton Music Festival cancelled for 2009 (CBC)
The 2009 Pemberton Music Festival has been cancelled, the mayor of Pemberton, B.C., confirmed Thursday.
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