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• How a Musician Can Earn Minimum Wage In 2015…

  03-04-2015 20:02
  
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• Cheryl To Stay On X Factor, But Mel B's Job At Risk?

  03-04-2015 18:00
  
  Talent show bosses reportedly want a change on the panel...
  
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• California's Amoeba Music turns 25: 'We’re like an art museum'

  03-04-2015 17:59
  
  First record sales collapsed and now downloads are declining – but passionate staff and customers at Amoeba Music in California have weathered the storm Continue reading...
  
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• The playlist: reggae, dancehall and soca – Kabaka Pyramid, Vybz Kartel and more

  03-04-2015 17:44
  
  An anthem for a burning city, the man behind bars with a masterplan, heavy African reggae from Rocky Dawuni and soca love from Destra
  In mid-March, noxious fumes extended over Kingston, Jamaica and into the mountains after there was a fire at the notorious Riverton dump – a place that has gone up in flames on an annual basis for the last decade. Kabaka Pyramid’s recent political rant – Well Done – became a hashtag for angry Jamaicans on social media who posted images of hazy streets and
  
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• SeatGeek Raises $62 Million from TCV, Accel, and Others

  03-04-2015 16:40
  
  SeatGeek has announced that they’ve raised $62 million in Series C funding. The company has now raised a total of $103 million. The company specializes in...
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• St Matthew Passion/OAE – superb musicianship

  03-04-2015 15:25
  
  Royal Festival Hall, London
  Singers and musicians navigate Bach’s St Matthew Passion with great balance and communication – and no conductor Continue reading...
  
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• BBCSSO/Litton review – exhilarating, until it became exhausting

  03-04-2015 15:24
  
  City Halls, Glasgow
  A programme of Rachmaninov, James MacMillan and a new, Edgar Allan Poe-inspired piece by Mark Simpson offered little let-up Continue reading...
  
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• New band of the week: Willie and the Giant (No 48)

  03-04-2015 14:58
  
  Bearded 70s throwbacks to the days of southern-fried rock’n’soul. Pass the doobie, brother Continue reading...
  
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• The week in music: turning against Tidal, banned selfie sticks and more

  03-04-2015 14:56
  
  From Tidal’s celebrity-focused launch to Noah and the Whale’s split and Mogwai’s 20th anniversary gigs, our weekly music roundupIt seemed like a normal Monday, until rapper Jay Z and a few of his big-name musician mates started sharing cryptic social-media messages about something called “#TIDALforALL”. Tidal, we learned, was a high-fidelity music streaming service that Jay Z insisted would “change the course of history”. I’m sorry, isn’t this just a pricier version of Spotify?
  
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• Simple Minds review – still the edgy futurists, beneath the stadium style

  03-04-2015 14:16
  
  Empire theatre, Liverpool
  Jim Kerr and band dig deep into their back catalogue to pull out fist-pumping anthems and art-rock gemsWhen Simple Minds were in their 80s, stadium-filling pomp, they all but disowned their earlier, art-rock material, which had been revered by rock critics but didn’t broaden their appeal far beyond left-field, club-frequenting trendies who studied the music press. Lately, though, as Manic Street Preachers have emulated the cover art and typography of album Empires and
  
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• Jamie Foxx Feat Chris Brown, Clean Bandit, LSDXOXO: this week’s new tracks rated and slated

  03-04-2015 14:00
  
  In the Guide single reviews, no one is safe, especially not Clean Bandit… Continue reading...
  
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• How London’s NTS is helping to redefine live radio

  03-04-2015 14:00
  
  Somewhere between BBC 6 Music’s diversity and pirate radio’s DIY spirit, there’s a combination station helping to lure music young fans back to the airwaves and introducing the world to the UK’s underground sounds Continue reading...
  
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• Rihanna's Bitch Better Have My Money attracts plagiarism speculation

  03-04-2015 13:30
  
  Fans of rapper Just Brittany point out similarities to her 2014 song Betta Have My Money on social mediaContinue reading...
  
