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• Three Ways Music Services Can Cash in on Their Most Valuable Listeners

  27-03-2015 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ari Shohat is the founder and CEO of Digitally Imported, an online radio service with over 3.8 million monthly listeners. Transforming premium service: Three ways music services can cash in on...
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• Gina Williams on why every Australian should know some Indigenous words

  27-03-2015 22:00
  
  The Noongar musician had to take Tafe classes to learn the language of her people, but now she’s dedicated to spreading its popularity – one song at a time Continue reading...
  
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• European Commission Wants to Remove Geo-Blocking and Other “Digital Barriers”

  27-03-2015 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The European Commission is making a “Digital Single Market” a priority in the European Union. The commission wants to remove barriers that separate the EU,...
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• John Renbourn obituary

  27-03-2015 19:47
  
  Guitarist and founder with Bert Jansch of jazz-folk band Pentangle Continue reading...
  
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• Brodinski’s favourite tracks

  27-03-2015 19:00
  
  The Parisian electro-rap producer and Kanye West collaborator empties the contents of his psychic record bag Continue reading...
  
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• Could The Made In Chelsea Boys Replace Zayn Malik In One Direction?!

  27-03-2015 18:56
  
  Now that 1D are a member short, we think we might've found the perfect replacement (or three)...
  
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• Delve Into The World Of Zebra Katz

  27-03-2015 18:49
  
  Come with us into the world Zebra Katz who's track with Hervé is the title music for our brand new upcoming show...
  
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• Songwriters Declare War On Their Own Publishers…

  27-03-2015 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  To the American Music Publishing Community, We are an international alliance of songwriter and composer organizations representing tens of thousands of music creators throughout the...
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• Ward Thomas review – the easygoing side of Nashville

  27-03-2015 18:11
  
  Islington Assembly Hall, London
  These Nashville-schooled Hampshire twins have bags of confidence, but need to embrace the American country capital’s more experimental side Continue reading...
  
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• 31 Of The Hottest Sex Scenes In Movies We Could Find

  27-03-2015 18:08
  
  We have scoured all (well, most) of the films out there for some of the hottest sex scenes. Why? Well why not...!
  
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• Which Netflix Title Would The 'Bloodline' Cast Want To Crossover With?

  27-03-2015 18:05
  
  Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn and creator Todd Kessler tell us which series they'd like to splice their creation with...
  
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• New band of the week: Death and Vanilla (No 47)

  27-03-2015 17:46
  
  Swedish exponents of dreamily lovely psych and lush, late-60s-style baroque pop
  Hometown: Malmö, Sweden.
  The lineup: Marleen Nilsson, Anders Hansson and Magnus Bodin. Continue reading...
  
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• Yusuf Islam and Loudon Wainwright III celebrated at BBC 2 folk awards

  27-03-2015 17:28
  
  Lifetime achievement awards to Islam and Wainwright III announced alongside shortlist for this year’s event Continue reading...
  
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• We Play 'Guess The Movie Alien' With The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons

  27-03-2015 17:25
  
  The actor's geek credentials just plummeted...
  
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• Richard Madden Isn't Ruling Out Game Of Thrones Return

  27-03-2015 17:24
  
  Cinderella's Prince Charming is open to a Happy Ever After in Westeros...
  
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• Executive Shuffles: ASCAP, BPI, Gracenote, Venn Arts

  27-03-2015 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Marcus Miller has been elected to the ASCAP Board of Directors. Paul Williams and 22 other board members were re-elected. Lynne McDowell will leave her position as Head of...
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• Eminem Teases New Song In 'Southpaw' Trailer Starring Jake Gyllenhaal

  27-03-2015 16:56
  
  Check out the super intense trailer featuring brand new music from the rapper...
  
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• WOWZA! Charlotte Crosby & Holly Hagan Are Bikini Fit & Beautiful On The Beach

  27-03-2015 16:52
  Warning - contains images of a VERY HOT nature...
  
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• Premiere | Alesso's 'Cool' Gets A Remix From The Mysterious MHE

  27-03-2015 16:49
  
  Close your eyes, hit play and imagine you're on the beach in this exclusive first listen...
  
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• Christian Tetzlaff review – works in progress, in the best sense

  27-03-2015 16:49
  
  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
  Filling in for Midori, Christian Tezlaff brought a searching, ephemeral quality to his rendition of pieces by Bach and Bartók Continue reading...
  
