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• Zeena Parkins Joins Improvisations At Real Art Ways

  09-01-2015 23:56
  
  Harpist/composer Zeena Parkins' music doesn't pay much attention to generic boundaries or limitations. She works with classical and one-of-a-kind electric harps, keyboards, accordions and an arsenal of shape-shifting pedals and gizmos that would make any rock guitarist jealous, conjuring sound-worlds that can sound gentle and woody, harsh or unsettling.
  
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• Streaming Music vs. Downloading, 2014…

  09-01-2015 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I. Total number of streams versus total number of downloads (2014)   II. Total revenues from streaming versus total revenues from downloads (2014). *source: RIAA and Nielsen...
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• Eric Garner's Family Records Emotional Tribute Song

  09-01-2015 22:25 via rollingstone.com
  
  As protesters continue to gather in New York City following a grand jury decision not to convict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, the victim's daughter Erica and family member Steven Flagg have released a tribute song, "This Ends Today." The track is dedicated to the 43-year-old Staten Island...
  
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• Five Artists Expected to Break Out In the U.K. In 2015

  09-01-2015 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  2015 has arrived. Which artists will be making waves this year? The BBC has released their “Sound of 2015″ list. They say the list contains...
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• Facebook Is Starting to Suck for Adults, Too…

  09-01-2015 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Pew Research Center has released the results of their 2014 Internet Project survey, and have compared it to the two previous years.  In this...
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• Bieber’s trainer: He’s well-endowed!

  09-01-2015 21:00 via music-news.com
  
  Justin Bieber’s personal trainer has claimed the singer’s crotch was not retouched for his Calvin Klein underwear campaign.
  
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• Watch Brad Paisley's Moving Performance at Little Jimmy Dickens' Memorial

  09-01-2015 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  
  Carrie Underwood and Vince Gill weren't the only stars who literally sang the praises of the late Jimmy Dickens Thursday afternoon, during a memorial service held at the Grand Ole Opry house. Brad Paisley, Dickens' fishing buddy and longtime friend, pulled double-duty as host and performer, setting the tone for an...
  
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• Kim Gordon Plots Guest-Filled Book Tour for Memoir

  09-01-2015 20:48 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon will release her memoir, Girl in a Band, on February 24th, and to mark the arrival of her tome, the bassist will embark on an 11-date book tour that will find the bassist sitting down for a question-and-answer session with a different music or literary figure at each stop. Among those who...
  
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• Paul McCartney Announces 'Hope for the Future' Vinyl Release With 'Thrash' Remix

  09-01-2015 20:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  In a collaboration this past year that was even more unlikely than working with Kanye West, Paul McCartney wrote and recorded a song called "Hope for the Future" for the popular video game Destiny. On January 13th, McCartney will releasing the track as a 12" vinyl single. The 180-gram record will feature McCartney's original...
  
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• Just Cavalli Spring/Summer 2015 campaign invokes music festival vibe

  09-01-2015 20:41 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Roberto Cavalli's second line has a cool new 1970s-inspired campaign shot by Michel Comte. 
  
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• Universal Explains How It Will Match Bands With Brands in New Initiative

  09-01-2015 20:35 via rollingstone.com
  
  Earlier this week, Universal Music Group revealed that it was working on a new ad-focused venture with Havas Media that would pair artists with brands, based on demographic user data. Here's how it will work: Let's say Bud Light wants to hire a pop star to appear on a Super Bowl commercial. But...
  
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• Essence to celebrate Grammys with Jill Scott, Chaka Khan

  09-01-2015 19:42
  
  In this Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, file photo, Verdine White, Chaka Khan, and Ray Parker Jr. perform at the 13th annual "A Great Night in Harlem," gala concert, presented by The Jazz Foundation of America to benefit The Jazz Musicians Emergency Fund, at The Apollo Theater, in New York. Essence magazine will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a pre-Grammy bash featuring Jill Scott and Khan, the magazine announced Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.
  
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• Pre-Grammy bash to feature Jill Scott, Chaka Khan

  09-01-2015 18:36
  
  The magazine announced Friday that sixth annual Black Women In Music event will honor Scott, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and actress. The Feb. 5 event will also feature performances by Khan, Brandy and Lianne La Havas.
  
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• Elvis Presley record 'My Happiness' sells for $300,000 at auction

  09-01-2015 18:36
  
  An acetate recording of the ballad "My Happiness," the first song Elvis Presley ever recorded, sold at auction Thursday night for $300,000. An undisclosed Internet buyer placed the winning bid at Graceland , the museum and tourist attraction that was Presley's former home.
  