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• Amber Rose Wants Wiz Khalifa Back And She Just Told Everyone

  03-04-2015 12:41
  
  Celeb pens public love letter to her ex on Instagram...
  
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• Robert Downey Jr Getting MTV Award From Avengers Co-Stars

  03-04-2015 12:09
  
  Movie star set to receive prestigious Generation Award next weekend...
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian Shares First Proper Picture Of Baby Reign

  03-04-2015 11:28
  
  Reality TV star posts adorable snap of three-month-old tot...
  
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• Hannah Wants Soundtracks Your Easter With Her Throwback Playlist

  03-04-2015 11:00
  
  The 'Rhymes' producer picks her fave tracks from childhood to now...
  
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• We Bet You Can't Tell Which Pop Star This Is?

  03-04-2015 10:49
  
  Mega-famous singer is unrecognisable on magazine cover...
  
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• You've Got To See Justin Bieber As Ozzy Osbourne!

  03-04-2015 10:31
  
  Pop star gets made up as rocker for Lip Sync Battle...
  
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• Frank Zappa's final album gets June 2015 release date

  03-04-2015 09:43
  
  Cited as his 100th album, Dance Me This, recorded before the artist’s death in 1993, is to be released this summer Dance Me This, the last album Frank Zappa recorded before his death in 1993, will be finally released in 2015. Joining his extensive discography – which begins with 1966’s Freak Out and includes approximately 100 releases – the album gets a release date of 1 June.Despite news of the long-anticipated album initially emerging on April Fool’s Day on Zappa’s website, the pos
  
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• Find Our Golden Eggs To Win A 6 Month Premium MTV TRAX Pass

  03-04-2015 09:00
  
  We’ve hidden them within the playlists. Can you find them all?
  
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• Tippett's The Ice Break – time to take it out of cold storage

  03-04-2015 08:00
  
  Unloved and unstaged in the UK since its 1977 premiere, a new production by Birmingham Opera Company is just what Tippett’s The Ice Break needs to rehabilitate a work of quality and resonance Continue reading...
  
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• Happy 100th, Muddy Waters – you made me Wokingham's premier bluesman

  03-04-2015 08:00
  
  Long before he joined the Jesus and Mary Chain, John Moore was in thrall to the blues, and Muddy Waters was his king beeOn 8 December 1978, two weeks shy of my 14th birthday, I experienced my first gig: Muddy Waters, at the Rainbow theatre in London (if you discount the Wombles at South Hill Park in Bracknell, a few years earlier). The man born McKinley Morganfield, in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday on 4 April – the king of the electric blues, with his
  
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• Why Jane Weaver's The Silver Globe is the one album you should hear this week - video

  03-04-2015 08:00
  
  Reissued this week in deluxe expanded form, former folkie Jane Weaver's slow-burning exploration of psychedelia, Krautrock, synthesizers and cut-glass vocals is a suitably mind-expanding delight, devoid of retro posturing, says Alexis Petridis Continue reading...
  
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• Troy Cassar-Daley: Freedom Ride review – bush balladeer with a slick country sound

  03-04-2015 04:57
  
  The singer-songwriter returns with a ninth album that features the kind of homely and ballsy storytelling that’s endeared him to so many Continue reading...
  
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• Brazilian Bank Launching Streaming Service That Costs $1.57 a Month

  03-04-2015 01:12
  
  As streaming goes up, paid downloads go down. Everyone from Jay Z to Apple is trying to cash in on this shift. And Google thinks...
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• Jay Z, Beyonce, Jack White, Coldplay, Arcade Fire’s Fans HATE Tidal. Here’s What They’re Saying…

  03-04-2015 00:33
  
  The dramatic launch of the Tidal, the “game changing” new streaming/content platform, on Monday was met with whoops and applause from the industry insiders and...
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• 79% of Teenagers Have Completely Stopped Buying Downloads…

  03-04-2015 00:22
  
  Have you paid for least one music download in the past month? Have you streamed at least one song in the last month? Paid Download Sales, 2005-2014....
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