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• Sigma, Wretch 32, Lawson & More Added To 2015 V Festival Line Up!

  27-03-2015 16:11
  
  EXCITED! See who else is joining the bill here...
  
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• Birth, brutality and Beats by Dre: watch new videos from Jamie xx, Florence and the Machine and QT

  27-03-2015 15:56
  
  This week saw a host of inventive new videos released, from FKA twigs’s perturbing pregnancy to Run the Jewels’ commentary on police violenceContinue reading...
  
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• Ed Sheeran Is A Single Man As He Reveals Split From Girlfriend

  27-03-2015 15:47
  
  Aww, everyone's fave waistcoat-wearing singer is back on the market...
  
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• What's Brown, Sticky And Got Katie Price's Lips Movin?

  27-03-2015 15:39
  
  She's barking up the wrong tree with this one! Sorry...
  
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• The week in music: Willie Nelson's weed, sad boyband fans and more

  27-03-2015 15:10
  
  From Zayn Malik’s One Direction departure and Willie Nelson’s weed brand to Apple challenging Spotify’s streaming service, here’s our weekly music news roundupYou may have missed a story on 12 March about Mick Thompson, in which the Slipknot guitarist is alleged to have got into a knife fight with his brother, with both men ending up in hospital. Well, it’s now been reported that the siblings face charges for disorderly conduct by fighting. The court date’s set for 30 March – we ca
  
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• John Renbourn: ceaseless explorer of song – appreciation

  27-03-2015 14:07
  
  ‘Just listening to it made me feel drunk,’ said the great guitarist when he went back to his old Pentangle recordings. Pete Paphides pays tribute to a man who could play his instrument better than he could drive up a hill…It wasn’t the sort of house where you could just drop in and say hi. The converted chapel on the Scottish borders that John Renbourn had called home for the past three decades was far away. Far from pretty much everywhere. And given how remote John’s house was – and
  
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• #TGIF! Stick On This Week's Club MTV Mixtape & Rave Away The Rest Of The Day

  27-03-2015 14:00
  
  R3wire and Varski provide your weekend warm up...
  
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• Liam Payne Consoles Directioners: "It's Okay To Be Sad And Upset"

  27-03-2015 13:50
  
  The singer couldn't help but try and cheer up the fans that are taking the news of Zayn's departure hard...
  
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• Liam Payn Consoles Directioners: "It's Okay To Be Sad And Upset"

  27-03-2015 13:50
  
  The singer couldn't help but try and cheer up the fans that are taking the news of Zayn's departure hard...
  
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• Sound Of Music stars reunited for film screening

  27-03-2015 13:40
  
  The hills are alive for Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound Of Music 50 years ago.
  
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• The hills come alive in Salzburg on Sound of Music 50th anniversary

  27-03-2015 13:34
  
  The iconic musical film The Sound of Music is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and that could mean big business for tour guides at locations where the film was shot in Salzburg, Austria. The film, starring Julie Andrews and famous for such classic songs as Sixteen Going on Seventeen and My Favourite Things, is based on the writings of Maria von Trapp who detailed how her family escaped Austria when it was ruled by the Nazis. Many locations in the movie are instantly recognisable for fa
  
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• The playlist – pop: Brandon Flowers, Ronika, Shamir

  27-03-2015 13:14
  
  Killers vocalist returns; Ronika is poppier than Abba; Sofie de la Torre laments lost love with a whistle solo; Shamir channels Jacko and La Roux while Brayton Bowman sings a digital blues for the Tinder generation in this week’s pop playlist
  With the Killers on hiatus following their 2013 Direct Hits compilation, frontman Brandon Flowers has returned to his solo career with the follow­-up to his 2010 solo debut, Flamingo. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Sky Ferreira, Haim, just about everyo
  
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• Blur To Headline Isle of Wight Festival 2015!

  27-03-2015 13:06
  
  The Magic Whippers will hit the Channel Islands on June 13…
  
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• Dappy, Py, Ed Sheeran: this week’s new tracks rated and slated

  27-03-2015 13:00
  
  In the Guide single reviews, no one is safe, especially that ‘dreadlocked Cabbage Patch doll’ Luke FriendPICK OF THE WEEK Continue reading...
  