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• Gospel music great Andrae Crouch dies, 72

  09-01-2015 18:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Andrae Crouch, a seven-time Grammy winning gospel singer and composer whose influence was also widely felt in mainstream pop music, has died at the age of 72, US media reported Friday.
  
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• Snoop Dogg Reveals Pharrell-Produced Album 'Bush'

  09-01-2015 18:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  Snoop Dogg has been teasing a new Pharrell Williams-produced album for a few months now, and at the Omnicom Media Group panel during the CES Expo in Las Vegas this week, the rapper finally revealed that the latest collaboration with his "Drop It Like It's Hot" cohort will be titled Bush. Snoop –...
  
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• Frankie Ballard Serves Up 'Sunshine & Whiskey' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

  09-01-2015 17:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ten months after playing his first Number One single, "Helluva Life," during an episode of Conan, Frankie Ballard hit the late-night talk show circuit again last night. Armed with a four-piece road band, he ripped into his second chart-topper, "Sunshine & Whiskey," kicking off the New Year with twin shots...
  
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• Andrae Crouch dead: Grammy-winning gospel singer suffered heart attack at 72

  09-01-2015 17:32
  
  Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as "The Lion King," has died. He was 72. Crouch died Thursday afternoon at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where he had been admitted Saturday after suffering a heart attack, said his publicist, Brian Mayes.
  
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• Soundcloud Forcing ‘Extremely Crappy’ Deal Terms Upon Indies…

  09-01-2015 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  You saw what happened to YouTube when they tried this, right?  Well, get ready for another round of fireworks. According to a pair of sources...
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• As Brooklyn booms, famed music scene under gun

  09-01-2015 17:28 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The young and the creative flocked to Brooklyn in the 1990s, transforming the New York borough into arguably the world's foremost breeding ground for emerging rock bands.
  
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• Elvis Presley's First Recording Sells for $300,000 at Graceland Auction

  09-01-2015 17:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Elvis Presley's first recording – an acetate disc from 1953 featuring "My Happiness," backed with "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin" – sold for $300,000 at a Graceland auction, The Guardian reports. The auction took place on January 8th, the date that would have marked the singer's 80th birthday. The prized item, the only one of its...
  
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• Watch Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill Duet at Little Jimmy Dickens Funeral

  09-01-2015 17:16 via rollingstone.com
  
  The life of Little Jimmy Dickens, the small-statured Grand Ole Opry star who died January 2nd, was celebrated yesterday during a memorial service at Dickens' home away from home: the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. With photos of the charismatic country-music ambassador flanking the Opry stage, artists from Brad...
  
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• Paul McCartney to release vinyl next week @PaulMcCartney

  09-01-2015 17:13 via music-news.com
  
  Paul McCartney’s song 'Hope For The Future' which was released digitally in December will be released physically on 180-gram
  
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• Paul McCartney to release vinyl next week

  09-01-2015 17:13 via music-news.com
  
  Paul McCartney’s song 'Hope For The Future' which was released digitally in December will be released physically on 180-gram
  
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• Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain, Trent Reznor and Rocking the Opera

  09-01-2015 16:50 via music-news.com
  
  Courtney sat down with Billboard at New York's Gramercy Park Hotel in Anna Sui silk pajamas and a sweater, sipping from an
  
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• Classes Teaching RATM Still Illegal, New Arizona Schools Chief Says

  09-01-2015 16:32 via rollingstone.com
  
  Diane Douglas, the new superintendent of public instruction for the state of Arizona, says that she supports the letter of noncompliance that her predecessor, John Huppenthal, sent to a Tucson district with regard to ethnically focused English and history courses, among other curricula-based complaints. Previously, Huppenthal had cited several examples...
  
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• Hilary Hughes to Join Village Voice As Music Editor

  09-01-2015 16:27
  
  The Village Voice is pleased to announce that Hilary Hughes will join the staff as music editor on February 2. Hughes comes to the Voice from Fuse, where she edited music news and contributed to the television channel's pop culture and festival coverage. Her writing has appeared in Esquire , Rolling Stone , Elle , USA Today , Billboard , the Boston Globe , and DigBoston , where she was arts and entertainment editor from 2010 to 2012.
  
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• Aphex Twin Details Surprise 'Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments' EP

  09-01-2015 16:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Last year, electronic producer Richard D. James made one of 2014’s boldest comebacks with Syro, his first new Aphex Twin album in 13 years. And he’s carried that momentum over to a new 14-track EP, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2, which will be released January 23rd via Warp Records. James...
  
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• Sia Apologizes for ???Pedophilia??? Perception in Music Video

  09-01-2015 14:31 via abcnews.go.com
  The music video for ???Elastic Hearts??? has sparked a raging debate online about whether it sexualizes a girl.
  
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• JLo mortified by sex scenes

  09-01-2015 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Jennifer Lopez didn't need to use a body double for her sexy scenes in The Boy Next Door.
  
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• Years & Years win BBC Sound of 2015

  09-01-2015 11:30 via music-news.com
  
  Following the news of their latest single ‘King’, we are pleased to announce that Years & Years have been crowned as the winners of this year’s BBC Sound of 2015.
  
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• Eddie Murphy: Music won't boost my profile

  09-01-2015 11:00 via music-news.com
  
  Eddie Murphy is fine with his music sitting on the shelf for 100 years before it's appreciated.
  
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• Eddie Murphy releases reggae tune @eddiemurphy #eddiemurphy

  09-01-2015 09:37 via music-news.com
  
  Eddie Murphy is trying out a little reggae with his new song ‘Oh Jah Jah’.
  
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• Eddie Murphy releases reggae tune

  09-01-2015 09:37 via music-news.com
  
  Eddie Murphy is trying out a little reggae with his new song ‘Oh Jah Jah’.
  
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• Mark Ronson: I'm not special

  09-01-2015 09:30 via music-news.com
  
  Mark Ronson thinks his latest album was "last chance saloon".
  
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• GlobalFEST brings world music stars to NYC's Webster Hall

  09-01-2015 09:13
  
  East Village lineup offers a cross-cultural lineup with performers like Kahulanui, Kevin Johansen, the Nile Project and Puerto Candelaria For the last 12 years, globalFEST has served as the ultimate tip sheet for those far-flung acts most likely to become known here. The show doubles as a confab for arts professionals, who comb the venue's three stages to pick acts to book for the coming year.
  
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• Baroque flavor returning to downtown library

  09-01-2015 08:13
  
  The way he describes the various flavors of music for the "Flight of Fancy" baroque concert Sunday, and the different ingredients local musicians infuse into his Chicago-based group, New Comma Baroque, it sounds like he's describing more of a menu than a concert program. "When you're trying to represent a whole lot of different things with a similar combination of instruments, it's nice to have something that gives it different flavors; I always think a great deal about music and food, which is
  
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• Harry Styles ‘will do movies’

  09-01-2015 05:30 via music-news.com
  
  Harry Styles will be a “movie star”, according to Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
  
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• 10 Reasons We're Excited About Coachella

  09-01-2015 05:13
  
  Given Southern California's huge Hispanic population, Coachella's relative lack of Latin and Spanish-language music has always puzzling. This year's lineup still doesn't fully address the imbalance, but it's an improvement over past years, with appearance by Nortec Collective's norteA o/techno production team Bostich+Fussible, Latin soul jammer Chicano Batman, and Bay Area hip-hop/reggaeton duo Los Rakas.
  
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• Miley’s ‘house robbed’

  09-01-2015 03:30 via music-news.com
  
  Miley Cyrus has reportedly had her California home broken into and property stolen once again.
  
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• Jazz Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez Escaped Cuba for L.A. - Now He's a Grammy Nominee

  09-01-2015 03:03
  
  Cuban jazz pianist Alfredo Rodriguez fled Cuba for Los Angeles six years ago to chase his dream of becoming a successful musician. He came with no more than the clothes on his back, his music sheets, and a commitment from his mentor Quincy Jones that they would make music together.
  
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• Watch Out YouTube: Facebook Video Now Has Over A Billion Views A Day

  09-01-2015 02:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Facebook just released new stats revealing that their shift to take over the video sphere is working. Since June 2014, Facebook video has averaged 1 billion...
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• Neil Young's Pono now on sale @pono #pono

  09-01-2015 01:59 via music-news.com
  
  Neil Young’s high quality digital music player Pono has gone on sale but with a $399 price tag, lack of storage and high cost digital files, it will struggle.
  
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• Neil Young's Pono now on sale

  09-01-2015 01:59 via music-news.com
  
  Neil Young's high quality digital music player Pono has gone on sale but with a $399 price tag, lack of storage and high cost digital files, it will struggle.
  
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• James, Imelda May, Paul Oakenfold, Courteeners join IOW

  09-01-2015 00:24 via music-news.com
  
  James, Imelda May, Paul Oakenfold, Courteeners, Suzanne Vega, Ash, Sharon Corr, Foxes, Lightning Seeds, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band
  
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