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• Taylor Swift & Calvin Harris Go Shopping In Whole Foods And The Internet Can't Cope

  27-03-2015 12:56
  
  Okay so the matchy matchy outfits are kinda cute, but they were only shopping together guys...!
  
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• Do The Vamps Really Know Each Other At All?

  27-03-2015 12:55
  
  We got the tweeny rockers to climb inside each other's brains
  
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• Usher review – not even outshone by upside-down twerking

  27-03-2015 12:37
  
  O2 Arena, London
  The R&B veteran shrugged off his declining chart fortunes with a stage tour de force that showcased his supreme dancing skills Continue reading...
  
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• Kendall Jenner Looks Amazing As She's Announced As New Face Of Calvin Klein Jeans

  27-03-2015 11:50
  
  The model joins pal Justin Bieber as she's revealed as the new spokesperson for the A-lister loved brand...
  
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• Why LoneLady's Hinterland is the one album you should hear this week - video

  27-03-2015 11:43
  
  Five years on from her debut album, Mancunian singer-songwriter Julie Campbell returns with a revitalised, mutant disco sound entirely her own. Hinterland's eclectic, vibrant avant-funk is a beguiling and brilliant reinvention, says Alexis Petridis Continue reading...
  
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• Guitarist John Renbourn, of '60s folk-jazz band Pentangle, dies at 70

  27-03-2015 11:32
  
  Acclaimed guitarist John Renbourn, founding member of 1960s progressive folk group Pentangle, has died at age 70, British media reported on Friday. Best known for his collaborations with fellow guitarist Bert Jansch, who died in 2011, Renbourn helped create a new form of folk music, mixing it with jazz, blues and rock and in some incarnations incorporating Indian instruments such as tabla drums. Renbourn was one of the five original members of Pentangle, along with Jansch, singer Jacqui McShee,
  
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• What If The Geordies Ran The Country?

  27-03-2015 11:29
  
  It's a terrifying prospect, isn't it?
  
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• Sound Of Music Reunion For 50th Anniversary

  27-03-2015 10:58
  
  Julie Andrews has said it feels like a "big joke" that The Sound Of Music has celebrated its 50th anniversary. The actress was reunited with her co-star Christopher Plummer for a screening of the 1965 classic in Hollywood. Few American musicals are as beloved as The Sound of Music and Andrews, 79, said she is always asked why. The musical and movie are a fictionalised account of the life of Maria von Trapp and tell the story of a 1930s governess who teaches her charges to sing and fall
  
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• Blur to headline Isle of Wight festival

  27-03-2015 10:54
  
  The reunited band will appear at the festival a week before their headline slot at Hyde Park in London Continue reading...
  
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• Sigma Take You Higher With A Crackin' Weekend Playlist

  27-03-2015 10:44
  
  The DnB dons pick some of their fave tunes, past and present...
  
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• David Cameron backs the War on Drugs

  27-03-2015 10:30
  
  Prime minister tells Attitude magazine his wife introduced him to the Philadelphia indie bandDavid Cameron has offered his support for the War on Drugs. Not the ongoing struggle against the traffic in illegal drugs, but the Philadelphia band whose combination of classic rock and motorik rhythms has won acclaim and sales in the last yearThe prime minister told Attitude magazine (via NME): “Samantha got me listening to a new thing called The War On Drugs. I can recommend it. They’re a band, yo
  
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• Rihanna FINALLY Drops Her New Song BBHMM

  27-03-2015 10:26
  
  Yep, the moment has finally come when we get brand new music from RiRi...!
  
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• Zayn Malik Speaks Out After Quitting 1D: "I Only Ever Tried To Do It For The Fans"

  27-03-2015 10:05
  
  The former boyband member has given his first interview since he parted ways with the group...
  
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• Willie Nelson to open chain of marijuana stores

  27-03-2015 09:42
  
  Veteran country star plans to launch his own brand of weed, Willie’s Reserve, to sell in states where marijuana is legal Continue reading...
  
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• Ben Stiller's teenage punk band gets picked up by Brooklyn indie label

  27-03-2015 09:22
  
  Capital Punishment’s Roadkill is to be released on the hip Captured Tracks label Continue reading...
  
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• 17 Things I Wish I’d Known About Playing SXSW…

  27-03-2015 07:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Brian Felsen is the CEO of AdRev, a YouTube MCN, and formerly president of CD Baby. I’ve been going to SXSW for the past 10...
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